Yesterday we reported that Jihadists are continuing to recruit in the Somali refugee neighborhoods of Minneapolis.
In response, reader FatherJon from Australia brought a similar story to us from Down Under. It is from late last year but well worth having a look at again now, especially as the American media may be on the cusp of ‘getting it’ about the Islamic imperative as the nightmare in Iraq continues to unfold.
The story is about Australian citizens (previously granted refuge there) going to join the rebels in Syria.
From the Sydney Morning Herald (I’ve taken snips not necessarily in order):
”They don’t consider themselves restricted to a particular country; they see themselves as part of the global ummah [Islamic nation],” he ( University of Western Sydney’s Dr Jan Alisaid). ‘‘Islam brings them together, not Syria.”
[….]
Since the conflict began, about 100 Australians, mostly Lebanese-Australian dual citizens, have travelled to fight, and many more have become embroiled in sectarian violence at home.
Lebanon and Syria have a history of hostility but social media and the emergence of extremist groups in Sydney have led many young Australians to view it as a cause to die for.
[….]
The emergence of controversial and conservative Muslim groups in Sydney, such as Bankstown’s Al Risalah community centre, the pan-Islamic political organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir and the Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jama’ah Association, which runs several mosques and the Bukhari House bookstore and prayer hall in Auburn, has created fear that young people are being indoctrinated.
Will they bring their new skills “home” to Australia?
Police have described Australians travelling to Syria as a ”game-changer” for national security because of the risk of bringing skills, knowledge and radicalised views back home.
The 100 believed to have fought in Syria far exceeds the highest estimates of Australian jihadists involved in previous overseas conflicts, Monash University terrorism researcher, Andrew Zammit, said.
Naive western governments and their NGO enablers offer them the “American Dream” (or Australian Dream!) and what do they do, raise up young healthy warriors for Allah.
Since this article is nearly 6 months old, we can only hope that most of the 100 “Australian” Jihadists are dead already.
LOL! At the moment I’m thinking of all the people, dissatisfied with America’s direction, who have said to me over the last few years—I’m going to escape to Australia! Good luck with that!
Although I must say, Australia, Israel and Bulgaria are the three non-Muslim countries we have identified which are actively attempting to close their borders and save themselves from mostly Muslim invaders. We have written 137 previous posts on Australia. Ambitious readers! click here, to view those reports.
