“Australian-friendly Islam” — presumably featuring a Qur’an more full of cut-out passages than a Christmas catalogue in Saudi Arabia. By Phil Mercer in VOA News, with thanks to all who sent this in:
Young Muslims are to be taught Australian-friendly Islam under a government plan to stop them being influenced by extremists. An approved curriculum will be introduced at universities in an attempt to counter the teachings of controversial Muslim clerics. Phil Mercer in Sydney reports.
The program announced this week is aimed at challenging firebrand clerics in Australia, who preach a radical version Islam that is peppered with intolerance and hate.
The university courses, which are intended to help train young Australian imams, will look at Islam with an international perspective.
The centers for Islamic excellence will be concentrated at a handful of campuses and are part of an Australian government plan to enhance social harmony and integration. The program will cost about $6 million and the government says courses should start by the end of the year.
The precise details and content of the courses are still being worked out.
Let’s see…sura 9 will have to go. And much of sura 8. And 47:4. And 2:62-5; 5:59-60; and 7:166. And 5:82. And 98:6. And dozens of other passages. And after that you’ll have to tackle the Hadith…