Playing the race card backfired badly and the Islamist activist Cigdem Aydemir was advised to withdraw her case against the mural painted by Sydney artist Sergio Redegalli on the wall of his studio in Newtown.
A Muslim resident who claimed the artwork in Newtown incited racial and religious hatred has moved to withdraw a case mounted under the NSW Anti-Discrimination Act alleging the mural amounted to "ethno-religious vilification".
NSW Legal Aid has written to Redegalli on behalf of the complainant, Cigdem Aydemir, offering to discontinue the proceedings as long as she is not obliged to pay costs. Redegalli says he will agree only if he receives an apology and reimbursement of more than $2000. (source)
The dreadful burqa (I use it this term only as a symbol of Islamic full face cover as there are many different types of this horrible cultural abomination) means many different things to many Australians.
To many of us it is simply a symbol of oppression used by Islamist to score a winning point in their battle to gradually introduce Sharia and to permanently impose religious and cultural apartheid on our tolerant, egalitarian society.
To many others it is simply a matter of common sense to ban full face cover when entering public spaces and buildings (very much the same as wearing motorcycle helmets and balaclavas while entering banks).
One thing is certain- burqas, chadors, niqabs and the likes of them have NO PLACE in Australian society.
The Islamist howling in demand of so called freedom of choice is irrelevant as there is an alternative – migration to Saudi Arabia or Iran.
Australians celebrate and revere Anzac Day on April 25th each year in remembrance of our brave soldiers who fought in two great world wars to secure our freedom. Every Australian identifies with the slogan “lest we forget” and in services held around the country people reflect on the battles and men who died to secure our freedom. Yet across the world in France, there is one remarkable battle which helped form the Europe we know today and allowed the development of civilization based on Judeo Christian principles. This one famous battle has become known as the battle of Tours and effectively stopped the Muslim advance into Europe. After the death of Mohammed in 632AD, Muslim armies exploded out of the Arabian peninsula to conquer much of the Middle East, expanding across north Africa. From there they crossed into Spain in 711AD and eventually controlled much of al-Andalus by 715AD. It was the victory at Tours by Charles Martel that stemmed the tide and eventually the Muslim marauders were expelled from Spain in 1492 when the last outpost at Granada fell to King Ferdinand of Spain. 
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was born, lived, fought and won battles against religious and social oppression in the 17th century Bharat or India. He was a shining star in the Indian firmament and is renowned as a champion of the downtrodden and depressed masses. He was and continues to be an icon for the classes and masses alike and is seen as a rallying point for peasants oppressed by foreign rulers, Pathans and Moghuls alike. Sexually exploited women found in Shivaji Raje a protector, a benefactor and flocked to his Hindavi Swaraj to find solace and feel liberated under his saffron flag. 
Perhaps some readers might be interested to know that January 28 is considered a feast day among Catholics – actually 2 feast days are celebrated on the same day – one is of ST Thomas Aquinas, the great medieval theologian and philosopher who adapted Aristotle to the western Judeo-Christian worldview. . It is also the feast day of a lesser known person – St Peter Nolasco, the great ransomer of captives from the Muslims.
How often in conversation with a Muslim, do they quote Spain as the crowning achievement of Islam, where Muslims, Jews and Christians lived in harmony for about 800 years?
Why do Muslims insist that Jerusalem is their Holy City?
There is a very strongly entrenched view among majority of Westerners today that the three main monotheistic religions Judaism, Christianity and Islam share one common God and therefore despite the obvious differences, the core foundation of these three religions is the same. 
