أستراليا: سياسي يدعو لهدم المساجد وحظر لنقاب

خبر من مصادر إنجليزية.

شاعت حالة واسعة من الاستنكار والغضب بين صفوف المسلمين بعد مطابة "أنتوني ماكين" - رئيس حزب "استيقظي أستراليا" اليميني المتطرف - بإزالة وهدم المساجد وحظر ارتداء النقاب؛ بذرائع زائفة تعتمد على الدواعي الأمنية.

وقد أعرب المسلمون عن رفضهم لتلك التصريحات، وأحقيتهم في ممارسة شعائر دينهم، وخاصةً بعد إشارته إلى أن بناء المساجد يدفع إلى تدفق المسلمين للمناطق التي تضم المساجد؛ مما اعتبره مزعجًا للسكان المحليين، وهو ما رفضه المسلمون؛ المصدر: شبكة الألوكة.

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Aussie Far-rightist Attacks Burqa, Mosques

Running on an agenda of anti-Muslim propaganda, a Queensland candidate of a newly established far-right party in Australia has called for eradicating mosques and banning face-veil, stirring up concerns among the Muslim community.

"I was born a Muslim and I want to follow my religion," Norma Palmer, a Muslim who have run Brassall Village Takeaway for 20 years and are respected members of the community, told Queensland Times on Tuesday, August 20.

"My religion says that as a woman you should cover yourself and I am happy to do it...from my learning, the two things you can expose are your face and your hands.

“I feel a lot more safe and comfortable walking around, because I feel more modest than other people. But we are not forced to wear a burqa,” she added.

The Muslim woman angry comments followed an interview for Rise Up Australia Party candidate Anthony Mackin in which he called for eradicating mosques and banning burqa or niqab.

"Part of the problem is the obvious one, that you can't identify who is underneath it," Mackin with said in an interview on Monday with The QT.

"I've seen recently on the internet that there have been suicide bombers disguising themselves in burqas.

"When we go into a petrol station the first thing a motorcyclist is asked to do is remove the helmet before the cashier will receive payment for the bill, for security purposes.

"Everybody is required to do this...but the people who are not assimilating to our laws and customs are not."