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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Ben Doherty

Sydney cleric used ‘dehumanising’ generalisations designed to intimidate Jewish people, federal court hears

Muslim cleric Wissam Haddad, also known as Abu Ousayd, arrives at the federal court in Sydney
Muslim cleric Wissam Haddad, also known as Abu Ousayd, is being sued for alleged antisemitism by two senior members of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry. Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAP

A Sydney Muslim cleric being sued for alleged racial discrimination gave a series of speeches calculated to “dehumanise” and “denigrate all Jewish people”, the federal court has heard.

But ahead of the Tuesday hearing, Wissam Haddad, also known as Abu Ousayd, took to social media to say he rejected the court’s authority.

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