Sydney cleric being sued for alleged antisemitism says case is an existential battle ‘between Islam and unbelievers’

Executive Council of Australian Jewry alleges Wissam Haddad breached section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act during lectures in which he quoted from the Qur’anGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA Sydney Islamic cleric being sued in the federal court for alleged racial discrimination of Jewish people has described his case as an existential battle “between Islam and unbelievers”.Wissam Haddad, also known as Abu Ousayd, is being sued by Australia’s peak Jewish body over a series of lectures he gave in November 2023, in which he is alleged to have maligned Jewish people as “vile”, “treacherous” and cowardly.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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