Posted on 12/20/2025 10:16:19 PM PST by Olog-hai
The Australian state of New South Wales is proposing to ban public displays of Islamic State group flags or extremist symbols after a mass shooting driven by antisemitism killed 15 people at Sydney’s Bondi Beach.
Under draft laws to be debated by the state Parliament, publicly displaying the IS flag or symbols from other extremist groups will be offenses punishable by up to two years in prison and fines.
The state’s premier, Chris Minns, also said chants of “globalize the intifada” will be banned and police would be given greater powers to demand protesters remove face coverings at demonstrations.
“Hate speech or incitement of hatred has no place in our society,” Minns said Saturday.
The Arabic word intifada is generally translated as “uprising.” …
(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...
And the government is working on plans to confiscate guns (through a pressured “buyback” in order to “melt the guns down.”)
Terrorists and mentally ill killers: “Thank goodness. Now we will be the only ones in Australia with guns.”
All Islamist’s are Muslim, but not all Muslims are Islamist’s, that’s the difference.
Islam is like the KKK and Christians the target.
Taking away the people’s means of defense will not end well.
I’m glad that I won’t see the end of this story, I’m getting too old.
Take that! That’ll show them the Aussies mean business!
Yeah because this has total relevance to anything that happened.... /sarc
Stupid non-leaders like this get people killed.
Indeed
And congrats on huge comeback. Btw
I didn’t say anything about deportations.
This is brilliant. Aussies will not hear any Islamic terrorists shout Allahu Akbar until right before a terror attack with guns that weren’t bought back. But until that next attack, all is well.
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