Australia: First Muslim minister of New South Wales, Jihad Deb, takes oath on Qur’an

Australia’s first Muslim Minister of New South Wales is Jihad Deb. Although he grew up in Australia, he decided to swear in on the Qur’an in honor of his faith. We have seen a similar trend in America, where Keith Ellison and then Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar took their oath of office for the […]

Australia: Twitter loses bid to throw out complaint by Muslim group over ‘hateful’ content

The complaint by the Australian Muslim Advocacy Network was over comments such as “’Ramadan means killing infidels’ and claims that the Qur’an should be referred to as the ‘terrorist handbook’. Comments cited in the complaint refer to the Qur’an as ‘this satanic memoir’ and to Islam as ‘the most violent and sexually perverse cult.'” The […]