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Albanese blames Hizb ut-Tahrir ban backlash for mosque heckling

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  Anthony Albanese has blamed backlash over the banning of pan-Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir for heckling at Australia's largest mosque. Mr Albanese and Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke were heckled and accused of being “genocide supporters” during Eid celebrations at Lakemba Mosque in Sydney’s southwest on Friday morning. The pair are seated at the front of the mosque in video obtained by the ABC when a man in the crowd shouts “genocide supporters” while others audibly boo. When another man attempts to intervene, the heckler says “genocide supporter, man”. “Genocide supporters. Boo,” he shouts. Anthony Albanese has been heckled at one of Australia’s biggest mosques in Sydney. Picture: ABC A heckler accused Mr Albanese and Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke of being ‘genocide supporters’. Picture: ABC Speaking from South Australia, Mr Albanese said there were 30,000 people at the mosque and that “overwhelmingly the reception was incredibly positive”. “I walked through the crowd to th...

Claude Arpi | The Next Battlefield In Tibet: Over Buddhism!

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Paradoxically, Beijing wants to teach Buddhism to Tibet. In September 2025, a meeting was convened in Lhasa by Wang Junzheng, the secretary of the party committee of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), to address Communist officials dealing with “religion” Claude Arpi Strategic analysts have a hard time for the past few years; most of their views and predictions have gone wrong due to the turmoil which has been occurring all around the world. It is particularly true since the beginning of the Russia-Ukraine war, which was supposed to last only for a few days.  New war tactics and weaponry, for example the use of drones, have appeared in a big way. If it does not want to lose coming battles, India does not have much choice, it needs to take a relook at the battlefields. In these circumstances, information warfare takes an increasingly predominant place.  China has always been far ahead of the rest of the world in the field of propaganda and information warfare, which has sustain...

SCOOP: Behind the frontline – why Kurdish parties have not entered Iran’s war

  Iranian Kurdish parties have said that they could protect civilians in western Iran, but without adequate air cover and a clear plan for the war, and given the contradictory signaling from the U.S., entering the conflict is dangerous and “useless”. At the beginning of the Iran war, U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told journalists and think-tankers they were expecting the Iranian Kurdish armed forces to enter the war; however, the Kurds have remained behind the frontlines. Sources tell  The Amargi  that apart from Kurdish forces’ reservations, the U.S. has sent contradictory and warning signals on the Kurds entering the war. Three weeks have passed since the U.S. and Israel began their military campaign against the Islamic Republic of Iran, a campaign which has gradually taken on wider regional dimensions. One of the key battlefield variables that remains unresolved is the possible role of Kurdish forces in western Iran and Irani...