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Christian Leaders In Australian Town Oppose Construction of Muslim School

By Howard M. Friedman

In Camden, Australia, a town around 40 miles southwest of Sydney, a group of Christian leaders have joined together to oppose approval of plans for a Muslim school to be built by the Quranic Society. Last May, Camden Council voted unanimously to reject the school's plans. The Quranic Society has now reduced the size of its proposed school and has taken its case to the Land and Environment Court. Today's Sydney Morning Herald reports that a letter from the Christian group was read in court yesterday. It said in part: "Our concern is the Quranic Society inevitably advocates a political ideological position that is incompatible with the Australian way of life. This includes promoting Quranic law as being superior to national laws and regarding followers of any rival religion as inevitably at enmity with it."

Full post as published by Religion Clause on April 22, 2009 (boomark / email).