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Young Indonesian muslim leaders off to Australia
ANTARA 9 March 2010
Jakarta - A delegation of young Indonesian Muslim leaders have left for Australia on a bilateral exchange program.
An Australian Embassy media release made available to Antara on 
'Broad support' for Australian Sharia law
Daily Telegraph 8 March 2010
THERE'S broad Muslim community support for aspects of Sharia law being adopted in Australia, a leading spokesman for the religion says.
However, harsh penal aspects of the law, including stoning and
Growing number of Muslim men and multiple wives exploiting loophoole for taxpayer handouts
Herald Sun 5 March 2010
By Mark Dunn
A GROWING number of Muslim men and their multiple wives are exploiting a loophole to get taxpayer handouts. Centrelink has confirmed it has investigated up to 20 cases of multiple relationships,
Mosque at Lakemba opens door to Sydney's mind
Sydney Morning Herald 5 March 2010
By Edith Bevin
ISLAM comes from the Arabic word Salem meaning peace but for Sydney's Lebanese Muslims the past few years have been anything but peaceful. Tensions between Sydney's Muslim population and the wider
Australia faces a rising threat from home-grown "violent jihadists"
MyNews.in 25 February 2010
By Sundararaj Pottanna
Australia faces a rising threat from home-grown "violent jihadists", Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said on Tuesday, unveiling a counter-terrorism blueprint which increases security measures for
Sydney Muslims Upset over Sentencing of Terrorists
Sydney Morning Herald 17 February 2010
By JACQUELINE MALEY, RICK FENELEY AND MALCOLM BROWN
SYDNEY Muslims are ''angry and frustrated'' at the severity of the sentences meted out to five men convicted of terrorism offences, say community elders who worry that the strict penalties will
Five Sydney terrorists jailed
Sydney Morning Herald 15 February 2010
By MALCOLM BROWN
Five Sydney men convicted of terrorism-related offences have been sentenced to maximum sentences ranging from 23 to 28 years in prison. Justice Anthony Whealy, who presided over a trial that began
Sydney terrorism plotters to learn fate
ABC Online 15 February 2010
Five Sydney men who planned a violent jihad on Australian soil will be sentenced today. In October last year the five men from Sydney's south west were found guilty of 'conspiring to commit a
Don't celebrate Valentine's Day warning to Muslim couples
The Sun Daily 8 February 2010
GEORGE TOWN - This Feb 14, Muslim women have been urged to 'hold on to their panties' and not celebrate the day, universally known as Valentine's Day, because it is not an Islamic
Muslim dad 'angry' at daughter's plan to convert, court told
NEWS.com.au 3 February 2010
By Mark Oberhardt
A DEVOUT Muslim doctor admitted he was "very angry" when his teenage daughter told him she would consider converting to Christianity to be with her boyfriend, a court heard today. Dr Muhammad Nural
Islamists must be prevented from brainwashing kids
The Australian 10 December 2009
By Carl Ungerer
ACCORDING to Karl von Clausewitz's dictum, "the aim of any war has to be a situation better than when hostilities began". After nearly a decade of the global war on terror, how do we know if the
Arab countries fail on human rights—report
The INQUIRER 10 December 2009
By Samer al-Atrush
• Report Summary - EN
• Report Intro - EN
• Annual Report - Arabic
Human rights deteriorated across the Arab world in 2009 with torture widely practiced in several countries, an Arab watchdog said in a report released on Tuesday
CAIRO - The report by the independent Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies surveyed 12 countries and said that most of them repressed human rights activists, press freedoms, and discriminated against religious minorities. The state of human rights in the 12 countries—Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, and Yemen—"has worsened compared to 2008," the report said.
Turkey Objects to Assyrian Genocide Monument in Australia
Assyrian International News Agency 7 December 2009
Fairfield, Australia - A proposed Assyrian genocide monument has drawn the Turkish government into the debate. The monument, proposed to the NSW Parliament by MP Ninos Khoshaba, would honor
Campbelltown Council recommend Islamic school’s application is rejected
The Age - Australia 7 December 2009
By Oliver Murray
CAMPBELLTOWN Council planners have recommended councillors reject an Islamic school’s application to build a new mosque in Minto. Qibla College has lodged an application to build a new mosque,
Mayor to become the the first Muslim MP
Daily Telegraph 25 November 2009
By Gemma Jones
SHAOQUETT Moselmane is set to become the first Muslim MP elected to the NSW Parliament. Mr Moselmane said his appreciation for democracy was instilled in him when at age 11 he and his family fled
Terror book detailed assassination methods
ABC Online 25 September 2009
By Lindy Kerin
A Sydney man's do-it-yourself terrorism book included methods of assassination and violent acts in the name of restoring Islam. Belal Khazaal of Lakemba, in New South Wales, has been sentenced to at
Muslim Aussies must win the war on the home front
Melbourne Herald Sun 01 September 2009
By Shahram Akbarzadeh
Last week the Melbourne Magistrates' Court refused bail to several Muslim men accused of an alleged terror plot. The evidence presented against one of the accused included
Melbourne terror suspect 'hates Australians'
The Australian 25 August 2009
by Adrian Lowe
A Melbourne man charged with terrorism offences hates Australians, a court has heard. Saney Edow Aweys, 26, of Carlton North, "has a hatred towards Australia and anyone who does not follow Islam",
Magistrate rejects 'Islam excuses'
Sky News Australia 25 August 2009
A melbourne magistrate presiding over the case of 5 men accused of terrorism offences has warned he'll throw anyone out of his courtroom if they refuse to stand before him.
Australia terror suspects wanted to 'strike big'
Indopia 25 August 2009
Melbourne. Alleged conspirators in a terror plot to attack an Australian army base hated non- Muslims and described their planned suicide mission as a"great, monstrous thing,"a court heard today.
