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| Blogpost attacking Ed Husic appears on Cory Bernardi website | Blogpost attacking Ed Husic appears on Cory Bernardi website |
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| Liberal senator Cory Bernardi said he had “no view” about a blogpost on his personal website which stated that new parliamentary secretary Ed Husic’s decision to swear his oath of office on a Qur'an was “another case of creeping sharia and stealth jihad”. | Liberal senator Cory Bernardi said he had “no view” about a blogpost on his personal website which stated that new parliamentary secretary Ed Husic’s decision to swear his oath of office on a Qur'an was “another case of creeping sharia and stealth jihad”. |
| Bernardi said Bill Muehlenberg's blog was one of a number from which the blogroll on the Bernardi Bulletin automatically selected for corybernardi.com, the senator’s website which boasts the slogan “Common sense lives here.” | Bernardi said Bill Muehlenberg's blog was one of a number from which the blogroll on the Bernardi Bulletin automatically selected for corybernardi.com, the senator’s website which boasts the slogan “Common sense lives here.” |
| “I haven’t read it,” Bernardi told Guardian Australia. “I have no view on it. I haven’t bought into this debate.” | “I haven’t read it,” Bernardi told Guardian Australia. “I have no view on it. I haven’t bought into this debate.” |
| Shortly after Guardian Australia’s inquiries, the blogpost was taken down. Asked why it had been removed, Bernardi said “because I don’t need any hassles. I have been asked about this [the Husic swearing-in] many times over the past few days and I have not commented because I don’t want to buy into it.” | Shortly after Guardian Australia’s inquiries, the blogpost was taken down. Asked why it had been removed, Bernardi said “because I don’t need any hassles. I have been asked about this [the Husic swearing-in] many times over the past few days and I have not commented because I don’t want to buy into it.” |
| In the blogpost, Muehlenberg, the secretary of the Family Council of Victoria, argued that “Australia is what it is because of the Bible, not the Qur'an. So to allow a Qur'an to be used instead of the Bible means that we are not only dismissing the very heritage and foundation of who we are, but we are affirming and endorsing a book which is inimical to our very values.” | In the blogpost, Muehlenberg, the secretary of the Family Council of Victoria, argued that “Australia is what it is because of the Bible, not the Qur'an. So to allow a Qur'an to be used instead of the Bible means that we are not only dismissing the very heritage and foundation of who we are, but we are affirming and endorsing a book which is inimical to our very values.” |
| He claimed Husic should have used “a bit of common sense and respect for this country, and simply declining to use the Bible, as his Labor mates Kevin and Julia did. But by insisting on dragging a Qur'an into all this, we have another case of creeping sharia and stealth jihad.” | He claimed Husic should have used “a bit of common sense and respect for this country, and simply declining to use the Bible, as his Labor mates Kevin and Julia did. But by insisting on dragging a Qur'an into all this, we have another case of creeping sharia and stealth jihad.” |
| Responding to online abuse about his decision to swear on the Qur'an on Monday, Husic, the son of Bosnian immigrants, said he was not going to "jump because of harsh words in dark corners". | |
| "There are people that are definitely extreme inside my faith and outside it and they will always seek ways to try and divide people," Husic said on Wednesday. | "There are people that are definitely extreme inside my faith and outside it and they will always seek ways to try and divide people," Husic said on Wednesday. |
| He said it had been a "straightforward decision" to swear in on the Qur'an. "Obviously I couldn't take my oath on a Bible. I am who I am," he said. | He said it had been a "straightforward decision" to swear in on the Qur'an. "Obviously I couldn't take my oath on a Bible. I am who I am," he said. |
| The governor general, Quentin Bryce, said on Monday it was a "great day for multiculturalism in Australia". | The governor general, Quentin Bryce, said on Monday it was a "great day for multiculturalism in Australia". |
| The Liberal MP Josh Frydenberg said the attacks on Husic were a disgrace and the Coalition leader, Tony Abbott, said any abuse of Husic was "completely unacceptable". | The Liberal MP Josh Frydenberg said the attacks on Husic were a disgrace and the Coalition leader, Tony Abbott, said any abuse of Husic was "completely unacceptable". |
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