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Daughter defends Muslim cleric
2006-10-27
THE daughter of besieged Muslim cleric Sheik Taj al-Din al-Hilaly said his comments have been misinterpreted and the media should "leave him alone".
"Leave 'im alone, you big bullies!"
Asma al-Hilaly said her father comments implying that immodestly dressed women invite sexual attacks were not his own words.
"He got them from the writings of a medieval pope. I think it was Pope Bob... Yes. I'm sure it was."
She said the offending quote, likening women to uncovered meat tempting cats to eat it, was offered to a group of old men as a way urging them, to teach their daughters to be modest. "All I'm saying is that what he said was (taken) out of context," Ms al-Hilaly told Southern Cross Broadcasting. "Leave him alone. He is a sick man.
"I mean, like, really sick. He tried to feed me to a cat once."
"He was in a house of God. He was only preaching to a group of old men. And his only concern was for them to keep their daughters modest. It all got out of context, blown out of proportion out of something little. Move on."
"Just get over it. And keep that cat away from me!"
Ms al-Hilaly said her father was misinterpreted by unfair translation of the sermon. "He was not inviting people to rape (women). That's the thing that was out of context," she said. "He was just teaching women to be modest."
"So they won't be eaten by cats. I mean, who wants to be eaten by cats?"
Posted by:Fred

#12  thanks.

You're so welcome, lotp. I certainly hope this clears things up for you about the piss poor reputation and lack of credibility that "moderate" Muslims have with so many people, especially around Rantburg.
Posted by: Zenster   2006-10-27 23:52  

#11  By whom? I've not heard that applied to him at all, but maybe I've missed the occasions where it's happened. Links would be helpful -- thanks.

Here's a few:
While he paints himself as a moderate, at a young age Sheik Hilali joined the Muslim Brotherhood - an extremist group influenced by one of Islam's most radical thinkers and a supporter of violent jihad.

Sheik Hilali, who is considered a moderate leader but has regularly shaken relations with the Howard Government, still has a strong powerbase, particularly within the Lebanese community.

After having provoked an international furor with his jihadist remarks, yet keeping his job, Australia's Mufti Al-Hilali is trying to repair his image as a moderate Muslim

The ICRA and Faiz's Global Islamic Youth Centre have broken away from the Lakemba Mosque, the main place of worship for Sydney's Lebanese Muslims, because, a former associate says, Sheik Taj Aldin Alhilali, 64, is too moderate.

There was a time when Al-Hilali was a moderate as can be seen from this 2002 press release Message to all the extremists of the world (From Australian Muslims).

The president of the Australian Federation of Islamic Councils, Dr. Ameer Ali, told an Australian newspaper that Sheikh Al-Hilali could not possibly "hold such radical views" because he is a "very moderate Islamic leader."

I foresee a day when there will be only two brands of Islam. The current radical jihadists and one that must evolve in the very near future; Radical reformists.

Moderate Muslims like al-Hilali make any such notion of moderation totally unacceptable. Be it taqqiya or that this is honest and true Islamic moderation, the title moderate Muslim carries with it all the comfort of calling someone a "moderate sociopath".
Posted by: Zenster   2006-10-27 15:26  

#10  I've looked for a link, and can't really find any reference to this degenerate as a moderate, however there is universal agreement that he is "AUSTRALIA'S most senior Islamic cleric".
The poularity of moderation is still doubtful.
Posted by: J.D. Lux   2006-10-27 14:41  

#9  By whom? I've not heard that applied to him at all, but maybe I've missed the occasions where it's happened. Links would be helpful -- thanks.
Posted by: lotp   2006-10-27 14:32  

#8  THE daughter of besieged Muslim cleric Sheik Taj al-Din al-Hilaly said his comments have been misinterpreted

The only thing that's been "misinterpreted" is what "moderate" Islam really is. Remember, al-Hilali is widely regarded as a moderate Muslim.
Posted by: Zenster   2006-10-27 14:30  

#7  Mewling protests from the daughter of the Sheikh of Meat.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2006-10-27 12:02  

#6  Her seething and whining is worth only half her father's seething and whining.
Posted by: Flea   2006-10-27 11:04  

#5  Yeah, they ain't my words either, but I did not speak them.

Messenger meet messenger: bang bang!
Posted by: johnnycanuck   2006-10-27 09:46  

#4  Asma al-Hilaly said her father comments implying that immodestly dressed women invite sexual attacks were not his own words.

Oh. He's the Prophet's ventriloquist dummy...
Posted by: tu3031   2006-10-27 08:46  

#3  "shut up, meat"
Posted by: Frank G   2006-10-27 08:12  

#2  I'm glad it was taken out of context, or the mosque would probably be a smoking hole in the ground right about now. And there have been many examples that is what is 'lost' in translation is usually lost for a reason.
Posted by: gorb   2006-10-27 01:17  

#1  It was "taken out of context". Context being that it was only for Muzzie consumption. Infidels could not understand and should not have been informed in the first place. In the second place, f**k you infidels for causing my old man to sweat into his beard.
Posted by: SpecOp35   2006-10-27 01:04  

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