Senator James Paterson slams funds offering
At a doorstep media gathering, Liberal Victoria Senator James Paterson questioned the federal government’s offer of funding to United Muslims Australia.
Senator James Paterson addresses the Senate
He said: “This morning in the Daily Telegraph we have seen a deeply disturbing story. It says that the Albanese government has offered taxpayer funds to an organisation that includes as one of its members an extremist preacher.
Sheikh Ibrahim Dadoun, on the 8th of October, just one day after the worst terrorist atrocity that Israel has ever suffered in its history, spoke at a rally and said that this is a day for celebration, that this is a day of victory. That he was happy, that he was elated. No one with extremist views like that or any organisations they’re associated with should receive taxpayers funds at all. But they particularly should not be offered taxpayer funds for the purposes of promoting social cohesion. Julian Hill has got this badly wrong.
Tony Burke needs to intervene today and say that not one cent of Australian taxpayers’ money will be going to an organisation which has an extremist preacher as one of its members.”
Julian Hill is the assistant minister for multiculturalism.
The Daily Telegraph reported: “Addressing a crowd at a pro-Palestine rally organised by Hizb ut-Tahrir in Sydney’s Lakemba less than 24 hours after Hamas launched its bloody attack on Israel, Sheik Ibrahim Dadoun of United Muslims Australia praised the terror fighters to an enthusiastic crowd.
“My brothers, My sisters, I’m smiling … I’m smiling, and I’m happy, I’m elated,” he said.”
J-Wire understands that Sheik Dadoun’s comments do not reflect the views of United Muslims Australia, which runs a very successful community hub in Sydney.
