Wissam Haddad
Premier Chris Minns speaks to media on Monday, January 12. Screenshot: Facebook/Sky News
January 12, 2026, 5:23 pm
NSW to shut down illegal hate preaching venues
Premier Chris Minns says reform is aimed squarely at shutting down 'factories of hate' that operate unlawfully while promoting hatred, intimidation or division
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Cleric Wissam Haddad was found to have breached Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act. Screenshot: YouTube
August 1, 2025, 2:45 pm
Islamic preacher loses charity status after Four Corners investigation
The Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) stripped Haddad's Dawah Van Incorporated of its charity registration in June
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Wissam Haddad (left) leaves the Federal Court of Australia, in Sydney, on Tuesday, July 1, 2025.. Photo: AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts
July 18, 2025, 11:19 am
Court blocks hate preacher’s bid to ‘bury’ corrective notices
Justice Stewart accepted expert evidence that social media posts could quickly disappear from view unless given prominence through platform features
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Muslim cleric Wissam Haddad is of the preachers who has incited against Jews since October 7. Screenshot: YouTube
July 1, 2025, 4:45 pm
Justice for our community at last
For Jewish Australians, the court findings represent a rare shining light in 21 months of darkness since October 7, 2023
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Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) co-CEO Peter Wertheim (left) and deputy president Robert Goot.
July 1, 2025, 4:18 pm
Decision to take Islamic preacher to court ‘vindicated’
'It confirms that the days when Jewish communities and the Jewish people can be vilified and targeted with impunity are long gone'.
By Carly Adno
Wissam Haddad (left) leaves the Federal Court of Australia, in Sydney, on Tuesday, July 1, 2025.. Photo: AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts
July 1, 2025, 1:08 pm
Federal Court finds Islamic preacher breached racial discrimination laws
Judge says Wissam Haddad conveyed 'disparaging imputations about Jewish people' that included 'age-old tropes against Jewish people that are fundamentally racist and antisemitic'
By Gareth Narunsky
ECAJ deputy president Robert Goot (centre) and co-CEO Peter Wertheim (right) arrive at the Federal Court of Australia, in Sydney on Tuesday, June 10, 2025. Photo: AAP Image/Bianca De Marchi
June 17, 2025, 12:50 pm
Judge reserves decision in racial hate case
“It’s a tragedy when our institutions fail us and citizens are left to fend for themselves," says Peter Wertheim.
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ECAJ deputy president Robert Goot (centre) and co-CEO Peter Wertheim (right) arrive at the Federal Court of Australia, in Sydney on Tuesday, June 10, 2025. Photo: AAP Image/Bianca De Marchi
June 11, 2025, 2:39 pm
ECAJ takes on Islamic hate preacher in court
The court is set to determine if Haddad – and Bankstown's Al Madina Dawah Centre, which posted videos of the sermons online – contravened the Racial Discrimination Act
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Muslim cleric Wissam Haddad is of the preachers who has incited against Jews since October 7. Screenshot: YouTube
May 20, 2025, 2:51 pm
Preacher’s new rant
Sued by the ECAJ over comments in which he called Jews a "vile" and "treacherous".
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Cleric Wissam Haddad. Photo: MEMRI
October 29, 2024, 12:45 pm
ECAJ launches court action
The national Jewish roof body first announced in January that it planned to take legal action against Muslim clerics who had made antisemitic statements.
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