Sydney, (IINA) – An Australian far-right anti-Islam leader has come under fire for attempting to 'school' a Muslim lawyer on the teachings of Islam during a heated debate on Australian patriotism.
United Patriots Front (UPF) member Blair Cottrell appeared on ABC2's The Hack on Thursday night and began to quote the teachings of Islam, including telling panelist Lydia Shelly living by Australian standards meant a person was kafir.
Shelly fired back and told Cottrell she had not known he was a 'scholar of Islam' and she did not need to be 'schooled' by him on her faith, Mail Online news reported. 'If you're going to live by Australian standards, you're Kafir,' Cottrell told the audience before Shelly cut in.
'Am I? You're a scholar of Islam and I didn't even know it,' she responded.
The UPF leader then addressed host Tom Tilley, saying the culture of Australia is an 'expression of the people' and is 'not Islam'.
Fellow panel member Sara Gadalla and Andrew Fox Lane was also left unimpressed by Cottrell's views.
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