Hardline Clerics Urging Muslims to Evade Taxes in Australia

Hardline Clerics Urging Muslims to Evade Taxes in Australia

www.dailytimes.com.pk

Australia said on Wednesday that it had asked the country’s tax office to investigate reports that hardline Islamic clerics were urging Muslims not to pay taxes on the grounds that it was contrary to Islamic law.

Islamic leaders had told Australian media that some hardline imams, opposed to western ideologies including the Australian way of life, were urging followers to be tax cheats.

In a statement received on Wednesday, Australia’s Assistant Tax Treasurer Peter Dutton confirmed that he had written to the Australian Tax Commissioner asking him to investigate the reports, adding: “The vast majority of hard-working Australians won’t tolerate that attitude and expect that all income earners pay their fair share of tax, no matter what their background.”

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I doubt this is an act of treason however I wish it was, these fanatics should be taught that Sharia law will not work in the free world.

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Shots,
I do agree with your statment. But I am wondering a bit more how the Australian criminal system works with regarts to taxes. If it is a combonation of back taxes, fines, intrist, and jail, they may find not paying to be quite costly.

Originally posted by RedGolem
Shots,
But I am wondering a bit more how the Australian criminal system works with regarts to taxes.

I have no idea how their legal system works but would assume it is similar to that in the US with some exceptions of course.

Perhaps one of our ATS members who lives there may be able to address your question.

I do know that it is against their religion to charge or earn interest on money. When they deposit money in a bank, the true believers ask for a non-interest bearing account.

With bank accounts, we ask that the interest either be negated or donated to a charity.

Taxes do not count as interest, so OP, you will have to show me what this has to do with Sharia.

Originally posted by DJMessiah


Taxes do not count as interest, so OP, you will have to show me what this has to do with Sharia.

The writer of the story mentioned it. Had you read the source article you would have seen it.

Although under Sharia law Muslims do not pay taxes but instead pay alms to charities, Islamic scholars generally call on followers in non-Muslim countries to abide by civil laws, although more radical elements reject that approach in favour of a more “pure” Islamic lifestyle.


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Any person who lives in Australia will pay taxes regardless of their faith or otherwise.

We have a GST so, just to keep it simple there is no way that anyone can avoid this.

So every time one purchases food, fuel or whatever they pay tax at the 'point of sale'.
You can't cheat that. It's embedded.

An article i found.

Muslim leaders warn of tax cheats

Mr Rahman said he had heard Friday sermons delivered by hardline clerics in Sydney which highlighted the importance of cheating the tax system.

"I mean, just like how you've got clerics (with) extreme views who are telling the Muslims in the western world to declare war against the very country that they live in and the very country that is paying for their day to day life, you'll find that these are the clerics that are telling them to dodge the tax system," Mr Rahman told News Limited.

The youth leader and president of the Independent Centre for Research Australia said tax itself was not allowed in Islam. smh.com.au