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Premier Backs Ban on ‘Hate Preachers’ Australian Premier Backs Ban on ‘Hate Preachers’
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Australia will soon introduce a system to ban foreign “hate preachers” from entering the country and will try to outlaw the radical Islamic group Hizb-ut-Tahrir, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Wednesday. Mr. Abbott said that he was frustrated that under existing laws his government could not ban the group but that under amendments before Parliament, groups that promote terrorism would be banned. The current prohibition applies only to groups that engage in terrorism. Mr. Abbott said he did not need new laws to bar hate preachers from traveling to Australia. “By all means, let Australians who want to say stupid things say stupid things, but there’s no point in importing troublemakers from overseas to stir people up, and that’s what I want to see in place very, very swiftly,” he told Sydney Radio 2GB. The prime minister was reacting to a lecture — called “The War to End a Blessed Revolution” — that Hizb-ut-Tahrir is promoting in Sydney on Friday against United States-led combat in Syria.Australia will soon introduce a system to ban foreign “hate preachers” from entering the country and will try to outlaw the radical Islamic group Hizb-ut-Tahrir, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Wednesday. Mr. Abbott said that he was frustrated that under existing laws his government could not ban the group but that under amendments before Parliament, groups that promote terrorism would be banned. The current prohibition applies only to groups that engage in terrorism. Mr. Abbott said he did not need new laws to bar hate preachers from traveling to Australia. “By all means, let Australians who want to say stupid things say stupid things, but there’s no point in importing troublemakers from overseas to stir people up, and that’s what I want to see in place very, very swiftly,” he told Sydney Radio 2GB. The prime minister was reacting to a lecture — called “The War to End a Blessed Revolution” — that Hizb-ut-Tahrir is promoting in Sydney on Friday against United States-led combat in Syria.