Thursday
Sep202012
Multiculturalism is not dead
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Thursday, September 20, 2012 at 3:44PM by
Trisha Carter




It was a sobering weekend in Sydney and in many other countries around the world as Muslim extremists took their offence to the movie “Innocence of Muslims’ to the streets. Violence between protesters, police and bystanders escalated when property was damaged and both police and protesters were injured.
Many Sydney residents were worried about a tipping point - a point at which Anglo Australian society would turn, not just against the extreme trouble-making element, but also, against anyone of Islamic culture.
And so it began. Radio shock-jocks, social media commentators and elements of the news media blamed multiculturalism