The Islamic Mufti of Australia, Sheik Taj al-din Hilali has again demonstrated that he puts little value on the Australian way of life - and has not really changed his opinion since he shocked even his followers with a statement that Australian women's attire is " like meat left in the open. The cats eat it - and who can blame the cats ? ". This was seen as excusing rape - and brought a grounswell of revulsion from Australian Muslims.
The Sheik vigorously backpedalled. He made the usual claim of " being quoted out of context " and claimed " Arabic is near impossible to accurately translate into English ". In interview shows he said he had no problem with bikini clad girls on beaches - and professed a love of all things Australian.
Speaking in Arabic on Egyptian radio he is now claiming the backlash against his " meat " oratory was " a white conspiracy aimed at terrorising Australian Muslims ", and that Muslims have more right to be in Australia than " white Australians who arrived in chains as convicts ".
He then went on to claim " that Muslims came as free people - We bought our own tickets ".
Maybe the Sheik has a memory problem. The majority of Australian Muslims came here as refugees, many fleeing despotic homelands such as Afghanistan when it was ruled by the Taliban and others fleeing Mullah ridden middle-eastern states.
A spokeman for the Islamic Friendship Association - the long suffering Keysar Trad - described the Sheik's remarks as "Ill advised ".
The Mufti left Australia under a cloud because of his ravings. He was officially on a holiday and intended to attend this years Haj. His position as Mufti must now be even more uncertain - and many of the Muslim faith will be overjoyed if he fails to return to Australia and remains in his native Egypt.
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