In a remarkable piece of attention seeking behaviour (even for a politician), Australian Democrats MP Sandra Kanck stood up in the South Australian parliament and described, in detail, methods for committing suicide. As it is illegal, under federal law, to publish such details, Ms Kanck took advantage of parliamentary privilege to make the statement. It... Read More

The Islamic Council of Victoria (ICV) is back in court defending an appeal by Catch the Fire Ministries (CTFM) against a finding of religious vilification last year. For those that may be unfamiliar with the case and the law under which it is being prosecuted, I refer you to this piece in Spiked-Online which provides... Read More

A commenter on Hood Bradford’s excellent Islamic Law etc recently posted an entirely off-topic but interesting quote from the American satirist and political writer PJ O’Rourke. Also, the Islamic religion has the right attitude. In the Koran, Sura II, verse 275, states, “God hath permitted trade.” The Koran orders the use of honest weights and... Read More

“The Jews are called human beings, but the non-Jews are not humans. They are beasts.” Heard that before? According to numerous websites, including this Australian Islamic website, it’s from the Jewish holy book. It forms part of a collection of quotes, reportedly sourced from Jewish religious texts, that are supposed to show a Jewish contempt... Read More