DAR AL HARB - AUSTRALIA: HIZB-UT-TAHRIR TELLS MOSLEMS TO PREPARE FOR JIHAD AROUND THE WORLD

Be prepared for jihad

AN extremist Islamic group has called on every Australian Muslim to prepare for jihad.

Demanding the establishment of a Muslim superstate, radical clerics from the militant Hizb ut-Tahrir group warned Muslims they must be prepared to kill anyone who threatened its existence.

"If two people are united and a third person comes along and tries to incite disunity . . . kill him," Palestinian Sheik Issam Amera yesterday told a Sydney meeting.

"Muslims are not unique in doing so as most nations kill those charged with treason.

"The establishment for Caliphate (Islamic superstate) is an Islamic duty. The evidence for the duty for establishing (the) Caliphate is confirmed in the Koran."

...

At yesterday's meeting, controversial Indonesian cleric Ismail Yusanto called for all Muslims to help build and defend sharia law, the absolute form of Islam, across the world – and to prepare for war against Western powers.

"Sacrifice must be encouraged," he said.

"If the capital (of the new Islamic state) fell and was occupied by the invading forces the rest (of the Caliphate) must be involved in an all-out war against the occupiers.

"Call for all military-aged Muslims to obtain military training and prepare for jihad."

"There is no victory and glory without hard work and sacrifice – no pain, no gain."

The meeting was organised by the Australian arm of the extremist group Hizb ut-Tahrir, a group widely known for its anti-democratic, anti-Semitic views.

The group has been linked to the London bombings in 2005 and are banned by several European and Middle Eastern countries but Mr Ruddock has resisted calls to ban it here, saying that they were being monitored.

...

"The sort of remarks that are made by the leadership of the organisation I believe are quite unacceptable in a pluralist society like ours but to describe an organisation as a terrorist organisation – there are quite specific evidentiary requirements," Mr Ruddock said.

To be proscribed as a terrorist organisation, a group has to urge the use of force or violence.

Labor's immigration spokesman Tony Burke said the Federal Government should have banned the radical Yusanto from entering the country.

Incoming Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews said he would review the Yusanto case when he took over the portfolio tomorrow.



Pertinent Links:

1) Be prepared for jihad