“Neo-Nazis are emerging as one of Australia’s most challenging security threats, according to the country’s top intelligence chief,” said ABC News Australia.
Maybe Burgess did say that, but why didn’t ABC focus on what he said was the chief threat? Because that wouldn’t have fit the victimhood narrative of the establishment media, that Muslims are for the most part innocent victims of an “Islamophobic” law enforcement and intelligence apparatus, and neo-Nazis are the real threat.
“ASIO chief says Islamic terror is our top security threat but ABC News reports it’s Neo Nazis,” Michael Smith News, February 26, 2020 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
This is a quote from the ABC’s coverage of ASIO chief Mike Burgess’s annual security threat assessment
He said “violent Islamic extremism”, embodied by Islamic State and al’Qaida, remained ASIO’s top concern.
Got that?
So what does the ABC run as its headline?
Neo-Nazis are emerging as one of Australia’s most challenging security threats, according to the country’s top intelligence chief….
Todd Plante says
Aren’t both of these groups ISLAMIC supremacist and neo Nazi supremacist close to the same ideology in some ways . Hilter and the Grand Mufti of Palestine were best friends Allies in WW2 . They both had the same goals of wiping out every Jew in Germany and the Middle East .
gravenimage says
This is often but not always the case. Many neo-Nazi groups are indeed pro-Jihad; a few hate Muslims because many of them are not white.
But too many think that that these are opposite ideologies, which as you note is hardly the case.
tgusa says
If you are focusing on neo nazis while covering up for the much greater threat of Jew hating islamic extremism just look in the mirror because you are the neo nazis.
DHazard says
“Islam’s Muslim Brotherhood was founded in Egypt in 1928 by Hassan al-Banna, a 22 year old Muslim who admired Hitler’s hatred of the Jews and persistently wrote to Hitler to express his admiration and his desire for Hitler’s Nazi Party to collaborate with Islam.
Hitler Islam When Hitler rose to power, his Nazis supported al-Banna, a school teacher, to grow the Muslim Brotherhood into its ally in the Middle East; by 1938, the membership of Muslim Brotherhood topped 200,000.
During World War II, members of the Muslim Brotherhood spied for Hitler’s Nazis in the Middle East and fought for Hitler as Nazi troops in two specially formed Muslim Waffen-SS Handschar Divisions (see Religion of Peace). ‘Handschar’ is German for scimitar, the curved saber used by the Islamic troops of the Ottoman empire.”
Source: https://www.billionbibles.org/sharia/hitler-muslim-brotherhood.html
tgusa says
I have been watching numerous documentaries that focus on the years preceding the outbreak of the nazi war of conquest in Europe. With this islamic appeasement I see a lot of parallels in the run up to WWII. Same stupid, different century. Religion of peace, peace in our time. One would think that the west would have learned something from that, but no.
gravenimage says
Jihad Watch used to run “1938 Alerts”, to note just these parallels.
tgusa says
True but as early as 1933 the nazis were instituting anti Jewish laws. In 1935 the Nuremberg laws went further. It was already clear where this was heading but few noticed, fewer said a word. It is a common misconception that WWII started in 1938. In reality the seeds that would lead to WWII total war were being sown as early as 1931.
gravenimage says
Agreed, tgusa. The “1938 Alerts” were a general reference to how bad things were getting and how this should be clear even to those in denial–not an implication that the roots of Fascism did not extend further back.
Jihad Watch finally stopped using the term once it became obvious that we had been in a “1938” state for some years now…
tgusa says
Right, gravenimage.
tim gallagher says
None of us who live in Australia would be surprised about this type of misreporting by the leftist ABC. The ABC runs the usual leftie agenda, running strongly on the greenie agenda of climate alarmism, calling Australia racist whenever possible,(I would say always trying to run down Australia whenever possible) and always running the usual protection racket for Islam that the left always does. It is the government-run (ie taxpayers pay for it) broadcasting service, based on the BBC, and is a far left outfit, which does not represent the views of the average Australian. Yesterday, on the most popular talk back radio station in Sydney, 2GB, on Alan Jones’s program (which is the highest rating of such programs), he ran a listener survey which asked listeners whether the ABC represented the views of the average type of Australian. Around 96% of people who expressed a view said the far left ABC didn’t represent the views of the average type of Australian. Many people want the ABC to be closed down as it is a far left propaganda outfit. I think Jones mentioned another survey in a newspaper recently asking the same question and I think it was around 70% of people surveyed said that the ABC didn’t represent the views of the average person, although my memory is a bit shaky on this. I hear that the BBC and the Canadian government broadcaster are also pretty far left. These taxpayer funded, government-run broadcasters always seem to wind up being very left wing. The constant left wing bias of the ABC is a big issue in Australia and gets a lot of attention from many commentators, including Andrew Bolt, Rowan Dean, Alan Jones, Rita Panahi, along with quite a few others . The ABC has a charter to be balanced, but definitely is not balanced at all and just continually ignores the charter.
Aussie Infidel says
Tim, You are absolutely right. In a past life I worked for the ABC and was a member of Friends of the ABC, and knew many of their personnel. Many of the production staff and presenters – or the ‘Talent’ as they were called – were leftist intellectuals hell bent on restructuring Australian society; and some of them still are. Some of them were even quite openly members of the Communist Party; but to protect their public image, they changed to the Labor Party and the Greens. But as they say, leopards don’t change their spots.
The same can be said for the SBS (Special Broadcasting Service), which covers more of the ethnic news and current affairs, and if anything is even more leftist in its political outlook. Nowadays they also employ a number of Muslims, who naturally do their best to whitewash Islam.
The ABC evolved almost a hundred years ago when broadcasting was in its infancy, and there was a need for ‘accurate’ news in the lead up to WW II. But those days are long gone, and the main problem now is the political bias from the leftist intelligentsia.
It’s time to get rid of the ABC in its present form. Sell it off to private enterprise, but ensure it sticks to its operating charter.
gravenimage says
Sorry to hear this, Tim and Aussie Infidel. For a while it looked as though Australia was a lot more clear-eyed than the rest of the West when it came to Islam; now they seem to be in just about as much denial.
tim gallagher says
You are wide awake to the relentless left wing bias of the ABC, Aussie Infidel, just as many of us are. I get my information about the ABC from people like Andrew Bolt, Rowan Dean, Alan Jones and listeners who call in to radio programs, because I haven’t watched anything on the ABC Tv or listened to any of the crap on ABC radio for 20 years or so. I keep hearing how it just becomes more far left wing in its point of view all the time. Apparently, years ago, it was reasonably balanced.I hear many people say that if they watched any of the TV programs about politics, they would throw their TV through the window. I’d probably do the same. As many commentators point out, who work for privately owned broadcasters, we are biased and will give a point of view, but the ABC lefties are paid for by all the unfortunate taxpayers, a huge number of whom loathe the left wing ABC. Its charter says it must be balanced, which they ignore. It costs the taxpayers $1 billion per year. It is in the news right now because the chairwoman is asking for more money. As one commentator said, I think maybe Alan Jones, the Prime Minister should say, oh, of course, have some more money so you can attack my government even more relentlessly. (we have a conservative government at the moment so the ABC always attacks it). As you say, Aussie Infidel, the SBS mob are just as left wing biased. I feel that the ABC and SBS are always seeking to criticise and drag Australia down and all on the taxpayers’ dollar. But the universities are similar. It’s the march of the left through the institutions. gravenimage, I’d say Australia is as full of politically correct types as most western European type countries. This march of the left through many institutions seems to be similar in most western countries.
James Lincoln says
Australian Broadcasting Corporation, not to be confused with the American Broadcasting Company.
I had to look it up…
tim gallagher says
James, as I mentioned up above, Australia’s ABC is based on the BBC. Australia has a much shorter history than the USA (first colony in Australia was in 1788) and I think it was in the 1930’s (or around then) that Australia decided to set up its Australian Broadcasting Corporation, pretty much, I suspect, to be an imitation of Britain’s BBC. I think back then, Australia would probably pretty much follow whatever Britain was doing. Australia would have been very dependent for its outlook on things on the attitudes of the UK, whereas the USA would have been totally free of looking at what Britain was doing long before that. Canada seems to have a similar government-run Broadcasting Corporation, also, no doubt, modelled on the UK’s BBC, because, like Australia, Canada still seems to be tied closely to the UK.
James Lincoln says
Much thanks for the valuable info, tim
Best wishes.
tim gallagher says
You’re welcome, James. All the best to you.
gravenimage says
Thanks, Tim.
tim gallagher says
You’re welcome, gravenimage. If I have some local information that seems relevant, I’m happy to share it. I do feel like it is a very similar situation in all western countries, (eg this march of the left through all the institutions seems to be happening everywhere from what I hear) although what you said about Trump cutting Muslim immigration by 90% puts the USA way ahead of Australia. I hope we are cutting back as well, but not sure if we are. The government might be cutting back quietly to avoid all the uproar it would cause from the Muslims and the left. The scandal with the ABC and SBS is that all the taxpayers have to pay for what is (at least now) a far left propaganda outfit. It’s absolutely ridiculous.
gravenimage says
Tim, local information on the ground is always useful.
And I know that until recently Australia actually was at least limiting immigration to some extent–I’m not sure what the situation is now.
And yes, I am thrilled at what Trump has been able to accomplish so far–but he is being raked over the coals for it by the Left.
tim gallagher says
gravenimage, I hope it is not too much info, but the main issue with immigration into Australia these days is that our levels of immigration are far too high. This is a big issue here in Australia in the last few years. From what I hear, we have just about the highest level of immigration (percentage wise) in the world. This high immigration level keeps our economy afloat, because the new arrivals keep the building industry going as they require houses, etc, furnish the houses, etc. It is described by many people as a Ponzi scheme in the sense that this huge, rapid growth in population can’t keep going and when it does finally slow down Australia’s economy (sort of built on quicksand) will go down the drain. We have had a huge drought and many people have recently started to believe our water supply could run out, because you can’t bring millions of extra people into cities like Sydney (which governments have done) and the last big dam supplying Sydney was built in 1960. It seems our governments are reckless. Also, the traffic is terrible, hospitals very crowded, etc, and it has all got a lot worse in recent times, which angers people. As far as Muslims go, I think once you get a big enough number of them in any country, they are bound to lobby to keep letting more in. I’d say that is the situation Australia is in. I’d like an end to Muslim migration and I do hope that there is some reduction in the numbers of Muslims as a sensible reaction to the terrorist attacks and attempted attacks here, etc. I’m not sure though, as I haven’t heard any information lately. We were being swamped with boat people, I think around 2007, when a Labor government got into power. The next government got it under control, but, if people do make it here, then their appeals against being thrown out seem to get tangled forever in hearings, which annoys lots of people. Just on limiting arrivals, Australia, being an island,can control things better than the European countries that face the Muslim invaders constantly pouring in. Bravo to the Trump administration is all I can say.
gravenimage says
Australia: Security chief says “Islamic extremism” top threat, ABC Australia focuses instead on neo-Nazis
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Good grief…
Paul says
The #1 reason that Neo-Nazis exist is because they are a people that feel that their lives are threatened, white people are for the most part lazy and almost never form a group of any kind unless they feel that their property and lives are threatened. Any that can’t understand this should keep their mouths shut. Keep in mind the Black Panthers are quite similar as they exist for nearly the same exact reason. I have no problem with either group, and if media were to look for conflicts between these two pro rights groups they would see that they are not in opposition even though one supports whites and the other supports blacks.
Islam is not a color issue as many sadly think that it is because there are many whites that are Muslims. Islam is a religion that allows people of any color to be a part of it. Also Mohammad was White and it says so in the Koran in multiple places. Those that say otherwise are race baiting instead of looking at the real issues such as how did Mohammad deal with those that opposed him… He cut their heads off, and people are encouraged to act as Mohammad and be obedient to Allah to be a good Muslim.
Personally I’m far more worried about having people saying that it acceptable to go around cutting peoples heads off than whites or blacks saying to protect yourself and your family and friends.
gravenimage says
Sorry, most neo-Nazis are thugs. And with all respect, Paul, it you have no problems with neo-Nazis and the Black Panthers, you have not been paying attention.
But as things stand now neo-Nazis are much less a threat than are Jihadists.
Lisa Bernstein says
I wish you guys at Jihad Watch would include hyper links to ABC international or whoever is writing these biased stories….
gravenimage says
Lisa, here is contact information at the Australia Broadcasting Corporation if this is what you are asking for:
https://help.abc.net.au/hc/en-us/articles/360001150496-What-are-the-contact-details-for-the-ABC-
jca reid says
Often wondered why MSM don’t see who the Far Right are & therefore Nazis/neo-Nazis. Don’t really see the folk who speak out about Islam actually advocating Hitler & Co’s Policies, whilst The Muslims most certainly do. Their Apologists & ANTIFA etc. must be in denial or, not want to admit their hypocrisy.
Ole Pederson says
Actually, as tragic it is to say, I would be less worried it Australia was governed by Neo-Nazis. Not that that would be much of a difference, but at least with Neo-Nazis you can negotiate.
In Germany (and in Europe) sundry studies among followers of various religions as well as university studies based on polls among Jews show, the vast majoriy of antisemitic violence is caused by muslims.
Yet the media say 90% of the antisemitc offences are committed by right-wing extremists. Yada yada.