DEATH THREATS FAIL TO DETER NILE
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia
Malcolm Brown
March 14, 2007
THE Christian Democrats leader, Fred Nile, has proceeded with
distribution of 230,000 copies of a pamphlet outlining his nine-point
plan to tackle "the militant Islamic threat to Australia", despite
death threats to himself and at least one of his candidates.
Mr Nile, who has proposed a moratorium on Muslim immigration to
Australia until "things settle down", said threats had been made to
his party’s candidates, Allan Lotfizadeh in Auburn and Karen Pender
in Granville.
The party had decided not to distribute its pamphlets in Lakemba,
Granville, Auburn and Bankstown because of the risk of inflaming
passions.
Dr Lotfizadeh, who is of Armenian origin, said he received a phone
call at 9pm on Friday. The caller reportedly said: "You Christian pig,
you are dead." Ms Pender was allegedly approached by a man at 8am on
Monday asking where Mr Nile was. The man reportedly said: "What has
he got against Muslims? Tell him I will act out my faith on him."
Mr Nile said yesterday both threats had been reported to the police.
But they would not stop distribution of pamphlets elsewhere in
Sydney’s western and southern suburbs, including Sutherland Shire,
the Hills District and some country areas.
The nine-point plan includes a proposal to remove Sheik Taj el-Din
al Hilaly from his leading role among Australian Muslims. Mr Nile
also calls for "action" against another Muslim leader, Sheik Feiz
Mohammed, whom he accuses of making inflammatory remarks on DVDs. And
Mr Nile wants the "removal of Islamic murderous threat videos against
Australians by Muslim youth gangs from YouTube".
He supports a NSW school dress policy that stipulates that students
must wear "approved school uniform", not full Muslim headdress,
and calls for a ban on the face-covering burqa as part of the "war
on terrorism".
He calls for "regular Education Department inspections" of Muslim
schools and youth groups so as to "prevent the preaching of hate
speech by Muslim extremists".
Mr Nile wants the English language and "Aussie values" to be accepted
by all Australians, and calls for the support of "moderate" Muslims
in opposing Islamic extremists.
He urges all Australian Muslim leaders to support freedom of speech
and religion, human rights, and the establishment of Christian churches
in Muslim countries.
The Christian Democratic Party, which has two members in the
Legislative Council, Mr Nile and Gordon Moyes, has 58 candidates
standing in the state election.
