Islamic council secretary Ghaith Krayem described Mr Abbotts comments as ill-informed and inflammatory. This phrase, if you dont like it here go back, or if youre a migrant you need to sign up for Team Australia or dont come here at all, its completely inappropriate for a prime minister to put a whole community in that category and its not even true, Mr Krayem told 774 ABC Melbourne. We have the Prime Minister in effect parroting the same language as the right-wing extremists themselves. He said the meeting in Melbourne was called at extremely short notice with little information of what was on the agenda. Over the weekend, we got an invitation for a meeting today which didnt contain an agenda, so we didnt know who was attending, he said. He said the ICV fully intended to participate, until the Prime Ministers comments on commercial radio. In the interests of engagement and communication we agreed to attend, he said. Then... the Prime Minister went on radio in Sydney and made some comments that from our perspective, simply indicate that this consultation is nothing more than a media stunt. abc.net.au/news/2014-08-19/islamic-council-of-victoria-boycotts-meeting-with-pm/5680466
Posted on: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 08:32:21 +0000
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