Muslim Community Establishes $ Million TV Studio

[icyfroth]

Members of Sydney's Muslim community have set up a $1 million television studio to counter the mainstream media's treatment of Islam in Australia.

From its base in western Sydney, the One Path Network films and edits videos for its YouTube channel, including interviews with local sheikhs about Islamic teachings and current affairs.

Mr Majanni said the studio was funded by community donations and staffed by a team of more than 20 volunteers.

A range of prominent Muslims including the grand mufti of Australia, Dr Ibrahim Abu Mohamed, and Associate Professor Mohamad Abdalla from Griffith University have endorsed the project, appearing in a promotional video.

Supporters include a range of Muslim clerics from moderate to conservative.

Known as a dawah initiative, the studio aims to spread the word of Islam among Muslims and non-Muslims alike.

Entire Article Here

Funded by Community Donations? A large part of that community is on some sort of Government benefit!

[icyfroth]

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@the_great_she_elephant wrote:

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@bushies.girl wrote:

Well golly gee, just have to LOVE those hard woking muslims lol lol

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Well Mr Elephant and I certainly love them. We are living  on a Government Superannuation Pension topped up with a part age pension - so we are grateful to all hard working Aussies (naturalised or not) whose taxes are putting food on our table.

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Thank you. I would be one of those. Martini too.

[i-need-a-martini]

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@icyfroth wrote:

Just that these benefits have in many cases been used in acts against the very government that bestows these benefits.

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In what way have their (meagre) benefits been used in acts against our government?

[opmania]

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@the_great_she_elephant wrote:

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@bushies.girl wrote:

Well golly gee, just have to LOVE those hard woking muslims lol lol

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Well Mr Elephant and I certainly love them. We are living  on a Government Superannuation Pension topped up with a part age pension - so we are grateful to all hard working Aussies (naturalised or not) whose taxes are putting food on our table.

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you don't have to declare your love for them - we get that

[icyfroth]

@i-need-a-martini wrote:

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@icyfroth wrote:

Just that these benefits have in many cases been used in acts against the very government that bestows these benefits.

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In what way have their (meagre) benefits been used in acts against our government?

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See my post 64.

[i-need-a-martini]

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@icyfroth wrote:

@i-need-a-martini wrote:

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@icyfroth wrote:

Just that these benefits have in many cases been used in acts against the very government that bestows these benefits.

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In what way have their (meagre) benefits been used in acts against our government?

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See my post 64.

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No acts against our government funded by welfare in post 64 as far as I can see.

I see one radical with a mental disability creating havoc in another country and another radical using religion as a tool cause he is mad with the world knowing it will be the one weapon that will scare us more than any other.

[the_great_she_elephant]

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@opmania wrote:

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@the_great_she_elephant wrote:

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@bushies.girl wrote:

Well golly gee, just have to LOVE those hard woking muslims lol lol

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Well Mr Elephant and I certainly love them. We are living  on a Government Superannuation Pension topped up with a part age pension - so we are grateful to all hard working Aussies (naturalised or not) whose taxes are putting food on our table.

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you don't have to declare your love for them - we get that

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I just thought Bushie's post looked a bit lonely sitting there without a single reply. I didn't want her to think no-one agreed with her..

[opmania]

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@debra9275 wrote:

julia and her stats??

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come on Julia show us ya stats

[icyfroth]

Extremism warning on Coalition's move to cut welfare payments

Australian terrorism experts have questioned the Coalition's move to cut welfare payments to people involved in extremist conduct, saying it could push potential extremists into the arms of terror organisations.

At the weekend, Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced the government would introduce legislation to stop welfare payments for Australians who are involved in extremist conduct.

Mr Abbott said payments would be cancelled if national security agencies assessed someone as a ''serious threat to Australia's national security''.

He cited the case of Khaled Sharrouf, believed to be fighting in the Middle East, who continued to receive welfare payments after he had fled Australia for Syria.

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/extremism-warning-on-coalitions-move-to-cut-we...

and:

ALMOST all of the wannabe terrorists who have snuck out of Australia to join jihadist armies in Iraq and Syria were on the dole or some form of welfare payment, The Saturday Telegraph can reveal.

A federal investigation into the welfare status of Australian foreign fighters, prompted last year by revelations in The Telegraph, shows 96 per cent had been on welfare benefits when they fled to the Middle East.

Most had continued to collect payments from Australian taxpayers while training with Islamic State to become terrorists intent on wanting to kill Australians.

The investigation has captured the records of 57 Australians who left the country before October last year to fight with the Islamic State.

Since then, an estimated 50 more Australians have ­illegally travelled to the Middle East to join IS, with most believed to have been claiming some form of benefit.

A subsequent audit of this group confirmed that most had been at one time in ­receipt of benefits such as Newstart, sickness, youth and carer’s allowances, as well as the Disability Support Pension.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/aussie-jihadists-were-on-the-dole/story-fni0cx12-122723304...

And that's just the ones we know of. The Radicals. How many of your common or garden variety Muslims are on government benefits do you think might be on g'ment benefits of some sort?

I have no real problem with that, well I kind of have a problem with how many Aussies are on welfare in general, but that's a whole 'nother topic.

When I see a $1mil TV dedicated solely to Muslim matters funded by the community, it does make me wonder how much of that it comes via the Australian taxpayer. And that includes all Aussie taxpayers, your hard-working Muslim Aussies included.

And will they use English sub-titles?

[azureline**]

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@icyfroth wrote:

Extremism warning on Coalition's move to cut welfare payments

Australian terrorism experts have questioned the Coalition's move to cut welfare payments to people involved in extremist conduct, saying it could push potential extremists into the arms of terror organisations.

At the weekend, Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced the government would introduce legislation to stop welfare payments for Australians who are involved in extremist conduct.

Mr Abbott said payments would be cancelled if national security agencies assessed someone as a ''serious threat to Australia's national security''.

He cited the case of Khaled Sharrouf, believed to be fighting in the Middle East, who continued to receive welfare payments after he had fled Australia for Syria.

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/extremism-warning-on-coalitions-move-to-cut-we...

and:

ALMOST all of the wannabe terrorists who have snuck out of Australia to join jihadist armies in Iraq and Syria were on the dole or some form of welfare payment, The Saturday Telegraph can reveal.

A federal investigation into the welfare status of Australian foreign fighters, prompted last year by revelations in The Telegraph, shows 96 per cent had been on welfare benefits when they fled to the Middle East.

Most had continued to collect payments from Australian taxpayers while training with Islamic State to become terrorists intent on wanting to kill Australians.

The investigation has captured the records of 57 Australians who left the country before October last year to fight with the Islamic State.

Since then, an estimated 50 more Australians have ­illegally travelled to the Middle East to join IS, with most believed to have been claiming some form of benefit.

A subsequent audit of this group confirmed that most had been at one time in ­receipt of benefits such as Newstart, sickness, youth and carer’s allowances, as well as the Disability Support Pension.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/aussie-jihadists-were-on-the-dole/story-fni0cx12-122723304...

And that's just the ones we know of. The Radicals. How many of your common or garden variety Muslims are on government benefits do you think might be on g'ment benefits of some sort?

I have no real problem with that, well I kind of have a problem with how many Aussies are on welfare in general, but that's a whole 'nother topic.

When I see a $1mil TV dedicated solely to Muslim matters funded by the community, it does make me wonder how much of that it comes via the Australian taxpayer. And that includes all Aussie taxpayers, your hard-working Muslim Aussies included.

And will they use English sub-titles?

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I think there is some confusion about the subject matter.........................since it is funded by the community........... it stands to reason that those funding it are taxpayers. It doesn't indicate that welfare funds are funding it.

As for subtitles....... Muslim is not a language.

[debra9275]

And that's just the ones we know of. The Radicals. How many of your common or garden variety Muslims are on government benefits do you think might be on g'ment benefits of some sort?

I have no real problem with that, well I kind of have a problem with how many Aussies are on welfare in general, but that's a whole 'nother topic.

When I see a $1mil TV dedicated solely to Muslim matters funded by the community, it does make me wonder how much of that it comes via the Australian taxpayer. And that includes all Aussie taxpayers, your hard-working Muslim Aussies included.

And will they use English sub-titles?

it is funded by their own community, and manned by volunteers not funded by tax payers  why can't you understand that?