A statement by Imam Mohammad Tawhidi on behalf of the Global Imams Council
Good morning. Today I speak not only on behalf of the Global Imams Council, but also as an Australian citizen.
The Global Imams Council condemns in the strongest, clearest and most unambiguous terms the barbaric terrorist attack at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia where innocent Jewish families were celebrating Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights.
I have just spoken with families of the victims, extending solidarity and unity in face an act of terror that has shaken the world.
This was not merely a violence – it is calculated anti-Semitic acts driven by hatred cowardice and moral depravity. The murder of worshippers including children and respected community figures leaders are unforgivable crime that stains the conscience of humanity.
These terrorists are enemies of all fates and of all civilized society. Let us be absolutely clear.
The Bondi Beach terrorist attack is what the globalizing of the Intifada looks like when hatred is normalized. When incitement is excused. And when extremists are allowed to fester under the cover of politics, slogans and cowardly silences and violence. What begins as chants and threats inevitably ends in blood.
Any individual or ideology that targets Jews or justifies violence against them or our shared Abrahamic family is not representing Islam but desecrating it. Anti-Semitism has no legitimacy, no excuse and shelter within authentic Islamic leadership.
We stand in unbreakable and unapologetic solidarity with the Jewish community of Australia and with Jewish communities worldwide. Your grief is our grief, your pain is shared deeply by Muslims across the globe who refuse to remain silent in the face of evil.
The light of Hanukkah, a symbol of resilience and faith in the face of darkness, will never be extinguished by those who worship hatred and death.
This terrorist attack must also be understood as a warning to other democracies, including Canada. As Mark Dubowitz of the FDD rightly stated today, I quote: 'Sydney is a warning. Toronto has the same ingredients: a feckless cowardly elite and deepening Islamist penetration driving Jew hatred to levels Canada has not seen in modern times.' End quote.
When governments are permissive towards extremist rhetoric, when anti-semitism is downplayed or selectively ignored, and when promised federal security funding for vulnerable religious and community institutions fails to materialize, the result is not tolerance. The result is terror.
Canada must not mirror the political failures that have allowed violence to erupt elsewhere. A federal posture that hesitates to confront anti-semitism decisively and takes no meaningful action against the Muslim Brotherhood and its affiliated networks risks sending a dangerous signal to extremists that consequences are unlikely and victims are expendable.
We call upon Muslims everywhere to reject anti-Semitism without hesitation, to confront extremist ideologies within our own communities, and to actively build bonds of respect and protection with Jewish brothers as fellow children of Abraham.
Silence is complicity. Being neutral in the face of terror is a moral failure.
We further call upon Australian authorities to pursue not only the perpetrators but also networks, ideologues, imams, supporters and enablers behind them with the full force of justice. Terror must be crushed decisively. Those who incite it, fund it, promote or excuse it must be exposed and held accountable without exception.
May the Almighty grant strength to bereaved, healing to wounded, justice for victims, protect all innocent people from this plague of hatred and terror. Amen.
#bondibeach #bondiattack
Jenny's video has kinda left me speechless. Please do watch, if you're able. Her ingenuity, her courage, her endurance & tender heart. My word, we have to help her if we can 💙. #pwME#EDS@Pharrell any chance of a retweet 🙏. There's #Lego 😁@LEGO_Group
@LeilaniDowding It's very worrying. Although the RCGP has voted against them in Surgeries recently https://t.co/ZK8hkfIQnV they are not going to do anything about the 2000 already in practices other than add a bit more regulation. I certainly won't be seeing one if I feel under the weather.
"Ultraprocessing seems to seriously affect the oxidative stability of plant proteins [leading] to their impaired digestion, fate in the GIT, & microbiota composition [.] Replacing proteins from red meat [.] with proteins from commercial plant-based UPFs may not be recommendable"
BREAKING NEWS: per his website, Joel Salatin has been contacted and agreed to be one of six advisors to the Secretary of Agriculture, who will be @RepThomasMassie
Are ya’ll awake now?! THIS IS HUGE
One of the legendary pioneers in the regenerative agriculture movement working alongside one of the great and true American politicians, Thomas Massie. Who also happens to be a longtime farmer in Kentucky.
It’s time to Make America Healthy Again!
@The1Apostate Excuse me? The woman who posted a racist rant when the 3 little girls were murdered gets arrested and prison. This labour whip posts a jealous racist rant towards a woman SO much better than her and she gets...... yep still waiting. So utterly disgusted with these two.
Pretty awesome to see a scientific paper demonstrating that a carnivore diet can put inflammatory bowel diseases like Crohn’s and Ulcerative Colitis into complete remission! The drug companies probably won’t like you retweeting this!
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My representations to the @CommonsBBCom for a Backbench Business Debate on Trends in Excess Deaths. Unfortunately, we couldn't secure a three hour debate in the House of Commons chamber, but I am hopeful we will get a date in January for a debate in Westminster Hall.
Thank you to all of my colleagues who supported me, especially @PhilipDaviesUK who joined me at the Committee today and @eastantrimmp who had planned to join us in the Committee but was speaking in the Commons chamber.
I would also like to say a huge thank you to those who supported my application for a debate:
@andreajenkyns, @ScottBentonMP, @PaulGirvanMP, @JNHanvey, @HenrySmithUK, @DesmondSwayne, @JimShannonMP, @AdamHollowayMP, @karlmccartney, @HeatherWheeler, @miriam_cates, Ian Paisley MP, Philip Hollobone MP, Sir Christopher Chope MP and Gregory Campbell MP
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@GenpowerUK I bought a lawnmower from you. Mine blew up some months later and after sending it off for warranty check arranged by you, it has disappeared into Genpowerless hell. 8 months later no comms and no lawnmower! Crappy customer service is alive and well in Wales.