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Churches united against Camden Islamic school

Published: May 21, 2009

A group of Camden churches and Christian ministries - not including the Catholic Church - have joined in a submission to the New South Wales Environment Court to oppose a proposed Islamic school planned for the region.

In a submission to the Land and Environment Court in Sydney they call the religion an ideology driven by a desire for world domination, and claim the proposal to build a school at Camden is part of a repeated pattern of seeking to advance their influence into new non Muslim populated areas by first establishing a presence through a supposed community facility, such as a School, Christian Today reports.

The submission, co-signed by local heads of the Baptist, Anglican and Presbyterian Churches, and the Evangelical Sisters of Mary, forms the spearhead of Camden City Council's defence to a court challenge over its rejection of a development application for the Muslim school.

"Islam is not simply a private religion. It is driven by a powerful political agenda and it is an ideology with a plan for world domination," the letter says.

"The Quranic Society application to establish an Islamic school in Camden is typical of a regularly repeated pattern to form a beachhead in an area for the development of a sub-culture which, for the most part, regards its own legal system as superior to the current Australian law." They said the Muslim community would seek to dominate public space in Camden "as we have seen in Auburn, Bankstown, Lakemba and more recently Liverpool".

Use of the letter is a turnaround from previous claims that the council's ruling was on the grounds of traffic congestion. In their objection, the Christian ministries say they are simply trying to preserve a rich, hard-won way of life that was incompatible with Quranic Society teachings. "The Quranic Society espouses a world view which is not compatible with broader, Australian egalitarian culture," they said. A decision in the case is expected in the next few weeks.

Meanwhile the same Land and Environment Court has this week handed down a judgement allowing construction of a 1200-student primary and secondary school in Bass Hill, another Sydney suburb, which has been fought by residents since the land was bought in 2006. Bankstown Council first knocked back the proposal in 2007 after residents launched a campaign opposing the project. The group behind the school, Al Amanah College, appealed against this decision with the outcome that the court has now overturned the Council's decision thus rejecting the local residents objections.

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Churches unite in stand against Islamic school (Christian Today)

 

 

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  1. And Christianity isn't a Religion with World Domination and Political Agendas? You must be blind!

    And the Canon law is consistent with the Australian legal system? Please... just look at way the law is applied in the paedophilia sexual abuses in the church hierarchy- the Catholic Church hierarchy just doesn't comply with civil law, and their explicit discrimination against other citizens' rights (gay and lesbian citizens and etc), what a load of bigotry!

    Once again, bigotry has many pseudonyms; one of them is in the masking behind the veils of Christianity, Jesus and GOD;
    Not In my Name please, I'm Catholic and Christian and those leaders DO NOT SPEAK FOR ME, they speak for their own HATE and PREJUDICES!

  2. Good on the Catholic churches for not joining in the objection.

  3. We still have a long way to go before we rid our society of religious bigotry and discrimination! I applaud the local Catholic Church for not being party to the submission opposing the building of the school in Camden.

  4. There goes TJ Lawson again! You can call yourself Catholic but essentially you advocate a leftist, secular, Catholic-hating agenda. I challenge TJ Lawson to ever write a single word attacking the beliefs of another religious system besides Christianity. Perhaps TJ Lawson would do well to live for some time in Islamic countries that forbid Christians to worship in public, that execute practising homosexuals and force women to be veiled. TJ Lawson's culture of death agenda would be less welcome in Islamic countries than any Islamic school in Camden. TJ Lawson, you DO NOT SPEAK IN MY NAME nor in the name of any faithful, orthodox Catholic. Long live the memory of all peoples over the last 14 centuries who have suffered murder, kidnapping, torture, repression, discriminatory taxation, etc., etc. at the hands of the fanatical followers of the false prophet from Arabia.

  5. I'm probably glad that the Catholic Church didn't add our name to this submission, if only because it may have made even more difficult the lives of our fellow believers in Moslem countries. For almost all of them, there is more than enough suffering already. Foe an interesting article on what's happening in Holland, check out 'Eurabia has a capital:Rotterdam" on www.chiesa.espressonline.it

  6. The article states: Islam is not simply a private religion. It is driven by a powerful political agenda and it is an ideology with a plan for world domination," the letter says.

    What?? And Christianity isn't?? Let's get real here folks! How long have Christians been building missions and churches and schools in muslim (and all other) nations in an attempt to convert Muslums to Christian beliefs?

    Hypocrites!

  7. Australians have lost the plot! Migrants come to this country to start a new life. In the majority they fled the problems of their country of birth. (Dictators, Religion restrictions, Communism,) Their culture has failed them. By permitting migrants to raise their own flags we Australian-born citizens are allowing division and diversity to grow and destroy our Australian way of life. This is not racism it is reality. Migrants must be expected to contribute to the growth of the country. The Sydney Catholic Church has its own problems with migrant chaplains seeking to establish independence from local parishes so causing division and diversity not parish growth and unity. Edward J.

  8. TJ Lawson betrays his ignorance or the Koran and Christianity in his comments. Perhaps reading some of it and the ahadith might enlighten him as to the difference between Islam and Judaism, Christianity and other world religions.

  9. TJ Lawson,
    You are so wrong ! You have not read the article at all! The Catholic Church is not involved with this submission! So please stop ranting on about the Church.

    On the other hand I do have a concern about these developments by Islamic Societies. Islam is still a very small proportion of our society yet they seem to be hell bent on building more and more schools.
    I too feel that if they want a fair go here, we should be allowed a similar degree of freedom in Islamic countries!
    Gavin

  10. I support the views in the letter.

    The multiculturalists are putting Australians at risk by forcing us to include Islam into our society. As the letter says, Islam is not a religion; it is a political ideology which views itself as superior and whose main aim is to make "jihad" across the globe BY THE SWORD. Australian govt policy is very very foolish and naive; and time will show this to be true as it has been clearly shown in Europe which now is known as Eurabia. Politicians putting multicularism before the safey of Australians are nothing less than traitors to the men and women who fought and died for freedoms we are now very sadly taking for granted.

  11. I think the real point here, is that Islam is incompatible with our ethically moral society, which has a well established code of conduct. We do not condone sharia law for example.

    For the most part, the christian version of worship in this country has submitted to the greater values and virtues of the democratic process.

    Islam, is in no way democratic, and in no way submits to anything but its own rampant and brutal agenda.

    If you desire women to be treated as slaves, for old men to marry children, and the rule of law to be subverted by a fanatical superstitious ideology, then go right ahead and defend Islam, if you do though, then you get what you deserve.

    Good luck with that.

  12. tyga, Indonesia has the largest population in the Islamic world. It's a secular democracy. The 3 largest secular political parties won more than half the vote. And the voting pattern shows that support is decreasing for militant, religious parties.
    And, by the way, the motto for the United Nations, comes from a Muslim poet. Lovely words.

  13. The Catholic Church as well as the other religions want all the asylum seekers mostly Muslims to come here and not be checked out. They have to have schools. Jewish Schools are absolute luxury buildings in Randwick even taking over a Hospital and part of the Little Sisters of the Poor Nursing Home. Why not Islamic Schools?

  14. Suzanne, if you are happy with Islamic schools teaching non-equality of women, lesser rights for non- Muslims and mandating jihad [as Mohammed did] for all Muslims, then go ahead and support Islamic schools. As an Australian and a supporter of democracy, I think the views of the Koran are not compatible with our country and on the basis of our constitution and our hard won liberties, we should rather be conveying the beauty of democracy and freedom to Muslims, rather than having their dsicriminatory views promulgated in schools.. Read some of the verses with a good commentary. You will be quite shocked

    I know six ex-Muslims who have been freed from what they call a discriminatory fearful ideology.

    Here is an intersting coptic priest on the subject of Islam
    http://www.truveo.com/father-zakaria-boutros-about-reaching-the-muslims/id/2305843012017305235

  15. Here is a link which some may find of interest about Islam - Fr Zakarias Boutros - explains some of the text.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBCEnHOn1gI

  16. Marie H, what you say about Indonesia may very well be true, but let's face it, Islam is a dangerous and brutal ideology whose stated objective is world domination, the destruction of Israel and the Israeli people.

    The last time we dealt with an ideology like that was when Nazism attempted to dominate the world and exterminate the Jews.

    I for one, am not now, nor shall I ever, be in support of or actively defend, an ideology as nasty and as brutal as Islam, and I certainly will not condone its venomous practice in my home of Australia.

  17. Good grief, Lawson. You do have a chip on yuor shoulder - the Catholic Church wasn't part of the objection, you goose! Canon Law - Catholic law - doesn't apply to other Christian churches. If as you claim you are Catholic, then of course the others don't speak for you - or by your bigoted tone, do they?

  18. Tyga, which rock have you been living under? The Jews caused the destruction of Palestine(now israel) in the 1940's when they fought and displaced a whole nation of Muslims. Do you expect the Palestinians, of whom some were also Christians, to just lie down and take it? Why are some people so blind to the evils carried out in the name of other religions?

    Where do you get the idea that Islam is brutal? From the actions of a few extremists? The last time I sat down to read the bible, I was shocked at the brutality written within. That said, I was raised and still am a christian but surely Islam is just as viable a religion as Christianity. Sure, the old culture of the Muslims may seem a little strange to us but we would seem quite strange to them also. Those Muslim children are bullied and ostracised in our public schools. They deserve a peaceful environment to learn and develop into constructive Australian citizens.

  19. Totally agreed. Without any regrets I can say that this decision is a blatant act of racism! There is no disctinction between the former Liberal party under the Howard government and the Labor Government currently in office. I'm personally surprised to hear that Julia Gillard supported the plan to oppose the school. If this kind of anti-muslim logic carries on, well, I'm afraid to say the future of Australia is not heading in the right direction. Notwithstanding the principles of multiculturalism, which celebrates cultural diversity, Australia's treatment of ethinic minorities has damaging repercussions which constitute hate-crimes, harrassment, discrimination and racism among its citizens.

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