What a total ass

This is straight from the Sydney morning Herald regarding this imam in OZ. Other earlier reports suggested that this twit was going to be deported but it looks like for the moment he'll be allowed to stay.






Muslim leader Sheik Taj el-Din al Hilaly is refusing to resign over a sermon in which he blamed women for rape and instead has chanted an anti-American slogan outside Sydney's Lakemba Mosque.

After midday prayers today, the sheik was besieged by a group of reporters who asked him whether he would bow to demands and quit.

The Islamic clergyman smiled and shook his head, saying in English: "After we clean the world of the White House first."

His words were greeted by cheers and applause from dozens of supporters among hundreds of worshippers at mosque.

Several men called out "Allahu akbar'' (God is great) as the sheik's car sped away.

There was a heavy police presence at today's scene with members of the media ordered to stay on the other side the road from the mosque.

Many worshippers told smh.com.au they supported the sheik and many seemed bemused by big media attention.

AAP reports: Prime Minister John Howard said Australia's Islamic community must resolve the dispute surrounding the cleric or risk a lasting backlash against Muslims.

Mr Howard said today the episode was a crucial test for Australia's Muslim community.

"It's not for the government to say who runs a mosque, or who's an archbishop, or who's a rabbi," he told Southern Cross Broadcasting.

"What I am saying to the Islamic community is this: If they do not resolve this matter, it could do lasting damage to the perceptions of that community within the broader Australian community.

"If it is not resolved, then unfortunately people will run around saying, 'Well, the reason they didn't get rid of him is because secretly some of them support his views'."

He said the government was not in a position to sack or deport the mufti.

No more sermons for a while

Sheik Hilaly will be giving no more sermons for several months at Lakemba mosque, senior Muslims say.

But no further action is to be taken against Australia's top Muslim cleric for likening scantily dressed women to uncovered meat and saying they're responsible for sexual attacks.

The decision followed an emergency meeting of Muslim leaders in Sydney last night to discuss the storm over the sheik's remarks, condemned by many fellow Muslims and by mainstream political leaders across the political spectrum.

The meeting at Sydney's Lakemba Mosque lasted four hours to determine the fate of the man regarded by much of the Islamic community as the mufti of Australia.



Maybe he'll take a walk down by bondi beach and a mob of angry drunk aussies will drum some sense and respect into this dick, barring of course his untimely death should they take it too far.