'Islam supercedes nationality'

26jun06

NEWS Corporation chairman Rupert Murdoch said today that Muslims would
always identify themselves by religion before nationality, and warned
that care needed to be taken to avoid a divided society.

"You have to be careful about Muslims who have a very strong, in many
ways a fine, but very strong religion which supercedes any sense of
nationalism wherever they go," Mr Murdoch told Channel Nine.

Mr Murdoch made the comments at a Sydney function naming him the most
influential Australian of all time.

One of Australia's leading Muslims later disagreed with Mr Murdoch's
assertion.

"He's way out of line," Australian Federation of Islamic Councils
president Rahim Ghauri told AAP.

"Both (religion and nationality) go hand in hand.

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Full article at: "The Advertiser" - Adelaide
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Cheers, Steve..

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