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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA SHAMEFUL DAY FOR AUSTRALIA The terrorists have won. Jews back to the ghettos:
A LOCAL council has banned the construction of a synagogue in Bondi because it could be a terrorist target, in a shock move that religious leaders say has caved in to Islamic extremism and created a dangerous precedent...
The Land and Environment Court backed the decision by Waverley Council to prohibit the construction of the synagogue in Wellington St, Bondi just a few hundred metres from Australias most famous beach because it was too much of a security risk for users and local residents.
Jewish leaders are shocked the decision appears to suggest they cannot freely practice their religion because they are the target of hate by Islamist extremists and that the council has used their own risk assessment of the threat posed by IS against it.
What next? Jewish shops also moved out to spare the residents?
Imagine what such a council in Germany would have decided when the Nazis started to target Jewish synagogues and shops. Protect the Jews - or evict them.
What a shameful day for this country.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/blogs/andrew-bolt/a-shameful-day-for-australia/news-story/2eb9b0e70195d0425acc0168de14d0a6
MosheFeingold
(3,051 posts)I guess we act as a trigger.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)How can they justify it?
ExciteBike66
(2,374 posts)giving the terrorists a win just encourages more terrorism.
canetoad
(17,189 posts)Because the Herald Sun is like a printed Fox news and Andrew Bolt is a slimy, right-wing nut job. Please take anything printed in this Murdoch rag under advisement.
grossproffit
(5,591 posts)canetoad
(17,189 posts)Andrew Bolt as a source IS a problem.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Australian City Bans New Synagogue Over Possible Terror Threats
http://forward.com/fast-forward/379007/australian-city-bans-new-synagogue-over-possible-terror-threats/
Behind the Aegis
(53,988 posts)But, I am not totally surprised by the "rationale". I have seen it in various places and excuses made by the same predictable people.