{"id":2521421,"date":"2025-12-15T15:20:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T20:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/australia-doesnt-have-a-gun-problem-it-has-an-islamist-problem\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T15:22:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T20:22:17","slug":"australia-doesnt-have-a-gun-problem-it-has-an-islamist-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/australia-doesnt-have-a-gun-problem-it-has-an-islamist-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia Doesn&#8217;t Have A Gun Problem, It Has An Islamist Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Faustralia-doesnt-have-a-gun-problem-it-has-an-islamist-problem%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2521421&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>the article discusses a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-u-s-special-forces-vets-secretly-rescued-hundreds-of-afghan-allies-left-for-dead-amid-biden-withdrawal\/\" title=\"Report: U.S. Special Forces Vets \u2018Secretly Rescued\u2019 Hundreds Of Afghan Allies \u2018Left For Dead\u2019 Amid Biden Withdrawal\">deadly terrorist attack<\/a> at a Hanukkah celebration on Bondi Beach in Australia, where two <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >suspected islamic extremists killed<\/a> at least 15 people. One suspect, Sajid Akram, immigrated to Australia in 1998, and his son, Naveed Akram, was born in Australia. Despite prior investigations, authorities had found no ongoing threat from the son. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese described the attackers&#8217; antisemitic ideology as an extreme distortion of Islam but did not officially confirm the motive. The article argues that the root cause of the attack is radical Islamic extremism fueled by mass migration, not gun laws. It criticizes proposals for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obama-calls-for-commonsense-gun-safety-laws-after-atlanta-shootings\/\" title=\"Obama Calls For \u2018Commonsense Gun Safety Laws\u2019 After Atlanta Shootings\">stricter gun control<\/a>, highlighting that explosives and other weapons were involved, showing that the choice of weapon is secondary to the violent intent. The piece references similar Islamist extremist incidents globally, including in the US and Europe, and warns that failing to address radical Islamist ideology while focusing solely on gun restrictions risks more attacks. Australia already has some of the world&#8217;s strictest gun laws; thus, the article asserts that the focus should be on confronting Islamist extremism rather than limiting lawful citizens&#8217; rights.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RealDonKeith\/status\/2000185329782063388?s=20\">  Don Keith\/ X <\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/12\/15\/australia-doesnt-have-a-gun-problem-it-has-an-islamist-problem\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Australia%20Doesn%E2%80%99t%20Have%20A%20Gun%20Problem,%20It%20Has%20An%20Islamist%20Problem&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/12\/15\/australia-doesnt-have-a-gun-problem-it-has-an-islamist-problem\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=Australia%20Doesn%E2%80%99t%20Have%20A%20Gun%20Problem,%20It%20Has%20An%20Islamist%20Problem&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/12\/15\/australia-doesnt-have-a-gun-problem-it-has-an-islamist-problem\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\" https:><\/path><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/12\/15\/australia-doesnt-have-a-gun-problem-it-has-an-islamist-problem\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Australia%20Doesn%E2%80%99t%20Have%20A%20Gun%20Problem,%20It%20Has%20An%20Islamist%20Problem&amp;body=%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/12\/15\/australia-doesnt-have-a-gun-problem-it-has-an-islamist-problem\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>At least 15 people were murdered at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach in Australia on Sunday after two alleged Islamic terrorists opened fire.<\/p>\n<p>One of the suspects, Sajid Akram, moved to Australia in 1998 on a student visa before becoming a permanent resident, while his son, Naveed Akram, was born in Australia, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/what-we-know-about-suspected-shooters-in-bondi-beach-attack-13483604\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sky News<\/a>. Authorities previously investigated the son &ldquo;on the basis of being associated with&rdquo; alleged terrorists, but authorities ultimately determined &ldquo;there was no indication of any ongoing threat or threat of him engaging in violence,&rdquo; according to the report.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1366290923\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Prime Minister Anthony Albanese carefully <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pm.gov.au\/media\/television-interview-abc-730-14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">stated<\/a> in an interview that the attackers&rsquo; antisemitic &ldquo;ideology&rdquo; was an &ldquo;extreme perversion of Islam,&rdquo; but authorities <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2025\/12\/15\/world\/bondi-beach-shooting-australia\/heres-the-latest?smid=url-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">haven&rsquo;t released<\/a> any official statement describing the motive. Even so, the truth is obvious: The terrorist attack resulted from a failure to confront the radical Islamic extremism that is inundating the West and was enabled by mass migration.<\/p>\n<p>Yet within hours of the attack, Prime Minister Albanese <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheInsiderPaper\/status\/2000404595550675155?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">proposed<\/a> &ldquo;tougher gun laws&rdquo; and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/2000529088046625122?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">warned<\/a> about &ldquo;right<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psychologist-leaves-california-as-license-threatened-after-questioning-transgenderism-for-children\/\" title=\"Psychologist Leaves California as License ...ened After Questioning Transgenderism for Children\">-wing extremist groups<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>University of Michigan economics professor Justin Wolfers, parroting a common left-wing talking point, said on X: &ldquo;Just want to share with my American friends how the Australians respond to a shooting tragedy. Action, rather than thoughts and prayers.&rdquo; But no draconian gun law would have stopped what authorities later discovered.<\/p>\n<p>Police said they found &ldquo;a range of IEDs&rdquo; and &ldquo;explosive devices&rdquo; in a car purportedly belonging to the suspects, adding that the suspects planned to use the explosives to inflict &ldquo;further damage,&rdquo; according to Sky News. In other words, even if firearms had been unavailable, mass casualties were still the objective. The method may be interchangeable, but the intent was not. <\/p>\n<p>The circumstances are hardly unique. Earlier this year a suspected radical Islamist allegedly <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/06\/03\/media-that-obsessed-over-elon-musks-bogus-hitler-salute-scandal-breeze-past-antisemitic-violence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">used<\/a> Molotov cocktails to light Jewish demonstrators on fire in Boulder, Colorado.<\/p>\n<p>Last year an Afghan national was arrested for allegedly <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/10\/10\/afghan-who-plotted-election-day-massacre-worked-for-the-cia-report\/\">plotting<\/a> an Election Day terrorist attack on behalf of ISIS, and just recently a different Afghan national <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/12\/01\/claims-afghans-were-vetted-contradict-federal-investigations-and-common-sense\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">allegedly shot and killed<\/a> one National Guardsman and critically injured a second after being imported here by the Biden administration. <\/p>\n<p>In Europe Paris canceled its iconic Champs-&Eacute;lys&eacute;es open-air concert on New Year&rsquo;s Eve after authorities cited &ldquo;unpredictable crowd movements,&rdquo; though, as the New York Post <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/13\/world-news\/partys-over-in-paris-city-cancel-open-air-concert-at-the-champs-elysees-due-to-security-threats\/\">reported<\/a>, &ldquo;critics loudly blamed France&rsquo;s open-door immigration policies.&rdquo; France&rsquo;s interior minister sent a letter to state officials warning of a &ldquo;very high terror threat&rdquo; at open-air Christmas markets from groups like ISIS and al-Qaeda, according to the Post. At least six terrorist plots &ldquo;have been thwarted to date in 2025 in France,&rdquo; according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>In all cases, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-trumps-win-has-the-ladies-of-the-view-screaming-at-each-other-3-days-later\/\" title=\"Watch: Trump&#039;s Win Has the Ladies of &#039;The View&#039; Screaming at Each Other 3 Days Later\">problem wasn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t the weapon &mdash; because the weapons changed &mdash; it was radical Islamists. But that&rsquo;s the truth that Australia&rsquo;s leaders and leftists refuse to acknowledge.<\/p>\n<p>Australia already has some of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/12\/14\/australia\/australia-bondi-shooting-gun-laws-hnk-intl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">strictest gun laws<\/a> in the world. Pretending this attack was the result of loose gun regulations rather than a failure to address the importation and radicalization of violent Islamist extremists is not only dishonest, it&rsquo;s dangerous.<\/p>\n<p>If the lesson learned from this massacre is to further restrict the rights of lawful citizens while ignoring the ideological threat that motivated it, Australia won&rsquo;t have fewer attacks &mdash; it will have more.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Brianna Lyman is an elections correspondent at The Federalist. Brianna graduated from Fordham University with a degree in International Political Economy. Her work has been featured on Newsmax, Fox News, Fox Business and RealClearPolitics. 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