Aussie Islamic Leader: The Violence Will Continue Until Relations Improve

Sun, Oct 28, 2007 at 9:39:46 pm PDT

The leader of one of Syndey’s largest Islamic youth centers is warning Australia that Muslims are going to attack if relations do not improve.

AUSTRALIA faces a “London-type bombing” if relations between Muslims and the intelligence and police authorities do not improve, an influential Islamic youth leader has warned. Fadi Rahman, who runs one of Sydney’s biggest youth centres at Lidcombe in the city’s west, said overseas Islamic elements were attempting to radicalise Muslim youth with their hardline ideologies.

But in a warning that will resonate with Australian authorities, Mr Rahman said Muslims did not trust ASIO or the Australian Federal Police and that the bungled terror case against Gold Coast doctor Mohamed Haneef had worsened the situation. “The biggest problem ASIO and the federal police have is that no one in the Islamic community trusts them enough to give them a heads-up about anything,” Mr Rahman told The Australian.

“Look at the Haneef thing - why would we trust these guys when all you see is one fumble after another? People are afraid.”

(Hat tip: aussiemagpie.)