Friends of Worongary Mosque

IN THE HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA

BRISBANE REGISTRY

No of 2012

BETWEEN:

FRIENDS OF WORONGARY MOSQUE

Applicant

and

THE COMMONWEALTH

Respondent

Case of Worongary Mosque

Proponents of a new Islamic worship centre planned for the Gold Coast have nothing to fear, according to a local imam and people who live close to mosques around the country. 'Residents of Worongary, in the Gold Coast hinterland, have hired a solicitor and formed an action group to protest the proposal for the centre to be built on Akira Way. Last year there was a similar outcry over a plan to build an Islamic school at Carrara, 10 kilometres away.

The Worongary residents say an Islamic worship centre (oho: so this is the latest euphemism for 'mosque', along with 'community centre and cultural centre' - CM) would slash house prices in the area, bring down neighbourhood security, and increase anti-social behaviour. (Sounds like they've been paying attention to the news reports from India, France, Israel, the UK, and...Western Sydney - CM). Some locals who recently moved to the area even say they will consider moving out if the centre is approved.

'But with 5000 Muslims living in the region, Gold Coast Islamic community leader and Labrador mosque imam Imraan Husain says there is a need for the development. He says at present Muslims must travel to the Labrador mosque for prayers, weddings, funerals and festivals, and that a second centre in the south would assist the region's growing population.

'He says the initial reaction from residents has not been surprising. "After all the things they hear, what's happening globally, people have this fear about Muslims", he told ABC local radio this morning. (And why ever should they not, my dear Mr Husain? New York, Bali, Beslan, Madrid, London, Mumbai, Moscow and many others less well known. And plots, plots, plots, plots to blow things up and kill people in large numbers...all hatched by Muslims, and Muslims only.

There's not one Islamic state or heavily-Islamified suburb anywhere in the world where non-Muslims are truly free or safe. And more and more of us know that - CM), they have these fears of just what they hear of minor or a small group of radicals and what they do." (yes, the tiny minority of extremists [TM] - CM).

'Imam Husein says he would be working closely with the centre if it is approved. "They have to be inclusive and have an open-door policy and integrate with the broader Australian community so that the fear can eliminate and so people can realize that what happens behind those walls is nothing different to what happens in churches and synagogues and temples". (Really? Discussions about whether or not to wage combat jihad within Australia, such as took place within the four walls of the Omar bin Khattab mosque in Melbourne, not so long ago? Do discussions just like that happen in every house of worship of every religion in Australia? Nonsense and lies, Mr Husain, nonsense and lies. Surah 9: 29 is what makes the difference; nobody else has ...