Abdul Nacer Benbrika (48) had been receiving Welfare payments from Centrelink for over 19 years while at the same time plotting with other Muslim extremists to blow up the MCG on Grand Final Day in 2005 and kill and maim as many people as possible.
Benbrika ( aka Sheikh Abu Bakr ) was an illegal immigrant in Australia, having arrived in 1989. He was a self styled Muslim Cleric and enjoyed a degree of influence over the younger Muslim community in Melbourne.
During the intervening period he had been ordered by the Dept of Immigration to leave the Country on three separate occasions in 1990; 1994 and 1995 and to return to Algeria.
Despite these outstanding orders he was allowed to marry an Australian Muslim and then won an appeal to remain in Australia.
During the 19 period of Welfare support he had never worked for one day and fathered 7 children.
It is estimated that he has cost the Australian taxpayers in excess of $1Million in combined Welfare benefits.
After being apprehended and charged with plotting a terrorist attack on Australian soil Benbrika was quoted as saying “ There are 2 Laws : An Australian Law and an Islamic Law’
As a basis for Benbrika’s extremist views he quotes the Quran as promising its followers “ When a Jihad warrior dies – the 1st drop of his blood earns him complete forgiveness from Allah for all of his sins”.
On 16/09/2008, following an extensive 6 month trial hearing , Benbrika and his followers were convicted of plotting an act of terrorism on Australian soil and they were subsequently sentenced on 03/02/2009 :
Abdul Nacer Benbrika (48) minimum 12 years to maximum 15 years
- Aimen Joud (23) 7.5 to 10
- Fadl Sayadi (28) 6 to 8
- Ahmed Raad (25) 7.5 to 10
- Ezzit Raad (26) 5.75 to 7.5
- Abdulla Merhi (23) 4.5 to 6
- Amer Haddada (29) 4.5 to 6
We must ask the obvious question : “ Have any of the bungling ( or complicit ) Government employees who contributed to this fiasco been dismissed and/or charged as a result of these events.?”
The areas of concern are Centrelink; ASIO and Dept of Immigration.
Why can’t we expect a degree of professionalism from our Government employees in enforcing our Welfare ; Security and Residency infrastructure. ?
By contrast we see the disgraceful and demeaning treatment of elderly Australian retirees who, despite having paid taxes all of their working lives, are subjected to the most invasive personal investigations in order to simply maintain a full or part pension benefit.
This requires them to present themselves before a Centrelink employee and provide full documentation including Bank Passbooks/ Bank Statements/ Schedules of any assets and any record of spending for personal or other reasons together with receipts and a full explanation.
Australians celebrate and revere Anzac Day on April 25th each year in remembrance of our brave soldiers who fought in two great world wars to secure our freedom. Every Australian identifies with the slogan “lest we forget” and in services held around the country people reflect on the battles and men who died to secure our freedom. Yet across the world in France, there is one remarkable battle which helped form the Europe we know today and allowed the development of civilization based on Judeo Christian principles. This one famous battle has become known as the battle of Tours and effectively stopped the Muslim advance into Europe. After the death of Mohammed in 632AD, Muslim armies exploded out of the Arabian peninsula to conquer much of the Middle East, expanding across north Africa. From there they crossed into Spain in 711AD and eventually controlled much of al-Andalus by 715AD. It was the victory at Tours by Charles Martel that stemmed the tide and eventually the Muslim marauders were expelled from Spain in 1492 when the last outpost at Granada fell to King Ferdinand of Spain. 
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was born, lived, fought and won battles against religious and social oppression in the 17th century Bharat or India. He was a shining star in the Indian firmament and is renowned as a champion of the downtrodden and depressed masses. He was and continues to be an icon for the classes and masses alike and is seen as a rallying point for peasants oppressed by foreign rulers, Pathans and Moghuls alike. Sexually exploited women found in Shivaji Raje a protector, a benefactor and flocked to his Hindavi Swaraj to find solace and feel liberated under his saffron flag. 
Perhaps some readers might be interested to know that January 28 is considered a feast day among Catholics – actually 2 feast days are celebrated on the same day – one is of ST Thomas Aquinas, the great medieval theologian and philosopher who adapted Aristotle to the western Judeo-Christian worldview. . It is also the feast day of a lesser known person – St Peter Nolasco, the great ransomer of captives from the Muslims.
How often in conversation with a Muslim, do they quote Spain as the crowning achievement of Islam, where Muslims, Jews and Christians lived in harmony for about 800 years?
Why do Muslims insist that Jerusalem is their Holy City?
There is a very strongly entrenched view among majority of Westerners today that the three main monotheistic religions Judaism, Christianity and Islam share one common God and therefore despite the obvious differences, the core foundation of these three religions is the same. 
