Comments on: A Solemn Celebration

By: Maria Faustino

Maria Faustino — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 06:20:06 +0000

Hi D,
I’ve written a letter to Julia Gillard. I’m not so knowledgeable in politics, but I think that any action is good isn’t it?

I still find it very hard to talk about Dr Leghaei without tears welling up my eyes. My friends from different cultures and faiths are very sad as well, they are also in shock that this can happen to someone who has been promoting harmony in Australia.

Ebrahim, it is unfortunate that you are making an accusation against a person without substantiated evidence. A person is proven innocent until proven guilty, not the other way around.

Please join Father Dave’s forum, it would be a great way to discuss ideas so that we can all find great ways to help Dr Leghaei’s case. The truth shall prevail!!!

Father Dave, I agree with HA, many people would love to visit your church and have lots of activities together. I have a lot of friends from different faiths, and would love to get to know people from different cultures too

By: D

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 19:39:03 +0000

can we write a letter to julie…is there is a way?

By: D

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:49:16 +0000

Dear Sheikh’s lawyer..

cant we do any thing beside waiting till october…is there is a way to express our grieve to gov to have them listen?

By: D

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:44:43 +0000

I do not live in Sydney and I feel huge pain…I wonder how my brothers and sisters who were very close to sheikh doing…
I feel that waiting to October is too long…I just can\\\’t do it…I do not know how to do it…what had happened is so wrong..
I wonder if there is a way to let our pain out…like letters to gov…Just anything that will make the case move and HAVE HIM BACK
If the gov take the decision to take this step..Isn’t it, their responsibility to take the consequences as well…what were the gov plans for us? Did they think about us? Or they though we can take it…we should manage ourselves??…were they fair to us???
This move had serious effect on most of his people….just too much..
Accept my apology for my pain…

By: HA

HA — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 00:42:41 +0000

Dear Honorable Father Dave,

We surely miss our great scholar, now that he has gone and our sorrow will forever remain with us till he returns and we have the opporunity to hug iur dear scolar and family member again.

My salutations to you Father Dave for standing up for Human Rights and for this cause. You are indeed a shining example with a pure heart. May God Bless you for your honesty, your love, your compassion and your kindness. Would you be able to schedule a visit for us to the Church? as I am sure the whole gathering would more than welcome this opportunity and we should continue the good work that you and Sheik were performing by marching towards unity amongst Humans. Lets keep the movement for UNITY going.

By: D

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:18:46 +0000

I feel so sad..I can not get over it…

I pray that god help him ,his family and all the people who suffer his departure

come back in peace…

By: Roy Barnes

Roy Barnes — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 09:39:33 +0000

As a long time opposer of the death penalty I have always sought to determine just what it is I find so obnoxious about capital punishment. I suppose the most disturbing thing for me is the fact that in putting a man to death we aren’t just ending his life; we’re also cutting all of the ties that bind him (or her) to the rest of humanity. To me that is the most cruelest aspect of executing someone. It is cruel, cold and inhumane.
When I saw the Sheikh on television tonight, waving at supporters as he went through to the departure lounge at the airport, I saw the similarity between this case and capital punishment.
And I felt at once a truly gut-wrenching sense of shame at what the government of this country has just done. That the Sheikh and his family might harbour no ill-will of this country does not in way mitigate the cruelty of the government and, especially, ASIO.

While I have never met the Sheikh, I shed a tear tonight in seeing him leave Australia. For he and his family, what happened to them, and the wonderful support that was shown by Father Dave and the Christian & Muslim communities, this is all a very subtle reminder of the beauty of humanity and the importance of us all remaining true to each other.

By: Father Dave

Father Dave — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 08:43:55 +0000

Last night we said our final goodbyes to dear Mansour at the airport and it was a very emotional time. I am still finding it hard to talk about.

What I can (and must) say is that the warmth and generosity that has been shown to me, not only by the Sheikh but by so many in the Islamic community, has been truly humbling. I am deeply grateful to God for the privilege of having known Mansour and his congregation.

By: F

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 04:49:50 +0000

Last night was truly a sad night for most of us, but this does not have to end. We will all fight together to bring this noble character back to his much loved community.
Father Dave – Thank you for your continued support through out this mission, and I pray to the Almighty to grant you and all of us the strength to continue this fight until justice prevails!

By: Jonathan (Stretch)

Jonathan (Stretch) — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 23:55:59 +0000

It’s now Monday and Sheikh Mansour has flown out of Sydney. I feel sad that our government has become so insensitive and it is their silence that hurts most. I am also sorry that my commitments at a conference over the weekend did not enable me to say goodbye to Sheikh Mansour. I pray for peace and safety to him and his family until they can return.