Sydney,March 21 (Islamic Voice) Senior Muslim leaders have called for the Australian flag to be flown outside the nation’s mosques as an expression of the Muslim community’s “loyalty� and commitment to the country. Muslim clerics urged Australia’s 300,000 Muslims to back the idea as a symbol of “integration� and pride. “Even in Muslim countries in the mosque, they fly the national flag, such as in Pakistan. If that can be done in a Muslim country, why not in Australia?�, said former chairman of the Prime Minister’s Muslim reference group, Dr. Ameer Ali. “We are Australian Muslims,� he said. “And it (the flag) is a symbol of our national identity.� Muslim leader Keysar Trad said some community members would consider the idea of displaying the flag as “politicising a place of worship�. “I have no problem with the flag being at Muslim schools, but a place of worship is for all people to be equal and as such I believe places of worship should maintain the tradition of not raising the national flag,� he said.