Should Australians lose citizenship if they join a terrorist group overseas? Australians citizens across the country have been surveyed. They were asked: should you lose your citizenship if you were to join a foreign terrorist organisation? Overwhelmingly the answer was YES! The statistics show that Australians side with me.
The results were a resounding 89% said yes, while only 11% said no. In my own opinion, I do believe that you should lose your citizenship if you join a terrorist organisation in a foreign country. My three main reasons for this belief include Terrorists don't fit in Australia, Organisations that are set up for evil have no place in Australia, and Citizenships is a privilege, not a right.
Terrorism is an act of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, a political purpose. Did you know that higher than 20 percent of Australians are Islamophobic? Islamophobic is the state of you being terrified or have a strong dislike towards Muslims, or Islam’s as a political force. On exactly the 15th to the 16th of December 2014 a lone terrorist suspect named Man Haron Monis attacked the Lindt café at Martin Place in Sydney.
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This was an act of terrorism. How would you feel if this was you, or your kids and family? Is this really how you want our generation and more of the future generation to be like? How is it fair that an Australian citizen can still keep their citizenship after joining a group of people that kill innocent civilians?
In support of my argument on terrorist I will be referring to the terrorism groups Al-Qaeda and its off shoot Isis. These terrorism groups are broad base rogue militant army’s fuelled by hatred and violence on the western
Nevertheless, upon return to civilian life, many found they were treated with the same or harsher prejudice and discrimination as before. Fighting in another country in a war that does not affect them and completely against their culture and moral beliefs. It seems that the effects and the Aboriginal contribution of WW1 had a negative effect when they came back home and this was still evident at the start of WW2. When the war began in 1914, many Indigenous Australians tried to enlist but were rejected on the fact of their colour and race, but some simply snuck through. By October 1917, when recruits were rare and one conscription referendum had already failed, restrictions were eased back. A new Military Order stated: "Half-castes may be enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force provided that the examining Medical Officers are satisfied that one of the parents is of European origin." (Peter Londey, 2013). The repression of Indigenous Australians increased between the wars and protection acts gave government officials greater authority over Indigenous Australians. Australian Aboriginals had a positive contribution in World War One but this in turn had a negative effect on their culture and the way they were
When we think of terrorist, we might think of radical Islamic individuals or groups who would take pride in killing anyone who is not Muslim. Even more, there are antagonistically people who want nothing more but to destroy the lives of innocence people because of their belief system. Take an individual like Theodore Kaczynski for instance; he was a former University of California at Berkeley math professor. Otherwise known as the “Unabomber,” he was indeed a terrorist because he used explosives that killed three people and wounded eighteen others in a span of almost two decades. Even more, his brother David Kaczynski was responsible for his capture.
The National Multicultural Advisory Council, chair Neville Roach is a firm believer in continued immigration: “Australia is a multicultural society, he said. Our cultural diversity has been a strength and an asset in our development as a nation.”
There is a high degree of complexity in this question. Should Australia, as a mature nation, be taking part in moral issues around the world even though they are not happening on our doorstep? Do we ignore the deaths in Bosnia, the starving millions in Biafra and Ethiopia, the worldwide environmental issues raised by Greenpeace? What is the purpose of developing alliances, both economic and military, with other countries? At stake, in all of these issues, is our desire for a better world to live in.
Many of the alleged Nazi war criminals that were captured had attempted to evade prosecution shortly before the end of the war. Some opted for suicide, rather than risk capture while others used the Austrian and German Underground offers of fake passports and other means of forged identification to assume a new identity . A choice opted for by many, that virtually guaranteed them a new life with remote chance of detection was to travel to the Anglo-American countries after immigration quotas were raised. Over 4000 Nazi criminals sought refuge in Australia . Many lied about their history to gain entry into their new home and proceeded to blend in, unnoticed by our government. They were no longer Nazi criminals but new citizens with a hidden past. Lists of suspected criminals were compiled and alleged perpetrators systematically captured and put to trial.
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Al-Kateb (the appellant) was born and lived in Kuwait but is not eligible for Kuwaiti citizenship. He arrived in Australia in 2000 without a passport or visa and was taken into detention as an unlawful non citizen under s 196 of the Migration Act. In 2002, after being refused a visa, Al Kateb requested to leave Australia, however, his stateless status meant that Australia could not find a country to take him.
The Irish Republican Army during the 1970’s were responsible for various bombings in England; that lead to the creation of the Prevention of Terrorism Act in 1974. The Prevention of Terrorism Act made “membership of and support for the IRA an offense” (p.47). It also gave the British government the power to arrest and restrict citizens and detain them for forty-eight hours- five days by extension even with sufficient evidence. This lead to the arrest of Paul Hill, Gerard Conlon Patrick Armstrong and Carole Richardson. Unlike the Norfolk four, these individuals were subjected to harsher treatments due to the nature of the crime and recent passing of the terrorist bill. For example, while the Norfolk four weren’t physically harmed, the Guildford
The freedom of people will reduce. Islamic State is a controversial subject, yet it does not mean that all the people who travel to terrorist hotspots such as Syria or Iraq, have the intention of joint terrorist groups. However, even if criminalizing travels to certain regions has a negative impact on people’s freedom; it is meaningful to the Canadian politics because this legislation will ensure the national security of the country and reduce numbers of Canadian citizens that travel to the Islamic State in order to join terrorist
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