Imagine being part of a religion responsible for nearly 50.000 acts of terror around the world since 9/11, only to have the hide to go on a PR campaign claiming your religion’s got nothing to do with it:
Australian Islamic groups calls for revision of national terrorism laws
When an Islamic terrorist screams ‘allahuakbar’ we must not suspect him of being religiously motivated. Got it.?
An alliance of peak Islamic groups has called for Australia’s terrorism laws to be changed, to remove the concept of “religiously motivated terrorism” from the legislation.
In a statement, the Australian National Imams Council, the Alliance of Australian Muslims and the Australian Muslim Advocacy Network said it was necessary to “avoid simplistic attributions that target specific communities”.
Why is that ‘necessary?’
The group’s spokeswoman Ramia Abdo Sultan said terrorism was driven by political ideology and not religion.
Islam is a religious ideology. Terrorism & jihad is part of it.
“The presumption that terrorism is inherently tied to religion is not only inaccurate but harmful,” Ms Abdo Sultan told a press conference.
It’s not a presumption, it’s a fact. Knowing this is ‘harmful’ to whom?
“This misconception persists despite extensive scholarly work demonstrating that terrorism is driven by political and ideological motives, not religious faith.”
The ‘scholarly work’ of Islamic taqiyya gigolos is none of our concern. We rely on Islamic scriptures and the way Muslims understand their religion.
The alliance of Islamic groups did not take questions during the four minute press conference, telling the assembled media that they could submit questions by email. Continue reading Australia: Islamic Groups Claim Islam’s Got Nothing to Do With Islam
