Mr Hammer wrote on Jan 1
st, 2018 at 2:39pm:
Brian Ross wrote on Jan 1
st, 2018 at 2:31pm:
Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Jan 1
st, 2018 at 2:23pm:
If Islam doesn't promote or at least condone criminal activity - what is it that pushes Muslims to a high crime rate?
I would suggest circumstance. Not religion. Indeed I would suggest religion - of all kinds - discourages actively, criminality amongst its' believers...
Religions that set yourself apart from society can give certain followers an anti social attitude which can lead to criminality. Mix that in with low socio economics and it's like fire and petrol. When the ex grand mufti called girls in short skirts "cat meat" it really occurred to me that we have a big problem with Muslim leadership in some communities. This is another big issue.
Oh, dear. Generally, most Imams are the least well educated members of their communities. They know their Q'ran, word for word, by rote. They have little experience of the real world and the society around theirs. That Grand Mufti wasn't very well educated at all. The one that has replaced him, is much smarter and much better educated. He has not made any outlandish statements. However, I wonder why people reacted so badly to that statement, when one considers that essentially the same sentiments were expressed by Fred Nile, in the NSW Upper House numerous times and outside the House as well. Those comments were basically laughed off, ignored and forgotten about. The media sensationalised the comments by the ex-Grand Mufti though. Funny that, hey?
Evangelising religions like Christian and Islam in particular seek new converts actively. They want people to believe in their messages. Some do, some don't, some won't. No religion promotes lawlessness. Why? Because all religions protect property, people, things. They are designed to do so and are actively encouraged to do so by their members because they all are people, all possess property and like things. Islam is no different - except in it's tiny minority who seek to change the world to their ideal, just as the minority of Christians do as well.
What makes people become criminals is not their religion. It is their circumstance. Social dislocation, poor education, a sense of "alienation", discouragement from within and without their communities are some of the problems that people face. The Lebanese in particular, were just dumped into Australian society by the Fraser Government. They expected the Australian community to rally 'round and provide their social, religious, psychological needs and so on. They didn't. So, many young Lebanese, traumatised by the civil war they had fled, turned to criminality.