Blair Cottrell, leader for anti-Islam group United Patriots Front, found himself in hot water last night after he tried to give Muslim community advocate and lawyer Lydia Shelly a lesson in Islam on Live TV.
His lecture took place during a heated debate on Australian patriotism on ABCโs The Hack where he stated he did not think it was not possible for Lydia to consider herself both Muslim and Australian.
โIf youโre going to live by Australian standards youโre kฤfir, your brothers abroad would consider you kฤfir [kฤfir being the Arabic term for someone who is not Muslim]โฆโ he started, but Lydia soon cut him off.
โOh I am? Youโre a scholar of Islam and I didnโt even know it.โ
Blair wasnโt done though and continued to cite the Koran to Lydia who again, cut him off.
โYou donโt need to school me on Islam,โ she stated.
The debate fire continued to rage with Blair stating Muslims are not living the Australian way of life, a belief which left many Twitter users reeling.
โHack Live is delayed by 30 minutes, Blair Cottrell is delayed by 80 years,โ one person tweeted.
โThe freedom to have an opinion shouldnโt be the freedom to be spread hate,โ wrote another.
In the promo for the program, Blair was filmed screaming: โYouโre either Australian or a bloody enemy and you can get out.โ
Watch: UPF leader Blair Cottrell schools Muslim community advocate Lydia Shelly on Islam
