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To: Ichy Smith who wrote (6650)	4/3/2007 12:38:12 PM
From: Elmer Flugum	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20106

"What about the terrorism in a long list of places that Iran funds?" What about the terror that our CIA funds and orchestrates? Under that line of reasoning, were the 9-11 hijackers justified in their strike against America? len

To: Ichy Smith who wrote (6650)	4/5/2007 9:09:47 AM
From: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck	Respond to of 20106

Australia bars Canadian Muslim preacher Advocates 'Jihad' Stewart Bell, National Post, with files from Reuters Published: Thursday, April 05, 2007 TORONTO - The Australian government has barred a hardline Canadian Muslim preacher from entering the country, citing national security concerns. Sheikh Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips, who was Dennis Philips before his conversion, was to speak at an Islamic conference in Melbourne this weekend. But Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews told Australian news media yesterday that the Jamaican-born Canadian raised in Toronto would not be getting a visa. Email to a friend Printer friendly Font: ****"It's unrelated to religion; it's related to whether there is a risk to our national security, whether there is a risk to vilification to segments of the Australian community, inciting discord," the Minister told a radio station. Mr. Philips lives in the Persian Gulf and is a frequent public speaker in Canada. His writings are available at many bookstores and public libraries but some consider him a radical. On his Web site, he supports beheading, calls polygamy a "male right," says homosexuality is "evil" and writes that "if women, children or the elderly bear arms they may be killed in self-defence." He also cites Muslim scripture to justify "physical jihad," which he describes as taking up arms to defend Islam and the Muslim community from its enemies. The Herald Sun newspaper in Australia reported the U.S. government had named him as an "unindicted co-conspirator" in the 1993 truck bombing of the World Trade Center in New York. But Mr. Philips has condemned terrorism, writing that Islam opposes indiscriminate violence. He could not be reached for comment but the organizers of the 1st Annual Australian Islamic Conference said they were unaware of any security concerns. "To our knowledge, Dr. Bilal Philips is not linked to any acts of terrorism. Nor does he support any terrorist activities," Mercy Mission said in a statement. The main targets of a 2003 bombing in Bali, Indonesia, that killed 200, Australians have been struggling to confront extremists within their Muslim community. David Hicks, an Australian who converted to Islam and has been imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay for five years, pleaded guilty last week to providing support to al-Qaeda. Police have arrested a number of other suspects alleged to have plotted attacks against Australian targets. sbell@nationalpost.com canada.com © National Post 2007