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Muslims have more right to Australia: sheik
2007-01-11
Sydney Muslim leader Sheik Taj el-Din al Hilaly has set off a new controversy, claiming Muslims have more right to be in Australia than the descendants of convicts.
He's really asking for it, isn't he.
On Arabic television, he said westerners were the world's biggest liars and accused the media of trying to bring him down.

The sheik was invited to appear on Egyptian television to explain his sermon comparing women who show some skin, to uncovered pieces of meat that invite predators. At the time, Sheikh al Hilaly claimed his comments were taken out of context, but on Today in Cairo he defended the remarks, blaming the media for the national outcry. "This is a calculated conspiracy aimed at terrorising our Islamic community, aimed at me first in order to bring the Islamic community to its knees," Sheik Hilaly said in Arabic.
"The infidels are picking on me!"
He went further, claiming Muslims had more right to be in Australia than the ancestors of convicts. "Westerners are the biggest liars, especially the English," the sheik said in translation. "The Anglo-Saxons came to Australia in shackles, while we paid for our own tickets."
That'll go over well in Australia.
He also claimed Australia's courts were racist for sentencing Bilal Skaf to 55 years' jail for gang rape.

Even the sheik's closest advisers fear a backlash over the latest remarks. They have apologised for the comments, saying the sheik's words will cause offense. "As a Muslim Australian, I can just apologise for the remarks," the sheik's spokesman Keysar Trad told 7News.
"You idiot! You're going to make them suspicious!"
Posted by:tipper

#25  To be fair, Alaska Paul, Muslim modifies Australian when used in that order. But that he can do no more than apologize without any real action, as BA points out, is to me the crucial point.
Posted by: trailing wife   2007-01-11 21:27  

#24  And, that he can only apologize. Not take a cluebat down to the Sheik-y's moskkk and teach hime a lesson, AP.
Posted by: BA   2007-01-11 21:17  

#23  "As a Muslim Australian, I can just apologise for the remarks," the sheik's spokesman Keysar Trad told 7News.

Notice that the Muslim tag comes first. Australian is just a subscript.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2007-01-11 21:14  

#22   "He went further, claiming Muslims had more right to be in Australia than the ancestors of convicts....The Anglo-Saxons came to Australia in shackles, while we paid for our own tickets."

I'm sure that line of argument would go down well with Farrakhan and NOI.
Posted by: tipper   2007-01-11 20:13  

#21  If Australians don't like being insulted, raped and parasitized, then change the law and kick them out. Ineffective bitching and moaning only gives muslims a perverse sense of power.
Posted by: ed   2007-01-11 18:44  

#20  Everybody here in Ozland are really peeved off
with this nuckle dragger and the whole free loading mooslim ways they lead..

The time will come...
Posted by: Andrzej   2007-01-11 18:19  

#19  On Arabic television, he said westerners were the world's biggest liars and accused the media of trying to bring him down.

Methinks you're doing a fine job of bringing yourself down, there, Sheik-y! Keep up the "hate speech" and we'll make sure the world sees you all for the hate-mongering, innocents-killing, blood-thirsty death cult that you are!
Posted by: BA   2007-01-11 18:00  

#18  "The Anglo-Saxons came to Australia in shackles, while we paid for our own tickets."

Three comments. First weren't the bulk of convicts to Australia Irish and thus not Anglo-Saxons but Celts (bet that doesn't play well in Australia). Second, where does this logic leave the massive number of Greek-Australians? Third, if you bought your ticket to get there and then went on the Dole do you still have any moral high ground?

I think Howard should quip that he understood one of the pillars of Islam to be a polite guest and such rudeness from a spokesman of Islam does not speak well for the religion or this mans flock who tolerate his rudeness and unislamic statements.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2007-01-11 17:27  

#17  pIslam in a nut shell.
Posted by: Icerigger   2007-01-11 14:53  

#16  Convicts had no choice but to be deported to Australia.
Muslims chose to move to Australia.

How does a person who had no choice have less of a right to be there than a person who chose? Once again, the ridiculous lack of logic from the Muslim world rears its ugly head.
Posted by: Jules   2007-01-11 13:46  

#15  send him to Norfolk Island :)

For the rest of his natural life, of course.
Posted by: liberalhawk   2007-01-11 12:45  

#14  Yeah, Op, I agree. His carcass ought to appear on the street one morning. No further comments required from gov't.
Posted by: SpecOp35   2007-01-11 12:16  

#13  Denaturalization would be better.
Desalination would be even better.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2007-01-11 11:30  

#12  Liars always calling other liars! I hope they feed him to the crocs!
Posted by: Spomort Greling4204   2007-01-11 11:13  

#11  - Aw, I think he need a pet.

= How about a nice Sydney Funnel-web?

He's a follower of the "prophet" - a nice
Sydney rockspider would be more appropriate.
Posted by: Sheik of Scrubby Creek   2007-01-11 10:50  

#10  Aw, I think he need a pet.

How about a nice Sydney Funnel-web?
Posted by: mojo   2007-01-11 10:45  

#9  E: High time for him to be shackled and thrown in the bilge for eight months.

Denaturalization would be better. It would demonstrate to Muslims that whatever they feel they *deserve*, what they actually get is quite another thing.
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2007-01-11 10:03  

#8  High time for him to be shackled and thrown in the bilge for eight months. I would delighted to give him some barren rock in Antarctica to work with; he can build his paradise there.
Posted by: Excalibur   2007-01-11 09:42  

#7  sharp , non aggressive tactic , Anonymoose , i like it . amusing yet , reassuringly positive

Just dont teach any of them to play cricket please , Im sick of loosing to the Aussies
Posted by: MacNails   2007-01-11 08:41  

#6  The best response to this would be to create some paper charitable organization "Whose purpose is to help ex-Muslims integrate into Australian society", which tongue-in-cheek complains that they are swamped with new converts every time the Sheik speaks in public.

"For the Muslims out there who are deeply offended by the Sheik's comments, to the point of not just quitting Islam, but of formally converting to Christianity to be completely free of Islam and the Muslim community, please be patient. Our staff are working overtime to help as many of you as possible."

"But for the time being, please feel free to enter any Christian church and request conversion to Christianity. It is a private activity, so there is no need to notify anyone else, even your own family. But it will give you the peace of mind knowing that you are no longer a Muslim, like the thousands of other ex-Muslims who have not yet been able to leave their Muslim neighborhood."
Posted by: Anonymoose   2007-01-11 08:32  

#5  "This is a calculated conspiracy aimed at terrorising our Islamic community, aimed at me first in order to bring the Islamic community to its knees," Sheik Hilaly said in Arabic.

The Toady in Cairo (hmmm I'll leave that typo) footage was on Channel 10 late news a few minutes ago - imagine the seething and bloodshed if it was the Pope who was being taken "out of context". The only thing "aimed" at Hilali is his own footshots.
Posted by: Whiskettes4Hilali   2007-01-11 07:27  

#4  What a tedious little turd .. At least he's voicing Islams opinions loud and clear and the Aussies are hearing him loud and clear , thus alienating himself and his religion even more ..

Hurray for the man who digs a hole for himself and his ilk

Posted by: MacNails   2007-01-11 06:35  

#3  Yeah, I'm sure the Muslims in Australia are all broken up over these comments. I'm sure they'll be staging protests any minute.

Protests against the "disrespect" and "Islamophobia" involved in sane people getting pissed at the endless crap from them and their leaders.
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2007-01-11 06:33  

#2  Sydney Muslim leader Sheik Taj el-Din al Hilaly has set off a new controversy, claiming Muslims have more right to be in Australia than the descendants of convicts.

It's about time the Australian government officially invited him back to Australia for a little homecoming ceremony.

Clueless POS. Perhaps one of his ancestors is a criminal. I suppose it means the meaning of his existance is diminished, too?

The higher up in the Islamic food chain they get, the more disconnected from reality their "logic" becomes. There is someting seriously wrong with this religion the higher you go. I wonder sometimes what would happen to a high-profile sane person if they accidentally made it into the upper echelons of the Islamic clergy. I don't wonder what would happen to somebody with a low profile . . . .
Posted by: gorb   2007-01-11 06:27  

#1  The Anglo-Saxons came to Australia in shackles, while we paid for our own tickets."

If anything like the UK that is the only thing muslims do pay for as once they arrive they claim every benefit going have multiple kids live of the state and then have the cheek to slag off the hand that feeds them.

Oh i hate ungrateful parasites!!!!
Posted by: Ebbolump Glomotle9608   2007-01-11 06:08  

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