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Is a religious group a 'race' or isn't it? Is someone 'racist' if they publicly state their dislike of a religious group? An Australian tribunal has answered this question by ruling that Muslim is not a race, and as such, a person who vilifies them in public, an act which is currently illegal in Australia, would not have broken the law.
In 2016 Sonia Kruger 'called for an end to migration from Islamic countries' saying that she wanted people to feel safe when going out to celebrate Australia day. Sam Ekermawi, a Muslim, filed a complaint to the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal claiming the comments were racial vilification.
The tribunal was unable to conclude Muslims living in Australia "are a 'race' by reason of a common ethnic or ethno-religious origin" and dismissed the application. This is an important milestone in the legal and cultural development of the ocean-bound nation which is still attempting to balance the melting pot of cultures and people who have migrated to the country from all over the world. This ruling may be a key threshold for defining what the word 'race' actually means in the legal and social and cultural context and how laws will be interpreted in the future.
(Score: 0, Flamebait) by realDonaldTrump on Saturday February 16 2019, @02:51PM
We love Jew, sometimes referred to as Jewish. If you have some money that needs counting, you always always hire a Jew to count it -- if you're smart. And we love Israel. They're doing so many things in Israel, tremendous things. And they're putting the Middle East to shame. I think Middle East could learn so much from them. As U.S.A. is learning (Wall& Law Enforcement).
And everybody has heard of the 12 Tribes of Israel. But people don't know this, there are the 12 Tribes of Arabia. Otherwise known as the 12 Tribes of Ishmael. They were Jew. But also Arab. And the famous Mohammad was one of them!!