ROOT CAUSES REVEALED

In addition to revealing that every mosque in Australia harbours potential plotters, Sheikh Mohammed Omran also reveals their motivation:

TONY JONES: Tell me this, if there is enough anger out there to bring some young men to the brink of making terrorist attacks in Australia, what do you think it is that could possibly motivate them?

SHEIKH MOHAMMED OMRAN: Nothing more than the injustice. And this is the worst sickness could come to any society and destroy it.

TONY JONES: What sort of injustice are you talking about specifically that could motivate someone in this country to do something so extreme?

SHEIKH MOHAMMED OMRAN: All type, all type of -

TONY JONES: Are you talking about a sense of international injustice about, for example, what is happening in Iraq and Australia's involvement there?

SHEIKH MOHAMMED OMRAN: No, no, no. First and foremost, we are talking about social injustice and not equal opportunities for everyone. As long as we are all Australians we should be equal in the eyes of the law, in the eyes of the Government. And this is what we are talking about. This is the main thing we are talking about.

TONY JONES: But, are you suggesting that a perceived lack of equal opportunities, or indeed discrimination, could actually motivate people in this country to terrorism?

SHEIKH MOHAMMED OMRAN: Yes, they would. It doesn't have to be, of course, don't misunderstand me. I'm not here talking about Muslims or non-Muslims, it is for everyone. As you saw that in so many different countries and previous communist countries, the uprising there because of these things. And some of the Middle East countries, the same thing happening, and so many - I don't want to go to the name of the countries and the name of - but I believe, as a man with a long experience in life, that the main trigger could trigger anyone to do unbelievable act, is to feel that he is under so much pressure without any just, without anyone to listen to them, without him expressing himself and saying what he's feeling about what's happening.

TONY JONES: It's an extraordinarily harsh response to something that many people in this country have felt throughout its history - let's put it that way. From the days of its inception as a convict colony. So, it's an astonishing thing to hear you say that.

SHEIKH MOHAMMED OMRAN: Well, this is a fact and if you go back through history you'll find that every nation being destroyed, it was destroyed within itself because of the main elements was the unjust system they worked with.

TONY JONES: Alright, let me ask you one last question because we're nearly out of time. I mean, the Government maintains that if people do have these motivations in Australia,it's nothing to do with the war in Iraq. It sounds like you agree with them.

SHEIKH MOHAMMED OMRAN: Yes, I agree with them, yes.

Here we have it, from a man who should know, that it's a perception of injustice, not Australia's involvement in Iraq, that's causing the hate and discontent within the Muslim community. I'll bet Tony Jones isn't the only lefty who doesn't want to believe his ears.