KEYSAR Trad, the long-time spokesman for Muslim cleric Taj Din al-Hilali, was yesterday denounced as "racist", "offensive" and "untruthful" by the Supreme Court judge who rejected his defamation claim against radio station 2GB. Judge Peter McClellan said he agreed Mr Trad "incites acts of violence, incites racist attitudes, is dangerous and perhaps most significantly is a disgraceful individual".

He added that the founder of the Islamic Friendship Association held views that were "entirely repugnant" to most Australians. They included:

* Defending the stoning of a women for adultery in Nigeria;

* Condoning suicide bombers and the use of children as martyrs;

* Calling homosexuality "a depraved carnal pursuit" that should be criminalised;

* Regarding Anglo-Irish Australians as "unworthy descendants of criminal dregs";

* Joking about rapes committed by the Bilal Skaf gang;

* Believing America poses a greater threat to Australia than radical Islam; and

* Endorsing Hilali speeches which described the September 11 attacks as "blessings" and excused rapes on women who dressed like "uncovered meat".

The judge noted that Mr Trad suggested in the last example that Sheik Hilali was talking about people who engage in extramarital sex -- evidence he dismissed as "disingenuous". Justice McClellan cited an article in The Weekend Australian in September 2002 in which Mr Trad denied Muslims were behind September 11 and suggested Osama bin Laden could not have organised the attack.

"Osama bin Laden claimed responsibility for September 11," Justice McClellan said. "A suggestion that the terrorist act was not perpetrated by adherents to Islam would not be accepted by Australians whatever their ethnic origin or religious views." Mr Trad had also hosted a web page with links to anti-Semitic sites and Adolf Hitler's manifesto Mein Kampf: "He must be regarded as having apparent sympathies for the views of Adolf Hitler," Justice McClellan said.

He said Mr Trad had never condemned the sheik's views, which he suggested on many occasions would have been "the only appropriate response". Mr Trad, who faces up to $400,000 in costs, was devastated by the decision and said there would be an appeal. "I disagree with the judgment and what the judge said about me," he said.

Mr Trad sued the top-rating Sydney station in the NSW Supreme Court after presenter Jason Morrison described him as "gutless" and "just trouble" after a rally held in the wake of the Cronulla riots in December 2005. Mr Trad's comment about the "shame in tabloid journalism and one talkback station" caused the crowd to boo and harass a 2GB journalist near the stage.

The reporter told Morrison he feared for his safety, prompting the presenter to deliver his tirade. In August 2007, a jury found Morrison had defamed Mr Trad but Justice McClellan found for 2GB in the second -- or defence -- phase of the trial in May. He ruled the statements were true and also protected as a justified response to an attack. The Australian