Can you believe this??

[Ilovethemall]

CTV.ca News Staff

Australia's most senior Islamic cleric has set off a firestorm of controversy after comparing women without headscarves to "uncovered meat" inviting sexual assault, comments that he has since apologized for.

"If you take out uncovered meat and place it outside ... without cover, and the cats come to eat it ... whose fault is it, the cats' or the uncovered meat's?" Sheik Taj Aldin al Hilali was quoted as saying in a sermon to some 500 worshippers in Sydney last month.

"The uncovered meat is the problem," he was quoted as saying in The Australian newspaper.

 

[Cock Throppled]

Who should we fear most...ignorant Muslim fanatics or cats?

 

[Ilovethemall]

fear the kitty!

never much liked cats but don't really fear them!

What amazes me is that they keep giving these jackasses any coverage

 

[HeMadeMeDoIt]

Who should we fear most...ignorant Muslim fanatics

Here's the scariest part; this man is supposed to be the "Grand Mufti" of Australia which means that he is the highest Islamic authority in the land and technically the most "level headed"

 

[Avery]

So, all the girls on the beaches wearing super skimpy thong bikinis have to do is put on a headscarf, and the guys will ignore them?

 

[georgebushmoron]

"If you take out uncovered meat and place it outside ... without cover, and the cats come to eat it ... whose fault is it, the cats' or the uncovered meat's?" Sheik Taj Aldin al Hilali was quoted as saying in a sermon to some 500 worshippers in Sydney last month.

"The uncovered meat is the problem," he was quoted as saying in The Australian newspaper.

Ah yes, but is it Halal meat?

Honestly folks, a lot of things get lost in the translation to English when it comes to Islamic notions and Arabic language. In fact, the same could be said of Hebrew, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and any non-Western language that is dissimilar to English.

 

[sirlickheralot]

Guess it's time for women to get organized and start violent worldwide protests against this guy and Islam. Start calling for his arrest and execution and kill a few innocent muslims and burn down a few mosques for good measure. That is the stardard and acceptable response for having a perceived or actual insult directed at your particular group isn't it?

 

[Ilovethemall]

they should protest

The women should burn shit down but they better be wearin' the hijab!

....and you know what?? Since those mosques were made of wood and therefore flammable, it is their own fault they burn! After all, if they had been made of concrete, this would not be a problem.

 

[HeMadeMeDoIt]

Ah yes, but is it Halal meat?

Honestly folks, a lot of things get lost in the translation to English when it comes to Islamic notions and Arabic language.

I disagree GBM. I've read the Arabic (I read, write and speak it fluently) version and its actually more offensive as is usually the case with most of these inflammatory statements.

 

[gravitas]

Australia's most senior Islamic cleric

Well fuck him!

I hope Australian Muslim women show their defiance to this asshole and show up to mosque dressed as THEY see fit based on THEIR interpretation of the Koran.

 

[Damaged]

Ah yes, but is it Halal meat?

Honestly folks, a lot of things get lost in the translation to English when it comes to Islamic notions and Arabic language. In fact, the same could be said of Hebrew, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and any non-Western language that is dissimilar to English.

Does that go both ways? When they translate English are they doing a poor job of it and missing the meaning of our words?

 

[georgebushmoron]

Does that go both ways? When they translate English are they doing a poor job of it and missing the meaning of our words?

Yes it does go both ways.

 

[Randy Whorewald]

You should really check out some of the Christian Television shows airing on Sunday mornings. Those crazy ****ers have said far worse on a regular basis.

 

[cancowboy2001]

"It's not my fault - I was quoting someone else"

http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/sheikh-invokes-popes-defence/2006/10/27/1161749289276.html

Sheikh invokes Pope's defence

Besieged Muslim cleric Sheik Taj Aldin Alhilali believes his comments have been misinterpreted in the same way the Pope was misunderstood in a sermon on Islam.

The mufti has triggered a storm over a sermon in which he blamed women for sexual assault.

Sheik Alhilali has been stood down from giving sermons at his Lakemba mosque in Sydney for the next two to three months, a mosque spokesman said this morning.

Abdul El Ayoubi, from the Lebanese Muslim Association (LMA) which administers the Lakemba mosque where the mufti is based, says the LMA board was not happy with the sheik's sermon.

"But we did accept his apology and we want to move on,'' Mr El Ayoubi told AAP.

"We feel at this stage that is only fair that he be stood down for the next couple of months."

Earlier this year Pope Benedict XVI outraged Muslims by quoting a 14th century Byzantine emperor who said innovations introduced by the Prophet Mohammed were "evil and inhuman".

Sheik Alhilali says he was quoting an ancient Islamic scholar to make a point when he compared immodest women to "uncovered meat" to a Ramadan sermon at Lakemba mosque in Sydney.

Mr El Ayoubi said the mufti feels like he has been misinterpreted like the Pope.

"He keeps harping on the fact that he was quoting some ancient scholar, and he was, and compares it to the situation with the Pope," Mr El Ayoubi told AAP.

"The Pope quoted some Byzantine leader and had a go at our prophet, and the sheik goes `look there's no difference', except that this may offend more people than the Pope's comments offended."

Mr El Ayoubi said the sheik was not talking about rape in the sermon, he was talking about adultery, and he was quoting some other person.

AAP

 

[badwolfcgy]

I think the sheik needs a big glass of STFU and a one way ticket to hell.