Show threadEndemicEarthlingMar 2

However you would like to answer these questions with regards to the eleven #ISISbrides, I wonder if your answer is any different when it comes to the 500+ Australian citizens who have travelled to the Middle East in recent years to join another death cult engaged in horrific crimes against civilians, on an even larger scale, in order to keep expanding an even more heavily armed and well-funded religiously-aligned project of domination: the IDF.

During its most intense period of sustained slaughter, lasting around two years from 2014–16, #IslamicState (#ISIS) forces killed over 25,000 people (the precise figure may never be known), the vast majority civilians/non-combatants, with many more wounded, held captive and tortured, or forced to flee, a horrific reign of terror whose effects continue to reverberate across the region a decade later.

During its most intense period of sustained slaughter, lasting around two years from 2023–25, the #IDF killed well over 100,000 people (the precise figure may never be known), the vast majority civilians/non-combatants, with many more wounded, held captive and tortured, or forced to flee, a horrific reign of terror whose violence has not ceased today.
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EndemicEarthlingMar 2

Before #Iran knocked most other news off the front page, Australian political discourse was dominated last week by finger-pointing, point-scoring and posturing over the so-called #ISISbrides: 11 Australian women who travelled to Syria or Iraq over a decade ago with their husbands allegedly in order to join Islamic State/ISIS. The husbands were all killed or captured by Kurdish/FSA forces, with their wives and children also captured and detained separately. This cohort of 11 women and 23 children has been held in a detention camp for the last 6+ years. The camp has recently changed hands and is in the process of being shut down.

So these women and children are now reportedly trying to return to Australia, The federal government has largely ignored them for years, even though it has a legal obligation to accept their entry as citizens.

The #ALP government, #Coalition (putative) opposition and surging far-right #OneNation have each been engaged in an #Islamophobic race-to-the-bottom, seeking to outdo one another in denunciation & performative cruelty (including towards 23 children—whatever people may think about the terrible decision by their parent(s) a decade ago).

What has been missing from this entire discussion?
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Nate CochraneFeb 26
Who is advising Albanese re: #ISISbrides? They’ll come home. Either in coffins or economy seats. Outcome choices: Gratitude v vengeance #SocialCohesion v radicalisation Or does he hope these Aussie mums & their kids fade away or become someone else’s problem? What’s his end game? #auspol
NewsletterTFFeb 25

Australia Faces Political Divisions Over Pauline Hanson's Comments and ISIS Bride Returns

Australia faces political division over Pauline Hanson's 'good Muslim' remarks and the return of ISIS-linked individuals. New Liberal leader Angus Taylor navigates the debate.

#AustralianPolitics, #PaulineHanson, #ISISBrides, #AngusTaylor, #NationalSecurity

https://newsletter.tf/australia-political-divisions-pauline-hanson-isis-bride-return/

NewsletterTFFeb 25

Pauline Hanson's 'good Muslim' comments have caused a political stir in Australia, with Liberal leader Angus Taylor saying her views are 'out of step with Australians'.

#AustralianPolitics, #PaulineHanson, #ISISBrides, #AngusTaylor, #NationalSecurity

https://newsletter.tf/australia-political-divisions-pauline-hanson-isis-bride-return/

Australia Divided: Pauline Hanson's Comments and ISIS Bride Return Spark Political Debate

Australia faces political division over Pauline Hanson's 'good Muslim' remarks and the return of ISIS-linked individuals. New Liberal leader Angus Taylor navigates the debate.

Show threadRaymondPierreL3Feb 22
I did (but not all of it - thank goodness) and yes, Speersie was left floundering at times. Burke’s interview is a masterclass in how to handle agenda (not entirely related to getting the truth out) driven hosts. Other polies should take note…
#Insiders #AusPol #ISISBrides #TonyBurkeMP
David SentinellaFeb 21
Australians must show compassion and embrace forgiveness and rehabilitation. By all means, treat crime as crime. We must not go down the dark racist path. Extremism is not tackled with more extremism. Bring them home. Their children made no choices.
In the same way that we oppose the death penalty, we must not preclude the possibility of rehabilitation. The best way to be a better a country is to be a better country - not a savage country.
#IsisBrides #insiders
Show threadRaymondPierreL3Feb 20

@Ex_spurt
I totally agree with you.
The best thing that can be done (from all perspectives) is to bring them home and give them the support they need to slot back into society whatever their beliefs because anything is better then leaving mothers and children exposed to further #radicalisation feeling #abandoned #helpless, and without hope.

#BringThemHome #AusPol #ISISBrides

Show threadRaymondPierreL3Feb 20

@Ex_spurt
Totally agree…
Absolute lack of empathy and full on judgemental (religious) attitude.
I may not agree with the life choices these women made, but that is no ground for ostracising them from their nationaliity and their rights as citizens

I’m unsure if those citizen rights are codified anywhere in the Constitution. They are more likely to be enacted in law and hence subject to legal interpretation by the Courts. Therefore, those women and their children ought to have access to Australian Courts with legal representation and not be trialed by political pressers. I have always been dubious of the way legal power is vested in Ministerial portfolios (a UK legacy I gather).

#ISISBrides #AustralianCitizenship #CitizenRights