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Another Mount Isa resident, Aaron, called uk canada goose outlet not for limits on Muslim immigration but “the Muslim way of life”.
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Another man told the ABC: “This is a Christian country, we’ve got Christian morals, Christian laws and stuff, and if people can’t abide by them they should be sent back to where they come from.”
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