I think it is fairly safe for Tom Zreika to say that Muslims are 
unpopular, and that Australians have "had enough of us", if he is 
being quoted accurately.

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Local imams urged to fight fires
By Richard Kerbaj
March 21, 2007 12:00am

 * Influential Muslim pushes for integration
 * 95-point plan delivered to landmark meeting
 * Includes monitoring any preaching of hate

MUSLIM clerics will be encouraged to become surf lifesavers and
volunteer firefighters as part of a push by one of the nation's most
influential Islamic leaders for greater integration of his community
into the mainstream.

In a report to be considered by imams at a meeting this weekend,
Lebanese Muslim Association President Tom Zreika likens the
unpopularity of Muslims to attitudes to communists, and urges
spiritual leaders to improve the image of Islam in Australia.

Mr Zreika says in the report, commissioned by the powerful LMA, that
Australians have "had enough of us".

[...]

Mr Zreika attacks Islamic clerics who oppose the law.
"If an imam finds it impossible to comply with the laws of this
country, and justifies its breach, then they should leave Australia
altogether, for such ignorance is tarnishing the Prophet's religion
and superior morality," he says.

Mr Zreika blames the bad English-language skills of some imams for
poor understanding and "bitterness" towards local Muslims.

"We have become the new communism, particularly in the West, and some
people in our community are so repulsed by our actions, it is making
life unbearable for us and our offspring," he says.

[...]

Cleric Taj Din al-Hilali came under fire in January for attacking the
West for being "oppressive" and saying immigrants had more right to
live in Australia than the "descendants of convicts".

In the 16-page paper, titled "Australian Imams: The Way Forward", Mr
Zreika recommends that imams should not "bring problems experienced
overseas to Australia".

[...]

"The last thing this society wants is angry men and women following
radical but charismatic cults, like figures who promote breaches of
the law and violence on the preposterous justification that they are
simply acting in self-defence in a time of war," he says. "We are not
at war, and we need some of our imams to stop being negligent."

[...]

Full article at: "NEWS.com.au"
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21420224-421,00.html

Cheers, Steve..

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