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Muslim group calls for 'natural justice' for Hilaly
2006-10-31
The Lebanese Muslim Association has urged the media and politicians to stop interfering in the debate surrounding the future of senior Muslim cleric Sheikh Taj el-Din Al Hilaly and leave it to the Islamic community to resolve.

Association president Tom Zreika says the sheikh has been granted indefinite leave from his duties at the Lakemba mosque, in the wake of the furore over his comments about women. But he says rumours that Sheikh Al Hilaly has resigned are absurd, and no new appointment will be made until he either voluntarily steps down, or the community and the association's board decides to take action.

"I reiterate that we will under no circumstance be rushed or pressured into making a decision," Mr Zreika said. "This concerted effort to remove him without a fair hearing will not be tolerated by me or my organisation.

"He will in due course be heard by his peers and the community according to the principles of natural justice."
Posted by:Oztralian

#9  #8, I don't doubt you're correct. Which begs the issue, why do we give a shit where he goes? No one would want this piece of scum. Send him back where he came from, by default. Any issues he has there are not our problems. Our problems are the trouble he's causing here. I'm sick of ACLU squealing on behalf of these lowlifes. Let them take the trip with him and defend him wherever he originated.
Posted by: SpecOp35   2006-10-31 11:57  

#8  --#5, AFAIK, the "imam in Cleveland" has not been kicked out of the country. He is still here. The USA can't find any other country willing to accept him as a deportee.
Correct me if I'm wrong. I wish it were otherwise.
Posted by: Slaviger Angomong7708   2006-10-31 11:04  

#7  Damn. When I first glanced at the headline I thought it read:

Muslim group calls for 'natural justice' for Hillary

Posted by: Dave D.   2006-10-31 09:53  

#6  Further Translation:

We will attempt to deflect interest from this until the media furor dies down and that way we never have to condemn his statements that inspire the rubes to rape the infidels.
Posted by: Clkethel OHlkdj   2006-10-31 09:45  

#5  Translation: They don't mean to do squat about him. Just like the imam in Cleveland, famous for attending "interfaith" events, who was found to be a jihad-promoter and to have lied on his visa application. Seems he had actually been a member of a terrorist group.

What did the Muslims do? Nothing.

It took INS acting on the lies on his visa application to remove him from the mosque. They did it by kicking him out of the country.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2006-10-31 07:25  

#4  Natural justice? Isn't that where they turn him over to the womenfolk with their kitchen knives?
Posted by: trailing wife   2006-10-31 07:03  

#3  "He will in due course be heard by his peers and the community according to the principles of natural justice."

What, like this?

http://www.cornellsun.com/node/19339
"...dozens of politicians and journalists with fatwas on their heads are hiring armed bodyguards for fear of becoming the next Theo Van Gogh Â…"

Posted by: Whiskettes4Hilali   2006-10-31 06:53  

#2  . . . leave it to the Islamic community to resolve.

just like they resolve incidents of rape: they blame the victim.
Posted by: PlanetDan   2006-10-31 06:28  

#1  Sheik's mufti role may be ended
Posted by: Oztralian   2006-10-31 05:30  

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