Yet another issue involving Islam.

 

By Matt Siegel

 

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Dozens of hostages were trapped inside a central Sydney cafe on Monday, with local television showing some being forced to hold up a black flag with white Arabic writing in the window, raising fears of an attack linked to Islamic militants.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott, who has warned of militant plans to attack Australian targets, said he was convening a meeting of the cabinet's national security committee for a briefing on the hostage situation at the Lindt Cafe in the country's commercial capital.

Prime Minister Speaking: http://news.yahoo.com/video/abc-news-plus-special-report-220000361.html

News Report 1: http://news.yahoo.com/hostages-held-sydney-cafe-islamic-flag-seen-window-004215441.html

News Report 2: http://news.yahoo.com/major-police-operation-unfolding-sydney-235744145.html

Edited December 15, 201411 yr by CriminalKillaz

NOT THE CHOCOLATE!!!!!

Islam never seems to stop giving, huh.

 

Was about to make a thread about this, very interesting. It seems to be connected to an arrest of someone involved in terrorism earlier in the day.

Horrible, those people need to be eradicated or brought to justice, there is no point in holding someone hostage.

NOT THE CHOCOLATE!!!!!

LMAO!

 

Sorry, don't mean to go off topic but the fact that you're entire profile screams USSR and it's followed by a Canadian flag, hilarious dude.

LMAO!

 

Sorry, don't mean to go off topic but the fact that you're entire profile screams USSR and it's followed by a Canadian flag, hilarious dude.

 

Ohhhh CANADA i mean... Must crush capitalism i mean WAHT i love my free stuff i get in Canada i mean.. All hail the USSR no i mean... im lost

 

but seriously not the chocolate ;_;

Edited December 15, 201411 yr by Takao

Live Coverage:  http://www.abc.net.au/news/abcnews24/

Live Coverage:  http://www.abc.net.au/news/abcnews24/

 

This is the one I'm watching on TV

 

http://www.9news.com.au/National/2014/12/15/10/00/Major-police-operation-in-Sydneys-Martin-Place

I hope the hostages are released, and the suspect is taken into custody, or shot dead.

 

Cheers.

I hope the TRG plants one straight into the guys head. 

I haven't seen the full report from the time it happened as i woke up about 2 hours after it started occurring. However from what i have seen i don't think this guy is a terrorist, if he is then he is an amateur or wannabe.. out of all my years seeing all these terrorist threats i have never seen one conduct a hostage situation. plus he has already let 5 people go.. if he was a terrorist then he would've killed or kept the 5 hostages. 

 

A terrorist doesn't care about people, only themselves.. so why care so much about those 5 people that he spares their life? something just doesn't add up.

I haven't seen the full report from the time it happened as i woke up about 2 hours after it started occurring. However from what i have seen i don't think this guy is a terrorist, if he is then he is an amateur or wannabe.. out of all my years seeing all these terrorist threats i have never seen one conduct a hostage situation. plus he has already let 5 people go.. if he was a terrorist then he would've killed or kept the 5 hostages. 

 

A terrorist doesn't care about people, only themselves.. so why care so much about those 5 people that he spares their life? something just doesn't add up.

 

Maybe they escaped while the perp wasn't looking. How do you know he let them go?

There's a hostage situation in Belgium right now, involving four armed men, and a terrorist attack was in Russia last week with 18 people dead, police report links to ISIL as well. 

16 hours in, the gunman has been named as Haron Monis. Monis is a self-styled preacher of Islamic State who was released on bail at the time he took hostages. The weapon he is using has been identified as a sawn-off shotgun and 15 people are being held hostage.

 

http://www.news.com.au/national/martin-place-cafe-siege-sheik-man-haron-monis-is-holding-several-people-hostage/story-fncynjr2-1227156241649

Islam never seems to stop giving, huh.

Please don't mix Islam and extremists.

 

Islam is a religion, like christianity, catholic, judaism.

 

Extremists are twisting religions to fit their vision of the world. There are extremists in other religions too (like the crusades for the christianity).

 

It's easy to mix both and accusate a whole religion and people for the acts of just a few crazy dudes. And I'm saying that while being atheist.

Please don't mix Islam and extremists.

 

Islam is a religion, like christianity, catholic, judaism.

 

Extremists are twisting religions to fit their vision of the world. There are extremists in other religions too (like the crusades for the christianity).

 

It's easy to mix both and accusate a whole religion and people for the acts of just a few crazy dudes. And I'm saying that while being atheist.

 

It really becomes hard to not mix the two when you've read the Quran.

It really becomes hard to not mix the two when you've read the Quran.

 

I agree that the interpretation of the Quran (or Koran depending on how people spell it) by the muslims is slightly twisted, but you know, the same goes for other holy books. Like, the Bible states a lot of different things than the actual religion tells people to do. Or the Church tells people to do stuff that never has been stated in the Bible.

 

That's the problem with religions, everyone is free to interpret them the way they want.

Edited December 15, 201411 yr by Hystery

Shots fired, police storming the café.

 

EDIT: The scene seems clear, they're letting ambulances approach.

 

EDIT: At the livestream it looked like there is CPR going on.

Edited December 15, 201411 yr by Crickethill

5 more hostages have escaped and a man in white has been arrested. Looks like it's drawing to an end. 

Definitely CPR going on.