Canberra, July 11 : Australia’s Islamic leaders want Sharia laws to be implemented in the country, a survey has revealed.
The survey also reveals that Islamic leaders are skeptical about Osama bin Laden''s death benefiting ordinary Muslims, and they are unhappy about way the US forces disposed his body.
The survey was conducted in the wake of a 55,000-dollar federal government-training program for imams on Australian laws and values, The Herald Sun reports.
Muslims are concerned about linkages being made between Islam and terrorism. There is wide spread anger that innocent Muslims being killed in the ‘war on terror’ the report said.
Imams across Australia have been told to preach core Australian values such as fair go, freedom, and responsibility.
Imam Yusuf Parker, from the Alhidayah Centre in Perth, said Australia should consider recognizing Sharia laws as it applied to finance and family law matters.
“The symbolic victory of Bin Laden''s death would remain hollow, while people in nations such as Afghanistan suffered a terror of death delivered from the skies by the US and its allies,” an Imam said.
“If only Muslims are the people who are told what to wear, then it is discrimination,” Victorian imam Abdinur Weli was quoted, as saying.
--ANI
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