{"id":16346,"date":"2013-02-12T01:08:35","date_gmt":"2013-02-12T06:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=16346"},"modified":"2013-02-12T01:08:35","modified_gmt":"2013-02-12T06:08:35","slug":"sri-lanka-born-pastor-daniel-nalliah-launches-rise-up-australia-anti-multicultural-party-to-keep-australia-for-australians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=16346","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka born Pastor Daniel Nalliah Launches “Rise up Australia” anti-Multicultural Party to “Keep Australia for Australians”"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Sri Lankan migrant has launched a political party in Australia that runs on an anti-multiculturalism platform<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Rise Up Australia already boasts about 1,500 members and plans to run 65 candidates in the upcoming federal election.<\/p>\n

“Rise Up Australia Party, which is committed to keeping Australia for Australians, is utterly and completely opposed to multiculturalism,” says Rise Up Australia\u2019s founder Daniel Nalliah.<\/em><\/p>\n

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The Sri Lankan-born pastor draws on his own migrant past in defence of assimilation.<\/p>\n

That message has the backing of international figures.<\/p>\n

“If you come here, then follow Pastor Danny\u2019s example and enjoy it and celebrate it and do not seek to destroy it,” said Christopher Monckton from the UK Independence Party.<\/p>\n

The leader of the new party has come under fire in the past for anti-Islamic comments, but he wasn\u2019t backing away from making controversial statements again on Monday.<\/p>\n

If elected, Rise Up wants to restrict the number of Muslims calling Australia \u2018home\u2019.<\/p>\n

The party has 1,500 supporters across the country, and is putting forward 52 candidates in the Lower House and a dozen in the Senate in the upcoming federal election.<\/p>\n

“If we\u2019re not careful, we\u2019re going to lose this country,” said a supporter. “I don\u2019t want to see Sharia Law in Australia,” said another.<\/p>\n

But Iqbal Patel from Muslims Australia says that\u2019s far from happening.<\/p>\n

“Nobody wants to impose Sharia law in Australia, I mean, far from it. That\u2019s the last thing that anybody wants to do”.<\/p>\n

The Vice-President of the Muslim association insists it\u2019s a free country, and supporters of Rise Up can vote as they chose.<\/p>\n

“If they want to try and get any mileage on the backs of Muslims, and blame Muslims for all the ills of Australia, then I think that itself is very short-sighted of them,” he said.<\/p>\n

But he says it\u2019s sad that someone would exploit Islam for political gain.<\/p>\n

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A Sri Lankan migrant has launched a political party in Australia that runs on an anti-multiculturalism platform. Rise Up Australia already boasts about 1,500 members and plans to run 65 candidates in the upcoming federal election. “Rise Up Australia Party, which is committed to keeping Australia for Australians, is utterly and completely opposed to multiculturalism,” …<\/p>\n

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