أستراليا: منشورات مسيئة تثير غضب المجتمع الإسلامي

- خبر من مصادر إنجليزية.

أثارت منشورات مسيئة تم توزيعها خلال عطلة عيد النصارى "الكريسماس" غضب المجتمع الإسلامي بمنطقة "قنبيان" بولاية "نيوساوث ويلز" الأسترالية؛ حيث تلقى العديد من الأهالي منشورات تتضمن قصة ملفقة حول رجل مسلم يقوم بالاعتداء على امرأة وطفل، إضافة إلى زعم أن ارتكاب هذا العنف مبرر في عقيدته.

وقد أشارت وسائل الإعلام إلى أن هذه المنشورات تم طبعها بشركة " Chick Publications" الإنجيلية بـ"الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية"، التي تندرج ضمن مجموعات الكراهية بقائمة المنظمات المدنية بـ"الولايات المتحدة"، إلا أن الموزعين لم يفصحوا عن هويتهم، إضافة إلى سعي العديد من الكنائس لتبرئة ساحتها من هذه المنشورات المناهضة للإسلام. المصدر: شبكة الألوكة.

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Anti-Islam pamphlet concern

Leaders of Canberra's Muslim community were surprised and saddened by offensive anti-Islamic pamphlets distributed to homes throughout Queanbeyan over the Christmas holidays.

Householders in Queanbeyan received the material depicting a Muslim man physically abusing a woman and a child and an Islamic elder condoning the violence as acceptable to his faith.

One local Muslim leader has questioned the legality of the material and said it was un-Christian to distribute such offensive literature.

The pamphlets were published by Chick Publications, a United States-based evangelical company.

The company has been listed as a hate group by US civil rights organisations, and it is believed they were delivered to Queanbeyan homes by hand. The distributors did not identify themselves and several church groups in the town denied responsibility.

he vice-president of the Islamic Society of the ACT, Yusef Mansuri, said he was unsure of the legality of such material, but that he had not experienced anti-Islamic sentiment in Canberra or Queanbeyan.

''We are sad about it, we don't agree with the booklet or its logic, but that said, Australia is a democratic country and people are entitled to express themselves,'' he said.

The pamphlet, entitled Is Allah Like You?, depicts an Islamic man who abuses his wife and son until he converts to Christianity and learns the error of his ways.

Mr Mansuri said while he had not come across the anti-Islamic Chick Publications booklets before, he was aware of similar pamphlets targeting Hinduism and Catholics.