Abolish Muslim schools: writer
MUSLIM schools in Australia should be abolished, a controversial Somali-born writer told the Sydney's Writers Festival last night.Amid intense security and the police riot and public order squad, Ayaan Hirsi Ali received a standing ovation from a full house at the Sydney Recital Hall after speaking on the importance of Western values influencing Islamic thought.
Her calls for reforming Islam along with collaborations with assassinated Dutch film-maker Theo van Gogh has made her a leading voice in the debate on Islam.
It has also made her need 24-hour security.
"I don't hate Muslims but I detest the submission of the free will," she said last night. Calling for Islam to accept and not be above criticism, she asked the audience to consider the need for separate Muslim schools in Australia.
"Australians' must ask why there is need for Saudi Arabian financed Muslim schools? Young people should be groomed to be Australians first, to see their nationality first not religion," she said.
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