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Ghosts of Apartheid
I grew up in an Australia
whose psyche was shaped by its brutality and total disrespect
towards Australian and Torres Strait Islanders flanked by an
Immigration Restriction Act known as the White Australia Policy,
which persisted from 1901 until 1973. Anyone wanting to migrate to
Australia soon discovered that only certain people were accepted. My
family was an aberration because ...
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(links to:
theAge.com.au)
As Australian As Home
Renovation
I for one feel completely
devastated and terribly let down by
the news that soon-to-be expatriate Pauline Hanson
will not sell her Queensland property to a Muslim. You see, it
was always my intention...
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(links to:
newmatilda.com)
Jews and Muslims: a common
cause
Sadly..
political differences today over Middle East issues blind us to our
common interests in combating racism in Australia....
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The "M" Word
I’m
an Australian Muslim, of Pakistani ancestry, whose family ties
with
Australia
stretch back to the time when both my grandfathers came here in
the 1890s.
This was before we, as a nation...
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A hatred of Islam will not
aid reform
I HAVE always admired
disobedient women, especially dissenting women who speak their
minds. I'd like to think that I, too, belong to the tribe of
rebellious females, something that I remember my devout Muslim
father complaining about to my mother as he rolled his eyes, waved
his hands and looked up to the heavens for assistance. But there are
times...
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theAge.com.au)
Eternal Crusade to Recast Hero
There
are questions which stay with you for a lifetime, when the quest
seems to overshadow everything else. The answer fades from memory
yet you still recall the whys and the wherefores which propelled you
along a certain course...
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Back to the future for
international students
There
was a time in our history when Australia kept immigrants and visitors with dark skins at arms length.
Indian students and others from the Subcontinent and S.E. Asia
were also a rare species. This was the era of the White Australian
Policy...
More... (links to:
EurekaStreet.com.au)
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