Peter Costello Meets the Dhimmis

...and doesn't budge. GATA.

Australian treasurer Peter Costello said that Muslims who want to live by Islamic sharia law were not welcome in the country, fuelling more anger after Prime Minister John Howard's comments on "extremist" Muslim immigrants.

Two key Muslim leaders on Friday condemned Costello's beliefs as divisive, but Howard stood by his heir apparent, defending the treasurer's comments as fundamentally accurate and calling for people to "take a deep breath" and calm down.

Howard said on Monday that he was concerned about "extremist" Muslim immigrants bent on jihad because they were antagonistic towards Australian society.

And even gets backing from the, choke, Parliamentary Secretary for Multicultural Affairs.

Fine blogging of the local media coverage by Australian blogger, Tim Blair.