MALCOLM Turnbull has recalibrated the Federal Government's response to Muslim extremism and accused Australians who vilify Islam as part of the national security threat confronting police.
The Prime Minister yesterday called for "mutual respect" for all religions and said he would convene a meeting on Thursday with state and federal agencies to help counter violent extremism. 
Just days after the execution of police accountant Curtis Cheng in Parramatta by 15-year-old Farhad Jabar, Mr Turnbull met with seven Muslim leaders in Burwood in Sydney's west to reveal how his Government would work with them.
As anti-Muslim groups threatened to hold further rallies in Sydney to protest against Islam, Mr Turnbull questioned how such action would be in Australia's interest.
"If you're supporting an approach of disrespecting or of hating, or of vilifying another group in the community, how can that possibly be anything other than contrary to our national interest?" he said. "Those who do that are making the work of the police and security services, governments who seek to prevent violent extremism, much harder. So if we want to be respected, if we want our faith, our cultural background to be respected, then we have to respect others." Mr Turnbull's language was in stark contrast to the "Team Australia" message of his predecessor, Tony Abbott.
Mr Turnbull, who was on the beach at North Bondi yesterday to promote the surf lifesaving movement (right), said there was just one law in Australia and if people could not abide by its laws, they should leave.
"It is not compulsory to live in Australia," he said."If you find Australian values are ... unpalatable, then there's a big wide world out there and people have got freedom of movement. Those who seek to gnaw away at that social fabric are not part of the Australian dream."