skippy wrote:
You don't need to be certified or educated to be a Christian religious teacher either.
The thing is, there is no globally consistent system of appointing sheikhs in Islam – unlike in Catholicism for priests – anyone can proclaim himself a sheikh while trying to promote particular religious opinions.
This aside, it was actually our Australian Muslim community here in Australia who warned our authorities re- "Sheikh Haron" being a potential fraud back in 2008.
The Iranian government had contacted the Australian government and warned he was a violent and unstable fraud also, but we dismissed this too.
I mean, we couldn't be seen discrediting our own pro-war propaganda machine now could we, even if he was missing a few springs.
I think our government and ASIO chose to ignore their concerns because he had served as a pro-war poster child for the ABC during Howards era, despite him becoming increasingly radicalised and antisocial.
It's a multi-systemic failure here i'm afraid, and the more I delve into it the more I realise the buck doesn't stop with ASIO or our judicial system.
What if Abbott had have taken his call?
Would those hostages still be alive today?
I understand why Abbott didn't, but what if, what if he had just taken the mad-mans call?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_Haron_Monis
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