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Sky News runs 'smear campaign' to make Lebanese scholar banned in Australia

Thursday, 06 March 2025 10:11 AM [ Last Update: Thursday, 06 March 2025 10:11 AM ]

Lebanese Islamic scholar Hussain Makke (File photo)

A Lebanese Islamic scholar, whose visa for a visit to Australia has recently been cancelled, says Sky News has orchestrated a "smear campaign" to get him banned from the Oceanic country.

Hussain Makke made the remarks in an X post on Thursday after Australian Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke rescinded his visa for a speaking tour in the cities of Melbourne and Sydney during the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.

In a live segment on Sky News Australia on Wednesday, host Sharri Markson claimed that Makke was spreading "dangerous views" and "defending terrorism." She also took to X to criticize Burke for refusing to answer questions about why he had allowed the scholar into the country.

Makke said in his post that he was the subject of a "smear campaign," as Zionist accounts tweeted the Australian minister to pressure him into revoking his visa.

"If you would like defend against this attack on free speech and oppressive censorship ... then let him (Burke) know you won't stand for Sky News to make laws on who enters the country (especially based on such a fallacious and poor excuse for journalism)," he added.

Sky news ran a smear campaign against me today to get me banned from Australia.

Zionist accounts are currently tweeting MP Tony Burke under this tweet to pressure him into rescinding my Visa. If you would like defend against this attack on free speech and oppressive censorship -… https://t.co/nOEgFUCnZ7 pic.twitter.com/yAvWg5YQ8m
— Hussain Makke (@HMakke91) March 6, 2025

Earlier, the Islamic scholar had hailed Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah as one of the world's "greatest freedom fighters" and said the strong turnout at the funeral ceremony for the martyred leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah showed the resistance was "alive and well."

Using US-supplied bunker-busting bombs, Israel assassinated Nasrallah in an airstrike on southern Beirut in September 2024. His mass funeral procession took place on February 23, 2025.

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On Nasrallah’s watch, Hezbollah opened a support front for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip after Israel unleashed its genocidal war on the besieged territory on October 7, 2023, launching numerous retaliatory attacks against targets in the occupied lands.

Israel was forced to accept a ceasefire with Hezbollah on November 27, 2024, after suffering heavy losses on the battleground and failing to achieve its goals despite killing over 4,000 people in Lebanon.

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