 RADICAL Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir were upset with reports this week that their leader, the euphoniously named Sheik Ismail Al-Wahwah,
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had called for Australia to be ruled by Moslem law.
Under a Wahwah-style government, reports said, alcohol would be banned, an Islamic dress code enforced and languages other than Arabic outlawed in schools.
This was the Hizbies' cue to call a Wahwambulance. "Ismail al-Wahwah did not mention Australia at all in his lecture, a fact evident to anyone who watches the excerpts of the lecture on the basis of which the claim was made," the group wailed.
"The lecture, the complete recording of which will be up on our website soon, was about the establishment of the Caliphate in the Moslem World. At no point was any vision for Australia presented." Well, let's check exactly what Wahwah said in his lecture, which formed the basis of those reports.
"That is the duty of the caliphate to implement Islam internally and carry the light of Islam to the rest of the world," the Sheik declared. "How? Not with flowers."
Key words: "The rest of the world." The last time we checked, Australia was part of that world. Wahwah's wishes apply as much here as they do anywhere else. Wahwah is pedalling caliphate crap, plain and simple.
(By the way, no flowers and no booze? Dates with this bloke must be a delight.)
Another local caliphate fan also emerged recently, courtesy of international monitoring organization The Middle East Media Research Institute. Former Catholic Musa Cerantonio spoke at Islamic venues in Sydney and Melbourne late last year.
"Re-establishing the Islamic state is eventually going to be a military matter, and it is a matter that concerns a large part of the Islamic nation," Musa, raised in Victoria, said.
"The Taliban, may Allah grant them victory, they are the heroes of the Islamic nation these days. These are men." Lucky for them. If they were women, they'd be pelted with rocks and have acid thrown in their faces.
"They are the men of this Islamic nation today, the Taliban, may Allah grant them victory. You don't find anyone like them on the face of this earth."
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