16 May 2007

Irf on the Canberra Mosque

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Irfan Yusef has posted some useful thoughts on the recent goings on at the Canberra Mosque:

“It’s little wonder the closest thing you’d find to a Cronulla-style anti-Muslim riot is inside the mosque itself. The argument started some months back when a faction of worshippers decided they didn’t like the imam any more. They decided to tell a Melbourne reporter the imam’s supporters were extremists.

To understand this mentality requires some historical background. A medieval Syrian philosopher, Abul Hasan al-Maarri, made the following remark on the eve of his city being overrun by the Crusaders:

In this world, there are only two types of people: those with lots of intelligence and little religion, and those with little intelligence and plenty of religion.”

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If kurt kennedy rocked up at St Johns in Reid and attempted to take it over a few years later there’s every chance i’d bet him too.

Sounds like they’re all extremists so half of them were right. They must have been the bright half huh?

Ha, I want a Bronwyn Bishop endorsement like his.

Jemmy. New! Improved! No bomb-throwing!

I love that guy

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