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THE spiritual leader of a mosque in Langwarrin has warned his congregation to not overreact to any anti-Islamic intimidation. Imam Syed Wadood Janud said he wanted to raise “general awareness [for them] to be careful and proceed with caution”. His message followed a phone call from police at Carrum Downs advising mosque administrators to “be alert to any possible backlash” over the shooting of a young Muslim man outside the Endeavour Hills police station. Police allege Numan Haider was shot dead last Tuesday night after stabbing two police officers who had arranged to meet him outside the police station. Imam Janud, of the Ahmadiyya Centre Melbourne, said police wanted members of his congregation to be alert to any threats or intimidation against them. Coincidentally, at about the same time that the shooting and stabbings occurred at Endeavour Hills, the mosque’s press and media co-ordinator Aziz Bhatti was threatened while waiting at traffic lights in Frankston. Mr Bhatti said a carload of youths pulled up alongside his vehicle at the corner of Davey St and Nepean Highway and then tried to ram him after he turned into the highway. “They tried to hit my car and started
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yelling at me,” he said. “I picked up my phone as if calling the police and they sped off. “I have a beard and I believe it may have provoked them. This has never happened to me before.” Mr Bhatti, 32, and other family members fled Pakistan five years ago after his father was kidnapped and killed. They belong to the minority Ahmadiyya sect which faces widespread persecution within the Muslim world. Mr Bhatti is one of many thousands of Ahmadiyyans to leave Pakistan since its government declared their sect non-Muslim. Imam Janud, who grew up in Adelaide after arriving there with his family when he was four, said members of the Ahmadiyya sect believe in peace and harmony and respect for the laws of the country where they live. The first Ahmadiyyans arrived in Australia about 100 years ago, but the sect had only become “more functional and administrative” in the past 35 years. There are about 5000 Ahmadiyyans in Australia, 1000 in Victoria. The Langwarrin centre (formally known as Bait-ul-Salam or House of Peace), is the sect’s state headquarters. Imam Janud said the sect’s concentration on “building bridges” and living in peace and harmony with the Australian community conformed with true Islamic faith. Continued Page 7
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