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A series of disturbing events have played out in Sydney over the last two days, as pro-Hamas crowds vent anger and hatred at Israel.

Crowds in western Sydney erupted in celebration on Sunday night, responding to Hamas terrorists kidnapping, raping and murdering Israeli civilians, including women and children. Hundreds were taken as hostages across the border into Gaza for political fodder.

Footage from Greenacre in Sydney’s southwest on Sunday showed a person hanging out the window of a white ute. Dangerously and illegally, fireworks shot up into the street near people, powerlines, windows and buildings. The ute was draped in Palestinian flags as it sped through the streets.

Hamas Attacks: A “Day a Pride”

In Lakemba, a suburb adjacent to Greenacre, crowds gathered outside the train station to celebrate the attacks. Prominent Islamic preacher Sheikh Ibrahim Dadoun – who until June worked as the Director of Public Relations at the Australian National Imams Council – declared the Hamas invasion was a “day of pride”.

I’m smiling, I’m smiling, and I’m happy, I’m elated.

It’s a day of courage, it’s a day of happiness, it’s a day of pride, it’s a day of victory.

This is the day we’ve been waiting for.

The crowd can be heard shouting “’Allahu Akbar” (Arabic for “Allah is great”).

Dadoun went on to say:

75 years of occupation and 15 years of blockade that Palestinians have faced since the instatement of Israel.

What happened yesterday is the first time our brothers and sisters break through the largest prison on earth.

Their land was taken away from them, their homes were destroyed, their children were killed for generations and what do you expect.

It didn’t happen by itself, it didn’t happen on its own, it didn’t come out of a vacuum, my brothers and sisters Palestine will be free.

In response to media coverage of his speech, Sheikh Ibrahim Dadoun expressed “disappointment” and “distress” – because he feels he has been misrepresented. In a post on his LinkedIn profile, he wrote:

For the record, I am disappointed and distressed that I have been misquoted and my message has been misrepresented by sections of the media. To be clear, at no stage did I express any support for, nor refer to, the loss of lives on any side.

When Hamas fighters broke through the fence from Gaza in multiple locations – over which Sheikh Dadoun says we should be elated – exactly what did he think was going to happen next? Were those same fighters going to shake the hands of Israelis and return on their merry way back to Gaza?

The Imam is grasping at straws.

In more respectable circumstances, Dadoun has had recent contact with the Prime Minister. The sheikh gave the final prayer at an Iftar dinner which was also attended by Albanese.

Albanese’s Apparent Friends Become His Actual Foes

The Prime Minister visited Lakemba Mosque last Friday (6 October), in a pitch to garner support from “faith groups” for the Voice to Parliament. The event was jointly sponsored by the Australian National Imams Council and the Lebanese Muslim Association (LMA). The latter gave a glowing report and endorsement of the Prime Minister and his Voice to Parliament.

However, support for Albanese from the LMA quickly disappeared due to the Prime Minister’s comments that Israel had “a right to defend itself”. The LMA quickly condemned the Prime Minister in a statement which reads:

We wish to make it clear that we do not agree with the Prime Minister or indeed any politician or political party when they make a statement regarding Palestine, that “Israel has the right to defend itself”.

Monday’s Anti-Israel March

On Sunday night crowds gathered from 5:30 pm at Sydney Town Hall and marched to the Sydney Opera House. The rally protested Australia’s iconic Sydney Harbour venue being lit up in Israel’s blue and white colours. The NSW Greens proudly promoted the anti-Israel protest.

Ugly scenes ensued as crowds incensed at the Israeli flag colours shouted “f*** Israel” and “f*** the Jews”. Flares were fired at the normally white structure, while Israeli flags were burnt. One person clearly states, “It’s good they are burning Israeli flags, they’re burning the Israel flag”. (Note: expletive language is not included in the video below.)

The ABC decided to report a watered-down version, writing that the crowds merely said “shame Israel”.

One sign attempted to draw parallels between Israeli settlements in Gaza with British colonisation of Australia. The sign read, “From Gadigal to Gaza abolish the settler state”. The sign echos statements from the Hizb ut-Tahrir media release, which calls for the downfall of Western civilisation:

The efforts of the Muslims in Palestine, and the Ummah’s principled and unending resistance to occupation and injustice, stands in stark contrast to the horrors inflicted by the West upon the rest of us. Palestine is a case in point today, but the injustices of colonialism spread to every corner of the globe. The liberation of Palestine by the Muslims will be the start of the liberation of humanity from the clutches of the West, and that day is sooner than we think.

West: Wake Up!

The ‘progressive’ left has one thing in common with pro-Hamas Islam: the disdain of Western civilisation with the desire for its overthrow and destruction. Both groups can’t stand what Western civilisation – with its Judeo-Christian underpinnings – stands for. And we are now seeing that with the Greens and militant Muslims encouraging it on the steps of the Opera House.

Andrew Davis took to X, formerly Twitter, to voice his concern:

Can’t grasp what I’ve just seen. It’s as if everything my Grandparents fought for has been thrown out the window. And around the Western worlds cities, in 2023AD those who hate Jews have come out in support of their massacre in Israel. 💔

— Andrew Davis (@andrewdavis2012) October 9, 2023

In a real sense ‘everything is being thrown out the window’. If we are to hault and reverse the downward trend, we must grasp what we are seeing.

If anything at all can come out of a deadly war, perhaps it’s that the West wakes up before it’s too late.

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Image: Screenshot of X.