Overview

• Justice Stewart found Haddad’s November 2023 sermons breached section 18C by calling Jewish people “vile”, “treacherous” and “murderous” and ordered their removal.
• The court directed Haddad to pin corrective notices of its findings on the Al Madina Dawah Centre’s website and social media channels within 21 days, keeping them visible for 30 days.
• Haddad’s objection that pinning the notices would amount to promoting the judgment was dismissed as neither burdensome nor disproportionate.
• He is barred from repeating antisemitic tropes in public and must pay the of Australian Jewry’sAustralian Jewry’s legal costs, estimated in the six figures.
• Legal analysts say the decision balances hate speech prohibitions with religious expression protections and sets a precedent for online redress of discriminatory content.