Good Idea From Jordan...Also A Good Idea In Australia

Note: This posting is very encouraging as it shows sensible countries like Jordan taking real action to suppress the evil activities of Sunni muslim imams. There is a good opportunity here for Australia...see Comment below.




September 25, 2006
Jordan works on mosque law
Laws like this, carefully defined and stringently enforced to prevent propagation of the idea of Islamic supremacism and attendant ideas, are needed all over.

AMMAN, Jordan - Jordan's parliament moved Sunday to tighten state control over mosque preachers, amending legislation that aims to prevent the kingdom's mosques from being used to propagate extremist ideas.
Jordanian lawmakers have approved several pieces of legislation in recent weeks that aim to weaken extremists and prevent terror attacks.

The parliament added a provision to a bill to require prior written approval from the government before someone enters the pulpit. The changes came just three weeks after members of the lower house of parliament approved the law.

The latest changes require that the religious affairs minister approve in writing any new mosque preachers and anyone teaching the Quran, the Islamic holy book, in mosques.

King Abdullah II, the ultimate authority in Jordan, is expected to sign the bill into law soon, replacing legislation enacted in 1986.

Islamic opposition legislators argued Sunday that the law curbed religious freedoms and that the government pressed for the changes to appease the United States and Israel by cracking down on Muslim hard-liners.




Comment: Australia is run by Christians, in Parliament and in the Public Service. Therefore it would be improper for these people to sit in judgement on the qualifications needed to preach in an Islamic mosque.

What the officials in Canberra could do is to require that any Sunni imam who wants to come to Australia must have a preaching licence issued by the Jordanian Ministry of Religious Affairs. No licence no visa. What could be simpler?

Australia has good relations with Jordan, so it should not be too onerous to come to some arrangement on this matter with the Government of King Abdullah II.

Is anyone awake in Canberra?