Senior Muslim Sheik Taj al-Din al-Hilaly, who ignited a firestorm of controversy in Australia with a Ramadan sermon comparing immodestly-dressed women to uncovered meat, has said that he will retire from his position if a specially created “ethical court” finds him guilty of condoning rape or suggesting women are to blame for sexual assaults. He has also said he will perform 600 hours of community service and wear masking tape over his mouth in public for six months as a penalty. He further called for nominations from other clerics for his role of mufti of Australia, though it was unclear whether he might stand in such an election.
The actual good news here is that while riot police were activated in case of violence from an expected throng of thousands for the cleric’s Friday speech, only hundreds turned up.
The bad news is that 34 Muslim community groups signed onto a joint statement claiming the media and politicians have used the scandal surrounding the mufti to vilify Australian Muslims. Former Midnight Oil frontman and federal Labor MP Peter Garrett plays the multi-culti moral relativist. And worst of all:
The Muslim Women’s Association, which first admitted to being “shocked” by Hilaly’s sermon, now said he was “very good to all Muslim women”. Said founding president Aziz El Saddik: “Those who say bad things about him, they have very bad manners.”
How can we dance when our earth is turning?
How do we sleep when our beds are burning?
Do you live in Australia, Karl?
No, but I did see Midnight Oil, back in the day.
So, this is just a friendly update on the deadly Muslim tide that threatens to engulf us all?
”. . . very bad manners” Huh? When did I ever reveal to anyone that women are the equivalent of cat food? I love women–why do you think I made them? I was sick of looking at Adam’s tuches. Now I have said, “what am I, chopped liver?”–but it was a completely different context.
Mohammed meant well and I loved the guy but he was really tsetummelt. Have you every played telephone? I would make a revelation to the Angel Gabriel, Gabe would then talk with Mohammed, and Mo would fuck things up. I mean come on, Mecca? I mean really, if not Jerusalem, why not Monte Carlo for my son’s sake? Mohammed has absolutely no sense of direction. Oy vey, what a headache! I am fermisht over this.
Peter Garrett should know better and he is starting to piss me off. Ok, he means well but he is a shmendrick. I would make Garrett lose his hair as punishment, but he is already bald. So I am going to grow think public hair on his back and the tops of his hands and feet.
Well damn me, I spelt pubic wrong. Since I am infalible spell it either way, I say it’s ok. I guarantee I am going to make Garrett look like a bald sasquatch when I get through with him. Meshuggina people like that get me in a smoting kind of mood.
I don’t know, that Garrett quote didn’t seem terribly moonbatty. It was just a little “but”, and it didn’t negate the clear condemnation of Islamorape that preceded it.
All in all, he makes a lot more sense than monkyboy. I know, I know…so does my garbage disposal.
Hey, Monky. See that big wave off in the distance? It’s nothing. Here’s a beachball and a box of fruit juice. See ya later…
Monky, why do you think they changed their minds? Here, I’ll make it easy for you. It’s multiple choice:
1) They re-read his speech and realized they had misinterpreted him.
2) They lifted their veils, looked into the mirror and realized they were, indeed, meat.
3) They received a parcel containing Gloria Steinem’s head.
If the monky isn’t bothered by the fact that a top religious leader in a Western country—on of our staunchest allies—blames immodestly-dressed women for getting gang-raped, and that dozens of Muslim community groups support him, he’s entitled to his opinion. If he ever manages to date a woman, he should definitely mention his comfort level with that philosophy.
As for a “deadly Muslim tide,” I note in the post that many fewer turned up to rally for the sheikh than expected. But reading comprehension is not one of the monky’s strong suits. That being said, I note the monky would not last long in the areas of Somalia and Thailand that have fallen under Shariah law within the past few months.
BTW, it’s not like the Pope’s comments haven’t been debated here at PW, also. Even so—oddly enough—in this case, the Aussie kuffir chose to simply voice their criticism, rather than burn down mosques and embassies.
I more respectfully disagree with Pablo. The Sydney gang rapes were a horrible, premeditated hate crimes (whatever one thinks of that as a concept, it is a concept that fit here). The top cleric blames women for it, complains about the long sentences… and Garrett wants to talk about discrimination in the boardroom? I’m all for getting rid of the latter, but to throw it into this discussion is political correctness run amok.
I do agree with Pablo that he makes more sense than the monky, but that is about the faintest praise imaginable.
Dateline: Saudi. Unmarried female rape victim gets 90 lashes. Man in car with her gets 90 lashes also. Rapists get fewer…
Catmeat indeed. Lowers veil and takes opportunity to shut up…
Mufti. It always sounds so…dirty.
But as one would expect, he’s not taking a dive.