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Tyr-Ziu Saxnot
06-09-2017, 08:35 PM
https://www.yahoo.com/news/australian-muslims-demand-safe-spaces-inflammatory-031151754.html

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Australian Muslims demand safe spaces to be 'inflammatory'
[AFP]
AFP•June 7, 2017

Sydney (AFP) - An Australian Islamic council has called for taxpayer-funded "safe spaces" so young Muslims can express "inflammatory" views without fear in a move slammed Thursday as troubling and wrong.

News of the request comes just days after a fatal shootout in Melbourne claimed by the Islamic State group, which is being treated as a terrorist incident.

In a submission to a parliamentary inquiry into freedom of religion, the Islamic Council of Victoria demanded funding for federal counter-terrorism and anti-extremism programmes be diverted to create the refuges.

"Existing ... funding re-allocated to create safe spaces urgently needed by Muslim youth to meet and talk about a range of issues in emotional terms," it said.

"(A space) where they can be frank and even use words, which in a public space would sound inflammatory."

Victorian state Premier Daniel Andrews said he was "very troubled" by any suggestion for safe spaces where Muslim youth "could be radical".

"There is no safe way to rail against the West," he told reporters. "There is no safe way to rail against the values that we hold dear.

"I am very troubled by the suggestion that we might have a space where people could be radical as part of a de-radicalisation programme. That makes no sense to me whatsoever."

He ruled out any funding for such an initiative.

The council argued in its submission that the rise of right-wing extremist political rhetoric had a created "a culture of surveillance for our families".

"Muslim youth especially are watched everywhere, every day, and this 24/7 surveillance is becoming internalised and leading to serious mental health issues for many Muslims and increasing family tensions," it said.

The council added that words were frequently seen as "more of a crime than actions" and this limited young people's freedoms "to express themselves in ways that do not apply to non-Islamic faith youth".

In Melbourne on Tuesday a man of Somali background was killed in a gun battle with police when he opened fire following an hour-long standoff after taking a female escort hostage.

It is alleged 29-year-old Yacqub Khayre, linked to a 2009 terror plot targeting an Australian army barracks, had first murdered a Chinese-born Australian man.

Australian officials have grown increasingly concerned over the threat of extremist attacks and have prevented 12 on home soil since the threat level was raised in September 2014.


The Islamic Council of Victoria said the rise of right-wing extremist rhetoric had created a culture of surveillance for our families; and leading to serious mental health issues for many Muslims


Sydney (AFP) - An Australian Islamic council has called for taxpayer-funded "safe spaces" so young Muslims can express "inflammatory" views without fear in a move slammed Thursday as troubling and wrong.

News of the request comes just days after a fatal shootout in Melbourne claimed by the Islamic State group, which is being treated as a terrorist incident.

In a submission to a parliamentary inquiry into freedom of religion, the Islamic Council of Victoria demanded funding for federal counter-terrorism and anti-extremism programmes be diverted to create the refuges.

"Existing ... funding re-allocated to create safe spaces urgently needed by Muslim youth to meet and talk about a range of issues in emotional terms," it said.

"(A space) where they can be frank and even use words, which in a public space would sound inflammatory."

Victorian state Premier Daniel Andrews said he was "very troubled" by any suggestion for safe spaces where Muslim youth "could be radical".

"There is no safe way to rail against the West," he told reporters. "There is no safe way to rail against the values that we hold dear.

"I am very troubled by the suggestion that we might have a space where people could be radical as part of a de-radicalisation programme. That makes no sense to me whatsoever."

He ruled out any funding for such an initiative.

The council argued in its submission that the rise of right-wing extremist political rhetoric had a created "a culture of surveillance for our families".

"Muslim youth especially are watched everywhere, every day, and this 24/7 surveillance is becoming internalised and leading to serious mental health issues for many Muslims and increasing family tensions," it said.

The council added that words were frequently seen as "more of a crime than actions" and this limited young people's freedoms "to express themselves in ways that do not apply to non-Islamic faith youth".

In Melbourne on Tuesday a man of Somali background was killed in a gun battle with police when he opened fire following an hour-long standoff after taking a female escort hostage.

It is alleged 29-year-old Yacqub Khayre, linked to a 2009 terror plot targeting an Australian army barracks, had first murdered a Chinese-born Australian man.

Australian officials have grown increasingly concerned over the threat of extremist attacks and have prevented 12 on home soil since the threat level was raised in September 2014.





A proposal by an Australia-based Islamic group to create a safe space that allows people with "inflammatory" views to talk has sparked criticism.

Earlier this month, the Islamic Council of Victoria (ICV) recommended to a parliamentary inquiry into freedom of religion that funds were needed to "create safe spaces urgently needed by Muslim youth to meet and talk about a range of issues in emotional terms, where they can be frank and even use words, which in a public space would sound inflammatory."

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However, Daniel Andrews, premier of Victoria state, Melbourne, condemned the proposal at a press conference on Thursday (8 June).

"We've had a constructive relationship with the Islamic Council of Victoria but... proposing to create a space where people can just rant ... this is a hate space," he said, according to the Guardian.

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"The notion you can safely, without being monitored, without being picked up by authorities, be involved in all the radicalisation we're trying to diffuse makes no sense to me." He added the Victorian government would not provide funds for such initiative.

The remarks came days after a man was killed during a siege at an apartment in Melbourne in what authroities treated as a terrorism incident.

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Gunman Yacqub Khayre killed a man, injured three police officers and took a woman hostage before being shot dead by the police.

In response to Andrews' comments, ICV spokesman Adel Salman said the council did not regard the proposition as controversial, arguing it was a practice already used to help young people around the world.

"This is about good practice because the youth require an avenue to express their views in a safe environment... where they feel their views are valued, where they can be respectfully challenged and counter views presented," he was quoted by the BBC as saying.

ICV, which says it represents more than 180,000 Muslims in Victoria, also claimed the Muslim community in the state lacks support and experiences religious intolerance "in the form of Islamophobia".


When will the western world unite to destroy this cult??
It is truly a political/tyrannical conquering cult disguised as a religion..
One true look at its supposed -holy book- the Koran reveals THAT it preaches/teaches and commands MURDER, RAPE, STONING, EXECUTING GAYS, CUTTING OFF BODY PARTS and enslavement of ALL non-believers UNTIL ISLAM RULES THE ENTIRE WORLD!!

They use fear to spread and control ..
They should be dealt with by way of eradication of those engaging in the organization of terror/murder and enslavement of others.

When will all this damn coddling cease!!????? --Tyr

KarlMarx
06-10-2017, 10:43 AM
I have a better idea

Why don't they go to the Devil and stay there.


(you don't want to know what I really wanted to post)