Amir Butler

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Amir Butler is an author and lawyer, as well as the executive director of the Australian Muslim Public Affairs Committee (AMPAC), co-convenor of the Australian Muslim Civil Rights Advocacy Network (AMCRAN) and frequent media commentator on social and political issues. Born in the United Kingdom, he currently lives in Melbourne, Australia where he writes regularly for such publications as The Age, Herald Sun, Antiwar.com, Japan Times, Asia Times, and The Jakarta Post.

In 2002, Butler founded a now-defunct web magazine called ATrueWord.com with Ismail Royer and Shibli Zaman.

Butler has frequently attracted criticism for his hostility to secularist regimes in the Muslim world. Despite that, Butler often offers a contrarian and politically conservative point of view in his writings. In recent months, he has drawn fire from his own community and praise from the conservative establishment in Australia for his lone opposition to the introduction of anti-Vilification and hate speech legislation in Victoria.