Accused terrorist Abdullah Chaarani admits setting fire to a Melbourne Shi'ite mosque to advance Sunni Islam, but denies it was an act of terror.
Instead his lawyer has told his Supreme Court trial that twice setting fire to the Imam Ali Islamic Centre in Fawkner was an act of protest, advocacy or dissent.
Chaarani is accused alongside Ahmed Mohammed of attempting to engage in a terrorist act against the mosque in November 2016, while they and Hatim Moukhaiber are charged with engaging in a terror act by burning the same building a month later.
All three have pleaded not guilty.