Senator Pauline Hanson must be grateful to Senator Brandis. He declared that every one has the right to be a bigot.
Pauline Hanson is a bigot, and she revels in it. Her bigotry is accompanied by ignorance, which makes her public utterances ugly and dangerous, because bigotry is as contagious as the plague.
Pauline Hanson has made inflammatory statements about Islam: statements which were not only offensive but also plain wrong. Here is a brief summary of some of the things she has said about Islam FactCheckHanson
And here is a link to a detailed fact check.
It is easy to discount Pauline Hanson as a joke: but a lot of people are not laughing: they are lapping up all her anti-Islamic sentiments because they need an easy hate-target. We have seen the same phenomenon before. It is always ugly, and it always turns out badly.
And just in case you are wondering: I am not a Muslim; I do not adhere to any religious tradition. I think that some of the conspicuous Christians in our Parliament (Abbott, Morrison, Turnbull …) have grotesquely distorted ideas of Christian doctrine, and have betrayed the religion they profess to observe). Likewise, Muslim extremists debase the religion they claim to observe. I am opposed to all extremism, whether it is based on religious or political or other ideology.
I am torn with this Pauline Hanson phenomena. Perhaps these horrible ideas which are borne from fear and ignorance need to be out in the open and for intelligent debate and countering these prejudice with facts.
Julian please keep up your good work ,to expose these bigots our Country deserve better United we stand
More and more, people value being right -not truth for its own sake. That’s because one is subjective and the other is objective. No one owns objective truths, hence there is no power to be gained personally: postmodernism has a lot to answer for.
The “Fact Check” is easily de bunked
It is false and misleading to claim that:
“Muslim extremists debase the religion they claim to observe”.
Islam’s prophet Mohammed was an “extremist”, by any measure, and Muslim “extremists” are those who most closely follow his example(1), as Islam commands for all Muslims(2).
To compare “conspicuous Christians in our Parliament (Abbott, Morrison, Turnbull)” to Muslim extremists is a “grotesque distortion”.
(1)
‘Muhammad said, “I was made victorious with terror” ‘
Ishaq 326
‘The Prophet said, “I have been given victory with terror” ‘
Sahih Bukhari 9:87:127
‘Allah’s Messenger said, “I have been made victorious with terror” ‘
Sahih Bukhari 4:52:220
(2)
“Ye have indeed in the Messenger of Allah a beautiful pattern (of conduct) for anyone whose hope is in Allah and the Final Day, and who engages much in the praise of Allah.”
Quran 33:21
“And verily, you (O Muhammad SAW) are on an exalted (standard of) character.”
Quran 68:4
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