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Victoria is reviewing state funding for state's Islamic Council after it asked
for money to create safe spaces for young Muslims to express "inflammatory" v
iews.
澳洲伊斯蘭團體要求政府撥款設立安全空間,讓青年穆斯林能夠發表各種言論,就算是煽
動仇恨言論也要尊重
Premier Daniel Andrews says he's very troubled by the Islamic Council of Victo
ria's suggestion for safe spaces where Muslim youth "could be radical".
澳洲總理表示反對,說有可能產生極端言論。
The ICV made a submission asking for taxpayer-funded "safe spaces" where young
Muslims can express themselves openly without being judged, even if those vie
ws are inflammatory.
伊斯蘭團體說:空間內就算是煽動性言論,也要尊重,不可歧視。
Mr Andrews says he is concerned about the proposal and the council's state fun
ding will be reviewed.
"There is no safe way to rail against the West. There is no safe way to rail a
gainst the values that we hold dear," Mr Andrews told reporters on Thursday.
"I am very troubled by the suggestion that we might have a space where people
could be radical as part of a deradicalisation program. That makes no sense to
me whatsoever."
He said no such program would receive Victorian government funding.
"We will be having a very close look at the Islamic Council of Victoria's fund
ing in a broader sense," Mr Andrews said.
The council's June 1 submission to a parliamentary inquiry on religious freedo
m also called for federal counter-terrorism and deradicalisation funding to be
used for the program.
"(We would like) existing Commonwealth CVE and CT funding re-allocated to crea
te safe spaces urgently needed by Muslim youth to meet and talk about a range
of issues in emotional terms," the submission says.
"(A space) where they can be frank and even use words, which in a public space
would sound inflammatory."
The submission says young people are unable to express anger or use certain fa
cial expressions without becoming a target for surveillance.
"We are not asking for forums for youths to go berserk in terms of expressing
extreme views," ICV vice president Adel Salman told 3AW on Thursday.
"We are asking for forums for youth to express themselves in various ways with
various emotions and not to be judged."
The council did not respond to AAP's requests for comment.
It runs Victoria's deradicalisation program, which terrorist Yacqub Khayre was
a part of until he killed a man and injured three police in a siege on Monday
.
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