A Muslim refugee's claim that the Herald Sun had incited hatred against Islam with a front-page report has been dismissed.

Aladdin Sisalem last month argued the Herald Sun, and by extension the Herald and Weekly Times, breached Victoria's Racial and Religious Tolerance Act by publishing an article that carried the headline "ISLAM MUST CHANGE".

Aladdin Sisalem says the Herald Sun's front page story incited hatred of Muslims and Islam itself. Credit:Simon Schluter

The article, published on November 30 last year and written by the newspaper's political editor, Ellen Whinnett, quoted Coalition MPs calling for Islam to be reformed.

Mr Sisalem argued before the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal that the article incited hatred of Muslims and Islam itself, and that the news outlet was "creating war against Islam".