A Brisbane university professor has been slammed online after calling Islam “a cancer” in the wake of the latest London terrorist attack.
Brian McNair, 57, took to Twitter on Sunday after seven people were killed and 48 were injured by three attackers on London Bridge.
“Enough! Islam is a cancer on the planet. It must be destroyed, or reformed. Soon. Zero tolerance!” the journalism professor wrote.
Dr McNair has been widely criticised on Twitter for the comment.
“Brian McNair went from ‘respected commentator’ to ‘your sleazy racist uncle’ pretty quickly,” author and historian Jon Piccini wrote.
Read the full article by Rachel Eddie at The New Daily.