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Hizb ut-Tahrir: compete not ban
Posted By Anthony Bergin on October 29, 2014 @ 10:30
He made the point that there is the fringe—a small minority of people who engage in terrorism—and then there is the spectrum—a much larger group of people who support an ideology—who have a set of beliefs which justify terrorism. Now, they are not practitioners of terrorism but they have an ideology which justifies and explains terrorism. The point that Tony Blair…is making is that while we must resist fiercely terrorists themselves, do everything we can to defeat the terrorists, we also have to intellectually wrestle and grapple with the spectrum of thinking which supports terrorism.
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[1] Image: http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/337248947_f1eadc7cc0_z.jpg
[2] Lateline interview: http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2014/s4103227.htm
[3] radio interview with Neil Mitchell: http://www.pm.gov.au/media/2014-10-09/interview-neil-mitchell-radio-3aw-melbourne
[4] proposed: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/defence/bipartisan-green-light-for-tough-counterterrorism-laws/story-e6frg8yo-1227099047145
[5] counsel, promote, encourage or urge: http://www.attorneygeneral.gov.au/Mediareleases/Documents/140923-CTLegislationAmendmentForeignFightersBill2014.pdf
[6] find a group to be a terrorist organisation: http://www.ag.gov.au/NationalSecurity/Counterterrorismlaw/Pages/Terroristorganisations.aspx
[7] seem close: https://www.aspi.org.au/publications/responding-to-radical-islamist-ideology-the-case-of-hizb-ut-tahrir-in-australia-by-anthony-bergin-and-jacob-townsend
[8] Its legal status means it has a public platform, but that also makes it easier to observe: http://www.smh.com.au/comment/banning-hizbut-tahrir-in-australia-20141011-114h98.html
[9] recently argued: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/columnists/let-their-warped-words-be-heard/story-e6frg7bo-1227090525248
[10] declined the opportunity: http://www.smh.com.au/act-news/anu-academics-withdraw-from-is-forum-after-member-of-hizb-uttahrir-invited-to-speak-20141021-119bwz.html
[11] Mikael Altemark: https://www.flickr.com/photos/altemark/337248947/in/photolist-vNun2-wT1Do-GZWLc-HyCgv-KuNyq-NxEGG-27o4Si-2mzaot-2mDvAs-2mDvM9-2mDvSd-2B1eDr-2TfeeX-3K1xrB-4836Lz-49PUvc-4h9BYR-4oqvsc-4toTX6-4wo42s-4DccxB-4EnLCu-4FxXpX-4SN77K-4SN7ez-4SN7An-4SN7CV-4SNyUe-4SNz6B-4SNziV-4SNzqK-4SNzwX-4SNzCK-4SNzJa-4SNzUe-4SNzYc-4SNA2k-4SNAc6-4SNAg2-4SNAsc-4SNAzk-4SNAG6-4SNAKn-4SNASZ-4SSm4L-4SSmaG-4SSmgm-4SSmj5-4SSmoJ-4SSmrL-4SSmvS/