freediver wrote on Apr 17
th, 2024 at 9:02am:
Quote:The Australian understands concerns had grown among community members that the teenager had “spent too much time online”, particularly on radical content across social media unaligned to mainstream Islamic views.
This is just another attempt to control. They would never criticise Islam itself, but they would take advantage of terrorist attacks to attempt to control what other Muslims are allowed to believe. In the west they are confronted by a bewildering variety of views that they would be protected from (by a threat of violence) in the middle east and north africa.
One of our past resident Muslims even suggested the appropriate response to Islamic terrorism in the west is to use government funds to promote "mainstream Islam".
Spare us the spin, Prime Minister: let’s be honest about true peddlers of extremism
We know that imams in western Sydney in particular have been caught on video praising jihad and calling for death and violence to what they term infidels.
One imam, investigated by NSW Police, said in reference to the Gaza conflict: “Jihad is the only solution.” He was never charged. A few months ago another cleric, Wissam Haddad, gave a “kill Jews” sermon. Again no charges were laid.
Then, just after the October 7 massacre, we witnessed the national disgrace of pro-Palestinian protesters taking over the Sydney Opera House forecourt, burning flags and chanting anti-Semitic slogans. Whether protesters chanted “Gas the Jews” became a point of contention. After weeks of investigation by NSW Police it was concluded protesters actually chanted “Where are the Jews”, as if this was somehow less egregious or softened the offence. No one was charged.
It’s perhaps little wonder that police – who now appear so compromised and so fearful to offend hate preachers – were unable immediately to quell protests outside the Sydney church on Monday. NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb seems to spend more time trying to recruit spin doctors than she does hunting down hate crime.
We now know the terrorist involved was charged by NSW Police and found guilty of a knife crime just three months ago. He was let off on a good behaviour bond in January. He was known to police but was allowed to attack again.
But Labor appears just as compromised. Labor has been trying to avoid offending Muslim voters and forcing an exodus to the Greens or independents. In doing this, however, it has offended the Jewish community and the rest of us who value democracy and the rule of law.
Meanwhile, in the background, Foreign Minister Penny Wong effectively has endorsed Hamas propaganda, calling for a ceasefire and advocating Palestinian statehood with little thought to the reality on the ground in the Middle East.
Labor wants to pander to the Muslim community and no doubt will congratulate the usual rollcall of Muslim community leaders who are always so quick, after the terrible events, to call for peace.
History shows when politicians and community leaders fail to call out extremism the public see through the obfuscation and empty, post-tragedy gestures. Australians aren’t fools. They need to trust the police will enforce the law and our leaders will stand up to extremism in all its forms.
Let’s be honest: Australia’s Muslim community harbours hate preachers. Through its silence it is allowing young men to be exposed to radicalisation. This cannot go unaddressed. This cannot be a matter of simple political lip service.Those same community leaders calling for calm during a period of heightened tension know exactly who is calling for jihad in their mosques and youth centres. Yet nothing meaningful or effective seems to have been done. Perhaps they could’ve also listened to the imam calling for jihad who in the same sermon said “the youth is now boiling with emotions and rage”?https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/spare-us-the-spin-prime-minister-let...We have seen 'mainstream' Islam on the streets every week since October.
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