Of course getting around in public covered up head to toe and looking stupid is going to turn heads. It's weird.

Young Australians are joining terror groups because their "blood is boiling" at domestic persecution and international atrocities committed by the West, a local Muslim leader has warned.

Keysar Trad, founder of the Islamic Friendship Association, told a university forum that his comments may be "dangerous" and "politically incorrect" but they were crucial to understanding why more than 200 Australians have taken up arms in Syria and Iraq.

In a scathing assessment of Australia's efforts to create a harmonious society, he said constant persecution, hypocritical Australian laws, vitriolic media and repeated invasions in the Middle East were pushing young Muslims "to the margins of society" and driving them to radicalisation.
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Mr Trad said Australian Muslims were confronted with "systemic discrimination", opportunistic political commentary, unemployment and "duplicitous standards" in law enforcement.

"It is hard to argue with a young person who starts to cite all these issues, you can see the fire in their bellies, you in fact feel the same fire yourself," he said.

"All the above factors compound to different extents the sense of victimisation and alienation amongst youths in general and Muslim youths in particular."

In contrast, IS propaganda tells young people: "Join us and you will belong, you will not be discriminated against, you can go wild, let loose your facial hair and you become the law." he said.

Lydia Shelly, a lawyer and Muslim community member, said there was a poor understanding of radicalisation in Australia.

Her comments were echoed by Dr Jan Ali, a lecturer in Islam and Modernity at UWS, who told the forum that deradicalisation programs were pointless without a proper understanding of the phenomenon itself.

He said the federal government's efforts to fund community-led programs wouldn't solve the problem.

"There are some Muslims who are on the path of radicalisation who are from a middle class, well-to-do family," he said. "They don't need hand-outs."
http://www.smh.com.au/national/persecution-pushing-young-australian-muslims-to-t...


Muslims are now constantly persecuted in Australia, don't you know.  Then there is the vitriolic media (who does he mean? SMH? ABC? Who??)

Brian Ross wrote on Apr 4^th, 2015 at 3:31pm:


I think it's stupid,what do you expect from apologists

Meanwhile women in Iran are taking photos and videos of themselves in public not wearing the mandatory hijab.

Try searching google for Iran women remove hijab bwian.

polite_gandalf wrote on Apr 4^th, 2015 at 4:30pm:



Pretty much the same for mussie women and their oppression, wouldn't you say?

lol.  One man vs every media outlet, and I wouldn't even know if he is "anti-muslim" nor would 90% of people under age 65.

... wrote on Apr 12^th, 2015 at 7:07pm:


Considering that Alan Jones stoked the fires of the Cronulla Riot, I think he's listened to quite a few Sydneysiders under 65.   

|dev|null wrote on Apr 13^th, 2015 at 11:37am:


The hijab is supposed to cover the hair,do Iranian women show hair from under the hijab to protest this stupid religious law which you and brian support?

What are your thoughts on the Iranian morality police hb?
theguardian.com/world/iran-blog/2014/jun/19/iran-morality-police-patrol