i was at the university club today... it was ABC's 'Australia Talks Back' with presenter Sandy McCutcheon, he's absolutely funny i tell ya.. aha
Anyway, it was a live radio forum regarding "Islam and Australia"... they took callers from around the country, took questions and comments from the audience... ; ) it was a good experience mingling with world renowned speakers and a vast mix of cultural backgrounds.

Basically, disussions surrounded the terrorist attacks in the US on Sept 11, 2001, and the Bali bombings a year later led to many equating Islam with terrorism.... with a focus on changing attitudes towards Muslim countries and Islam as a religion. THe problem i found with the understandings of many people were the ideas that Islam consisted of a single entity, and was looked at as a whole. So wad some radical muslims do-- is frowned upon and taken to be a majority belief or action. When in fact, there are so many different intepretations of the Quran, from the orthodox schools, moderate progressives to the liberals.

what i mean is that, we don't see a cult intepretation of the bible being taken for the sole understanding of the entire religion of Christianity. but that's a whole other debate.

i am tired... haha can u believe it, i thought ZLM was today... ; ( gah... so silly.