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Howard to meet with Muslim leaders
Prime Minister John Howard will host a meeting of Australia's senior Muslims to discuss ways of dealing with those who encourage violence.
Mr Howard is this week expected to write to the Australian Federation of Islamic Councils (AFIC) and other senior Muslims, inviting them to a summit on the issue.
The move comes after the London bombings and after concerns were raised about a Melbourne cleric, who says he would be betraying his faith if he advised his students not to attend terrorist training camps.
Mr Howard says the meeting will be held before a summit of state and territory leaders on Australia's response to the London bombings.
He says he plans to assure the Muslim leaders they should not feel their whole community is under attack.
Mr Howard has told the ABC TV's Insiders program the Islamic community has an important role in protecting Australia.
"They do have responsibilities and we have to guard against this country going down the path of other societies where you have closed cells, where you have people who are the product of being able to operate with a degree of immunity within their own communities, and that really is something that we have to bust open," he said.
Federal Opposition Leader Kim Beazley says the meeting is a positive step but it is not the only issue that needs attention.
"What's going on at the moment now is that many practical areas are simply being neglected and leadership is not being taken by the Prime Minister, leadership is not being taken in ensuring that we have as many practical defences in our community as we can," he said.
