I'm afraid Alex Perrottet will not like my reply.

Any belief system including Christianity, Islam and Judaism is a legitimate target for critique, analysis, satire and scorn and even profanity in bad taste.

We must never conflate antipathy towards a religion with racism.

Hilmer's response is a disgrace.

And that brings me to a delicate point. Most anti-Semites have little to say about Judaism per se. Their target is usually ethnic Jews, most of whom are secular.

So is targeting Jews, as opposed to Judaism, acceptable?

Does any thinking person really consider that this sort of behaviour is what free speech is all about? What a load of garbage, spouted by ill-informed sheep. Grab a cause (no understanding of core issues required), follow it and, if you're lucky, you might even have a chance to really offend someone.
I remember chatting to a fellow who was handing out a uni newspaper some years back. Its headline was something anti-Christian (too long ago to recall exactly what). I asked him what he thought about the article. He hadn't read it. I asked him if he cared that it was offensive. He didn't. I asked him did he like offending people. He smiled and said yes. Quality fellow that...
Free speech is Martin Luther King. Free speech Is Rosa Parks. Free speech is not brainless bigots whose sole aim is to offend.

Freedom of speech does not exist in most people’s minds, rather it is freedom of 'my' speech. The good professor should be laid off after such an incident (if it occurred as reported). Not because he allowed an offensive image to a specific sect or religion but rather because he seems incapable of applying the same code to all sects and religions.

'Freedom of speech' is a label only. There is in reality no such thing in Australia. Anyone who doubts this should consult the 'Human Rights & Equal Opportunities Act' which tells us that (white anglo-saxon) Australians have no protection against racial discrimination because (white anglo-saxon) Australians 'are not a race'. I've attempted several times to register a complaint that speakers of the Australian dialect of english are discriminated against by avaricious companies like Tel$tra which earn their income here but are too greedy to employ locals. Seems whatever bloodsucking parasite wrote the relevant legislation was on the UN payroll because almost identical legislation is in place min the UK, the US, the Irish Republic & Canada. Furthermore, even a hint that one is displeased by the human rights act is automatically treated as racism. One can't even criticize blatantly unfair laws !! Mind you the same doesn't apply to aliens sponging off taxpayers, those clowns have total protection and can say whatever they like with no fear of retribution.

I fully support the rights of Christians to exercise their freedom of speech to really offend Judaism and Islam.

oh dear poor little christ-stains.. if your truley offended then take your case to the courts.