Australian Muslim leader refuses to resign
Australia’s most prominent Islamic cleric, widely condemned for suggesting that women who don’t wear head scarves invite rape, implied today he would not resign as long as the White House continues to influence the world.
The board of Sydney’s Lakemba Mosque Association met last night with Sheikh Taj Aldin al-Hilali and decided to accept his apology for comments comparing women who fail to wear the scarves to “uncovered meat”, but banned him from giving sermons for two to three months.
