Australian judge says Muslims should denounce certain 'hostile verses' of Quran for 'inciting violence'
An Australian judge, who sentenced the 'Jihadi Bonnie and Clyde', terrorists, on Thursday called on all Muslims in the country to publicly disavow certain 'violent' verses of the Quran that have inspired acts of terrorism, according to reports. The judge made the comments while sentencing the husband and wife duo Sameh Bayda and Alo-Bridget Namoa, who were jailed for planning a terrorist attack in Sydney on New Year's Eve.
The judge, Justice Desmond Fagan, while addressing the New South Wales Supreme Court on Thursday said that hostile verses in the Quran that support "intolerance, violence, and domination" need to be denounced by the Islam community. He added that if they aren't denounced, the verses will "embolden terrorists to think they are in common cause with all believers."
"The incitements to violence which terrorists quote from the Quran cannot just be ignored by the many believers who desire harmonious coexistence. Those verses are not ignored by terrorists," Fagan said, the Daily Mail reported.