(Age) The interview began unremarkably. Just after 8am on Wednesday, Islamic Council of Victoria (ICV) president Adel Salman joined ABC journalist Patricia Karvelas on RN Breakfast to explain why his organisation had asked the Victorian government to cancel an official Iftar event.
Salman, a businessman who has led the peak representative body for Victoria’s 270,000 Muslims through their most confronting circumstances since September 11, explained why, given the horrific and ongoing loss of life in Gaza, the ICV didn’t think it was the right time for a celebratory dinner.
From there, the conversation took an unexpected and damaging turn.
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