Aussie senator draws flak over remarks

KOTA KINABALU: The statement of Senator Fraser Anning is a form of ‘religio-centrism’ to Islam without molded rational facts, according to Sabah Umno Youth information chief Naim Moktar.

Commenting on the remarks by the Australian senator who described the ‘Christchurch Mosque Shooting’ tragedy as due to the ‘security dilemma’, he said there was no such issue between Muslims and other societies.

“He also stated that Islam is a religion that teaches violence fascist. I see that the classification is a form of expression that is barbaric and biased against Islam,” Naim said.

According to him, historically, Islam migrated to Christchurch in 1850, nearly 169 years ago and in order to develop mutual understanding and strengthen the relationship between Islam and the other communities in New Zealand, Mazhar Krasniqi as well as other Muslims agreed to set up a Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand (FIANZ) in 1979.

“Thus, there is no issue of ‘security dilemma’,’’ he stressed.

Political records of Fraser showed that he had proposed a ‘plebiscite’ in August 2018 to reintroduce the ‘Racial and Religious Discrimination in Immigration Policy’, better known as the ‘White Australia Policy’ in particular to eliminate the Muslim community, Naim stated.

“In fact, he issued a statement which referred to the ‘Final Solution’, a term used by the Nazis during the holocaust tragedy during the World War II. So, who is the true follower of fascism?”

The rude statement made by Fraser regarding the ‘Christchurch Mosque Shooting’ tragedy should not be tolerated, he stated, adding that he called on the Malaysian government to ban him (Fraser) from entering Malaysia to symbolise the country’s condemnation of his ‘religio-centrism’ statement.