It simply confirmed concerns that too many Muslims have a group loyalty and inflamed sense of victimhood that made them the sea in which jihadists swim.
One reason it backfired was that Brandis was brilliant in defending the Government’s anti-terrorism strategy. But what really undid the exercise was the audience which grabbed the ABC’s microphone.
Bilal Raulf warned that the big anti-terrorism raids should stop ... or else: “This gung-ho approach” against suspected jihadists would just “drive them in a particular direction”. Sheik Wesam Charkawi suggested we should instead give “young, angry Muslim men” what they wanted: “There are legitimate grievances that people have.”
Charkawi implied our anti-terror laws, rather than Islamic terrorism, were the problem: “Given that these new laws create the atmosphere of such a major divide in the hearts and minds of all concerned, isn’t it time the Government changed its approach?”
[TOP RATED COMMENT] Funny how every audience always has very good Muslim representation, more so than many other groups it seems. They certainly know how to use the media to push their views. I'm sick and tired of their victim mentality.
We are the victims here - it's our way of life that is being forcibly changed and freedoms curtailed by the undeniable incitement to hate and kill, whether they agree with it or not , which derive from the teachings and ideology from within their religion. When they acknowledge that the problem is theirs to fix, not ours, is when mainstream Australians will feel more comfortable with sharing our country with them.
[ANOTHER] They seemed to hate our government more than the Islamic State. [Herald Sun] Read more
