BRISBANE, Australia — More than 20 Anglican, Baptist, Catholic and Uniting Church leaders joined Muslim leaders at Kuraby mosque to make a public stand against intolerance. It followed incidents including members of the Muslim community being verbally abused and vandalism at Mosques and Islamic centres in and around the Brisbane and Logan areas. The Kuraby Mosque was the site of a serious arson attack 13 years ago in the wake of the September 11 terrorism attacks. Kuraby Mosque acting Imam Dr Mohamed Abdalla said Australians must work together to prevent extremism. "We call upon all Australians to respect the rule of law, abstain from discrimination, act calmly and compassionately," Dr Abdalla said. "It's very important this type of meeting sends, hopefully, a positive message to Muslim youth and otherwise that the leaders of the community are united against violence. "Both leaders of both main religions and great religions of the world are making an unequivocal, clear statement that we're against violence, we're against acts of terror, regardless of who perpetrates these acts. "We hope these young people take heed from these statements and follow the advice ...      Read more