No place here for "teachers" of murder and suicide

THERE is something fundamentally repulsive about religious extremists who rejoice in death.The degree of revulsion towards such people is magnified when their teachings are directed toward children, the simple-minded and other impressionable individuals.Sheik Feiz Mohammed is such an extremist.

He has targeted the young with his messages of hatred toward non-Muslims, and particularly Jews, and he has encouraged them to become jihadists prepared to die for his interpretation of Islam. Now he is linked to a group called the Global Islamic Youth Centre which is attempting to build a huge Islamic school complex in Liverpool based on his abhorrent teachings. As the most prominent spiritual leader of those behind the centre, is anything less to be expected? Two years ago, this loathsome monster called on children to sacrifice themselves to Allah, describing Jews as ``pigs'' and calling non-believers ``filth''. He has been in the past been associated with convicted terrorist ``Jihad'' Jack Roche and several other terror suspects. NSW shadow education spokesman Andrew Stoner called on the State government to place the group’s development application “under the microscope” and ask the federal police and ASIO about the sheik’s connections here and abroad before proceeding to review the application. Extraordinarily, some members of the press gallery treated Stoner as if he was an extremist for raising the obvious questions. The GIYC’s association with the sickening sheik should be sufficient to abort any development plan by this organisation but that should not prohibit other moderate Muslim groups from building schools. The State government has regulations covering non-government schools, and there is a role for private schools which comply with those rules. There is no place in Australia however for teachers of hatred whose nauseating message is one of murder and suicide.