The Islamic Council of Victoria have put out a media release in response to an article on Islam by Cardinal George Pell, Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, which drew on such writers as Daniel Pipes, Andrew Bostom and William Dalrymple to portray Islam as an inherently violent religion that poses a threat to Western democracies.
Predictably, Robert Spencer rallies to Pell’s defence: Dhimmi Watch, 5 May 2006
See also “Aussie Muslims slam priest for ‘ignorant’ Qur’an remarks”, Islam Online, 5 May 2006