Baird says イスラム教徒s have friend in NSW govt
NSW 首相 マイク Baird has 急速な/放蕩なd to 示す the end of Ramadan, and has told the 明言する/公表する's イスラム教徒s they have a strong friend in 政府 after 議論の的になる comments by Community Relations (売買)手数料,委託(する)/委員会/権限 chairman Vic Alhadeff.
Speaking at the 年次の Iftar dinner to 示す the end of the Islamic 急速な/放蕩なing period, Mr Baird, a Christian, received a loud 賞賛 when he said he used the experience of a day's 急速な/放蕩な to 反映する.
"You think ... of everything we take for 認めるd," he said on Thursday night.
"Multiculturalism is alive and 井戸/弁護士席 in NSW. It is something of which we're very proud.
"And as I 反映する on Ramadan, it just is a 思い出の品 of the need to 保護する that, to 確実にする we do everything we can to 保護する it."
The イスラム教徒 community had a strong friend in 政府, Mr Baird told the 集会 of community leaders in the Strangers Dining Hall at 明言する/公表する 議会.
"I truly believe everyone who has come here tonight is a friend," he said.
"And in the months and years if I have an 適切な時期 to build on that I will."
The 首相 made the comments まっただ中に 怒り/怒る over プロの/賛成の-イスラエル comments made by Mr Alhadeff in an email.
The email 含むd a "frequently asked questions" fact sheet from イスラエル's 外務 省 about its 軍の 不快な/攻撃 in Gaza.
Mr Alhadeff has 報道によれば told Fairfax マスコミ he is sorry if anyone was 感情を害する/違反するd by the email.
The 首相 has said Mr Alhadeff has h is 十分な 信用/信任 in his position at the CRC.
But にもかかわらず the packed (米)棚上げする/(英)提議するs at the dinner, there were a few absences in 抗議する.
The Lebanese イスラム教徒 協会 (LMA) ボイコット(する)d the night.
"I ask 政府 公式の/役人s to 行為/法令/行動する with 誠実, to think before they speak, to consider the consequences of their 活動/戦闘s and words," LMA 大統領,/社長 Samier Dandan said in a 声明.
"This 約束/交戦 is not about silencing the community but rather about giving it a 発言する/表明する."