Parramatta Mosque leader says we're too slow in meeting Muslim demands for more money after shooting
Friday, 30 October 2015
The Australian today with the Parramatta Mosque leader's demand that we meet Muslim deadlines to handover more money after the latest Islamist terror killing in Sydney.
Note the cloying apologetic response from NSW Multiculturalism Minister John Ajaka.
Farhad Jabar: show us the money, says Parramatta mosque leader
The head of the Sydney mosque where teenage gunman Farhad Jabar spent time preparing for his deadly attack on a police worker has criticised a lack of government and police action in his community since the shooting.
If the government was “serious” about dealing with “deradicalisation” it would quickly fund outreach programs for Arthur Phillip — where Jabar was a student — Parramatta and Merrylands high schools.
“It’s been three weeks and promises have been made, and (we are hearing) nothing. How are they going to help the community of Parramatta? Where are they now?” Parramatta mosque chairman Neil Elkadomi said.
Responding to the claims, NSW Multiculturalism Minister John Ajaka said his office had been consulting with the community about a $4 million Countering Violent Extremism Early Intervention Program “over several months” — not just in the weeks since Jabar shot police accountant Curtis Cheng, 58, outside police headquarters in central Parramatta in Sydney’s west.
“The NSW government will release a comprehensive response to counter violent extremism and enhance community harmony shortly,” Mr Ajaka said.
Mr Elkadomi accused the Baird government of “playing politics” and hanging Parramatta out to dry since the attack.
Multiculturalism Minister John Ajaka said his office had been consulting with the community about a $4 million Countering Violent Extremism Early Intervention Program “over several months” — not just in the weeks since Jabar shot police accountant Curtis Cheng, 58, outside police headquarters in central Parramatta in Sydney’s west.
“The NSW government will release a comprehensive response to counter violent extremism and enhance community harmony shortly,” Mr Ajaka said.
Mr Elkadomi accused the Baird government of “playing politics” and hanging Parramatta out to dry since the attack.