The unpleasant outpouring of anti-Muslim hatred seen in the beach riots of 2005 could easily be repeated again today anywhere in Australia A decade ago a toxic brew of anti-Muslim hatred,alcohol, social media foment, or threats to the mono-cultural beach scene of the Sutherland Shire and the noxious shock jock-ery of,among others, Alan Jones, and manifested in the Cronulla riots. There’ve been inquiries and endless community consultations,conversations and parsing over the factors that contributed to one of the ugliest incidents, post-moment world war, or of racial violence in Australia.
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Source: theguardian.com