Spare us the empty platitudes - it is time to take action, says Josh Howie

And you know exactly why this has happened and how it has been allowed to happen. You know why two men could calmly load their guns, aim them at children eating doughnuts, reload, and do the same again and again for 20 minutes.

You know where the hatred comes from, and the justification to try to kill as many Jews as possible.

You know about an ideology used by many of its followers to teach that Jews are evil. You know about imported Middle Eastern cultures that do the same that consider Jews less than human.

You know about a media that spreads lies about Jews, joined by NGOs, universities, far-left bigots, useful idiots and clueless celebrities. About so-called “anti-Zionists” who are really just anti-Semites pretending they are not racist.

You know about institutions meant to protect our rights, doing the opposite. And a political class that buries its head in the sand when it’s not actively rewarding terrorism to appease marginal voters.

All of this is why Australian Jews knew today was coming. Just as, a few months ago, British Jews knew two Jews would be murdered. And why it is likely to happen again until real action is taken.

But what action? Why don’t we start with the Charity Commission doing its job?

As the pictures, names and stories of the victims slowly emerge, giving the abstract a terrible reality, our grieving can truly begin.

There are two names in particular I want to mention: Ahmed Al Ahmed and Naveed Akram. Both men appear to be Muslim. Both lived in Sydney.

And yet one is a hero, a man who risked his own life, even after being shot repeatedly, to disarm and stop the evil of the other.

One man was inspired to become the best of humanity. The other, the worst.

I am willing to bet that the mosque Ahmed Al Ahmed attends is not broadcasting hatred against Jews.

Meanwhile, there are hours of footage proudly put out by mosques in the UK preaching Jew-hate — and when reported to the Charity Commission, little more than a slap on the wrist follows.

So please, spare us the empty platitudes, politicians.

If you want to act, start by removing the charitable status of institutions that preach hatred.

I am not calling for them to be shut down, but if any religion wants to preach hate, it should not be enabled or rewarded by the state.

And if followers of Islam, or any faith, go on to threaten or enact violence, then the police must enforce the law.

Because while we are tolerant in the West, the price of that tolerance must be tolerance for all.

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