Bikini Rallies at Aussie Mosques

Crikey! Get a load of the peace going on down under.

(Sydney, Australia) About one year ago, Lebanese Muslim "gangs swarmed on Sydney's Cronulla beach, jostling elderly patrons, abusing Australian families and threatening to 'rape Aussie sluts' for wearing bikinis." Later, dozens of carloads of Lebanese gang members rioted in nearby neighborhoods, demolishing cars, smashing shop windows and assaulting anyone with an Anglo appearance.

Next weekend, on the anniversary of the Cronulla riots, Aussie women are being asked to dress in bikinis and rally outside mosques to protest comments made by a leading Muslim cleric. The cleric, Sheik Taj el-Din al Hilaly, has said that women are like "uncovered meat."

In preparation for the rally, the Lebanese Muslim Association has asked for 32 police officers to be stationed outside the Lakemba Mosque next Saturday and Sunday for protection. Tom Zreik, president of the association, said that they were treating the bikini protest as humorous but they are taking precautions in case some people become provoked to attack.

Inexplicably and seemingly contrary to taking precautions, Muslim women are being encouraged to counter protest in their hajibs and burqas. Now, I'm no expert but it sure seems that mixing hajibs and burqas with bikinis could provoke at least some followers of the religion of peace.