Jihad Watch: "This is Not How We Work Here"

October 30, 2003

"This is Not How We Work Here"

This just in from Sheik Mohammed Omran of Melbourne, Australia: violent jihad is acceptable in Iraq, but not in Australia itself. Why not? As the Sheikh put it to two Abdul Rahman Ayub and Abdul Rahim Ayub, Australia-based leaders of the terrorist group Jemaah Islamiyah in Australia: "This is not how we work here."

What does he mean by that? Maybe that post-Christian, multiculturalist Australia can be taken without a shot?

Sheikh Mohammed's words were condemned by another Australian Muslim leader, Sheikh Hilali, who said: "It is not to the benefit of young people in any area to have a teacher like Omran ... not in Australia or any Arabic or Islamic country." But is Hilali actually renouncing violent jihad altogether, or simply showing that he understands very well that such open avowals of the true intentions of radical Muslims are simply "not how we work here"?

Posted by Robert at October 30, 2003 3:31 PM
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Not even the most radical, wide eyed cleric could have much faith in making any inroads into a society so dedicated to beer, scantily clad women, and indolence as Australia.

And if they mess around with violence they tend to get a strong reaction, as they found out after Bali.

Posted by: Scott at October 30, 2003 7:23 PM