By Rod Benson
I was shocked to read the other day that leaders of the global Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir had announced to Australian Muslims that democratic government was “un-Islamic,” that Allah alone should make laws, and that so-called “moderate Islam” was a corruption of the real thing.
Addressing 500 participants at a convention at Lidcombe, speakers allegedly called for the creation of a transnational Islamic state, and stated that the Qur’an prohibited Muslims from doing this through the democratic process.
That’s a rather more serious issue than whether a woman should be allowed to wear the burqa. Imagine a Christian conference being told that God was the sole lawmaker, democracy was un-Christian, and Christians should work to overthrow the state.
Like most Australians, I want a peaceful and inclusive society. But in any society there are those who desire to bring about change by stealth, or through violence. Eternal vigilance is the price of freedom.
Broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 11 July 2010.
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