Society
Anti-Islam Protest
takes Place Near Sydney Hostage Site
19:29 19.12.2014
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The protest was organized by a leader of
the Australian “Party for Freedom”, well-known for its anti-Muslim position.
MOSCOW,
December 19 (Sputnik) - A small group of Australian residents organized an
anti-Islam protest near the notorious Sydney café, where several people were
taken hostage by an Islamic extremist on Monday, according to the Sydney
Morning Herald.
Four
men gathered at Sydney’s Martin Place, shouting anti-Muslim slogan "Islam
is evil" and calling Muslims “murders”.
"Muslim
terrorists not wanted here - neither are their leftist supporters", was a
slogan on one of their banners. “Tony Abbott - will you protect us from
multiculturalism?" said another.
The
Sydney café siege took place on December, 15, when a gunman stormed a Lindt
Chocolat Café and took 18 people hostage. The attacker, Man Haron Monis, was
born in Iran, but has been granted an Australian citizenship as an asylum
seeker. Monis is reported to have been recently inspired by radical
ideology and became follower of the Islamic State.
The
hostage crisis claimed lives of three people, including the attacker. Four
other café visitors and one police officer were injured, according to BBC.
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