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August 15, 2006
Australia: Persecuted Pastors Would Rather go to Jail
More importantly, what the Pastors said was the truth: in the trial, they were not allowed to back up their assertions with Muslim scripture: Facing jail for comparing Islam to Christianity
Two Australian pastors in the province of Victoria will go to jail if they don't apologize for publicly comparing Christianity with Islam according to their beliefs. They are being supported by the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, the Washington-based international non-partisan public interest law firm known for protecting the free expression of all religious traditions.In arguments presented Monday in the Appeals Court of Australia, the Becket Fund is seeking to have overturned the 2004 ruling of the Victoria Civil and Administrative Tribunal. That Tribunal found that public expression of the pastors' beliefs incited hatred against Muslims in violation of Victoria's Racial and Religious Tolerance Act because the pastors' beliefs were deemed "offensive" and "unreasonable" interpretations of Christian and Islamic teachings.[...]
Posted by Ruy Diaz at August 15, 2006 3:02 PM
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