I don’t normally do this sort of thing but, well, this is fucked:

Convert to Islam, Bashir tells Howard
The alleged head of the terrorist organisation believed to be behind the Bali and Australian Embassy bombings has called on Prime Minister John Howard and United States President George Bush to convert to Islam or close their embassies in Indonesia.

That’s the front page of today’s West Australian, making it pretty clear that JI wants us all worshipping Allah by next week or else. Or else what, exactly? Here’s the last paragraph of the report, which I assume only barely made the cut:

“If the West think it’s impossible, then we all should agree on our differences and learn to apply mutual respect. Don’t stand and pass judgement on Islam, and tell us of what we should or shouldn’t do. In the meantime we shall learn to do the same.”

Ohkayyyyy. If we don’t convert right away, their going to insist on -oh my gosh- mutual tolerance. Funny, because at the start of the report I thought we were gearing up for World War Three. I was just about to go and start digging myself an air raid shelter when I realised that The West had completely misrepresented Bashir, to the point of pretty much just making shit up. What a complete disgrace.