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MUSLIM Australians have linked the Arab-Israeli conflict to violent extremism here, a federal parliamentary inquiry has been told.
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Attorney-General’s Department senior official Jamie Lowe told a recent hearing that people at a community engagement forum had said that solving the Middle East conflict would get rid of the “violent extremism problem”.

Ms Lowe said that the comment was tongue-in-cheek because Australia was powerless to solve the crisis, but her department had passed it on to the Foreign Affairs Department as being of serious concern.

“Things happening in their countries of birth obviously have an impact on them here,” she told the federal multicultural inquiry.

The Herald Sun revealed yesterday that some of Melbourne’s northern suburbs had been identified as potential terrorist hot spots, with Muslim communities under surveillance by security agencies.

Muslim Australian Mohamed Elrafihi, who lives in the area, said that such surveillance stigmatised and isolated communities.

“It just reinforces the notion that Muslims are terrorists or a threat to wider society and they need to be watched so they can be controlled,” he said.

Tony Vlahos, who converted to Islam 11 years ago, said he was sick of people pre-judging Muslims.

“It makes my life difficult because when I tell people I’m a Muslim they have an impression that Muslims are terrorists,” he said.

“The type of people who do these terrorist acts are certainly not representative of us and we shouldn’t be labelled for their actions.”

A spokesman for acting Attorney-General Jason Clare said that the northwestern suburbs formed a vibrant community, and insisted geographic areas were not the focus for counter-terrorism activities.

SOURCE:Herald Sun

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