Muslim Australian Lawmaker Wants To Make It Illegal To Insult Muslims For Their Religion
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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.
Now, Aly wants to add “religion” to Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act in an Orwellian attempt to hold those who insult Muslims accountable. (See the full text of the act below.)
“I find it a little bit strange that someone can call you a ‘dirty Arab’ and that be covered under the bill, but if they called you a dirty Muslim you’re not covered,” the MP told The Australian.
As it stands, the the Racial Discrimination Act faces staunch opposition from Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbell, who has argued that the law has “lost its credibility” because of its far-reaching power to police language.
“Existing legislation does not criminalise those who break the law – but it can result instead in hefty fines of more than $40,000 (US),” notes Heat Street.
But Aly is doubling-down on draconian measures to protect the feelings of minorities, namely Australian Muslims.
The Islamic honor brigade is no longer confined to Saudi Arabia or Iran. Coddled by leftists, self-righteous blasphemy police are finding a way to influence common law in the West, threatening the civil rights of free people the world over, all to create an artificial force field around the religion of Islam.
Offensive behaviour because of race, colour or national or ethnic origin(1) It is unlawful for a person to do an act, otherwise than in private, if:(a) the act is reasonably likely, in all the circumstances, to offend, insult, humiliate or intimidate another person or a group of people; and(b) the act is done because of the race, colour or national or ethnic origin of the other person or of some or all of the people in the group.Note: Subsection (1) makes certain acts unlawful. Section 46P of the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 allows people to make complaints to the Australian Human Rights Commission about unlawful acts. However, an unlawful act is not necessarily a criminal offence. Section 26 says that this Act does not make it an offence to do an act that is unlawful because of this Part, unless Part IV expressly says that the act is an offence.(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), an act is taken not to be done in private if it:(a) causes words, sounds, images or writing to be communicated to the public; or(b) is done in a public place; or(c) is done in the sight or hearing of people who are in a public place.(3) In this section:"public place " includes any place to which the public have access as of right or by invitation, whether express or implied and whether or not a charge is made for admission to the place.
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