Anti-perkauman vs Anti-Islam: Pertempuran sebagai beratus-ratus perhimpunan di seluruh Australia (FOTO)

Njulaina - Anti-Islam perhimpunan telah berlaku di seluruh Australia, yang dianjurkan oleh kumpulan Reclaim Australia. Polis terpaksa campur tangan dalam Melbourne sebagai pertempuran tercetus antara anti-Islam dan penunjuk perasaan anti-perkauman, dengan beribu-ribu menghadiri demonstrasi.

Kumpulan masyarakat 'The Reclaim Australia', yang menganjurkan protes di 16 bandar-bandar dan bandar-bandar di seluruh negara, telah membantah terhadap undang-undang syariah, halal dan pengislaman. Mereka menghadapi demonstrasi balas daripada kumpulan payung berhaluan kiri dipanggil No Bilik untuk Perkauman. Beberapa keganasan yang paling teruk berlaku di Federation Square di Melbourne, di mana polis cuba untuk menjaga anti-Islam dan anti-perkauman selain penunjuk perasaan.

Anti-racism vs anti-Muslim: Clashes as hundreds rally 

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Anti-Islam rallies have taken place across Australia, organized by the Reclaim Australia group. Police were forced to intervene in Melbourne as clashes broke out between anti-Islam and anti-racism protesters, with thousands attending the demonstrations.

The Reclaim Australia community group, who organized protests in 16 cities and towns across the country, was protesting against Sharia law, halal and Islamization. They faced counter demonstrations from a left-wing umbrella group called No Room for Racism. Some of the worst violence occurred in Federation Square in Melbourne, where police tried to keep anti-Islam and anti-racism protesters apart.

Jurucakap Victoria perkhidmatan ambulans negeri berkata, 4 orang dirawat kerana cedera ringan, manakala jurucakap polis Belinda Betty berkata 2 lelaki dan seorang wanita telah ditangkap berikutan keganasan. Lebih daripada 100 polis telah dikerahkan dengan hampir polis dipasang dozen juga membantu untuk mengekalkan keadaan terkawal.

A spokesman for the Victoria state ambulance service said that four people were treated for minor injuries, while police spokeswoman Belinda Betty said two men and a woman were arrested following the violence. More than 100 police were deployed with almost a dozen mounted police also helping to keep the situation under control.

Con Psalios @Konstantinos305

To all those #ReclaimAustralia racists. This was never your country to reclaim. #NoRoomForRacism

3:19 PM - 4 Apr 2015

Kumpulan Reclaim Australia telah menghadapi tuntutan oleh lawan bahawa mereka adalah parti yang bersifat perkauman. Walau bagaimanapun, John Oliver, yang menganjurkan perhimpunan anti-Islam berkata kumpulan itu hanya melihat keluar untuk kepentingan biasa di Australia.

"Saya tahu di Sydney dan Melbourne mereka telah mendapat umat Islam telah ditandatangani pada untuk menghadiri kerana mereka boleh melihat apa yang berlaku dan mereka tidak suka apa yang berlaku," kata Oliver, bercakap kepada penyiar negeri Australia ABC.

The Reclaim Australia group has faced claims by opponents that they are a racist organization. However, John Oliver, who organized the anti-Islam rallies say the group is just looking out for the interests of ordinary Australians.

"I know in Sydney and Melbourne they've got Muslims already signed on to attend because they can see what's happening and they don't like what's happening," Oliver said, speaking to the Australian state broadcaster ABC.

Satu lagi penunjuk perasaan, John Bolton, berkata kumpulan Reclaim Australia menentang ekstremisme, tetapi bukan kah Islam dalam masyarakat yang lebih luas.

"Apa yang saya tidak menentang adalah rakyat biasa Australia yang berada umat Islam yang mengikut kepercayaan mereka, mereka tidak perlu kebenaran sesiapa syarat mereka mematuhi undang-undang sivil dan jenayah Australia dan ingin mematuhi perlembagaan kami," tambah Bolton, mengikut ABC.

Another protester, John Bolton, said the Reclaim Australia group was opposed to extremism, but not Muslims in the wider community.

"What I'm not against is ordinary Australian people who happen to be Muslims who follow their faith, they don't need anybody's permission provided they comply with the Australian civil and criminal law and want to comply with our constitution," Bolton added, according to ABC.

Kiera @KieraGorden

IRONY: Guys cowardly hiding behind the #BoganBurqa who want the burqa banned. #ReclaimAustralia via @barnsyrocket

1:48 PM - 4 Apr 2015

Penganjur demonstrasi anti-perkauman, Mel Gregson, berkata Reclaim Australia telah mendapat sokongan dengan menyebarkan "teori konspirasi," dan juga "membabitkan orang Islam yang baik dalam pergerakan politik minoriti kecil," dalam hal pelampau yang telah menyertai Negara Islam kononnya.

Gregson menambah bahawa payung organisasi sayap kiri telah memutuskan untuk mengadakan perhimpunan di Federation Square, untuk menentang secara langsung mesej yang didukung oleh Reclaim Australia.

The organizer of the anti-racist demonstration, Mel Gregson, said Reclaim Australia was gaining support by spreading “conspiracy theories,” as well as “implicating good Muslim people in the political movements of a tiny minority,” in regards to extremists who have joined the so-called Islamic State.

Gregson added that the left-wing umbrella organization had decided to hold its rally at Federation Square, to oppose directly the message being espoused by Reclaim Australia.

Kate Campbell ✔ @KACampbell81

'Reclaim Australia' rally in Perth: counter anti-Islam and anti-racist protests. Strong police presence. @perthnow

11:22 AM - 4 Apr 2015

"Kami tidak berminat untuk mengadakan perhimpunan kami di tempat lain dan berbincang dengan orang-orang yang telah bersetuju bahawa perkauman adalah satu perkara yang buruk - sebahagian besar orang di Australia bersetuju dengan kami mengenainya," katanya.

"Apa yang kami mahu katakan adalah bahawa ini adalah berbahaya untuk membenarkan ucapan kebencian berlaku di jalanan di Melbourne."

Ketegangan antara Australia dan umat Islam telah meningkat sejak 6 bulan lepas. Polis Australia telah melancarkan satu siri serbuan anti-keganasan pada bulan September. Terdapat tindak balas terhadap masyarakat Islam di Australia berikutan kepungan oleh seorang lelaki Iran yang dilahirkan Islam di Sydney Disember lepas, yang menyebabkan 3 orang terbunuh dan 4 cedera.

Satu kajian yang dijalankan oleh Universiti Queensland pada permulaan 2015 berkata bahawa sebanyak 75 % peratus daripada warga Australia umat Islam percaya mereka tidak adil disasarkan oleh undang-undang anti-keganasan. Undang-undang keganasan telah diperketatkan lagi selepas seorang lelaki berusia 18 tahun, yang dilaporkan menyokong pertubuhan pengganas Negara Islam, ditembak mati selepas menikam 2 pegawai polis di Melbourne.

"We're not interested in holding our rally somewhere else and talking to people who already agree that racism is a bad thing - the vast majority of people in Australia agree with us on that," she said.

"What we're trying to say is that this is dangerous to allow hate speech to occur on the streets of Melbourne."

Tensions between Australians and Muslims have been rising over the last six months. Australian police launched a series of anti-terrorism raids in September. There was a backlash against the Islamic community in Australia following a siege by an Iranian born Muslim man in Sydney last December, which left three people dead and four injured.

A survey conducted by the University of Queensland at the start of 2015 said that as many as 75 percent of Australians Muslims believe they are unfairly targeted by anti-terrorism laws. Terror laws were again tightened after an 18 year-old man, who reportedly supported the terrorist organization the Islamic State, was shot dead after stabbing two police officers in Melbourne.

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