Why does a mob of 5,000 Australians get out of hand on a Sydney beach?
One thing is certain… it is not just a result of bad temper, cell phones and alcohol.
I’ve heard this vigilante response being labelled as race riots.
I think those who are calling it that are using the wrong terminology, and in this case, terminology matters a great deal.
This is not just about race. It is far more than that.
It is about multiculturalism that is no longer working like happy families - if it ever really did.
It is about political correctness, and what it does to the supposedly dominant culture already existing in Australia, the culture which has Judeo-Christian origins even although this is said to be a “post-Christian” era.
It is about the everyday experience of ordinary people whose leaders refuse to hear their growing concerns, or if they are listening, are too weak to do anything about it.
It is about Australians getting ugly because underlying their bad behaviour are those very real concerns that are not being addressed, and about bigoted “white supremacist” vigilantes adding their brawn to the mix.
But to be absolutely frank, it is about Muslim immigrants and Islam. It is about unassimilated Muslims whose culture clashes with that of their host country, Australia.
It is about the agenda of Islam, and its incompatibility with the culture of the West.
And about certain Australians in revolt.
Australians are reacting to the same process that has been happening in Europe, and they want it to stop.
Dr Patrick Sookhdeo is the International Director of the Barnabas Fund and the Institute for the Study of Islam and Christianity. He holds a PhD from the School of Oriental and African Studies, London University and was awarded a Doctor of Divinity by Western Seminary, Portland, Oregon for his work in the field of pluralism. He has written and lectures widely in the field of other faiths. Both Patrick and his wife Rosemary hold dual New Zealand and British citizenship.
Here are some interesting words of his:
In 1980 the Islamic Council of Europe published a book called Muslim Communities in Non-Muslim States which clearly explained the Islamic agenda in Europe.
When Muslims live as a minority they face theological problems, because classical Islamic teaching always presupposed a context of Islamic dominance; hence the need for guidance on how to live in non-Muslim states. The instructions given in the book told Muslims to get together and organise themselves with the aim of establishing a viable Muslim community based on Islamic principles. This is the duty of every individual Muslim living within a non-Muslim political entity. They should set up mosques, community centres and Islamic schools. At all costs they must avoid being assimilated by the majority. In order to resist assimilation, they must group themselves geographically, forming areas of high Muslim concentration within the population as a whole. Yet they must also interact with non-Muslims so as to share the message of Islam with them. Every Muslim individual is required to participate in the plan; it is not allowed for anyone simply to live as a “good Muslim” without assisting the overall strategy. The ultimate goal of this strategy is that the Muslims should become a majority and the entire nation be governed according to Islam.
(M. Ali Kettani “The Problems of Muslim Minorities and their Solutions” in Muslim Communities in Non-Muslim States
(London: Islamic Council of Europe, 1980) pp.96-105
Read the whole of his paper to understand more about what is well underway in Europe.
Now look at the following little bit of news:
Saudi Prince Donates $40M to Universities
by Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press Writer.
Mon Dec 12,11:53 PM ET
BOSTON - A Saudi prince believed to be the wealthiest businessman in the Muslim world has donated $40 million for Harvard and Georgetown to expand their Islamic studies programs, the schools announced Monday.
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud, who gave $20 million to each university, is a nephew of the late King Fahd and worth upward of $20 billion, according to Forbes magazine, which ranked him fifth on its 2005 list of the world’s billionaires.
Harvard and Georgetown officials said they will use the gifts to add faculty and scholarships and expand their Islamic studies curricula.
“Bridging the understanding between East and West is important for peace and tolerance,” Prince Alwaleed said in a statement issued by both schools.
Harvard, which is naming its newly created program after Alwaleed, already has more than two dozen faculty researching or teaching in the field of Islamic studies.
“This program will enable us to recruit additional faculty of the highest caliber, adding to our strong team of professors who are focusing on this important area of scholarship,” Harvard President Lawrence Summers said in a statement.
Georgetown will use the gift, the second-largest in its history, to expand its Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding. The center, which was founded in 1993, also will be renamed after Alwaleed.
“At this time of world conflict, Georgetown is committed to build upon our role as a Catholic, Jesuit institution in fostering greater understanding among religions around the world,” said the university’s president, John DeGioia.
Harvard plans to use its gift to launch the Islamic Heritage Project, which will digitally preserve Islamic texts and make them available on the Internet.
Georgetown plans to endow three new faculty chairs and expand its center’s library.
Alwaleed is an investor who chairs the Kingdom Holding Co.
Just in case you were wondering…
Yes, this is the same Saudi prince who donated $10 million for relief operations in New York following the 9/11 terrorist strike. It came with strings attached, the prince saying that the United States “should re-examine its policies in the Middle East and adopt a more balanced stand toward the Palestinian cause”. Mayor Rudy Giuliani refused the gift and flatly rejected the prince’s position. “To suggest that there’s a justification for [the terrorist attacks] only invites this happening in the future,” he had said.
But back to that Sydney beach…
Islam’s agenda in Europe has been clearly stated by the Islamic Council of Europe itself. It is consistent with the Qur’anic teachings of Islam - to achieve universal dominance whereby everyone shall be converted to Islam or die.
It happens by stealth and apparent displays of goodwill - in the USA as well as elsewhere.
Remember that proposed mega-mosque for London that was mentioned in the The Sunday Times?
And in Australia they are saying it loud and clear: this is a problem, and it cannot be allowed to continue.
No these are not just race riots.
Religion transcends race, and to use that terminology throws one completely off course and once again does not address the real problem.
I do not support vigilante behaviour - in my eyes it is wrong.
But when, just when, are we finally going to wake up?
