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VIOLENT protests over a controversial US film about the Prophet Mohammed were a demonstration of "evil", Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says.
Mr Abbott told the RSL annual conference in Sydney on Tuesday that free speech was necessary for a free society but that this month's outbreak of violence was unacceptable.
"This notion that there can only be one path to God, with death for all who disagree, is simply evil," he said, adding that such attitudes spawned September 11, Bali, the London and Madrid bombings and the Mumbai massacre.