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Politics : WAR on Terror. Will it engulf the Entire Middle East? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (9066)	6/22/2005 7:16:03 AM
From: lorne	Respond to of 32591

Seems to be acceptable for moslums to preach hate or at least I have never heard of any moslum being charged for speaking against other religions. Guess freedom of speech does not apply equally to everyone.? Pastor prefers jail over apology By Mariza Fiamengo 22jun05 heraldsun.news.com.au A CHRISTIAN pastor who has been ordered to apologise for vilifying Muslims says he will go to jail rather than say sorry for his comments. Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) deputy president Michael Higgins ordered two pastors of an evangelical order, Catch the Fire Ministry, to apologise for comments they made in a speech, on a website and in a newsletter. In a landmark ruling, the tribunal found Muslims were vilified by claims that Muslims were training to take over Australia, encouraging domestic violence and that Islam was an inherently violent religion. The case was the first to be heard by VCAT since the Racial and Religious Tolerance Act took effect in Victoria at the start of 2002. Outside the tribunal, Danny Nalliah – one of the pastors taken to VCAT by the Islamic Council – described himself as a martyr and said he would go to jail before apologising. "Right from the inception, we have said that this law is a foul law, this law is not a law which brings unity," Pastor Nalliah said. "It causes disunity and as far as we are concerned right from the beginning we have stated we will not apologise. "We will go to prison for standing for the truth and not sacrifice our freedom and freedom to speak." He said the Evangelical group had nothing against Muslims and its comments were taken out of context. Judge Higgins said an apology was "appropriate" as the intention of the Victorian legislation was to protect freedom of speech, while placing limits on such freedom by prohibiting the vilification of persons or classes of persons. He said he took into account that the pastors were of good character, but their passionate religious beliefs caused them to transgress the law. Catch the Fire is appealing the VCAT decision in the Victorian Supreme Court.

To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (9066)	6/22/2005 11:57:31 PM
From: Peter Dierks	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32591

Is using sickness as a disguise to carry out murders an acceptable practice under Muslim practices? The next step would be to strap explosives to a baby. Every person should condemn such behavior.

To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (9066)	6/24/2005 12:54:14 AM
From: Proud Deplorable	Respond to of 32591

American soldier kills little girl to win a bet. US forces shot and killed a nine-year old Iraqi girl as she came out of her school following final exams in Baghdad. A medical specialist in Baghdad’s al-Yarmuk General Hospital told the correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam that an American sniper opened fire on ‘A’ishah Ahmad ‘Umar, killing her. For its part, the US military occupation forces announced that they had begun an investigation of the Marine who shot the little girl and promised to punish him if he is found guilty. A source in the Iraqi puppet army told Mafkarat al-Islam that the American soldier was very drunk at the time of the killing and that he was withdrawn from his observation post after the incident. The father of ‘A’ishah, who works for the Railroad Department said that residents in the area where his little daughter was killed told him that the American had been betting with his buddies whether he could hit the little girl who had come out of the school some 700 meters from the US observation post. For its part the American propaganda TV station called “al-‘Iraqiyah” blamed what it called “terrorists” (by which they meant the Iraqi Resistance) for the shooting of the little girl, but statements by the US military and the Iraqi puppet forces exposed the “al-‘Iraqiyah” story to be a lie.