Australian Politician Smith proposes 10-year ban on Muslim immigration

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Monday 22 Feb 2016 - 11:14 Makkah mean time-13-5-1437 Image from Morocco World News Sydney, (IINA) - The New South Wales (NSW) Australian Senate Candidate for the newly formed Australian Liberty Alliance (ALA) Kirralie Smith has called for a 10-year pause on Muslim immigration, Sky News Australia reported. The comments were made in an interview with Sky News, in which Smith promoted her new political party, The Australian Liberty Alliance, which counts ‘the Islamization issue’ as one of its two key pillars, Morocco World News reported. “We need to have an honest debate,” she said, before claiming that she does not mind offending those of Islamic faith. “I’m not worried, because I think that there are enough indicators that we have some serious issues already.” Citing fears that Muslims may have trouble in integrating into new communities, she pointed to European countries that have large Islamic communities as one of her main worries, but claimed her party “does not have a problem with people who want to integrate.” One policy Smith put forward was to force mosques, above any other place of worship, to sign the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in order to open, as she stated that only the Islamic community would “have a problem with it.” She also put forward the suggestion to ban Muslim immigration to the country for up to ten years. Smith first hit the headlines through her work in the “Islam-Critical” Q society, which last year was sued for claiming that Australian Halal certifiers were “part of a conspiracy to destroy Western civilization from within.” Coincidentally, a study published by University of South Australia’s International Centre for Muslim and non-Muslim Understanding last year showed that factors such as lack of education or employment and old age increased the likelihood of Islamophobic opinions among Australians. Muslims in Australia are also three times more likely to suffer abuse than any other religious group. SM/IINA