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| World 'deserves' a caliphate, says Isis advocate Ismail Al-Wahwah | |
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| A hardline Islamic leader from a group advocating an Islamic State caliphate says Muslims should be ready to make sacrifices to achieve it. | |
| “We believe this world deserves a new world order,” Ismail Al-Wahwah declared at an event headed by the controversial Hizb ut-Tahrir organisation. | “We believe this world deserves a new world order,” Ismail Al-Wahwah declared at an event headed by the controversial Hizb ut-Tahrir organisation. |
| More than 200 people attended the lecture at Lakemba in Sydney’s west on Friday night where Al-Wahwah, a sheik from Bankstown, denounced western involvement in Iraq and Syria. | More than 200 people attended the lecture at Lakemba in Sydney’s west on Friday night where Al-Wahwah, a sheik from Bankstown, denounced western involvement in Iraq and Syria. |
| The crowd was engaged and calm except for a moment of slight tension when an audience member asked the sheik about the penalty under sharia law for a Muslim leaving the Islamic faith. | The crowd was engaged and calm except for a moment of slight tension when an audience member asked the sheik about the penalty under sharia law for a Muslim leaving the Islamic faith. |
| A 70-year-old woman also hit out at Al-Wahwah for criticising Australian values and told him to stop waving his finger around. | A 70-year-old woman also hit out at Al-Wahwah for criticising Australian values and told him to stop waving his finger around. |
| Hizb ut-Tahrir advocates that secular governments be replaced and Muslim-majority countries unite under a global caliphate governed by Islamic law. | Hizb ut-Tahrir advocates that secular governments be replaced and Muslim-majority countries unite under a global caliphate governed by Islamic law. |
| Al-Wahwah said capitalism had stopped leading the world and Muslims were ready to make sacrifices. | Al-Wahwah said capitalism had stopped leading the world and Muslims were ready to make sacrifices. |
| “If you want to change, you have to pay the price,” the preacher told the lecture – titled The War to End a Blessed Revolution. | “If you want to change, you have to pay the price,” the preacher told the lecture – titled The War to End a Blessed Revolution. |
| Weeks after 16 people were detained in a counterterrorism operation across western Sydney, Al-Wahwah denounced the police officers who burst into the bedrooms of Muslim women in the pre-dawn raids. | Weeks after 16 people were detained in a counterterrorism operation across western Sydney, Al-Wahwah denounced the police officers who burst into the bedrooms of Muslim women in the pre-dawn raids. |
| Australian civilisation would pay the price for this for a thousand years, he said. “Who is going to fix the harm done to the women?” he asked. | Australian civilisation would pay the price for this for a thousand years, he said. “Who is going to fix the harm done to the women?” he asked. |
| The prime minister, Tony Abbott, said earlier this week that Hizb ut-Tahrir was a deplorable organisation that had an ideology that justified terrorism. | The prime minister, Tony Abbott, said earlier this week that Hizb ut-Tahrir was a deplorable organisation that had an ideology that justified terrorism. |
| Al-Wahwah shot back and criticised Australia’s involvement in the US-led operation in Iraq. | Al-Wahwah shot back and criticised Australia’s involvement in the US-led operation in Iraq. |
| The issue was not Iraq or Syria but America wanting to control the world, he said. | The issue was not Iraq or Syria but America wanting to control the world, he said. |
| “This new invasion will kill hundreds of thousands again and the blood will be on the hands of politicians again,” he said. | “This new invasion will kill hundreds of thousands again and the blood will be on the hands of politicians again,” he said. |