Mustapha Kara-Ali is basing his claim to be above Australian law on Australian law: “The Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) Act 2012 stipulates that when it is carrying out religious activities that are related to the practice, study, teaching or propagation of its religious beliefs, or other activities ancillary to them … Diwan Al Dawla, as a basic religious charity is not required to comply with Australian laws.”
The Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) refutes his claim, but in any case it isn’t surprising that Kara-Ali would make the attempt. The Qur’an tells Muslims: “You are the best nation produced for mankind. You enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong” (3:110), and says that unbelievers are “the most vile of created beings” (98:6). So why should one of the best of people have to submit to the laws of the most vile of created beings?
“Islamic leader accused of illegal land clearing claims his group is exempt from Australian law,” by Kathleen Calderwood, ABC.net.au, August 18, 2018 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
A religious leader accused of illegal land clearing on a rural property used for religious prayer has claimed a Western Sydney council is infringing on his group’s religious freedoms by pursuing him over the allegations.
Hawkesbury City Council has launched civil action against Dr Mustapha Kara-Ali and Diaa Kara-Ali in the Land and Environment Court, alleging they carried out illegal land clearing, earthworks and built gates, fences and driveways without seeking any of the relevant development approvals at a property in Colo, in Sydney’s north west.
Mustapha Kara-Ali, a former member of then Prime Minister John Howard’s Muslim Community Reference Group and past postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University, is the Imam of religious guild Diwan Al Dawla….
The Colo property was owned by the members of Diwan Al Dawla and used “for the carrying out of religious activities of devotion, self-discipline, ritual baptism, inter-community prayers, contemplation and religious study,” the letter said.
A council compliance officer visited the property in October last year following an anonymous complaint to find land clearing, including a number of large native trees and the removal of metal waste, according to court documents.
Over the following months, more complaints were made and council staff returned several times to find people clearing vegetation, knocking down trees and that a main gate, driveways and a boat ramp on the river bank had been built, the documents state.
The Council also issued a $8,000 fine for pollution or potential pollution caused by failed sediment erosion fencing….
The conflict between council and the Kara-Alis came to a head last month when three council officers visited the property to provide them with court papers.
A dashcam video tendered to the court shows a man, standing beside Mustapha Kara-Ali, spitting on council staff and attempting to throw a large rock, which hits the fence and then falls to the ground.
“Both men were repeatedly yelling obscenities from the other side of the gate, calling out ‘you dogs, I step on your cross’,” one of the council staff alleged in an affidavit.
“The unknown male person said ‘I spit on you’. He then lunged his head forward towards me and spat at me.”
Religious charity ‘not required to comply’ with lawWhen the council wrote to Mustapha Kara-Ali directing him to remove a boat ramp and retaining walls at the property, he responded by claiming his organisation was exempt from Australian law because it was classed as a basic religious charity.
“The Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) Act 2012 stipulates that when it is carrying out religious activities that are related to the practice, study, teaching or propagation of its religious beliefs, or other activities ancillary to them … Diwan Al Dawla, as a basic religious charity is not required to comply with Australian laws,” he wrote.
“As the Imam of Diwan Al Dawla and its spiritual leader, I, therefore, ask the Hawkesbury City Council to revoke its letter … on the basis that its demands infringe upon our religious freedom and tamper with our mode of worship in contravention of our ACNC status as a Basic Religious Charity.”
An ACNC spokesperson said basic religious charities did not have to comply with the ACNC Governance Standards.
“However, the exemption of basic religious charities from complying with the Governance Standards does not mean that they do not have to comply with Australian laws,” the spokesperson said.
“A registered charity cannot have a purpose of engaging in or promoting unlawful activity — this can be grounds for revocation of charity status.”
PRCS says
Long past time to revise those laws which are being used against us.
Andy says
This message goes for ALL Judeo-Christian Civilized Countries.
Ex-Muslim Warns Liberal Diversity Agenda
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8o9_IPgHXQ
Andy says
Coming to a Western Judeo-Chritstian country near you.
Patriots are fighting back.
National March Against Far-Left Violence and Counter Protest 8/18/18
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgRU0tiYmK4
Sun says
Thank you for sharing this video.
I lived and worked in Islamic countries for several years – she tells us the truth.
Andy says
The more information we can get out the better Sun.
The “Islamic paradise” that’s heading your way
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HojkFzzw57o
PRCS says
With the ex-Muslima in mind:
While brave Iranian women were casting their hijabs off–and being arrested for doing so–Muslimas (and their useful idiots) in Regina were celebrating World Hijab Day.
I contacted the CBC ombudsman about the reporter’s apparent ignorance of the Iranian situation (and other aspects of the article). He understood my concerns and added a link (about those Iranian women) in the article.
‘They feel beautiful’: Regina’s Muslim women host World Hijab Day
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/world-hijab-day-regina-muslim-youth-network-islamic-circle-of-north-america-1.4541530
gravenimage says
PRCS, we don’t need to change our laws for Muslims. Mustapha Kara-Ali’s claim that Muslims can flout Australian law–based on Australian law–is *completely* false.
StellaSaidSo says
PRCS referred specifically to the laws which are being used against us – eg those relating to freedom of religion – not to our laws in general, which of course Muslims are obliged to obey, whether they like it or not.
PRCS says
Yes, SSS, I think GI misinterpreted the intent of my post.
In addition to using the 1st Amendment’s religion clause against us, the automatic citizenship provision of the 14th Amendment–for the children born here to foreign nationals who are:
**merely visiting here
**just working here
**here illegally
Needs a serious review.
This situation on Saipan (below) uses our own laws against us:
Saipan: The Island Where Chinese Mothers Deliver American Babies
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-island-where-chinese-mothers-deliver-american-babies-1513852203
gravenimage says
In most cases I believe we need to enforce our own laws rigorously instead of changing them for Muslims.
StellaSaidSo says
Yes, we need to enforce our laws rigorously. But that is not the issue here. What is being suggested is that we tighten up those laws which are being used against us – for example, defining more precisely what is meant by the right to freedom of worship.
Lydia Church says
Then all over, including in the Middle East, I STEP ON THEIR CRESCENT, because I AM NOT REQUIRED TO ABIDE BY THEIR LAWS IN MUSLIM COUNTRIES, BECAUSE THEY ARE CONTRARY TO GOD’S LAW!
On top of that, I spit on the koran!!!
mortimer says
Lydia, a PSYCHOTIC is someone who has moved into the castle in Spain and is selecting his carpet and furniture.
The leader of DIWAN AL DAWLA is acting like a PSYCHOTIC in this sense.
He has already appointed himself as the ISLAMIC OVER-GOVERNOR and ADMIRAL-GENERAL of AUSTRALISTAN.
mortimer says
THE DIWAN AL DAWLA acts as if it a government ABOVE the SUPREME LAW OF AUSTRALIA
British barrister Gavin Bobby has long maintained that many things mosques and their patrons are doing to annoy the local people can be stopped by using the laws already in place.
Eventually, Islamic doctrines must be shown to supremacist and political in nature. A study by content of all the PRIMARY SOURCE DOCUMENTS of Islam show that the Bukhari hadiths, Sira and Koran are collectively over 50% about politics, then about Mohammed and lastly 14% only is about Allah.
The religious content in Islam is much less important by content.
Islam should be seen by governments to be mostly a political party lobbying to take over control of society.
That is how the Diwan Al Dawla is acting … as if it is already above Australian law as a political body appointed directly by Allah, thus nullifying and overruling all decisions of Australian political bodies and courts.
Moreover, what is this they say about ‘baptisms’ in the river? Does a mosque conduct BAPTISMS in rivers? First I heard of that!
To the contrary, the word ‘baptism’ and Islam do not go together. To say a Muslim was baptized is to say that he became an APOSTATE who left Islam and thus he should be executed as a renegade according to Mohammed.
This story is as fishy as the river.
A_M_Swallow says
Hmm. Saint John the Baptist baptised Jesus in a river.
That may be the basis of the story because Muslims tend to be very careful about using water – Islam is a desert religion.
kuriakose says
Trying to copy Christianity?
I thought saying shahada was enough.
J D S says
Besides all that Muslim religious nonsense the Dr. Said was being carried out on the property….I wonder what other Muslim religious acts were being carried out..such as jihad training Etc. A raid on the property when they aren’t ready for one might be appropriate
dumbledoresarmy says
YES.
I would *bet* my bottom dollar that this outfit is about jihad indoctrination, recruitment and training.
I wouldn’t be surprised if they were essentially building a fortress/ military base.
I wonder what would be discovered if the police or ASIO, on the quiet, flew a few camera drones over the area?
J D S says
PRCS…I’ve been preaching that for years…falls on deaf ears….
I firmly believe that the west could legislate Islam out of existence…let me revise that “could have legislated” Afraid we have let them go too far to turn things around without total banishment and the POWER to back it up. Bloody streets though.
PRCS says
Can’t legislate it out of existence, but those aspects of “the religion of peace” which–when practiced here–clearly violate U.S. law can surely be prosecuted. If we have the will.
Mac-101 says
Deport the lot to an Islamic Paradise of their choice!
Savvy Kafir says
Yep. They can ignore every Australian law on the books … as long as they’re not living in Australia.
gravenimage says
Hear, hear, Mac and Savvy Kafir!
abad says
Best idea ever.
Australia is not the best country for Moslems to be – they can be sent to Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia.
Mac-101 says
Don’t forgit Yemen or Somalia. LOL!
kuriakose says
Include Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, etc
Mac-101 says
YUP, LOL!
Grizzly says
But then they can’t expand the lands ruled by Sharia. They are, after all, the best people created for mankind. We need them to rule over us & tell us how to live!
Hahahahahaha……!!!!!
Mac-101 says
And how to Tinkle and Po Po and wipe our rears according to Allah!!
Michael Copeland says
Revocation of charity status is appropriate in this case.
gravenimage says
Absolutely, Michael.
dumbledoresarmy says
Yes.
Mac-101 says
Too Simple!
Renate says
You know the West is in trouble when Western governments are allowing the way of life prescribed by a 7th Century warlord to override our own 21st Century laws.
The Discoverer says
Spot on!! That is why you are going to see the slow collapse of the EU and Great Britain over the next 50 years or so. They do not have the political will to throw this anti-West-Freedoms belief system out and back to their own countries. The West has a serious problem.
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_P._Huntington and his book ‘Clash of Civilizations”.
Renate says
Thanks for the link. As I was going over the information, I liked this idea: Western nations will lose predominance if they fail to recognize the irreconcilable nature of cultural tensions. Huntington argued that … the West (would have) to strengthen itself culturally, by abandoning the imposition of its ideal of democratic universalism and its incessant military interventionism. … Huntington wrote in the 1996 expansion, “In the emerging world of ethnic conflict and civilizational clash, Western belief in the universality of Western culture suffers three problems: it is false; it is immoral; and it is dangerous.”
Western people seem to believe that anyone in the world will just naturally like Western culture better than their own, but apparently, that is not the case, as we are finding with a lot of Muslims. Just because we think Western culture is better, that doesn’t necessarily mean that everyone else does, too.
Carolyne says
Western culture is better in the West. Islamic culture is better nowhere, but they are welcome to it–in Islamic countries.
Renate says
That’s what I think, too. Keep Islam in Islamic countries if they must have it.
Savvy Kafir says
Yes. It’s totally insane.
FYI says
“Inter-community prayers”?
Oh no,I don’t think so.That sounds like typical islamic falsehood.
Because..
allah CURSES Jews for being..Jews k2:65
allah CURSES Christians for believing in Jesus k9:30
“Oh ye who believe!Take not the Jews and Christians for friends”
koran 5:51
It would appear from these koranic gems that the moslem moon god “allah” does not believe in inter-community relations.Such “prayers” are to a false god,allah the best of deceivers.
So its just muslims lying and deceiving as usual {Taqqiya,Tawriya,Kitman,muruna}
when they spout that nonsense about “inter-community”:their god CURSES Jews and Christians after all.
Leon Degney says
Do Muslims believe that their Allah created everyone and everything or not? If they do then how do they explain that their “perfect” god absolutely hates more than half of his created beings? Seems strange to me.
Mary says
Guess he’s not so perfect.
FYI says
Diwan al dawla center…further details perhaps of topics covered…
devotion
How to excel in False Piety,break ALL of God’s commandments and yet amazingly be rewarded by allah in paradise for doing so.Public displays of false piety:the islamic way
self-Discipline
Like how to actually OBEY any of God’s commandments,ignore the immoral,unholy teachings of the koran and avoid following the example of the mass-murdering{abu dawud 4390},slave-selling{sahih muslim 3901} self-confessed false “prophet” muhammed{al tabari 6;111}?Too difficult for muslims.
ritual baptism
in..violence,anti-semitism,anti-christianity,Leftardism.the “palestinian” plight?
inter-community “prayers”
see comment above
contemplation;
that concept of the 6th commandment:how can muslims understand it?Even more importantly,are they capable of obeying it?Or ANY of God’s laws?No.
Given that Moses and Jesus are Jews isn’t it really,really odd that allah is so violently anti-semitic k2:65?Contemplate non-violence.But you would have to banish islam wouldn’t you?So much to contemplate:easier to commit murder…
religious studies
The theologically-incorrect babblings of a misogynistic,antisemitic,antiChristian moon god who admits to being a deceiver{k3:54}?…given in a cave with no witnesses to a psycopathic mass-murdering self-confessed false prophet muhammed with the help of the “angel” jibreel,the “Enemy 0f the Jews”?:sure go ahead:Logic,Reason and Theology will not be applicable will they?Study it all you like:it’s complete falsehood.
brane pilot says
Don’t you wish you had more people like this in your country?
Lots more?
Well you can, and its easy.
Simply do nothing.
Sylvia says
Well, then they need to go back to their country of origin. They think they are so special. What a bunch of BS!
DHazard says
Then Australia is not obligated to house them. Muslims can be so deluded by their own arrogance they forget that everything they use and need was invented and manufactured by someone who wasn’t doing it for Allah or Islam. They did it because they were free to do so. This is where the arrogance of Muslims can really come out; 1) they refuse to SEE that Islamic culture is NOT on par with Western countries and 2) they believe that EVERY important invention or modern development had it’s roots, somehow, in Islam and Allah and 3) they MUST believe they are superior to everyone else whom 4) they must view as filthy and immoral because the Quran says so.
The imam’s statement is both true and nothing new. He is not an extremist and his words can be supported with Islamic scripture.
This is why free speech is so important. We know where he, and likely his congregation, stand.
gravenimage says
Muslims despise innovation and creativity. They just believe they have the right to enslave Infidels and take what they want.
Renate says
Here’s something to consider while we’re mulling over what to do about the problem:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8o9_IPgHXQ
gravenimage says
“I step on your cross”: Muslim leader in Australia says his group “not required to comply with Australian laws”
…………………….
Deport him and his associates *now*.
A_M_Swallow says
There is (or was) the common law crime of ‘Incitement’. in criminal law, incitement is the encouragement of another person to commit a crime.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incitement
Incitement, conspiracy or being an accessory may still be against Australian criminal law – possibly under a new name. It can also apply when suing someone for damages to persons and property.
kuriakose says
Remains to be seen what our politicians are going to say about it. Turnbull etc? They were all trying to roast Senator Fraser Anning for stating the truth about muhameddan immigration.
tim gallagher says
Well said, kuriakose, about Senator Fraser Anning’s having told the truth about Muslim immigration into Australia. This report is just another example of the never ending trouble from Islam. It is incompatible with our western values and Muslims are always fighting against our values, trying to change them and aiming to treat our western values with contempt. When it comes to Islam, it truly is them or us. Incompatible views of the world. Anning was right to call for an end to Muslim migration. Despite the carry on from the politicians, I think Anning’s comments would have a lot of support amongst the average citizens of Australia. I think a lot of people have seen enough by now and have made up their minds.
StellaSaidSo says
+1
Australia is waking up.
Daniel Andrews, your days are numbered.
Baucent says
More evidence why these people don’t make good citizens for western countries. They believe because they are muslims they can do what they like, even if it’s against the law of the land. Why let them in?
infidel says
This F-wit Imam should be booted out of Australia…
Crusades Were Right says
Follow the examples of Hungary, Bavaria, Austria:
* adopt a specifically CHRISTIAN constitution
* insist that public institutions display a CRUCIFIX
* close down mosques where jihad is preached & deport Islamic hate-preachers of foreign origin
What do I call the above?
A START!
Kasey says
Why don’t Mohamed Noor’s prosecutors drop the “depraved mind” accusation and go straight for “the Islamic indoctrinated mind to kill all Infidels where ever you find them”. That incident provided him with that opportunity, for sure!
Denis says
Time for western countries to start deporting these radical Imams for their anti christian behavior. These Imams don’t give a shit about laws and morality of western society. Australia should start a major crackdown, if the political correct nabobs of government stop cowering in their boots about Islamophobia Islamism is the practice of using our western laws to gain strong footholds in western communities. BOOT THEM OUT
PRCS says
How does a “radical” Imam differ from the regular variety?
Jack Holan says
They’re the best alright! Just look.at the Countries they come from all 56. Now they want to export chaos & mayhem to everyone else
Leon Degney says
Do Muslims believe that their Allah created everyone and everything or not? If they do then how do they explain that their “perfect” god absolutely hates more than half of his created beings? Seems strange to me.
Mary says
Guess he’s not so perfect.
dumbledoresarmy says
What’s really, really interesting is to run a google search on this bloke.
It seems he did go to Harvard; having previously studied biomedical engineering, of all things.
CV here.
https://scholar.harvard.edu/mustapha_kara-ali/home
Mustapha Kara-Ali is a Research Fellow in Science and Religion at Harvard University
“Mustapha completed his Master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering at the University of New South Wales (Honours class) with a dissertation on human cognitive modelling and Artificial Intelligence, and he was awarded a CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industry Research Organisation) Intern Scholarship”.
He was supposed to have “spearheaded mentoring for Islamic youth susceptible to radicalisation, as per the following article.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/in-depth/community-under-siege/forging-a-path-of-a-new-australian-heritage/news-story/026fb8a41b7faf043fe44f5fc7bf7d61
Forging a path of a new Australian heritage
GINA RUSHTON, 12 AM JUNE 9 2015
And then.. there he is… bearded and glaring, howling insults at a Hawkesbury Counci officer – screaming and spitting, “”You fucking dog, you Christian crusader, your cross will be buried like you.’
Mask off, and no mistake.
Neither the University of NSW nor Harvard have made a dent in his Islamic megalomania.
That threat tells me he’s going – or will be going – Jihad just as thoroughly as any illiterate thug in the badlands of Afghanistan or Yemen.