A prominent Islamic scholar has defended Scott Morrison after the Prime Minister was criticised for saying the Bourke Street attacker was a 'radical, extremist terrorist'.
Mohammad Tawhidi, also known as the Imam of Peace, came to the defence of the Prime Minister while speaking to 2GB's Ben Fordham on Monday.
Mr Morrison was slammed last week for saying Hassan Khalif Shire Ali was a 'radical, extremist terrorist' and suggesting mental health was to blame was a 'lame excuse'.
But Mr Tawhidi said Mr Morrison was '1000 per cent' correct and had nothing to apologise for.
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Islamic scholar Mohammad Tawhidi (pictured), also known as the Imam of Peace, came to the the defence of the PM when he spoke to 2GB's Ben Fordham on Monday
'I think the Prime Minister did the right thing,' Mr Tawhidi told Mr Fordham.
'He defined the problem, it is radical, Islamist, extremist, violent Islam.
'He has nothing to apologise for. I think he was very brave for doing that and he was 1000 per cent right.'
On Friday, 30-year-old Shire Ali was shot dead by police on Bourke Street after he tried to blow up his ute, stabbed three men, and then lunged at officers with a knife.
Following the terrorising ordeal, the PM - a devout Christian - said he was all for religious freedoms but added, he had to be the first person to call out extremism.
He also said no religion was immune to extremism, which takes many forms around the world, The Australian reported.
'We would be kidding ourselves if we did not call out the fact that the greatest threat of religious extremism in this country is the radical and dangerous ideology of extremist Islam,' Mr Morrison said.
Scott Morrison (pictured) was slammed last week for saying Hassan Khalif Shire Ali was a 'radical, extremist terrorist' and suggesting mental health was to blame was a 'lame excuse'
Following the PM's comments, Labor MP Anne Aly - the first Muslim woman elected to the Federal Parliament - hit back at Mr Morrision.
'I think the Prime Minister needs to do a little terrorism 101 before he starts talking in short phrases and catch phrases and know what he is talking about before he starts dividing communities and pointing fingers at radical Islam.'
On Friday, 30-year-old Shire Ali (centre) was shot dead by police on Bourke Street after he tried to blow up his ute, stabbed three men, and then lunged at officers with a knife
Speaking to Sky News, Ms Aly said violent Jihadism is a predominant aspect of religious terror but the biggest threat in Australia in terms of violence is domestic violence.
When Mr Fordham brought up the issue of Ms Aly's comments, Mr Tawhidi agreed with the radio host, who said: 'Surely, we can address both of these issues.'
Mr Tawhidi said: 'Yes, you definitely can. Both are wrong and both are bad for society, but she (Ms Aly) can't basically justify this because of that.
'When it comes to domestic violence, it's one individual or a group of individuals having a go at other individuals.
'But when it comes to terrorism, you have one terrorist that can take out tens of people - you can't compare. In fact, one terrorist is too much.'
Mr Tawhidi said to 'try and downplay' the Bourke Street attack by shifting the argument from actual active extremists to domestic violence was very irresponsible.
'What she (Ms Aly) said was not in the interest of Australia, of our Federal police, and certainly will not be well received by victims of terrorism.'
Mr Tawhidi said when it comes to these kind of issues, people need to define exactly what is going on so that it can lead the way to resolving the problem.
'If we all agree it's mental illness, then people will just say it's mental illness, but when do say it's violent, extremist Islam then we start working in that path to try and fix the problem within society,' he said.
Mr Tawhidi (pictured) said when it comes to these kind of issues, people need to define exactly what is going on so that it can lead the way to resolving the problem
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