The western media is only concerned about human rights for Islamists. If Khalid was an oriental Asian, he would have been ignored, since orientals are considered to be less than human, and hence is not entitled to human rights.

Contrast the different treatment in the media between Wang Jian Ping and David Hicks. Wang is an Australian citizen, who was jailed by China for 10 years for spying for Australia. In his case, there were no public rallies, there were no full-page advertisements in newspapers sponsored by Amnesty International (or should it be called Islamic International?), no cry for his release. He was totally ignored.

Likewise, mandatory detention for refugees. In the ten years that mandatory detention was in force to detain Vietnamese and Chinese refugees, there were no public outcry against mandatory detention. It was only when mandatory detention were used against Muslims from the Middle East that there were public protests, which have now disappeared since all the Muslims have been released.

Vietnamese and Chinese refugees (who had to endured a much longer and hazardous boat journey) were portrayed as human garbage washed up on the shores of Australia; in contrast, Muslim refugees were portrayed as brave romantic heroes.