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Thursday, 12/03/2015 8:37:57 PM

Thursday, December 03, 2015 8:37:57 PM

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ofspring/conix - Right-wing extremism equal to Muslim radicalisation, say academics

Rachel Olding Reporter Date July 17, 2015


Right-wing numbers are staggering says Dr Anne Aly. Photo: Twitter

Right-wing extremism is emerging as an equal, if not greater, threat than Muslim radicalisation in Australia and multiculturalism is "close to death" at a federal level, academics have told a conference on social cohesion.

Violent extremism in Australia is beginning to mirror that of the US, counter-terrorism expert Anne Aly from Curtin University said.

She highlighted a New America Foundation study released last month that found right-wing extremists had killed twice as many people since September 11 as jihadists.


Anti-Islam protesters will rally at Parliament House today. Photo: Penny Stephens

"Violent extremism isn't just a Muslim problem in Australia," she said. "The numbers are staggering and growing in right-wing extremism."

Deputy Commissioner Nick Kaldas, the police force's spokesman on cultural diversity, listed far-right extremism and marches and rallies "which encourage divisive notions of us and them" as some of the biggest challenges facing his troops.

He told the University of Western Sydney's Advancing Community Cohesion conference that increased perceptions of discrimination and racial tension are having a "direct impact on policing and require us to continue to tailor [our] strategies and workforce".


Deputy Commissioner Nick Kaldas says far-right extremism is one of the biggest challenges facing police. Photo: Daniel Munoz

Mr Kaldas expressed concern about upcoming rallies by anti-Islamic group Reclaim Australia but was reluctant to speak about the size of the threat because he was "loath to give them any oxygen".

"There is definitely activity on the extreme right wing of politics and people using events around the world to [justify] events in Sydney," he said. "We are not taking our eye off that."

Mr Kaldas said the police force had extensive community engagement strategies in place and praised the increasing number of bystanders responding to public incidents of racism.

On Thursday, federal Coalition MP George Christensen said he would speak at a Reclaim Australia rally in Mackay on Sunday to "support people who seek to defend our Australian way of life, our culture and our freedoms from the threat of radical Islam".

"I made the decision to speak after reviewing the Reclaim movement's 24 principles [which] include equality of law, equality of genders and freedom of speech as well as supporting Australia's right to exile or deport traitors," he posted on his Facebook account.

Dr James Jupp, director of ANU's Centre for Immigration and Multicultural Studies, told the UWS conference that multiculturalism is "close to death" under the current government.

He said states are still championing the concept but the federal government's decision to move immigration away from social services and into customs and border protection signalled its death at a federal level.

However Dr Jupp, who was awarded an Order of Australia in 2004 for his work on immigration policy, said the Labor party had also "slackened off a great deal in recent years" and played a very limited role in development immigration and multicultural policy.

Race Discrimination Commissioner Tim Soutphommasane told the conference there had undoubtedly been a rise in far-right extremist organisations.

"What is concerning is that they are coming out in public and not confining their activities underground [as they once did]," he said.

Keysar Trad, chairman of the Islamic Friendship Association, took direct aim at right-wing columnists and shock jocks, saying they "take no responsibility for the hostile environment they have created" and had moved on from demanding assimilation from Muslims, to saying Muslims "had become unassimilable".

"Blaming minorities is the laziest and nastiest form of deflection," he said.

Dr Aly said there was a need to educate children on violent extremism in the same way we have done with other social issues like drugs and bullying.

Correction: This article originally said academics and police told a Sydney conference that right-wing extremism was emerging as an equal, if not greater, threat than Muslim radicalisation and that multiculturalism was "close to death". These statements were solely the views of academics who spoke at the conference and not those of NSW Police Deputy Commissioner Nick Kaldas, who spoke about problems faced by police as a consequence of extremism, discrimination and racial tensions. The Herald apologises for any embarrassment the error may have caused Mr Kaldas, who is also the NSW Police Force's spokesman on multiculturalism.

http://www.smh.com.au/national/rightwing-extremism-equal-to-muslim-radicalisation-say-academics-20150716-giduqp.html

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Yup, conix, they are. Both believe their ideology is the absolute truth, whether JC's or Muhammad's way. Both abuse the fear
factor and violence toward their aim to create a world of moral, they think, and ideological purity. Right-wing extremists, whether
Christian or Salafist are apocalyptic people. Both exude the ultra-conservative rigidity trait. You could toss a pinch of paranoia in.
LOL .. how do you see Salafists as liberal?
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conix -- so you consider the rulers/governments of Saudi Arabia and Iran liberals? -- the Taliban, al Qaeda/bin Laden, ISIS/al-Baghdadi liberals?
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ps: conix, hope you haven't yet again run from any reply on that last one? Just saying you habitually
either run or change the subject when it gets to hard for you to rationalize your irrational positions.

pss: ofspring, hope you are not yet as closeted in right-wing ideology as cement-headedly as conix continues to demonstrate
she is. You, i'm hoping are still open to evidence, reason and opinion of experts. Doesn't mean you have to believe all of
what all experts say, as even experts disagree. Just hoping you may be still a bit open to examining your own positions.

psss: ofspring, as to your question .. "Really??? when's the last time a conservative has
sliced off heads over religion? ??
" .. it really doesn't matter when does it? .. please note ,,

Army of God? 6 Modern-Day Christian Terrorist Groups You Never Hear About
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It was Plato who said, “He, O men, is the wisest, who like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing”

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