Yesterday, The Washington Post tried to set the stage in prepping for elections, using the same tired old tactics of attacking “populists“, levying accusations about the rise in tide of populists who are supposedly shifting ‘reasonable’, right-of-center folk to the so-called ‘far right’, and blaming the latter for “cultural conflict” (instead of blaming jihadists and their Leftist enablers for eroding democracy bit by bit). Then there was the inescapable Leftist compulsion to malign Trump as WaPo did….
Americans tend to think that our politics are unique and that President Trump has caused all our political disruption. That’s not true. The same patterns of populism, cultural conflict and the movement of well-off and educated center-right voters away from their traditional party are happening around the globe. Australia, which holds its national elections …is a case in point.
The article went on explaining that…”Nearly 30 percent of all Australians are foreign-born, and the number rises each year, and that “this has led to the rise of a new populist party, Pauline Hanson’s One Nation. Hanson is a longtime anti-immigrant crusader who first rose to political influence in the mid-1990s. The recent influx of immigrants, combined with the increase in immigrants from Muslim countries, has given her a second moment in the sun.” WaPo also referenced Morrison as emerging as a compromise candidate, signifying its attempts to malign populism and dismiss Morrison as a possibility. Polls did indicate that he would lose, much like the Trump predictions right up to the ballot box.
The newly re-elected Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison was humble in stating that “he had ‘always believed in miracles’ as partial results showed the Liberal-National Coalition close to a majority,” while mainstream media called the election results, “shocking”, perhaps in part because it is difficult to easily brand Morrison since he is seen as “center-right“.
For the out of touch mainstream media, there sure seems to be shock-waves, but there really shouldn’t be. There is a shift going on and although immigration issues are front and center, Leftist crass politicking and public manipulations have blurred lines of reasoning and thus, the sensible analysis of all possible outcomes. It should be clear to anyone that citizens who have some clue about the state of domestic and world affairs (thanks to Islamization) should be at least interested in electing a leader who they can trust, one who represents their values, future well-being and confronts issues of pertinence like: securing borders (akin to putting locks on doors) against manifest dangers. They should also be concerned about a barbaric doctrine that has been seeping into Western borders and their homeland security as a result of it. They should be bothered about their children and grandchildren’s future in the event of rapid ‘Islamization’. For ample clues about what that looks like, just observe the chaos in Sweden, Germany, France, and the UK etc. and while at it, observing the state of human rights in Islamic regimes might also be of use.
Australians have shown themselves to be more aware and reasonable than they are given credit for. Australians were studied in a recent poll, aimed to find out about their attitudes toward immigration. Findings revealed that they were positive toward immigration, but are negative towards Islam. Why might that be? They are likely quite aware about the incompatibilities between Sharia tenets and Western constitutions, while at the same time, they are positive about “good” immigrants.
In an imagined scenario only for illustration: if Muslims will leave their political Islam at the door when they arrive in Western countries, they will be seen no differently than other faiths. Other faiths have not been the regular subject of news headlines and for good reason: they assimilate. Unfortunately, a troubling number of Muslims are not willing to park their sharia doctrines at the door. Some Muslims practice their faith in peace and reject the parts about a Muslim’s jihadi duty to conquer infidels (via stealth taqiyya or violent jihad), deeming them to be antiquated. But far too many Islamic supremacist lobbies -acting as the voice and defenders of Islamic adherents–continue to bombard Westerners with demands for special privileges, and is in everybody’s face about “islamophobia”, just as Muslims abuse innocents wanton. They also relentlessly attack free speech, which is the cornerstone of democracy, and are well versed at manipulating democratic rights against Western countries, and at using anti-racism drives as a tool to benefit them. They befriend far leftists who aid them with their victimology subterfuge, and cast aspersions on truth-tellers who highlight and warn about their global supremacist abuses and connections to foreign terrorist entities.
Scott Morrison has been refreshingly forthright in confronting the jihad problem in Australia, even though he is generally deemed by media to be “center-right“. He has been a reliable leader in protecting his citizens and democratic rule of law. In so-doing, he has endured fierce condemnations.
Following a jihad attack by Hassan Khalif Shire Alithat, which left one man dead and two others injured last November, Morrison drew outrage from The Australian National Imams Council because of comments he made that linked Islam to a radical and dangerous ideology.” Morrison was in fact, rather gentle in delivering obvious statements. He stated that…
while he supported religious freedom, religious extremism must be called out.
“Radical, violent, extremist Islam that opposes our very way of life,” he said in a speech….Religious extremism takes many forms around the world and no religion is immune from it….But here in Australia, we would be kidding ourselves if we did not call out the fact that the greatest threat of religious extremism in this country is the radical and dangerous ideology of extremists.”
Morrison also faced attack for mulling a plan to strip jihadists of citizenship, and have them expelled from Australia–something every democratic country should be doing. Chair of the Joint Standing Committee on Migration Jason Wood reasoned at the time…
As far as I’m concerned, if you’ve put your hand up to say you uphold the rights and responsibility of Australian citizenship, but the next minute you want to talk jihad all day, it’s a breach of contract and you need to go.
Wood’s words were met with expected rage by the Muslim community which also lied that Morrison had suggested that all Muslims were culpable.
Morrison has also dismissed mental illness as an “excuse” for the “dangerous ideology of extremist Islam”.
And only two months ago, Morrison announced that he was considering breaking ties with Turkey over its leader Erdogan’s threats tied to the New Zealand massacre. Erdogan reportedly stated that “if Australians with anti-Islam views come to Turkey, we will send them back in caskets”.
The New York Times has summed up his win…
his coalition’s performance amounted to another swell in the wave of populist fervor that swept President Trump into office and set Britain on a path out of the European Union.
Morrison’s win has now led to the announcement that “his Labor opponent, Bill Shorten, will resign his party leadership.” Congrats to Morrison who has evidently advanced from center-right branding to populist.
As an aside, let’s hope that Australia switches back on Jihad Watch. Right before the election, major internet providers in Australia reportedly made Jihad Watch inaccessible (totalitarian style), along with other sites that warn about the global jihad and globalist mischief.
“2019 Australia election: Morrison celebrates ‘miracle’ win”, BBC, May 18, 2019:
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has thanked voters for re-electing his centre-right Coalition in a shock result at the federal polls.
He told supporters he had “always believed in miracles” as partial results showed the Liberal-National Coalition close to a majority.
Opposition Labor Party leader Bill Shorten has announced he is resigning after accepting defeat.
Exit polls had suggested a narrow Labor win for the first time in six years.
The final result of the election may not be known for some hours, but with more than 70% of votes counted the Coalition has won, or is ahead in, 74 seats in its quest for a 76-seat majority, with Labor on just 66 seats.
The result nobody predicted
By Hywel Griffith, BBC Sydney correspondent
Try finding someone who says they saw this result coming.
For well over two years, the coalition has trailed behind Labor in the opinion polls, and the assumption had been it would be Labor’s turn to govern.
But somehow Scott Morrison managed to turn things around at the 11th hour – and he did it largely on his own…..

CRUSADER says
Proof is usually in the pudding itself….
J D.S says
Any Muslim in America who is not FOR AMERICA needs to go to a Muslim country born here or not and another thing….if one is an American citizen and is not FOR AMERICA then they need to leave and those seeking citizenship should fully understand this before they raise their hand and those who are here illegally and are not seeking citizenship need to be deported…but there may be some circumstances that warrant consideration.
AMERICANS FOR AMERICA!
Glenn Festog says
The place that needs to be STRICTLY ENFORCED is Congress; they all take an Oath to uphold the Constitution, should be AUTOMATIC IMPEACHMENT for any who submit Bills in violation.
PRCS says
Excellent!
CRUSADER says
Hmmm….
“…if Muslims will leave their political Islam at the door …”
will Islam still be Islam?
will Muslims still be Muslims?
will the Koran still be the Koran?
Anjuli Pandavar says
Precisely.
Flavius Claudius Iulianus says
Fight the “near enemy”:
CRUSADER says
Love him!
Bill Warner for VP….
PRCS says
I wish he would not use terms like “political Islam”.
gravenimage says
Agreed, PRCS–but he is still more knowledgeable and outspoken against Islam than most.
Jim Hane says
Islamic scholars all say that Sharia and Islam are inseparable. Muslims will vote for Sharia for the whole nation when they become religious.
CRUSADER says
Bill Warner ~
“Abridged Koran”
( http://www.POLITICALISLAM.com )
Mark Spahn (West Seneca, NY) says
“[1] Americans tend to think that our politics are unique and that President Trump has caused all our political disruption. [2] That’s not true. [3] The same patterns of populism, cultural conflict and the movement of well-off and educated center-right voters away from their traditional party are happening around the globe.”
Let’s consider the logical progression of this statement from the Washington Post. [1] and [2] say that someone other than President Trump has caused some of the political disruption in the United States [“our”]. So the reader is primed to receive information that illustrates this assertion. But no such information is given. Instead, [3] says that similar political disruption is happening in other countries too, not that foreign non-Trump political disruptors (e.g., Australians) are causing political disruption in the United States as well as in their own countries.
(Statement [2] is ambiguous. *What* is not true? That Americans tend to think a certain way, or that Trump is America’s only political disruptor? The latter seems to be the intended meaning.)
Meh says
I can never get over leftist institutions promoting “democratic values” within our constitutional republic while simultaneously decrying “populism”/”populist policies”. I know and understand their schtick, but how others fail to observe these incredible contradictions is beyond my understanding.
Buraq says
So, let me see if I get this right. More Islamic Jihad means the fascist-Left is kept out of political power. Mmmm … sounds like Islamic jihad keeps shooting itself in the sandal with every attack. Clowns!
tgusa says
“President Trump has caused all our political disruption.”
Meanwhile in America democrat presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg, a homosexual, believes that Christianity can be just as extreme as islam. That’s pretty funny because he says that while walking among a culture and civilization built by Christianity. Pete should take a walk on the wild side within islamic culture and civilization and tell us how it all works out for him.
“Religious extremism takes many forms around the world and no religion is immune from it.”
Morrison really doesn’t sound all that much different than Pete. Most western politicians keep hoping for islam to be what they want it to be instead of what it is but to be fair they have to drag other religions in to the argument. This is a debate over mountains and mole hills and has become extremely tedious. It is causing much political disruption.
Lydia Church says
And there is nothing extreme about knowing that sodomy is a sin. The bible teaches that (Romans 1; 26-27, 1 Cor. 6; 9-11, etc.). That is the normal view, not some ‘extreme’ view. But to lukewarm Christians, any solid and traditional Biblical stands will be seen as ‘extreme’. Call it what you want, but it is right!
Glazov did a good overview of that in his last video and goes into the ‘Oh, I’m a ____, but I’m not like those guys over there, who really go overboard…!’ to appease the enemy. We are supposed to do all those things as Christians (preach openly, hold signs calling people to repent, live a holy life, not endorse sin, etc.). That is not the ‘extreme,’ that is the norm and what Jesus expects (see Bible.).
This also takes the view that any form of extremism is implied as negative. This can be easily refuted.
Example 1: This meal is good. But THIS meal… is EXTREMELY good!
Example 2: Bob gave a lot of money to charity. But Bill gave an EXTREMELY huge amount to charity.
Example 3: Cindy is a ‘good’ Christian. She reads the Bible, teaches a bible study, helps orphans and widows, evangelizes, and many other good things. Yet Cora is an EXTREMELY good Christian, she does all of that, but ten times as much and then some additional things.
Much of the culture war is fought by twisting definitions and using strategic vocabulary and terminology.
tgusa says
Yes.
Christianity = Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
Islam = Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the mob.
Raja says
You are right 100% tqusa, There are millions of Christians who “wait on the Lord” for x or y or z reasons. Islam that is the cause of problems across the world ( other immigrants are very peaceful) has always been proportionate to Muslim political :”strength”.Muslims cannot resist the temptation of ever- waiting 72 virgins and pearly boys in paradise and therefore go berserk at the drop of the hat as the devil can be incensed.
It is the same drama being played out day in and day out. No other faith system comes close to this.
tgusa says
And you are 100% right as well Raja. Perhaps you should consider running for office.
keith says
Sodomy is a sin! So is child molestation! So why aren’t more Catholic priests and bishops reporting each other and why is there a culture of silence about these crimes within the church?
We are now in a tough place here in Oz. a self centered government controlled by lying megalomaniacs who want nothing more than to keep their snouts in the trough whilst pandering to whoever will keep them in the position of power. Oh, wait, that’s most of the world!
Paul J says
I gather you voted for Comrade Bull Shitten. You leftards will have to go back to your safe spaces to plot your next move. After you change your nappies (diapers) and dry your eyes of course.
Paul J says
Re child molestation , tell that to your mussie mates and the green/ left apologists who turn a blind eye to it in the name of “cultural diversity”. True Christians abhor child abuse, true muslims embrace it. No comparison.
Rufolino says
Lydia, you have nothing to offer gay people except to quote at them religious verses from thousands of years ago.
Then you tell them they are “sinners”, and tell them to “repent”.
It’s like telling black people they should become white.
CRUSADER says
Love the sinner.
Repent the sin.
Ravi Zacharias — Christian view on homosexuality….
Kepha says
Mayor Pete Buttiegig sees Muslims and Islam as allies in the Left’s anti-, oops, multicultural vision. He has no other choice than to take Margaret Attwood’s _Handmaid’s Tale_ as an accurate depiction of Evangelicalism’s plans for America. Otherwise, he’d have to admit that there are differences, and chief among them is one that tells him to repent and will pray for him on the one hand, and another that would like to give him a free flying lesson off of a high building without benefit of any parachute or machine.
CRUSADER says
Mohamhead and Buttigeig == both sodomites.
Demsci says
I had great fun with “free flying lessons”. And think you are right that Mayor Pete is blind, consciously or unconsciously, for the differences between Christian and Islamic response to homosexualism.
Michael Knowles of Daily Wire chastized Pete for being a coward for attacking Mike Pence and other evangelicals on the issue, those who uphold freedom of speech and are safe to criticize and staying silent about how homosexuals are treated by Muslims, in both convictions and actions. Knowles rhetorically asked why Pete did not address the same sermon to Ilhan Omar.
mortimer says
Gradually, ‘the little people’ are realizing that the so-called ‘Left’ is actually a crypto-fascist party joining together radical Marxists and fabulously rich industrialists in a deceptive conspiracy against the little people.
It is not just the middle class that has clued it… the working class and down-and-out poor have seen through the Leftards as well.
The Leftards are CRYPTO-FASCISTS … they are like Mussolini’s fascist party.
Hitler also called his party ‘socialist’ and he made sweet-heart deals with CRONY CAPITALISM, just as the LEFTARDS are doing now.
Tom says
As predicted the tsunami of nationalist populism is building momentum. Well done Australia ….. next the European Union elections ….. which is predicted to see an increase in right wing seats from10% to 35% which will irreversibly change the EU and may even lead to its downfall.
October will see Trudeau and his left wing “Liberals” turfed from government in Canada and replaced by a Conservative government.
The tide is turning and lefties of all kinds along with their Jihadi friends are starting to panic.
Raja says
Let’s hope this is the start of another potential “brexit”.
If Muslims want to take the jihad wagon to the streets of “West” the voters might have other ideas.
At last some response to the war mongering and demanding supremacists and fascists.
gravenimage says
Australia: tough on jihad Scott Morrison wins big in re-election, “shocks” media and pollsters
……………………..
This is *excellent* news! Very happy for all Australian Jihad Watchers.
carpediadem says
LOL, nice one gravenimage! 🙂
gravenimage says
🙂
James Lincoln says
This is truly great news!
Well done!
Australia may now just have the backbone to turn things around in their anti-jihad fight!
abad says
Good news.
Australia is now in a good position to tell its Moslem population:
“You people are about 11,978 km from where you should be. Time to go home, suicide belt wearing Allah worshippers.”
Then send them there.
GreekEmpress says
Congratulations Prime Minister!
Les says
Avi, said today, Australia dodged a bullet 😮
Aussie Infidel says
Christine is correct in claiming most Australians want “a leader who they can trust … and that many of us are anti-jihad.” And while Scott Morrison hasn’t done enough in confronting Islam and repealing anti-free speech legislation as many of us would like, he is streets ahead of Bill Shorten, who could only promise a bigger socialist agenda – higher taxes for ‘the top end of town’ (a Labor expression from the 1960s when I was in the Party); taxes on superannuation funds and quashing imputation credits on dividends (which as a self-funded retiree, would have cost me many thousands of dollars a year); a relaxed immigration standard and more ‘refugees’ (the people smugglers were waiting for the poll results with bated breath); more government control over health and education; more HR regulations about what we can and cannot say; more regulation and taxes to combat ‘climate change’, etc. Labor has always been the Party of more welfare, higher taxes and big government. Morrison got it right when he said that “Labor cannot manage money.” Socialists are past masters in the art of spending other people’s money on their hair-brained schemes.
As happened in the US with the election of Donald Trump, the pollsters and the news media got it wrong. Labor was on a roll after the government rejected its former PM Malcolm Turnbull, and thought it could get away with increasing taxes. But Australians woke up in time to the fact that it was going to hit their hip-pocket nerves. Morrison hammered Labor’s tax grab, and managed to pull victory out of the jaws of defeat.
I’m pleased to say that my own electorate changed from Labor to LNP – even though I gave my initial preferences to other more anti-Islam candidates. Under our preferential system of voting, if our first choice doesn’t didn’t make it over the line, that vote flows on to the next preferred candidate. Many other conservative candidates in marginal seats held on and some even improved their position. But sadly some conservative senators lost their seats.
2019 Australia election: Morrison celebrates ‘miracle’ win
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-48305001
The New York Times article liking the result in Australia to that which “swept President Trump into office and set Britain on a path out of the European Union,” is apt. The sooner Britain BREXITS the better.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/17/world/australia/election-day.html
If Britain can’t reach an agreement with Brussells, they should simply just ‘pull the plug’ and leave. Theresa May should just pick up the phone and ring Donald Trump – and Scott Morrison – and “talk trade.”
I haven’t experienced any interruption of service from my ISP (Big Pond – Telstra) of Jihad Watch. The New Zealanders appear to be much more left-leaning – which many of my Kiwi friends also detest.
rw says
A good comment from a fellow Australian, accurately summarizing much of what has happened. The opposition Labor party stood on a platform of reducing the country to penury by 1. High taxes 2. Disrupting electricity supplies by switching to ‘renewables.’ The country seems not to have bought into that. The key constituencies, lost by the Labor party, were in Queensland, where the Liberals backed a large coal mine while Labor sat on the fence, and Tasmania, where a left wing state govt. has engaged in overreach, trying to legislate that boys aren’t boys and girls aren’t girls. More broadly, the Labor party tried to pull the class war chain, and it seems that doesn’t work either; they bang on constantly about something they call ‘change’. Mr Morrison, far from being a populist, is a straightforward, honest family man who believes in his country and strengthening what is best in it. He said in his victory speech that Australia is the best country in the world to live in. That is his conviction, and many of us share it.
Joe says
The comedy of the New York Times, Washington Post, BBC, and other “media” is that they want to appear as some sort of “experts” on politics yet they refuse to read the Koran and similar Islamic material. How can the people pretend to be completely ignorant and utter experts in article after article? I keep looking at the writers to see if they are from Monty Python.
na says
news:ISIS Malasia has ordered their followers to steal something up to an extent to earn money for a thug life,
Malaysian hotelier turns train thief in Chennai, nabbed
TNN | Updated: May 18, 2019, 5:32 IST
tim gallagher says
Australia certainly dodged a bullet by not voting in the Labor/Greens government which Shorten would have led. I think that watching this result unfold was probably very similar to what it would have been like for Americans watching Trump beat Hillary Clinton. Almost everyone was predicting a Labor win, with the help of the Greens. There seemed to be only two political commentators who were saying that the Liberal government could win. They were Alan Jones, a very popular talkback radio commentator, and Rowan Dean, a commentator on Sky TV and , I think, editor of “The Spectator” in Australia. I was watching the TV coverage on Channel 7 and Alan Jones said, at the beginning of the coverage, that he thought the Liberals could win and remain in government and all the other panellists were looking very sceptical and sort of rolling their eyes as if he was delusional. It was great watching the results come in and the Labor/Greens bid for power go down the drain. I must say that I thought I’d only watch a little of the coverage, but soon turn it off as I couldn’t stand to see the Labor/Greens win power. In the lead up to the election, I took a lot of notice of a veteran economics journalist, Terry McCrann, who said that the climate change, switching to alternative energy policies the Labor/Greens were going to try to implement would pretty much destroy Australia’s economy. He called their policies a “national economic suicide” note. I think he was right. McCrann has been around for ages and is not some hysterical clown. He was very alarmed at how destructive their policies would be. So I think Australians were, fortunately, sensible enough to reject the Labor/Greens policies. We definitely dodged a bullet.
tim gallagher says
I just wanted to add something to my comment above. I wanted to comment on Scott Morrison. I have much stronger, tougher attitudes than Mr Morrison does on many issues (Islam,etc) but I want to say what a pleasant, friendly, well-balanced type of person Scott Morrison seems to be. I think his pleasant, likeable nature is genuinely who he is and, no doubt, it would have helped him win the election. I think people felt that he is a genuinely decent person who they could trust as opposed to Bill Shorten, his opponent. Of course, being too nice a person could be a liability in a political leader, but I think Scott Morrison has the courage to do the necessary tough things when needed. Thanks for the comment down below, Geoffrey. Yes, I think the election was mostly about sensible versus insane, destructive economic policies.
Jewcat says
We’re very happy that Scomo won. The way the evening panned out was very reminiscent of the Trump 2016 election — all the early exit polls showed a significant swing to Labor and I was very downhearted — similar to how the early results in the USA 2016 all indicated a huge Hillary success. But then, within a very short time, the figures started to change and Trump’s dominos started to fall. The same thing happened here — as the figures started to move towards the liklihood of a Morrison government and I dared to breathe again. Finally, a real triumph as it appears that now the Liberal Country Party Coalition have won a complete victory and all the bedwetters have dropped out. Scomo now has a clean arena in which to work and fight. Tony Abbott took the spears so that others might win. He is a true Mensch.
Geoffrey says
Tim Gallagher’s comment accurately sums up the election. Sorry to say to many of the other contributors that the election had nothing whatsoever to do with Islam or anti-Jihad policies. It was fought straight out between liberalism and socialism. Yes the Australian government has been very alert to the dangers of Jihad; our security services have foiled dozens of incipient attacks and those perpetrators who were caught planning attacks – from shootings, knifings to attempts to bring down an airliner have been dealt with smartly and severely. But this is not a partisan policy, it is supported by both sides of politics, notwithstanding no politician has been willing to speak out about the risk of jihad inherent in the Muslim religion itself. One problem has been that anti-discrimination rules have prevented Muslim refugees from Middle East countries, e.g. Syria from being excluded from the intake. The policy of multiculturalism has left Australia open to Islamic incursion, and their superior birthrates may well pose difficulties in the future.
Pieter says
I hope Europa will learn from the Ausies, there is a strong streaming going on to the right in different Eu countrys, but never it will be as before, to many cancer cells are in the EU.
JrP says
Good that he was elected
GreekEmpress says
It was interesting to hear that the new PM is considering ending ties to Turkey.
Tomorrow is the official Greek Remembrance Day of the Pontian Massacre. I am putting my flag out a day early to spend Sunday as a day of prayer and refelection as well in church.
I wish all the Greek (and non-Greek) people here at JW love and peace.
gravenimage says
Thanks for mentioning this, Greek Empress. There were many Greek victims of the Armenian Genocide, which actually targeted all Christians.
CRUSADER says
http://www.worldtruthsummit.com/mark-durie.html
THIRD CHOICE:
Islam, Dhimmitude
and Freedom
==========
Mark Durie has experienced many different faces of Islam, sometimes almost simultaneously. For instance, he’s lived in the home of a welcoming and friendly older Muslim woman, who turned out to be the mother of the man who had headed a local massacre of Christians.
Caring, careful, dedicated and convincing. Those are some of the words that come to mind. Also genuine and thorough. Mark is all that and more. Mild-mannered, friendly – and incredibly knowledgeable.
Also he’s been a central figure in what’s happening in regards to Islam in Australia, the country that has perhaps been best in preventing the encroachment of political Islam.
Where to begin?
His story includes time in a Muslim country, living in a Muslim home, doing linguistic research into the local language. His hostess, as I’ve said, was the mother of a man known to have led a massacre of Christians.
Another crucial fact is that he’s had a religious calling – he’s an Anglican vicar in Australia. But long before he found his vocation, he cared about religion and god – and so was often closer to the people in the Muslim country where he did research than in Australia, which is a very secular society.
His religious bent has stood him in good stead in terms of understanding traditional Muslims and the Muslim religion – including the holy book of Islam, the Qu’ran. In Australia, most of the people around him dismissed the content of Islamic texts (“Oh, those don’t count. They’re from over a thousand years ago – no one takes them seriously.”)
Mark Durie knew about the power of religious belief.
His linguistic training has also stood him in good stead. He’s been trained to notice, to pay attention to facts, to see differences.
So once again, he hasn’t been caught up in the general Western attitude to Islam, to the Muslim religion! (“Oh, religions are pretty well all the same.”)
Instead, he’s done lots of looking into the texts – including books popular at local Australian mosques for years and years. Quite a revelation. Available to all. But no one, outside the Muslim community, had read them, nor had any idea about the jihadic content.
But all that isn’t what got me to talk with him. I was told, about an online video: you just have to watch this video – it’s the best introduction to what Islam is really about. I already had quite a good idea about the Muslim religion, the holy book of Islam and so on, but I watched it anyway. It was Mark Durie, giving a talk, cut into 15 segments (this was before one could upload long videos to Youtube). I listened to one segment after another. And was truly impressed. Here was someone utterly convincing – from personal experience and from his research – and also very able to convey his story and his findings. You might appreciate it as well.
There’s much more to Mark, by the way. He speaks internationally. He has a blog. He’s an internationally renowned academic, scholar, theologian and human rights activist. And he’s written several books, including “The Third Choice: Islam, Dhimmitude and Freedom” (co-written with Bat Ye’or):
“how humanity can live with dignity under conditions of humiliation and inferiority” (p 231)….
Even better, of course, is to prevent or reverse Islamic encroachments, so there is no dhimmitude.
And as I said at the start, Mark has been a pivotal figure in Australia in this work.
https://markdurie.com/messages/the-third-choice-heritage-foundation-january-2010/
Ren says
Now tough on jihad Scott Morrison can go after jihadists. Hurt them.
Ren says
Now tough on jihad Scott Morrison can go after the jihadists. Hurt them.
gravenimage says
Keep them out of Australia.
Ozie says
Tough on Jihad my beeehind. He hasn’t even got the backbone, no politician does, to ban the terrorist conveyor belt Hizb ut-Tahrir. He’s full of shit.
James S says
Why is it that we barely hear of you sir? Why are you so heavily censored? We really need you to come speak at our Universities and the West really needs to wake up to this nonsense! A youn