Sheik says he's more Aussie than the PM

ryan79 · April 13th, 2007, 06:14 AM

Controversial Muslim cleric Sheik Taj Aldin Alhilali has declared himself more Australian than Prime Minister John Howard.

Speaking to The Australian newspaper from Istanbul, the mufti also vowed to return to Sydney next week to weed out the "foxes" who had accused him of using donations raised by Australians to support proscribed terror groups in Lebanon, such as Hezbollah.

The Australian Federal Police is investigating $70,000 raised by the Sydney-based Lebanese Muslim Association (LMA) and handed out in Lebanon by Sheik Alhilali.

LMA president Tom Zreika has said allegations have been made in the Muslim community that Sheik Alhilali gave some of the money to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.

"When I get back to Sydney, I will be asking how this money was accounted for," Sheik Alhilali told the newspaper.

"I get accused in the media of spending the money, but at the end of the day I don't know how the money was spent.

"I was just writing down the names on a piece of paper."

Sheik Alhilali said his widely criticised remarks supporting the hardline Iranian regime were meant to encourage world peace.

Both the government and opposition called for the sheik to be sacked and to leave the country after he called on Australian Muslims to back Iran's hardline regime.

Sheik Alhilali told the newspaper he had spent 50 years promoting peace and accused the prime minister of running a dictatorship.

"It's a disgrace for the leader of a democratic country to be picking on religious people, especially one who is practicing a form of dictatorship that could almost be Saddam Hussein-like," Sheik Alhilali said.

"I respect Australian values more than he does.

"Australian people like peace and they like humanitarian welfare and they are attracted to just causes."

The sheik's comments saw Labor leader Kevin Rudd mount an uncharacteristic defence of the prime minister.

Mr Rudd blasted the controversial Islamic cleric, saying: "As you know, I'm not a natural supporter of the prime minister, but Mr Howard is as Australian as I am".

"The sheik is out there, I think, just seeking crazy publicity, as he seems to do on a daily basis."

Earlier this week, Iranian media quoted the mufti as urging Australian Muslims "to stand in the trenches with the Islamic Republic of Iran which possesses the might and the power".

Mr Rudd said the comments bordered on violating Australia's counter-terrorism laws because Iran supports the "global terrorist organisation" Hezbollah.

Both Mr Rudd and federal Industrial Relations Minister Joe Hockey called on Immigration Minister Philip Ruddock to review the mufti's Australian citizenship.

"My call to Mr Ruddock is to formally review whether or not Australia's counter-terrorism laws are in any way violated by these sorts of statements by the sheik," said Mr Rudd.

Mr Hockey said the mufti was using his position to turn Australian Muslims against the non-Muslim community.

"Yet again, he's trying to make a headline by saying something outrageous," he said.

"But, of course, he's trying to elevate his position to create an 'us-versus-them mentality' in the Islamic community.

"That won't work.

"The great bulk of members of the Islamic community want to get rid of him.

"I'm absolutely confident that Philip Ruddock will be looking at every comment made by the mufti," said Mr Hockey.

Meanwhile, Sheik Alhilali's spokesman Keysar Trad has said the mufti's comments were born of frustration.

"To make these comments about John Howard, I think, indicates nothing more than the frustration that many people in the (Muslim) community are feeling about the way we were regularly placed in the spotlight," he told Southern Cross Broadcasting.

Avatar · April 13th, 2007, 06:20 AM

Get rid of the wanker once and for all. Put him on a private jet and shoot the thing down. He is a cockhead of the highest order.

MILIUX · April 13th, 2007, 06:21 AM

Private jet? Are you kidding? No taxpayer should fork out that.

Sending him on a cardboard box.

LanceDriver · April 13th, 2007, 06:23 AM

here we go again, time for everyone to get fucked off!

CP Doom · April 13th, 2007, 06:24 AM

Fuck this twat says any old crap. Somebody should beat him repeatedly over the head with a 15 kilo leg of ham.
Muslims should know that most Australians wont tolerate this kind of crap, so why they continue with this pathetic masquerade is beyond me. They should just get rid of him, save themselves the pain of being accused of being complicit by their silence & refusal to sack him.
And the government should just grow some balls & lock him up for supporting terrorists.

Ians Resort · April 13th, 2007, 06:34 AM

Why not a WWF cage match between Alan Jones and the Sheik -

cowface · April 13th, 2007, 06:42 AM

I love the Sheik. Like Anna Nicole Smith, he knows how to work the media.

He didn't actually have that much power before, but now, with the full force of our media behind him, he has real power. To piss people off.

Shiek: 2007's Tampa.

Dissenter · April 13th, 2007, 06:45 AM

Where's the quote saying he's more Aussie than John?

Ians Resort · April 13th, 2007, 06:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cowface

I love the Sheik. Like Anna Nicole Smith, he knows how to work the media.

He didn't actually have that much power before, but now, with the full force of our media behind him, he has real power. To piss people off.

Shiek: 2007's Tampa.

How does being dead work the media?

sydney_lad · April 13th, 2007, 06:56 AM

BREAKING NEWS

Australian public pays way too much attention to nonsensical islamic cleric.

Brizer · April 13th, 2007, 06:59 AM

Look, I'll happily pay for a leaky boat for the silly old publicity hound - he's LOVING it!! - to be sent in the general direction of Patagonia, as long as John Howard and Alan Jones have to go with him. I've a few others in mind for the trip but am concerned we'll run out of silly old publicity hounds/farts to complain about.

cowface · April 13th, 2007, 07:00 AM

April 13, 2007
3.00 PM EST
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Cowface: I'm more heterosexual than Howard.

Australia's top gay representative has declared himself more heterosexual than Prime Minister John Howard.

Favco750 · April 13th, 2007, 07:03 AM

Until he gets a wallabies tracksuit, he's got NOTHING on the little cretin.

Fuck 'em both.

Avatar · April 13th, 2007, 07:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MILIUX

Private jet? Are you kidding? No taxpayer should fork out that.

Sending him on a cardboard box.

True that, possibly the easiest thing to do is just use a neutron bomb on his house or launch a small missile at it ... while he is home of course.

LanceDriver · April 13th, 2007, 07:16 AM

he's a real evil and divisive fucker! watch him backpeddle now and lie like he usually does. but he's allowed to lie to non-muslims (infidel scum) of course. meanwhile the muslims whinge that non-muslim australians are against them while they let this idiot continue on with his antics that are causing them and us pain.

i used to have a little admiration for paul keating but i now hate the cunt! against all advice and common sense keating himself granted this guy australian citizenship even though it was known he was a biggot. keating needed the numbers from the muslim labour voters, he only cared about himself and his future and not the countries future.

i hope keating only ever gets remembered for one legacy, letting this small minded media hungry divisive anti-australian dickhead into our country.

Dissenter · April 13th, 2007, 07:39 AM

Fanks Lance! I was wondering who to blame for this scum, but now that it seems it was actually Labor's fault, or more specifically that cunt Keating, I'll know who to rage against, and not merely be annoyed at the Mufti himself, or the media for reporting and beating up every non-newsworthy piece of shit that dribbles out of his mouth, or better yet, to not care at all, as it's clearly a fucking non issue what bullshit this senile cretin says this week to the desperate throng of media parasites that follow his every move.

Ians Resort · April 13th, 2007, 08:09 AM

Maybe his comments have been taken out of context again,

just like the uncovered meat comment

- why don't we just give him the benefit of the doubt - eh -

LanceDriver · April 13th, 2007, 08:19 AM

when pauline hanson used to crap on with her divisive shit she had a huge pack of anti-pauline protestors follow her around everywhere she went. where are these same people now and why aren't they covering this idiots every move? is it ok for this cock to say his biggoted shit in their minds or are they just scarred that they will be called racists or scarred of muslims or something?

KJBrissy · April 13th, 2007, 08:21 AM

I'd love to see what Pauline has to say about the Sheik! That would be a laugh!

Austraarabian · April 13th, 2007, 08:22 AM

WHOA! GO SHEIK!!!!!!!! I love him. He is the best. I agree with him too. He is right.

AND P>S Hezbollah is NOT a terrorist organisation - they are the resistance. Thats a FACT too. They are a recognised political body - The only terrorist is John Howard! And nearly all Muslims support Iran so whats the big deal???? Even a vast minority of the western public tacitly supports Iran.....?? We dont HAVE to be anti-Iranian??

GO SHEIK! WHOA!!! DAM THOSE RACISTS OUT THERE WHO HATE YOU!!!

MUHUAHAHAHAHAH! I might start to raise money to build Australias biggest mosque in the name of the GREAT HILALY!

April 13th, 2007, 06:14 AM	#1
ryan79 Destorying our history Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Perth Posts: 9,845 Likes (Received): 98	Sheik says he's more Aussie than the PM Controversial Muslim cleric Sheik Taj Aldin Alhilali has declared himself more Australian than Prime Minister John Howard. Speaking to The Australian newspaper from Istanbul, the mufti also vowed to return to Sydney next week to weed out the "foxes" who had accused him of using donations raised by Australians to support proscribed terror groups in Lebanon, such as Hezbollah. The Australian Federal Police is investigating $70,000 raised by the Sydney-based Lebanese Muslim Association (LMA) and handed out in Lebanon by Sheik Alhilali. LMA president Tom Zreika has said allegations have been made in the Muslim community that Sheik Alhilali gave some of the money to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. "When I get back to Sydney, I will be asking how this money was accounted for," Sheik Alhilali told the newspaper. "I get accused in the media of spending the money, but at the end of the day I don't know how the money was spent. "I was just writing down the names on a piece of paper." Sheik Alhilali said his widely criticised remarks supporting the hardline Iranian regime were meant to encourage world peace. Both the government and opposition called for the sheik to be sacked and to leave the country after he called on Australian Muslims to back Iran's hardline regime. Sheik Alhilali told the newspaper he had spent 50 years promoting peace and accused the prime minister of running a dictatorship. "It's a disgrace for the leader of a democratic country to be picking on religious people, especially one who is practicing a form of dictatorship that could almost be Saddam Hussein-like," Sheik Alhilali said. "I respect Australian values more than he does. "Australian people like peace and they like humanitarian welfare and they are attracted to just causes." The sheik's comments saw Labor leader Kevin Rudd mount an uncharacteristic defence of the prime minister. Mr Rudd blasted the controversial Islamic cleric, saying: "As you know, I'm not a natural supporter of the prime minister, but Mr Howard is as Australian as I am". "The sheik is out there, I think, just seeking crazy publicity, as he seems to do on a daily basis." Earlier this week, Iranian media quoted the mufti as urging Australian Muslims "to stand in the trenches with the Islamic Republic of Iran which possesses the might and the power". Mr Rudd said the comments bordered on violating Australia's counter-terrorism laws because Iran supports the "global terrorist organisation" Hezbollah. Both Mr Rudd and federal Industrial Relations Minister Joe Hockey called on Immigration Minister Philip Ruddock to review the mufti's Australian citizenship. "My call to Mr Ruddock is to formally review whether or not Australia's counter-terrorism laws are in any way violated by these sorts of statements by the sheik," said Mr Rudd. Mr Hockey said the mufti was using his position to turn Australian Muslims against the non-Muslim community. "Yet again, he's trying to make a headline by saying something outrageous," he said. "But, of course, he's trying to elevate his position to create an 'us-versus-them mentality' in the Islamic community. "That won't work. "The great bulk of members of the Islamic community want to get rid of him. "I'm absolutely confident that Philip Ruddock will be looking at every comment made by the mufti," said Mr Hockey. Meanwhile, Sheik Alhilali's spokesman Keysar Trad has said the mufti's comments were born of frustration. "To make these comments about John Howard, I think, indicates nothing more than the frustration that many people in the (Muslim) community are feeling about the way we were regularly placed in the spotlight," he told Southern Cross Broadcasting. __________________ I'm free to say what I want

April 13th, 2007, 06:20 AM	#2
Avatar Galactic Ruler Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Sydney Posts: 5,628 Likes (Received): 58	Get rid of the wanker once and for all. Put him on a private jet and shoot the thing down. He is a cockhead of the highest order. __________________ $5 fun time.

April 13th, 2007, 06:21 AM	#3
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April 13th, 2007, 06:56 AM	#10
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April 13th, 2007, 08:21 AM	#19
KJBrissy ........... Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane Posts: 9,344 Likes (Received): 133	I'd love to see what Pauline has to say about the Sheik! That would be a laugh! __________________ "Traditionally what has hurt people has not been rising interest rates but rising unemployment. I don't care what rate you're paying, if you have a mortgage five times your income and you lose your job, you're toast." Gerard Minack, chief economist at Morgan Stanley.

April 13th, 2007, 06:23 AM	#4
LanceDriver 70's porn star Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sydney Posts: 6,743	here we go again, time for everyone to get fucked off!

April 13th, 2007, 06:24 AM	#5
CP Doom Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Morwell Posts: 1,221 Likes (Received): 19	Fuck this twat says any old crap. Somebody should beat him repeatedly over the head with a 15 kilo leg of ham. Muslims should know that most Australians wont tolerate this kind of crap, so why they continue with this pathetic masquerade is beyond me. They should just get rid of him, save themselves the pain of being accused of being complicit by their silence & refusal to sack him. And the government should just grow some balls & lock him up for supporting terrorists.

April 13th, 2007, 06:34 AM	#6
Ians Resort FATBOY Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Gold Coast Posts: 237 Likes (Received): 0	Why not a WWF cage match between Alan Jones and the Sheik -

April 13th, 2007, 06:42 AM	#7
cowface Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Melb Posts: 985 Likes (Received): 6	I love the Sheik. Like Anna Nicole Smith, he knows how to work the media. He didn't actually have that much power before, but now, with the full force of our media behind him, he has real power. To piss people off. Shiek: 2007's Tampa.

April 13th, 2007, 06:45 AM	#8
Dissenter Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 59 Likes (Received): 0	Where's the quote saying he's more Aussie than John?

April 13th, 2007, 06:59 AM	#11
Brizer Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 7,893 Likes (Received): 136	Look, I'll happily pay for a leaky boat for the silly old publicity hound - he's LOVING it!! - to be sent in the general direction of Patagonia, as long as John Howard and Alan Jones have to go with him. I've a few others in mind for the trip but am concerned we'll run out of silly old publicity hounds/farts to complain about.

April 13th, 2007, 07:00 AM	#12
cowface Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Melb Posts: 985 Likes (Received): 6	April 13, 2007 3.00 PM EST SHITMEDIA.COM Cowface: I'm more heterosexual than Howard. Australia's top gay representative has declared himself more heterosexual than Prime Minister John Howard.

April 13th, 2007, 07:03 AM	#13
Favco750 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Melbourne Posts: 1,876 Likes (Received): 0	Until he gets a wallabies tracksuit, he's got NOTHING on the little cretin. Fuck 'em both.

April 13th, 2007, 07:16 AM	#15
LanceDriver 70's porn star Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sydney Posts: 6,743	he's a real evil and divisive fucker! watch him backpeddle now and lie like he usually does. but he's allowed to lie to non-muslims (infidel scum) of course. meanwhile the muslims whinge that non-muslim australians are against them while they let this idiot continue on with his antics that are causing them and us pain. i used to have a little admiration for paul keating but i now hate the cunt! against all advice and common sense keating himself granted this guy australian citizenship even though it was known he was a biggot. keating needed the numbers from the muslim labour voters, he only cared about himself and his future and not the countries future. i hope keating only ever gets remembered for one legacy, letting this small minded media hungry divisive anti-australian dickhead into our country.

April 13th, 2007, 07:39 AM	#16
Dissenter Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 59 Likes (Received): 0	Fanks Lance! I was wondering who to blame for this scum, but now that it seems it was actually Labor's fault, or more specifically that cunt Keating, I'll know who to rage against, and not merely be annoyed at the Mufti himself, or the media for reporting and beating up every non-newsworthy piece of shit that dribbles out of his mouth, or better yet, to not care at all, as it's clearly a fucking non issue what bullshit this senile cretin says this week to the desperate throng of media parasites that follow his every move.

April 13th, 2007, 08:09 AM	#17
Ians Resort FATBOY Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Gold Coast Posts: 237 Likes (Received): 0	Maybe his comments have been taken out of context again, just like the uncovered meat comment - why don't we just give him the benefit of the doubt - eh -

April 13th, 2007, 08:19 AM	#18
LanceDriver 70's porn star Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sydney Posts: 6,743	when pauline hanson used to crap on with her divisive shit she had a huge pack of anti-pauline protestors follow her around everywhere she went. where are these same people now and why aren't they covering this idiots every move? is it ok for this cock to say his biggoted shit in their minds or are they just scarred that they will be called racists or scarred of muslims or something?

April 13th, 2007, 08:22 AM	#20
Austraarabian BANNED Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Sydney Posts: 420 Likes (Received): 0	WHOA! GO SHEIK!!!!!!!! I love him. He is the best. I agree with him too. He is right. AND P>S Hezbollah is NOT a terrorist organisation - they are the resistance. Thats a FACT too. They are a recognised political body - The only terrorist is John Howard! And nearly all Muslims support Iran so whats the big deal???? Even a vast minority of the western public tacitly supports Iran.....?? We dont HAVE to be anti-Iranian?? GO SHEIK! WHOA!!! DAM THOSE RACISTS OUT THERE WHO HATE YOU!!! MUHUAHAHAHAHAH! I might start to raise money to build Australias biggest mosque in the name of the GREAT HILALY!

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