Mass shooting by suspected Islamist extremists at Bondi Beach

Rosie51

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Official Statement by The Global Imams Council Regarding the Terrorist Attack on the Jewish Community at Bondi Beach, Sydney, During Hanukkah Celebrations. Well worth watching only 5 minutes long.

Thank you for posting this. It roundly condemns terrorist atrocities and hopefully will help to stop a backlash against Muslims, the vast majority of whom are completely innocent of any wrong doing.

foxie48

Rosie51

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Official Statement by The Global Imams Council Regarding the Terrorist Attack on the Jewish Community at Bondi Beach, Sydney, During Hanukkah Celebrations. Well worth watching only 5 minutes long.

Thank you for posting this. It roundly condemns terrorist atrocities and hopefully will help to stop a backlash against Muslims, the vast majority of whom are completely innocent of any wrong doing.

Thank you for posting the link.

What a heartfelt and respectful statement by the Imam. No excuses, no reasons, no ifs, no buts.

What a wise man. This is the stuff of harmony, of togetherness, of peace and mutual respect.

We need more like this.

I agree Ferry23 it’s heartening isn’t it?

Galaxy

October 7th was the most terrible warning, and those who chanted globalise the intifada have partly led to this. Those chanting haven't the first clue what they are unleashing, or even worse maybe they do.

Some do and some don’t. Lots of what look like young students gleefully shouting it and punching the air on marches may one day look back on it and feel ashamed.Or not.
The hateful marches should never have been allowed here.

Iam64

Wyllow, there are politics and cultural factors and reasons surrounding anything like this but in the end , no there are no excuses. However in order to try and stop it happening we cannot ignore those reasons

If I’m misunderstanding, please tell me but, I read your comment as implying that the actions of the Isreali government in Gaza is a ‘reason’ for the terrorist murders in Manchester, and in Sydney.

So often we see the conflation of the actions of this Israeli government as somehow justifying attacks on Jewish people in any part of the world.

Many Jewish people no longer feel safe in the UK.

That’s how I read Wyllow’s comments too.There are no valid reasons in the world why Jewish Australians or Jewish English or Jews around the world should be murdered …it’s all Islamist extremism ideology and nothing else.

foxie48

Rosie51

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Official Statement by The Global Imams Council Regarding the Terrorist Attack on the Jewish Community at Bondi Beach, Sydney, During Hanukkah Celebrations. Well worth watching only 5 minutes long.

Thank you for posting this. It roundly condemns terrorist atrocities and hopefully will help to stop a backlash against Muslims, the vast majority of whom are completely innocent of any wrong doing.

It is such a clear, firm statement - that hate only begets hate - I share your hope, Foxie.

Reason, ? they were Jews

Anniebach

Reason, ? they were Jews

Islamic extremists don't just kill Jews. 9/11 They killed Christians, Jews, Muslims, those without a faith and those with, they did the same in the Bataclan theatre attack in Paris in 2015. That's why IMO it's so important for everyone regardless of which religion they do or don't follow, stand together to condemn what they do. I believe they want to create division amongst us and if that happens, then they are winning.

Yes foxie the Manchester Arena bombing killed many not just Jews.
Islamic extremists hate the west and want to destroy our way of life.

Good post foxie48. Whilst Islamic extremists hate Jews, especially those in Israel, they kill people of any faith and none, children like those in the Manchester arena massacre. Angry, bitter, bigoted individuals of any faith or none pose such a threat to the majority, who simply want to live in peace

Interesting that the pro Jewish posts are the ones being deleted. Says it all.

nanna Yes, it certainly does!

nanna8

Interesting that the pro Jewish posts are the ones being deleted. Says it all.

Yes it’s strange the way some posts are reported and by who.

You can still see the post that was deleted embedded in a response if you scroll back. I didn’t, but I think it would have been reported because it was a personal insult to another poster, rather than for any other reason?

nanna8

Interesting that the pro Jewish posts are the ones being deleted. Says it all.

I have read loads of pro Israel posts here, what are you talking about?

Casdon

You can still see the post that was deleted embedded in a response if you scroll back. I didn’t, but I think it would have been reported because it was a personal insult to another poster, rather than for any other reason?

FYI, because I can guess what is being assumed, I only reported those posts that were personal to me.

Other posts have been deleted: but not on my request.

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The nature of Wyllows posts were causing a great deal of upset at this tragic time.

I hoped she would reflect on that and just hold back for one day on her personal convictions.

I agree Lathyruus

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ferry23

Lathyrus3

The nature of Wyllows posts were causing a great deal of upset at this tragic time.

I hoped she would reflect on that and just hold back for one day on her personal convictions.

I agree. I find it most offensive when the subject of a thread about a specific atrocity, on a specific day , targeting a specific group of people is hijacked by those with the very least a bizarre inability to read the room, or at worse the "hiding in plain sight" mewling and weeping apologists on this site.

There are no reasons to justify this massacre of innocent people. There were no other groups picked out to be murdered on that day. What has happened on other days, in other places, to different groups of people is of no relevance on this thread.

Excellent posts both Ferry and Lathyrus

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Lathyrus3

The nature of Wyllows posts were causing a great deal of upset at this tragic time.

I hoped she would reflect on that and just hold back for one day on her personal convictions.

I agreed and my post was deleted because it quoted yours.

Please, Wyllow, could your points be raised at another time, on another thread, as a discussion point, if you wish to continue?

Right now, this is very raw and I see an Australian poster had their post deleted too. It is a very shocking time for many of us for various reasons.

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