Which just goes to show the inanity of David Shoebridge’s talk of peace talks and laying the blame for their failure on Israel (towards the end of the video).

Update: Here are some photos from the rally, which show in even clearer fashion some children holding Hizbullah flags.

Remember: The root cause of Islamic violence is the Islamic fundamentalists’ ideology. Not Israel.

Israel is part of the solution, not the problem.

Australia’s Grand Mufti Ibrahim Abu Mohamed showing his true colors a few days ago.

AUSTRALIA’S Grand Mufti Ibrahim Abu Mohamed has met with the hierarchy of Hamas, the Palestinian party listed by the Gillard government as a terrorist organisation.

Last week Dr Mohamed led an Australian delegation of Muslim scholars to the Gaza Strip, where they met Hamas senior political leader Ismail Haniyeh.

Mr Haniyeh, who has been pushing for the US and the EU to remove Hamas from its terrorist watchlist, last year described former al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden as “a Muslim and Arabic warrior” while condemning the US for killing the terrorist leader.

Dr Mohamed, who has been styled as a moderate since taking the top Australian Muslim post, last week expressed his happiness at being in Gaza, describing it as the land of pride and martyrdom.

“I am pleased to stand on the land of jihad to learn from its sons and I have the honour to be among the people of Gaza where the weakness always becomes strength, the few becomes many and the humiliation turns into pride,” he told local news agencies.

“We came here in order to learn from Gaza. As I said in my speech, we will make the stones, trees, and people of Gaza talk, in order to learn steadfastness, sacrifice, and the defence of one’s rights from them.

“We feel like we are on cloud nine. We feel like we are on top of the world.” Images of the visit were shown on local TV and hailed as a PR coup by Hamas, the fanatical ruling party in Gaza.

Attempts to contact Dr Mohamed, who has insisted radical Muslim extremists in Australia need to be corrected, were unsuccessful.

According to the Department of Foreign Affairs, Australia has listed Hamas as a terrorist entity subject to financial sanctions since 2001.

The military wing of Hamas is also listed as a terrorist organisation under the Criminal Code Act 1995.

In July 2009, Prime Minister Julia Gillard, then deputy prime minister, said: “Hamas obviously is a terrorist organisation that has been engaged in violent actions against the Israeli people.”

Australia, I fear Grand Mufti has been playing you like a fiddle.

I’m not sure I know anyone who started doing pushups in Australia in advance of immigrating, but each to their own.

Now the boy’s mother has offered another, equally intelligence-insulting explanation.

The mother who gave her young child a sign reading “behead all those who insult the prophet” has reportedly told police she did not know what the word “behead” meant.

The 28-year-old Jordanian woman presented herself to police on Monday night after she heard that authorities wanted to track her and the child down.

A photo of the four-year-old boy holding the sign in Sydney’s Hyde Park has become one of the most circulated images from last Saturday’s riots.

NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione dubbed the sign “incomprehensible” and NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell called on child protection services to investigate the woman.

But the mother, who has been living in Australia for only two years, has told detectives she did not know what the sign meant, the Daily Telegraph reports.

She reportedly said she picked up the placard in Hyde Park and carried it for a while and then encouraged her son to pose with it because she recognised the word “prophet” and just assumed it was a message supporting the Muslim prophet Muhammed.

“She said she didn’t know what ‘behead’ meant,” a police source was quoted as saying.

The mother added that she was embarrassed by the “fuss” the image had created but insisted she only brought the child to the protest because she did not expect it to become violent.

Word on the street is that she thought the word “behead” referred to this character:

But even then, she’s have some more explaining to do.

Now it has emerged this is just the tip of the iceberg.

Coalition MP George Christensen has suggested that the small child who held up a sign which read “behead all those who insult the prophet” during weekend protests should be put in the care of “better people”.

The Queensland MP said that authorities should track down the parents of the child “immediately” – as they would when another child was exposed to “such a violent upbringing”.

Not that it helped.

Yesterday, the mother whose young son held a sign calling for beheadings during Saturdays’ Sydney protests turned herself in to police.

NSW Family and Community Services Minister Pru Goward says the boy will stay with his parents.

“The police went back to the house and assessed the children and assessed that they were safe so that is where they remain,” Ms Goward told ABC radio.

And what is it with Australian Muslim leaders and really bad excuses?

Lebanese Muslim Association president Samier Dandan says while he welcomes the mother’s decision to go to police, he disapproves of the behaviour.

“That’s something that we don’t encourage within our community, it’s something we condemn,” he told reporters at Lakemba mosque in Sydney’s west this morning.

Mr Dandan said he would try to talk to the mother, but added he had been told the boy may have found the sign on the street and was “caught up in the hype” during the demonstrations.

“Does a child really understand what’s written on that placard?” he said.

That’s on a par with those people admitted to the emergency room who claim they slipped on the floor and that’s how the bottle ended up there.

The above was taken from an Islamic protest in Sydney, Australia.

It is so disturbing, that it prompted the Prime Minister of Australia to comment.

THE Prime Minister and NSW Premier have condemned yesterday’s violent Islamic protest that has horrified the nation, saying it represented ‘the unacceptable face of multiculturalism’ and was not ‘the Australian way’.

Julia Gillard singled out the chilling image of a young child photographed by a woman as he held aloft a poster preaching death.

“I absolutely condemn the violence that we saw yesterday on the streets of Sydney,” Ms Gillard said. “There is never any excuse for violent behaviour.

“I do not want to see in the hands of anyone, particularly children, offensive signs that call for the killing of others . This is not the Australian way.”

Meanwhile, here are more scenes from the protest in Sydney.

These scenes may not seem out of the ordinary to many of you, since we have seen similar elsewhere around the world, but bear in mind this is Australia. As someone who lived most of my life there, I am saddened this hatred and fanaticism has made its way to such a great country. Saddened, but not shocked, because this is not merely about some low budget film. It is part of a war against the West, our values and our way of life.

No Western country is immune from it.

Source: Herald Sun

A MAN being evicted over alleged anti-Jewish abuse and harassment of his neighbours has spent his final night screaming and banging doors

A resident of the Caulfied apartment building, Janet Waite, said she had woken to find blood all over concrete in the driveway of the residence.

“For two hours last night, at least two hours in the middle of the night he was howling and screaming and f’ing and and banging on doors,” Ms Waite said.

“I came out to go shopping and there’s blood everywhere, it’s not the first time.”

It comes after a tribunal yesterday ordered Adam Schipkie, 28, to leave his taxpayer-subsidised flat in the heart of Melbourne’s Jewish community within 48 hours.

Ms Waite said living with the man in the complex had been a nightmare and she would be a lot less worried once he had left.

“Every so often there are awful noises that come out of the front, very loud.

“There are little kids living in these flats and it can’t be very pleasant for the parents when all this stuff is going on.”

Ms Waite said she wasn’t aware of the man’s alleged behaviour towards Jewish neighbours.

“Let’s say it’s a multi-race annoyance.”

He is expected to be evicted from his apartment this afternoon, a removalist truck spent an hour in the complex this morning and left about 12.30pm

VCAT issued the urgent eviction ruling after Caulfield residents gave evidence they feared for their lives if he stayed on at the property.
The unemployed cook did not attend the hearing, but later denied being a white supremacist and told the Herald Sun he felt persecuted by his neighbours.

“Everyone around here has targeted me,” he said.

Mr Schipkie blamed acquaintances who sometimes visited for the anti-Semitic behaviour alleged by his terrified neighbours. One acquaintance had carved swastikas on his neighbours’ cars.

He said he shaved his head because it looked better than long hair, and claimed images of Nazi paraphernalia on his Facebook site proved his love of military antiques, not a hatred of Jews.

“I’m not a neo-Nazi,” he said

The Garlasco defence, huh?

Looking at Schipkie’s Facebook page, it’s very easy to see we are not dealing with the sharpest tool in the shed. In fact, he’s so steeped in dumbassery that he left up posts clearly rendering his denial of Jew hatred and neo Nazism a complete lie.

Exhibit A:

Exhibit B:

Exhibit C:

Exhibit D:

I suggest Schipkie gets over his hatred of Jews and becomes a productive member of society. Otherwise this poster he uploaded to Facebook might soon reflect his reality.

Notice how the reporter quotes organizes as saying the protest was a “peaceful demonstration against the Israeli occupation of Palestine with no ill intent towards any Jewish people.” Try reconcile that with the Hizbullah flag at 0:35.

It is clear why the organizers were careful to make this claim. And why it is complete bollocks.

THE NSW and federal governments have laid down the law to pro-Palestinian activists planning an anti-Israel protest today, warning that any racial vilification could lead to criminal prosecution

The move followed the revelation by The Australian yesterday that the website promoting the Al-Quds Day rally in Sydney contains graphic videos alleging severe Israeli persecution of Palestinians, and for the destruction of the Jewish state.

Al-Quds Day, first proclaimed by Iranian revolution leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomenei in 1979 as a day of international condemnation of Israel and in favour of the Palestinian cause, has been marked with fiery protest rallies in Iran each year and in many western cities.

But today’s rally in Sydney, whose participants will march to the US consulate, marks the first commemoration of Al-Quds Day in Australia.

The website promoting the event shows videos replaying news reports of Israeli attacks on Palestinians, wounded men, women and children, and simulated bullets fired in their direction.

…One video, which appears to have been produced by the Australian committee itself, includes Khomeini’s emblematic line when he founded Al-Quds Day: “We must all rise, destroy Israel and replace it with the heroic Palestinian nation.”

Asked to comment on the rally and the website, federal Attorney General Nicola Roxon’s spokesman said that in Australia “the rights to freedom of expression, association and assembly are fundamental human rights”, but added “such rights are not absolute and carry duties and responsibilities.”

“The Australian Government strongly condemns offensive behaviour based on racial hatred. Such behaviour is unlawful under section 18C of the Commonwealth Racial Discrimination Act 1975.”

A spokesman for NSW Attorney General Greg Smith said: “In NSW it is generally against the law to vilify people because of their: race, colour, nationality, descent, ethnic, ethno-religious or national origin.

“NSW anti-discrimination law defines vilification as a public act that could incite or encourage hatred, serious contempt or severe ridicule towards people because of the aforementioned characteristics. The law covers public acts which includes speeches at rallies and material on websites.”

Funnily enough, this is the image that greets you when you first visit the Press TV site page for the report on the Sydney march.

THE first man charged with terrorism in Australia after September 11 was in the running to be a Big Brother housemate and says he has been asked to reapply next year.

 ..Zeky “Zak” Mallah, 29, was in talks with Southern Star Entertainment’s casting producer about entering the house under the false name Allan, before “dropping the bombshell” on contestants that he had once been an aspiring jihadist.

A Big Brother source said Mallah had not made the short list of 25, but had made it through stages of the audition process.

The controversial show returns to TV tonight after a three-year break.

Mallah was found not guilty of terrorism charges when he was cleared of planning an attack on a Commonwealth office in 2005.

A NSW Supreme Court jury accepted Mallah was an attention-seeker, not a terrorist. But he was jailed for two years after pleading guilty to a lesser charge of threatening an ASIO officer.

The Australian-born Muslim said he made threats in “frustration” at being prevented from travelling to Lebanon to see family. He was denied a passport because of his involvement in an extremist Islamic Youth Movement.

“I was just a young 18-year-old loudmouth fighting for my passport,” he said.

“I am a very changed person since my trial. My friends are no longer religious. I would have liked to get the chance for people to see the real me in the Big Brother house,” Mallah said.

“I want people, the whole nation, to understand I have had a hard life after losing both my parents, then being taken to prison for two years. It has taken me a long, tough journey to be where I am today – a happy Australian.”

Mallah said producers had invited him to try again.

“I guess they thought I was too hot to go in. Not hot physically, hot politically,” he said.

Channel 9 confirmed Mallah had been considered.

From what I’ve seen, Mallah does seem to be desperate for attention. For instance, he has a “talkshow” on YouTube. The question is, is he really a “happy Australian” who has renounced his old, Jihadist ways?

It would seem not quite:

I don’t have a problem with Jihad so long as it is self defense

And there’s this:

His website says he first became passionate about a career in the media after he discovered alternate theories behind the fall of the World Trade Centre towers on September 11, 2001.

And he was sacked from a job for posting You Tube videos that showcased “restricted and private” areas of the site!

He also organized and moderated a debate on Sharia law vs democracy..

..and made this video with the pro-Sharia Ibrahim Siddiq-Conlon less than two years ago.

On the other hand, Mallah seems well and truly pissed at some of his co-religionists, who advocate jihad and violence, and whom he feels abandoned him.

Statement by Zaky Mallah to Media personal, Lawyers, Barristers and Islamic Community in relation to why Zaky left ASWJ and GIYC in 2004.

(Sent by email to the above mentioned)

Please note: Zakys email is heavy in criticising ASWJ and GIYC and has used some ‘Heavy tone’ towards them. This is on a personal level and was ment to speak the truth and not offend anyone.

17/03/11
Dear all,

Please read carefully,
In relation to Ahl Sunnah Wal Jammah (ASWJ) in Sydney and in Melbourne, I just need to make some things really clear to everyone who still believes that I am with them. I am not with ASWJ nor do I pray there anymore. I am glad to announce to those who don’t already know that ‘I left them in 2004’. When I was in prison for terrorism from 2003- 2005, ASWJ left me in prison like a dog caged up in a cell without taking any consideration that I was Innocent of terrorism and the fact that I was held under the ‘presumption of innocence’.
For years, ASWJ members have always looked down on me from the Elite to the bottom.

When they use to always talk about Jihad, I got caught up in it to the point where I was charged with terrorism. I don’t have a problem with Jihad so long as it is self defense. As for ASWJ, Where were they when I was charged for terrorism? Where were they when I was at court facing a Judge and Jury? Where were they when I was at Goulburn supermax? What Financial help did they give me while incarcerated? All they done was talk bad about me and incriminated me even more.

Sheikh Tajj and LMA Keysar Trad came to visit me in Goulburn!

In conclusion to all this, I have NOTHING to do with this Group in anyway, shape or form. I regret asking for their help after my release from prison in some issues that i needed help in. The bottom line is, I am happy to have left them. Many of them till this day look down on me for this but quite frankly; I don’t give a rat’s ass! They were never there for me in the first place.
The only thing we have in common is that we have the same Teaching (Islamic Creed) but have nothing to do with them in Sydney and in Melbourne. I have nothing to do with Sheilkh Feiz, Sheikh Abdulsalam or Sheikh Imran. I still hold Sheikh Abdulsalam with high respect but condemn him for leaving me posted in prison- my grudge still stands in 2011. They don’t represent me and I don’t represent them. They preach Jihad from here and then they condemn you when charged for terrorism from there!
Please, from now on, any one who calls me in relation to ASWJ, please note I am not a member with these guys nor do I pray at their Mosque.
STATEMENT OF ZAKY MALLAH

Kind Regards,
Zaky Mallah.

And this:

In relation to your comment of Zaky standing out from the crowd. It seems that you may have been ‘innocently’ blind on that day not realising that some of the followers of ASWJ were face covered with the Kaffiah intimidating Melbournians on the streets on Brunswick giving evil dirties at residence, street goers and police on that day! Wheather these guys are still with ASWJ or not, the point is, ASWJ attracts the ‘Behavior of Hated’ in Australia.

Furthermore, Many have been charged with terrorism in Australia- most of which ‘all come from ASWJ! Zaky would love to see the Mushiekh do time at Goulburn! There tough out here and think they represent all Muslims. Let these hot heads do some time at Supermax and see how much of ‘Mujahideen they are’.

They talk about Jihad and killing in Australia and elsewhere but TRUE scholars of ASWJ from Medina and Mecca (Sheikh Aead Al Karnee, Shiekh Mahmouad Al Ghurab and others) condemn Sheikhs from ASWJ in Sydney and their likes who are at most of times, talking about hatred and killing everyone! Not all ASWJ in Sydney are a ‘mirror image of such people’.

[Mod: No relevance and gossiping]

This Shiekh is a good Shiekh but some of his followers are bigoted idiots- His followers think because they carry a massive beard, they think they are Prophets!

Please, you don’t know nothing about ASWJ! So do yourself a great favor and do some research and stop spending 23 hours of your time on Muslim Forums. Do your self a favor and get yourself off the net and do your religion a ‘constructive favor’.

This will be the last comment posted by ZMS in relation to this matter.

ZMS
Comment by Zaky Mallah.

So while I don’t fully buy into his whole “good Aussie” shtik, he seems to have a bee in his bonnet about his old jihadi friends, which could prove useful.

In other words, forget Big Brother. I’d like to see Mallah interviewed on television about his past associations, including the Sheikhs preaching jihad in the mosques.

That would make for good television.

And hopefully for better grounds to incarcerate their sorry asses.

Update: Interestingly enough, both his website and Twitter account are down.