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Australia: Muslims slam general’s warning of long war against jihadis as “ludicrous”

Aug 11, 2014 7:54 am By Robert Spencer

Muslims protestOne might have thought that all these moderate Muslim leaders would have applauded General Leahy’s remarks and assured the Australian government that they shared Leahy’s determination to defend freedom against these Muslims who ostensibly misunderstand and misapply their religion. Instead, they’re complaining about “right-wing extremism” and “bigotry,” and complaining that resistance to jihad will only lead to more jihad — a sly call for surrender.

An update on this story. “Muslims slam 100-year war call,” by Rick Wallace and Gina Rushton, The Australian, August 11, 2014 (thanks to Kenneth):

ISLAMIC community leaders and Labor yesterday criticised former army chief Peter Leahy’s provocative warning that Australia should prepare for a 100-year ­battle with Islamic radicals intent on terrorist attacks.

The defence strategist’s call to arms — which included talk of pre-emptive action — was attacked as inflammatory, divisive and negligent by Muslim leaders in several states.

While Tony Abbott was cautious in his response, Labor immigration spokesman Richard Marles said the comments were “hard to justify”.

Islamic Council of Victoria secretary Ghaith Krayem said Professor Leahy’s “ludicrous” statements were “grossly negligent” and raised the risk of right-wing extremism bubbling over.

“Our main concern is there is a growing risk of right-wing extremism in this country and somebody like him coming out and pushing for pre-emptive action, on the back of the Attorney-General (George Brandis)’s comments about it being OK to be a bigot, is a problem,” he said. “Comments like that say to this particular generation of young (Muslims) that the community doesn’t want them and pushes them further away.”

Former Islamic Council of Victoria president Yasser Soliman said Professor Leahy’s comments were “what you would expect to see from someone who sees the world in terms of war and ­conflict”.

Yes, because as we all know, no Muslims ever see the world in terms of war and conflict.

“We would be in a very bad state if we allowed those pre­occupied with conflict to dictate our view. We need people to stand up and put as much effort into peacemaking as war making.

“This perpetual cycle of ­counter-terrorism and revenge, it’s just madness. Instead of one Saddam Hussein we have thousands of them; instead of one Osama bin Laden, we have thousands.”

But apparently if we don’t fight them, they will go away.

Islamic Friendship Association spokesman Keysar Trad said ­Professor Leahy’s comments were inflammatory and counter­productive. “The only thing that would stir such a statement would be a profound misunderstanding of the religion of Islam … Historically we have succeeded in weeding out our radicals,” he said.

Really? Where and when?

Melbourne Islamic community leader Sheik Muhammad Abdul Wahid said while the Muslim community supported law enforcement efforts against terrorism, the fate of the Palestinians and the conflict throughout the Middle East was aiding the recruitment strategies of extremists.

In other words, the way to end jihad is to stop resisting jihad.

Mr Marles, speaking on TV yesterday, said “the comments of Peter Leahy are hard to justify in the context of a 100-year conflict”.

“Surely the right thing to be doing here … is to be working with the Islamic community,” he said.

“The leaders of the Islamic community in this country are as appalled with the actions of those individuals as any of us.”

The Prime Minister, speaking on Saturday, said he hadn’t had a chance to look at the comments but “General Leahy was a two-term commander of the Australian Army and he’s a person who I believe should be listened to respectfully and taken seriously”.

He added that “the last thing I want to see is anything that ­suggests there is some incom­patibility between cultures and civilisations”.

Yes, such an incompatibility would be unprecedented and inconceivable!

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  1. JIMJFOX says

    Aug 11, 2014 at 8:09 am

    How long can this pretence go on? Koranic verses of violence should be on billboards, in newspapers and every TV channel worldwide. We are a bunch of submission monkeys.

  2. Rohan says

    Aug 11, 2014 at 8:09 am

    Robert Spencer is scared of Muslims.

    • Don Juan of Austria says

      Aug 11, 2014 at 11:02 am

      As any sane member of Christian civilisation ought to be

    • John Spielman says

      Aug 11, 2014 at 11:09 am

      Nonsense, he is telling the truth about Islam, the world’ most vicious murderous and evil ” religion”
      We are NOT “islamophobes” but islamoLOATHS!

    • Anonymous says

      Aug 11, 2014 at 1:08 pm

      Robert’s write up is intended to be sarcastic. I would suggest you re-read it.

  3. Jaladhi says

    Aug 11, 2014 at 8:09 am

    Again, it goes to show all Muslims are same, no moderate and all radical. The west should be under no illusion that Muslims living under their borders are patriots and support them. it is all an illusion. Muslims have allegiance only to their religious cult and Mo/allah and will not miss any chance to stab the kuffar nations in the back.

    Muslims in the west should be treated in the same way as they treat non-Muslims in their Muslim countries. Sure we have stoop their barbarian level but nothing short of it will force them to change their barbarian ways!!

  4. Angemon says

    Aug 11, 2014 at 8:22 am

    http://www.muddysmind.com/archives/images/cry_baby_islam.gif

  5. Jovial Joe says

    Aug 11, 2014 at 10:36 am

    Tony Abbot is right not to describe this as a clash of civilisations because it isn’t; it is, as ex-Muslim Wafa Sultan described it, a clash of civilisation against barbarism. There is absolutely zero civility in that evil cult.

  6. Kim says

    Aug 11, 2014 at 10:48 am

    Am I mistaken or have moslems themselves just failed at properly distinguishing “Islam” from people “hijacking the peaceful religion of islam”? If those muslims indeed saw any difference between the two why would they get offended when someone wants to fight the radicals (and makes it very clear that he only wants to fight radical islam)?

  7. David says

    Aug 11, 2014 at 11:02 am

    I agree Kim, looks like these Muslim leaders are admitting “Islamic radicals” are a part of Islam. Oops, is the facade slipping?

  8. Gail Griffin says

    Aug 11, 2014 at 11:06 am

    The Auzzie Jihadi who’s son was pictured holding the Syrians head, was convicted of terrorism against Aust. and given, wait for it! wait for it——— 4 years in prison.

    • Mark says

      Aug 11, 2014 at 11:47 am

      Out in two, beheading in three

      • Keith says

        Aug 12, 2014 at 12:10 pm

        That long?

  9. KrazyKafir says

    Aug 11, 2014 at 11:15 am

    So we hear from the most dangerous segment of the ummah: the “moderates”. The carriers of the most dangerous virulent ideology the world has ever known.

  10. Milan says

    Aug 11, 2014 at 12:36 pm

    The Greatest Murder Machine in History,

    When one thinks of mass murder, Hitler comes to mind. If not Hitler, then Tojo, Stalin, or Mao. Credit is given to the 20th-century totalitarians as the worst species of tyranny to have ever arisen. However, the alarming truth is that Islam has killed more than any of these, and may surpass all of them combined in numbers and cruelty.

    The enormity of the slaughters of the “religion of peace” are so far beyond comprehension that even honest historians overlook the scale. When one looks beyond our myopic focus, Islam is the greatest killing machine in the history of mankind, bar none.

  11. Lee says

    Aug 12, 2014 at 2:52 am

    Why, oh why, does the press insist on asking Keysar for his opinions (taqiyya)!? How many have protested the systematic murder of other human beings?

  12. Alan Webb says

    Aug 12, 2014 at 3:19 am

    I recently watched with some facination a video of the history of Islam. Basically, it would appear that Islam, since the movement began, up to the mid 1900’s, have attacked the west in more than 450 recorded outbreaks of war.
    The west has attacked the Islam states just….eleven times, in recorded history.

    And that was from the Assyrians, who requested help from the west, as they had been seriously weakened by constant wars and the plague, (the plague so weakened various nations, that the Muslims were able to increase their influence almost to France, in 25 years.)which was then sweeping through to the west. These requests for help began the crusades.

    I have desperatly seeking that video ever since.

  13. Sean says

    Aug 12, 2014 at 7:23 pm

    When you read the attached articles and the document comtained with it called the Muslim Brotherhood “The Project” which was written 30 years ago, you can actually see that they are well on their way to achieving their goal:

    http://archive.frontpagemag.com/readarticle.aspx?artid=4476

    http://archive.frontpagemag.com/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=4475

    “Moderate” Muslims do not debate “Jihadists” or “Islamists” because the Jihadists quote the Qu’arn and “moderates” lose every time when that is quoted at them.

    It is time the West woke up and started to deal with the issue instead of trying to hide from the Facts.

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