Jewish Leaders Sue Radical Islamic Cleric Over Racial Discrimination

The Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) is suing a controversial Sydney Muslim cleric over claims of anti-semitic speech and racial hatred. Wissam Haddad, also known as Abu Ousayd, and the Sydney-based Al Madina Dawah Centre, have been accused of racial discrimination in Federal Court proceedings filed on Oct. 25. The action has been brought about by ECAJ co-Chief Executive Peter Wertheim and Deputy President Robert Goot and focuses on Haddad’s sermons at the Bankstown Centre in Sydney’s south-west that were also published online. Wertheim and Goot claim Haddad used derogatory generalisations of Jewish people, with Haddad reported as referring to Jews as “vile and treacherous people.”...