Foot in mouth (yet again!)
“There is no freedom and no democracy [for Muslims] - the most dishonest and unjust people are Western people and the English in particular.”
and:
“Anglo-Saxons came to Australia in chains, while we paid our way and came in freedom. We are more Australian than them. Australia is not an Anglo-Saxon country - Islam has deep roots in Australian soil that were there before the English arrived,”
He also claimed that racial prejudice was the reason for the 55 year jail sentence for gang rapist Bilal Skaf …no doubt he has sympathy for the K brothers too, never mind the fact that they are just evil slugs:
“A young man can meet a woman, smile, arrange a meeting, and then end up in jail for 65 years. (Bilal Skaf was sentenced to 55 years, reduced to 38 on appeal.)
“He was judged in the name of bin Laden. He deserved to be jailed, no question, but for 65 years? This is not really about the crime, it is about racial prejudice.”
He mentioned a recent case in Australia in which a man was jailed for “forcing himself” on his wife.
“Three-and-a-half years! I mean, it’s a distasteful act, but …”
Just to refresh your memory, this is what he had to say then:
“If you take out uncovered meat and place it outside on the street, or in the garden or in the park, or in the backyard without a cover, and the cats come and eat it … whose fault is it, the cats or the uncovered meat?”
“The uncovered meat is the problem.”
“If she was in her room, in her home, in her hijab (islamic headdress), no problem would have occurred.”
Right, whatever …. how about if the men were taught decent attitudes towards women, and to keep their dicks in their pants, no problem would have occurred?
Just as surely as night follows day, a Keysar Trad apology, and claims of the Sheik being misinterpreted or misconstrued, follow his latest comments. Trad, president of the Australian Islamic Friendship Society, said:
“You can see some of his comments are clear generalisations that would certainly not be his views,”
and claimed they were a:
“slip of the tongue”.
Sheikh Hilaly sure has a slippery tongue, always having accidents making comments he didn’t mean!
The Muslim community in Australia would do well to cut the guy loose, he is just an outright liability for them. They’ve made noises disowning him before but never followed through on it. The sensible thing to do would be to ditch him and present a more reasonable, less error prone (thats being generous to him, I actually don’t think his comments are errors) and pro-Australian face of Islam in Australia.
Of course, many politicians expressed their opinion on the Sheikh’s latest remarks, ranging from dismissing them as the ramblings of an idiot to telling him to fuck off if he doesn’t like it in Australia. The best came from Kevin Rudd, who had this to say:
“Shiekh Hilali increasingly strikes me as being several sandwiches short of a picnic,” he said.
“When it comes to Sheikh Hilali’s remarks they are just increasingly laughable.
“Sheikh Hilali is complaining about a lack of democracy back in Australia.
“If Sheikh Hilali doesn’t believe there’s enough democracy in Australia, why doesn’t he stay in Egypt and not come back? Solve a big problem for us back home as well.”
Bullseye!
Technorati Tags: Sheik Taj-elidin al Hilaly, Australian Muslims, Islam, Bilal Skaf, gang rapes, uncovered meat, rape blamed on women, Keysar Trad, Kevin Rudd
January 12th, 2007 at 4:06 am
He would know full well whatever he said would be reported back in Australia. He is behaving like a politician. What is his motive for increasing bad feeling toward moslems in Australia?
January 13th, 2007 at 6:16 am
Good post!
January 14th, 2007 at 12:29 am
The Sheik has become a bit like Pauline Hanson I think - mouths off all the time, and fewer and fewer people taking what is said seriously.