Australian Muslim cleric criticised for comments about Paris attacks

Australia's most senior Muslim cleric has come under fire from government ministers for linking the Paris terror attacks to racism and Islamophobia.

Grand mufti of Australia, Ibrahim Abu Mohammed and the Australian National Imams Council, a national body representing Muslim clerics, issued a statement on Sunday offering their deepest condolences to the families and friends of victims of the co-ordinated attacks in Paris that killed at least 129 people.