‘Liberal MP links Muslims to decapitation
VICTORIAN MP Bernie Finn has landed the Liberal Party into a race row after comments about the Muslim community.
But Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu has refused to condemn the Liberal MPs who denounced the Islamic religion in comments on Facebook.
The Facebook comments followed a Herald Sun story earlier this week reporting that many Muslims live in ghettoes because of racist fears.
Mr Finn wrote on the social media site that he failed to understand “how concerns about a religion that seems to sanction decapitation can be construed as racism”.
In a rowdy question time, Labor attacked Mr Finn’s comments as racist “dog whistle” politics.
But Mr Finn defended the comments as having nothing to do with racism.
“No religion is specific to a skin tone or colour. Some people need to get a hobby as they have too much time on their hands if they were concerned with those comments,” he said…’
Muslims are the ones doing the decapitating (and the stoning-to-death and acid-throwing and bombing and hijackings, but never mind the small stuff) but it’s apparently “racist” to point that out….good on Bernie Finn for at least having a pair.
