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‘Rise as one’ call to Sydney rally of Muslims
THE AUSTRALIAN ^ | January 24, 2015 | by Ean Higgins

Posted on 01/25/2015 6:07:01 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

HIZB ut-Tahrir leaders last night urged a crowd of about 500 in Sydney’s Lakemba to rise as one to defend­ the name of the prophet Mohammed, extolling them to reject the West’s concept of freedom of speech as a “smokescreen” to oppress Muslims.

Organisers warmed up the audience with a series of chants including “rise, Muslims, take a stand, defend the prophet hand in hand” and “the prophet that you defame, Allah will protect his name”.

One speaker, Sufyan Badar, told the crowd it had gathered not as a reflection of freedom of association, but as a “response to the command of Allah”.

“Freedom is the smokescreen ... a political tool to oppress Muslims,” he said.

The activist group is edging close to possible prosecution for its apologist stance on the Islamic State terrorist group and violent acts including the Charlie Hebdo murders, a terrorism expert warned before the rally.

Monash University’s Greg ­Barton told The Weekend Australian that Hizb ut-Tahrir’s failure to condemn Islamic State, and its narrative that Islamic terrorism was a predictable response to Western ­oppression of Muslims, could be interpreted as contributing to the cause of a proscribed organisation.

(Excerpt) Read more at theaustralian.com.au ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: caliphate; islam; liberty; muslims

1 posted on 01/25/2015 6:07:01 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
"...extolling them to reject the West’s concept of freedom of speech as a “smokescreen” to oppress Muslims."

Damn, just when the oppression was working so well, too...

2 posted on 01/25/2015 6:08:54 AM PST by DJ Frisat (Proudly providing the NSA with provocative textual content since 1995!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
“Freedom is the smokescreen ... a political tool to oppress Muslims,” he said.

Selah. (Loosely translated: Learn it, live it, love it)

3 posted on 01/25/2015 6:09:39 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
‘Rise as one’ call to Sydney rally of Muslims

For the sake of clarity, are you calling for rising as one Shi'ite or Sunni Mooselimb?

4 posted on 01/25/2015 6:11:22 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Outlaw Islam
Expel all Muslims
Stop all aid to Muslim lands


5 posted on 01/25/2015 6:11:27 AM PST by MrBambaLaMamba (Obama - "I will stand with the Muslims")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Perfect opportunity to round them up in their self-selected anti-Western principles grouping, deport them back to their craphole in the sand in a leaky boat with a compass.


6 posted on 01/25/2015 6:11:39 AM PST by Amagi (Lenin: "Socialized Medicine is the Keystone to the Arch of the Socialist State.")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
"Rise as one"

...because that makes a clear target.

7 posted on 01/25/2015 6:15:38 AM PST by 9thLife ("Life is a military endeavor..." -- Pope Francis)
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HIZB ut-Tahrir leaders last night urged a crowd of about 500 in Sydney’s Lakemba to rise as one to defend­ the name of the führer Hitler, extolling them to reject the West’s concept of freedom of speech as a “smokescreen” to oppress Nazis.

Organisers warmed up the audience with a series of chants including “rise, Nazis, take a stand, defend the Führer hand in hand” and “the Führer that you defame, Hitler will protect his name”.

One speaker, Sufyan Badar, told the crowd it had gathered not as a reflection of freedom of association, but as a “response to the command of Hitler”.

“Freedom is the smokescreen ... a political tool to oppress Nazis,” he said.

The activist group is edging close to possible prosecution for its apologist stance on the Third Reich terrorist group and violent acts including the Charlie Hebdo murders, a terrorism expert warned before the rally.

Monash University’s Greg ­Barton told The Weekend Australian that Hizb ut-Tahrir’s failure to condemn the Third Reich, and its narrative that Nazi atrocities were a predictable response to Western ­oppression of Fascists, could be interpreted as contributing to the cause of a proscribed organisation.

8 posted on 01/25/2015 6:17:58 AM PST by Sirius Lee (All that is required for evil to advance is for government to do "something")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Rise as one

and spread like Ebola.

9 posted on 01/25/2015 6:19:59 AM PST by windsorknot
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To: Sirius Lee

Well done.


10 posted on 01/25/2015 6:20:38 AM PST by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

11 posted on 01/25/2015 6:22:43 AM PST by Lazamataz (With friends like Boehner, we don't need Democrats. -- Laz A. Mataz, 2015)
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To: Sirius Lee

Exactly!


12 posted on 01/25/2015 6:27:01 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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13 posted on 01/25/2015 6:28:19 AM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
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To: 9thLife
Yup.


14 posted on 01/25/2015 6:28:40 AM PST by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Give them each an inner tube and a compass.


15 posted on 01/25/2015 6:33:06 AM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Why are moslems even permitted to enter Australia.....or any other Western Nation for that matter?


16 posted on 01/25/2015 7:18:29 AM PST by mikefromwichita
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

That won’t do, poor Dears might get seasick
Better a quiet taste of home in the Never Never.

Out on the wastes of the Never Never
There where the heat-waves dance forever


17 posted on 01/25/2015 12:22:27 PM PST by Huaynero
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