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Title: Muslim Australian Lawmaker Wants To Make It Illegal To Insult Muslims For Their Religion
Post by: rangerrebew on April 04, 2017, 08:33:33 pm

Muslim Australian Lawmaker Wants To Make It Illegal To Insult Muslims For Their Religion
 
By:
Michael Qazvini
March 31, 2017
 

Anne Aly, Australia’s first female Muslim member of parliament, is pushing for a crackdown on free speech in hopes of expanding race-based discrimination laws to cover insults against those who follow the religion of Islam. 

“Restrictive speech laws Down Under have banned people from saying anything which could ‘offend or insult, people because of their race,” reports Heat Street.

http://www.dailywire.com/news/14971/muslim-australian-lawmaker-wants-make-it-illegal-michael-qazvini#

Title: Re: Muslim Australian Lawmaker Wants To Make It Illegal To Insult Muslims For Their Religion
Post by: Fishrrman on April 04, 2017, 10:24:54 pm

The Aussies have been (in Maggie Thatcher's words) "goin' a bit wobbly" lately.

This could actually pass.