As regular readers may be aware, the Canadian Muslim scholar Dr Bilal Philips was recently refused a visa to attend an Islamic conference in Melbourne, Australia. The Australian government cited security concerns as their reason and a number of serious allegations against Dr Philips were made in the media. For example, the Herald Sun reported:... Read More

As is now sadly typical, the chronically unimaginative Australian Labor Party (ALP) have attempted to go one step further than the Liberal Party by calling for British journalist Yvonne Ridley to be deported from Australia on the basis of comments she has allegedly made in the past. For example, Labor’s Immigration spokesman Tony Burke was... Read More

The following article was originally published in the Herald Sun today. It is written as a response to the recent intervention of the Australian government to prevent two Muslim scholars from attending an Islamic conference this weekend. THE Federal Government has decided to ban Canadian Muslim cleric Sheik Bilal Philips from entering Australia to attend... Read More

The daughter of an imam writes in the comments: We want people to go learn and become scholars but then we get no benefit from it as people have families to support. If they are working 5-6 days a week where is the time left for teaching or studying? Many graduates for that reason have... Read More