Not unrelated: Muslim leaders to boycott Scott Morrison’s terrorism roundtable.

Muslim leaders, including the Grand Mufti, will shun a round table meeting with Scott Morrison this week following his comments calling on them to do more to stop terrorism in Australia.

Grand Mufti Ibrahim Abu Mohamed joined the leaders of state and federal Islamic groups today to release a statement declaring they will boycott the proposed government round table this week to discuss extremism.

The statement comes after three men in Melbourne were charged with terrorism offences with police alleging they planned to shoot at crowds, and a fortnight after the Bourke Street terrorist attack.

community including the undersigned are deeply concerned and disappointed with statements made by senior Government ministers and the Prime Minister in the recent past which infer that the community is collectively culpable for the criminal actions of individuals,” the joint statement reads.

“These statements have achieved nothing to address underlying issues, but rather, have alienated large segments of the Muslim community.”

Just what are those underlying issues that have alienated large segments of the Muslim community? That is what such meetings are designed to work through.