“The public furore ignited in response to the reported comments made by Sheik Taj Al-Din Al-Hilali has little to do with the question of crime or culpability. What is clear is that a consistently negative view of Islam and Muslims is being generated in this country with the aim of demonising Islam and silencing the Muslim community.”
Demonising Islam
AUSTRALIA: Assalaamu Alaikum,
Please find below press release from Hizb ut-Tahir Australia regarding latest campaign to demonise Islam and intimidate the Muslim Community.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Latest campaign to demonise Islam and intimidate the Muslim Community
Sydney, Australia, October 27 – The current furore surrounding the reported comments of Sheik Taj Al-Din Al-Hilali is the latest chapter in Australia aimed at demonising Islam and the Muslim community.
In an age of heightened hysteria generated as part of the ‘war on terror’, the media and politicians of all persuasions have wasted no time inflaming popular sentiment concerning the question of Islam and its role in Australian society.
Wassim Doureihi, media representative for Hizb ut-Tahrir Australia, comments:
“The public furore ignited in response to the reported comments made by Sheik Taj Al-Din Al-Hilali has little to do with the question of crime or culpability. What is clear is that a consistently negative view of Islam and Muslims is being generated in this country with the aim of demonising Islam and silencing the Muslim community.”
“Whether it is the question of home-grown terrorism, Muslim integration or the Muslim women’s dress code, Islam is consistently being presented as a negative and backward presence in this country and beyond.”
“Generating such hysteria can only lead to further hatred and division in society. All efforts must be expended in resisting such an outcome and building community cohesion.”
Oh Muslims:
The correct response for the Muslim community in trying circumstances is to hold steadfast to Islam and carry its message with courage and frankness; and to continue exposing the reality of Western foreign policy and the heinous crimes committed in its name.
“And whosoever places their trust in Allah, then that is sufficient for him” [TMQ 65:3]
Hizb ut-Tahrir, Australia
5 Shawal 1427 AH
27 October 2006 AD
Media Representative: 0438 000 465
Web:
http://www.risala.org
Note to Editors:
Hizb ut-Tahrir is a global Islamic political party working through intellectual and political means for the re-establishment of the Islamic Caliphate within the Muslim world. Hizb ut-Tahrir expressly disavows the use of violence as a means to realise its objectives.
* TMQ: Translation of the Meaning of the Quran
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http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2006/10/128561.php
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http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2006/10/128558.php
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http://adelaide.indymedia.org/newswire/display_any/37489
Please find below press release from Hizb ut-Tahir Australia regarding latest campaign to demonise Islam and intimidate the Muslim Community.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Latest campaign to demonise Islam and intimidate the Muslim Community
Sydney, Australia, October 27 – The current furore surrounding the reported comments of Sheik Taj Al-Din Al-Hilali is the latest chapter in Australia aimed at demonising Islam and the Muslim community.
In an age of heightened hysteria generated as part of the ‘war on terror’, the media and politicians of all persuasions have wasted no time inflaming popular sentiment concerning the question of Islam and its role in Australian society.
Wassim Doureihi, media representative for Hizb ut-Tahrir Australia, comments:
“The public furore ignited in response to the reported comments made by Sheik Taj Al-Din Al-Hilali has little to do with the question of crime or culpability. What is clear is that a consistently negative view of Islam and Muslims is being generated in this country with the aim of demonising Islam and silencing the Muslim community.”
“Whether it is the question of home-grown terrorism, Muslim integration or the Muslim women’s dress code, Islam is consistently being presented as a negative and backward presence in this country and beyond.”
“Generating such hysteria can only lead to further hatred and division in society. All efforts must be expended in resisting such an outcome and building community cohesion.”
Oh Muslims:
The correct response for the Muslim community in trying circumstances is to hold steadfast to Islam and carry its message with courage and frankness; and to continue exposing the reality of Western foreign policy and the heinous crimes committed in its name.
“And whosoever places their trust in Allah, then that is sufficient for him” [TMQ 65:3]
Hizb ut-Tahrir, Australia
5 Shawal 1427 AH
27 October 2006 AD
Media Representative: 0438 000 465
Web:
http://www.risala.org Note to Editors:
Hizb ut-Tahrir is a global Islamic political party working through intellectual and political means for the re-establishment of the Islamic Caliphate within the Muslim world. Hizb ut-Tahrir expressly disavows the use of violence as a means to realise its objectives.
* TMQ: Translation of the Meaning of the Quran
Related:
Australia’s new sedition laws and the case of Brian Cooper
Over the past year, Australian attorney-general Philip Ruddock has rejected calls by two reports—from a Senate committee and the Australian Law Reform Commission—to limit the sedition provisions in the Anti-Terrorism Act 2005 by requiring proof of intention to cause disaffection or violence. He has also brushed aside recommendations to curtail new clauses outlawing “urging conduct” that “assists” an “organisation or country engaged in armed hostilities” against the Australian military.
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2006/10/128561.php Another Gov't Scapegoat Denied Freedom
However the governments criminal acts and clergy all lie and cannot be believed to the gross dissatisfaction of the general community which have no confidence in the violation of human rights and dignity based on hearsay and rhetoric about thought crimes.
http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2006/10/128558.php Lawyers denied access to secret truth in scapegoat case
In preparing his defence case, two of his lawyers, solicitor Adam Houda and barrister Peter Lange, saw information that the Commonwealth says they should not have had access to.
http://adelaide.indymedia.org/newswire/display_any/37489
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Lets go back....way back: John Howards Xmas Present
27.10.2006 11:42
Australian Political Media Establishment Race Hate
Both the Liberals and the Laborites are committed to implementing deeply unpopular right-wing economic reforms--exacerbating social inequality, eliminating job security, and driving down wages and living conditions. The two parties seek to deflect opposition to their agenda by fomenting racial divisions in order to channel the insecurity and disaffection felt by millions of ordinary people into deeply reactionary channels. At the most fundamental level, that is what caused Sunday's events.
Cronulla race riot
The lifesavers asked for it!
The Mainscream Media asked for it!
The Police asked for it!
Then the community decided it was ok to be racist!
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Race Riot Nationalists spread to third Sydney suburb
The latest violence comes after a racially motivated pro-government right wing Nationalist media taking John HoWARd's lead, ended up in a riot at Cronulla Beach which saw several people of Middle Eastern appearance attacked. Shame HoWARd....Shame on you!
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Thugs ruled the streets, and the mob sang Waltzing Matilda
Sometimes when a victim was cornered, the mob started singing Waltzing Matilda. Advance Australia Fair was similarly employed against obstructing police, and the usually good-natured "Aussie Aussie Aussie" chant in the mouths of the Cronulla crew assumed a menacing tone.
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International Human Rights Day
One of the events for International Human Rights Day in Melbourne was a rally outside the State Library attended by about 100 people on Saturday December 10. Issues canvassed by speakers included opposition to mandatory detention of asylum seekers, treatment of indigenous Australians, opposition to the "anti-terror" laws, and scapegoating of the muslim community.
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Christmas in Guantanamo
After four long years, David Hicks - and scores of others - have been confined in steel cages in Guantanamo Bay, without trial or charge. Here in Australia, draconian anti-terror laws abolish some of our most cherished freedoms, and give ASIO and the Australian Federal Police carte blanche to treat the Islamic community like criminals.
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Politically manipulated police raids in Australia
In the largest such operation yet seen in Australia--reportedly involving 850 federal and state police and intelligence personne--heavily-armed officers burst into at least 23 homes in Sydney and Melbourne in the pre-dawn hours of yesterday morning and arrested 17 Islamic men on vague and unspecified terrorism charges. Today, raids are still continuing in Sydney, amid angry protests by family members.
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Rex
thanks Sam maybe post something from the BNP next?
27.10.2006 13:54
Arthur
Oh Dear
27.10.2006 18:42
Sam
Answer the question Sam?
28.10.2006 07:09
Arthur