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Australia PM expanding role in fight against ISIS

SHAFAQNA- Australia’s prime minister warned on Thursday against Islamic State (IS) movement.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said Australian laws will soon be amended to give Australian F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet pilots the same legal standing as their coalition partners when conducting airstrikes against IS targets in Iraq and Syria.

The Australian legal definition of combatants will be expanded to include people supporting armed fighters and will become consistent with international norms.

Turnbull, who is resisting pressure from lawmakers to ban Muslim immigration and relax hate speech prohibitions, described the IS group as the most pressing national security threat that Australians face.

But he also warned there had been an increase in far-right extremism directed against Muslims in Australia. The latest alleged militant plot disrupted by police led to the arrest of an anti-immigration campaigner who was charged last month with preparing a terrorist attack in the city of Melbourne.

Division begets division. It makes violence more likely, not less
AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER MALCOLM TURNBULL

“We cannot be effective if we are creating division, whether by fomenting distrust within the Muslim community or inciting fear of Muslims in broader society,” Turnbull told Parliament. “Division begets division. It makes violence more likely, not less.”

  Source: SCMP

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