Australia's top mufti calls for holy war
Accuses U.S., Israel of war aimed at 'annihilating the Islamic nation'
Posted: February 18, 2004
1:00 a.m. Eastern
2004 WorldNetDaily.com
The top Islamic leader of Australia and New Zealand has called for a holy war
against Israel and accuses the United States and the Jewish state of seeking to
wipe out Muslims.
Taj Al-Din Hamed Abdallah Al-Hilali, mufti of Australia and New Zealand, made
the comments last Friday at the Al-Quds mosque during a visit to Sidon,
Lebanon, according to the Middle East Media Research Institute.
"The war waged by the U.S. and Israel against the Muslims is a cruel war aimed
at annihilating the [Islamic] nation," he said.
Born in Egypt in 1941, he graduated from Cairo's Al-Azhar University and served
as a preacher in Egypt, Libya and Lebanon before coming to Australia in 1982.
In 1988 he was appointed to his present position by the Australian Federation
of Islamic Councils.
Lamenting the lack of "real men" to lead the Arab world, Al-Hilali praised the
leader of the terrorist group Hezbollah, Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, whom he had
met recently.
"I blessed Hezbollah for liberating the prisoners and the bones of the shahids
[martyrs] and I praised it and its sacrifice," Al-Hilali said. "Hezbollah has
become a model for all the mujahideen [holy warriors] in the world."
He contended most Australians don't support the policy of its government, which
has "placed Hezbollah on the terror list out of submission to the U.S."
He vowed Australian Prime Minister John Howard "will pay the price for this in
the next elections."
MEMRI notes this is not the first time Al-Hilali has expressed such
anti-Western sentiments, declaring in a March 2003 speech President Bush,
Australian Prime Minister John Howard and British Prime Minister Tony Blair are
the "axis of evil."
He likened "Bush Jr." to the son of Genghis Khan, calling him "the most
ignorant president to lead the White House."
On another occasion he said the media "all over the world are controlled by
Zionist fingers, particularly the Western media, and that includes Australia,
in which the media are under Zionist hegemony."
However, Al-Hilali believes "the Zionist Western attack on Islam" has become
the best means of Islam's propagation.
"The Muslims are like a cotton [cushion] that the upholsterer's stick only
makes bigger," he said. "When the cotton is worn out and can no longer be sat
upon, the upholsterer comes along and attacks it ferociously with his stick.
These blows clean the cotton, cause it to swell, expand, and grow.
"Thus are the Muslims," he said. "The stick of the Western media prompted the
spread of Islam and stimulated the Westerners to hasten to acquaint themselves
with it … ."
He said the events of Sept. 11, 2001, in the U.S. "caused a revolutionary
change in the military and defensive balance of power in the world, and all the
world must reexamine their considerations in light of these developments … ."
In one interview, Al-Hilali accused the U.S. of terrorism and expressed support
for suicide attacks.
"There is no doubt that the U.S. is dealing with wholesale marketing of
terrorism," he said. "The U.S. is the biggest agent for terrorism in the world,
and Israel perpetrates terrorism, with funding and military and diplomatic
support from the U.S."
Al-Hilali said Muslims are proud of "the Islamic resistance in Palestine,
Lebanon, Kashmir, and everywhere in the world that seeks to achieve its
legitimate rights in accordance with the international resolutions, the human
rights conventions, and the U.N. resolutions."
He also expressed pride for the "resistance that liberated southern Lebanon,
led by Hezbollah, the legitimate Lebanese national movement, that forced the
Israeli occupation army to withdraw from southern Lebanon, dragging trails of
disappointment and shame behind it."
He praised the Palestinian terrorist groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad as well.
"We support the resistance and support, with all our might, the martyrdom
operations carried out by the Palestinian liberation movements, operations that
are a legitimate act against the cruel occupation, according to all
international norms and conventions," he said.
In another interview, Al-Hilali discussed Muslim life in Australia, warning the
country's Islamic community is threatened by a law that prohibits a family's
guardianship over its sons when they reach age 16.
"The father has no authority over his son or his daughter, and if you try to
intervene in your son's private life, he brings in the police," he said. 'The
moment your son reaches 16, he takes his freedom and becomes independent."
Even more dangerous, he said, are sex education classes in the schools, which
reflect the West's freedom and permissiveness.
"In the West, the society is divided, generally speaking, into different parts
in accordance with how interesting they are," he said. "First comes caring for
dogs and cats. In second place is the woman, and in third place is the child,
and in fourth place is the male. Australia is one of the Western societies, and
it has recently enacted laws enacted allowing men to marry men and women to
marry women. The church officially registers them."
He said many Muslim families in Australia "feel they are being threatened and
very quickly they set out on a journey back to their countries of origin."
Al-Hilali also claims Afghan Muslims preceded Captain Cook in his discovery of
Australia.
Australia's Aborigine people have customs such as circumcision, marriage
ceremonies, respect for tribal elders and burial of the dead, he said, which
show "they were connected to ancient Islamic culture before the Europeans set
foot in Australia."
Islam, he claimed, "had roots deep in the Australian soil and read the Quran
and called to prayer before the bells of the churches rang in Australia."
"The best evidence of this is the hundreds of mosques in the center of
Australia built by the Afghans," he said. "Some of them were destroyed, and
others were turned into Australian archeological museums, and still others
remained unharmed, and they bear a history that proves that Islam has roots and
ancient connections to Australia."
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18 Feb 2004 02:05:25 PM |
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On 18 Feb 2004 14:28:50 GMT, (TonyZ2001) wrote:
<SNIP>
Of course, this mornings news is that he was taken out of context.
Sadly, his knowledge of history and Aboriginal culture is ridiculous.
There is no supporting evidence that Islam reached Australia before
European culture, and the Aboriginal culture goes back continuously
40,000 years, apparently.
Also, after 9-11, This particular moron was on Television and was
asked his opinion, and he said (and this is as close a quote as I can
remember):
"this was not done by islams, this was 100% American Gangs"
Strangely, or perhaps not so strangely, this interview was not
repeated in later bulletins, and was never repeated.
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"FOR I HAVE BECOME VENGEANCE AND YOU WILL FEEL THE WRATH"
"YOUR DOOM IS WRITTEN IN THE STARS...."
"THE DREADED NAME HAS BEEN REVEALED...YOUR DOOM IS NEAR..."
DM in meltdown mode, February 2003
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| User: "Wally Anglesea™" |
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18 Feb 2004 02:09:40 PM |
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On 18 Feb 2004 14:28:50 GMT, (TonyZ2001) wrote:
Oh, and by the way, the history of Afghans in Australia dates from
When Afghans and their camels were brought to Australia to open up the
centre. One of the reasons the main train in central Australia is
called the "ghan"
We still have wild Afghan Camels in Oz, they were released, and they
have survived. If I recall correctly, these camels were important
recently to restock the original camels in Afghanistan, which were
under threat.
http://www.gsr.com.au/ghan/
http://www.southaustralianhistory.com.au/ghan.htm
so once again, he shows his ignorance.
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"FOR I HAVE BECOME VENGEANCE AND YOU WILL FEEL THE WRATH"
"YOUR DOOM IS WRITTEN IN THE STARS...."
"THE DREADED NAME HAS BEEN REVEALED...YOUR DOOM IS NEAR..."
DM in meltdown mode, February 2003
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