The Q Society settled the defamation case brought against it by halal certifier Mohamed el-Mouelhy out of court this week, with the far-right organisation making an apology to El-Mouelhy publicly. It must be displayed prominently on the organisation’s website and Facebook page for a year. That in no way means the Q Society’s war on Islam and halal certification is over. A tipster found a newspaper called “Face the Facts: The Australian Islam Monitor” in a public toilet in the Melbourne suburb of Burwood East. There was a pile of the four-page newspapers with the message to take a copy, so of course our tipster did so.
It includes a mention of QWire, which is the Q Society’s newsletter, and an email address connected to the group. Its headlines include “Islam and the Nazi Link” and “Sharia Law in Australia”.
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Its all rather unsavoury when people leave the turds beside the toilet.
I’m guessing this comment will be censored. As I’m probably being the devil’s advocate.
Anyway, I’m struggling to understand what the problem with fighting against sharia is. I mean the people that will suffer the most from implementing sharia (i.e. Islamic law derived from the Qur’an and Hadiths etc.) in our lands, is Australian Muslim women who will have reduced rights regarding inheritance, divorce, custody and protection from domestic violence for starters. Do they not deserve the same rights as other Australian women?