A SENIOR Australian Muslim cleric triggered national outrage yesterday for likening women who dress immodestly to meat that is left out for prey to eat.

A senior Australian Muslim cleric triggered national outrage today for likening women who dress immodestly to meat that is left out for prey to eat.

A senior government minister today said Muslims who wanted to live under Islamic law had no place in Australia, and insisted all immigrants must embrace Australian values.

Racial tensions erupted today into running battles between police and thousands of white youths, many chanting racial slurs against ethnic Middle Easterners, at a beachside suburb in southern Sydney.

The family of an Australian engineer being held hostage in Iraq offered a “donation” to the Iraqi people today, as Australia’s top Muslim cleric left for Baghdad in a last-ditch effort to win his release.