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December 27, 2005

Australian Imam Says Anti-Terrorism Causes Terrorism

Topics: Understanding Islam

If you're a little confused, don't be. Nothing that comes from the mouths of Islamists makes any sense. According to the head of the Melbourne-based Ahl Sunnah Wal Jamaah Association said terror attacks around the world, including September 11 and the London bombings, were predominantly Western conspiracies concocted to sully the image of Islam.

FIREBRAND Muslim cleric Mohammad Omran has blamed the Howard Government for radicalising young Muslims, claiming that demonising Islam was driving its followers towards a terrorist mentality.

"The Government is pushing the people to believe they can do all these major disaster things," Sheik Omran told The Australian in his first major interview since 18 men, including a number of his followers, were arrested last month in Sydney and Melbourne, accused of plotting acts of terrorism.

The defiant imam, regarded as one of the most radical senior clerics in Australia, lashed out at critics who linked his teachings to alleged homegrown terror cells, insisting: "This is a public place, anyone can come to pray."

...People were more inclined to turn to terrorism when they were convinced they had the capacity to do so, and less inclined to turn to such extreme acts when told they did not have what it took.

So, trying to stop terrorists before they blow people up causes innocent, peace-loving Muslims to become terrorists?
And according to the motor-mouth sheik, neither Osama bin-Laden or any Muslim had anything whatsoever to do with 9/11!

Posted by Richard at December 27, 2005 8:15 AM

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