By DPA
Sydney : The heads of two pigs and an Australian flag were left Wednesday at the site of a proposed Islamic school in an outer suburb of Sydney.
The school, for 1,200 Muslim pupils, has been at the centre of controversy with opponents claiming that Muslims are not integrating and that the school would promote further separation.
Human rights campaigner Stepan Kerkyasharian said the protest showed racism was behind opposition to the school.
“This insult and display of hatred is not something any fair-minded Australian would approve of,” Kerkyasharian said in a statement.
“The obsessive hatred of the mindless bigots who perpetrated this outrage is evidenced by their total disrespect of the ultimate symbol of our national pride, the Australian flag.”
There are around 350,000 Muslims in Australia and most of them live in Sydney’s western suburbs. Their leaders argue that avowedly Christian schools get government funds and say it’s only fair for Islamic schools to have equal treatment.