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Politics : The Truth About Islam
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To: Ichy Smith who wrote (976)9/18/2006 12:16:32 PM
From: Proud_Infidel   of 20106
 
Clerics 'Teach Secret Jihad' (Australia)
The Australian ^ | September 18, 2006 | Natalie O'Brien and Tracy Ong

theaustralian.news.com.au

ISLAMIC clerics in Sydney and Melbourne are using covert tactics to preach martyrdom and jihad to young followers, recruiting them under the guise of classes teaching the Koran.

Singapore-based terrorism analyst Rohan Gunaratna told The Australian that despite their denials and stronger terror laws, religious leaders in the two cities continued to preach violence to impressionable followers, though they now did it away from their mainstream teachings. He said the clerics' influence on young believers increased the risk of a terrorist attack in Australia. "We have seen a number of Australian clerics preaching jihad and martyrdom," Dr Gunaratna said.

"The most likely form of attack in Australia is a suicide attack for jihad. You will need to make arrests in time."

Clive Williams, who runs a terrorism and counter-terrorism program at the Australian Defence Force Academy, said young Muslims were being recruited for jihad through "Koran classes". "They are doing it differently now," he said.

Sheik Omran said terrorism experts made their living from the counter-terrorism industry and it was in their interests to keep the threat going.

Muslim Community Service of Western Australia chairman Sheik Mahmoud Omran said if anybody had evidence they should put up or shut up.

The claims came as the inaugural Conference of Australian Imams wound up in Sydney yesterday. About 100 Muslim leaders attended the two-day conference, which was hosted by the federal Government's Muslim Reference Group.

Parliamentary Secretary on Immigration and Multicultural Affairs Andrew Robb told the conference that imams could play a significant role in minimising the opportunities for extremists to influence vulnerable youth, by speaking English.

"It seems to me that they must be preaching in English if the young people in their communities can understand Islam in an Australian context," he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at theaustralian.news.com.au ....
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