Christian pair guilty of racial hatred
Posted on December 18th, 2004 by Anthony K. Valley
Catch the Fire Ministries pastors Daniel Nalliah and Daniel Scot were found guilty of religious vilification. A first for the new race and religion hate laws.
An evangelical Christian group incited hatred and severe ridicule of Muslims when it called them demons, liars and terrorists, a tribunal ruled yesterday.
In the landmark ruling, Catch the Fire Ministries pastors Daniel Nalliah and Daniel Scot were found guilty of religious vilification, making them the first under Victoria’s new race and religion hate laws.
Pastor Scot told a congregation in a 2002 seminar that Muslims were training to take over Australia and encouraged domestic violence, and that Islam was an inherently violent religion.
Shortly after, the Islamic Council of Victoria filed legal action against Catch the Fire Ministries and the two pastors.
Yesterday in the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, Judge Michael Higgins found that throughout the seminar Pastor Scot had made fun of Muslim beliefs and conduct.
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p(small). Source: The Courier-Mail © 2004 Queensland Newspapers
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