Dhimminitude alert from Australia:
A state tribunal in Australia yesterday found two evangelical Christian pastors who conducted a church seminar on Islam guilty of inciting hatred against Muslims.
Judge Michael Higgins, on the other hand, was found guilty of introducing his head into muslim's a*#&%.
Daniel Nalliah and Daniel Scot of Catch the Fire Ministries were tried under Victoria's new race and religion hate laws after the the Islamic Council of Victoria filed legal action, charging Scot called Muslims demons, liars and terrorists Transcripts of the seminar in Melbourne show Scot, born in Pakistan, was quoting verses from the Quran to make his points, but three Australian converts to Islam who attended part of the seminar brought their notes to the Islamic Council. The decision [pdf file] came as 100 supporters and members of Catch the Fire Ministries sang Christian songs outside the tribunal. The Islamic Council's complaint also said Scot told the congregation Muslims were training to take over Australia and Islam was an inherently violent religion. In the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal yesterday, Judge Michael Higgins found that throughout the seminar Scot had made fun of Muslim beliefs and conduct.
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"It was done, not in the context of a serious discussion of Muslims' religious beliefs," the judge said, according to The Australian "It was presented in a way which is essentially hostile, demeaning and derogatory of all Muslim people, their god, Allah, the prophet Muhammad and in general Muslim religious beliefs and practices," he said. The judge also found a website article and newsletter published by Catch the Fire Ministries to be breaches of the religious vilification legislation. Higgins will hear submissions from lawyers in January to decide on fines. There is no limitation on the amount of fines, The Australian said.
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