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...Well, there’s even more to this nearly three-hour-long movie. Obviously Drover and Lady Ashley fall in love and then get torn apart, only to end up together again, but there’s also an overarching plot involving efforts to “assimilate?? mixed children of Aboriginals and whites as well as a climactic raid on Darwin by the Japanese.Clearly, “Australia” is an ambitious movie, and it soars and stirs when operating on a grand scale. Luhrmann, whose past credits include “Moulin Rouge?...

Author: By Samuel E. Chalsen, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Australia | 12/5/2008 | See Source »

...crime are more prevalent in immigrant communities. She also associated the situation among Muslim immigrants with that of groups resistant to assimilation. “Most Muslims complain of stigmatization as a group,” Ali said. “They ask why they are required to assimilate??they want to hold on to their culture.” Ali emphasized that petty crime, dropping out of school, and engagement in criminal activity are not related to Islam. However, she questioned the religion’s compatibility with an open, liberal society, such as the one that...

Author: By Jan Zilinsky, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Dutch Activist Discusses Islam | 5/10/2006 | See Source »

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