To what extent can a democratic country permit what is effectively a hostile counterculture to exist unchecked in its midst, asks social scientist Dr Christopher J. Ward.Australia’s top Muslim cleric – the “grand mufti” of Australia, Sheik Taj al-Din al-Hilaly – has done it again. He has proved quite conclusively that he has learned nothing from his inappropriate remarks demeaning Australian women as “uncovered meat” in October 2006.Neither his self-proclaimed exile nor taping his mout…
