Letters Published in The Australian
The Editor,The Australian
Jason Thomas in "We must cut tentacles of Islamist terror" (24/7) provides a perceptive anlaysis of how organisms mutate and replicate. However, in order to thrive, organisms need a physical base, a pool or a swamp. In the case of Islamic terror, that swamp is the ideology of Islam which via the Koran and the example of its prophet, provide innumerable texts inspiring violence against infidels, apostates, homosexuals, Christians and Jews.
Western and Eastern democracies need to analyse the Koran in detail and, to paraphrase President Donald Trump, "drain the swamp" which provides the motivation for Islamic individuals or cells to commit terrorist attacks.
Babette Francis
Ph: (03) 9822 5218 Published 25/7/17
The Editor,
The Australian
Congratulations to Jennifer Oriel for her perceptive analysis
of the UN: "This Is The Free world - And The UN Doesn't Like It"
(31/7). The 57-Member Organisation of Islamic Co-operation
is the largest voting bloc at the UN and exercises a disproportionate
influence. While the UN castigates Australia and other
democracies for not admitting more thousands of "boat people
refugees", who ironically are mostly Muslims fleeing from Islamic
countries, it does nothing to require OIC countries - some
of which are wealthy oil producing regimes which are underpopulated
and import workers from Asia - to take their fair share of
these refugees. Indeed some OIC countries accept no refugees
for fear of potential terrorism! Irony upon irony.
Babette Francis
Ph: (03) 9822 5218 Published l/8/17
