Aussie mufti to women: Hey, sorry about blaming you for your own rapes; Update: No sermons for 2-3 months
posted at 3:20 pm on October 26, 2006 by Allahpundit
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He’s just looking out for you, ladies.
If he’s guilty of anything, it’s of loving too much:
Sheik Taj Aldin Alhilali apologized after The Australian detailed his comments, which compared women who do not wear Muslim headdresses to “uncovered meat” that attracts hungry animals, the Sydney Morning Herald reported Thursday.
“I unreservedly apologise to any woman who is offended by my comments,” Alhilali said.
“I had only intended to protect women’s honor, something lost in The Australian presentation of my talk.”
“Protecting women’s honor” is virtually a science in some Muslim countries, which is one of the reasons why Wafa Sultan escaped to the west. JPost has an interview with her today about the state of feminism over there — and over here:
Are Western feminists on your side? I have encountered Americans and Israelis who – when it comes to the rights of women in Arab countries – side with multiculturalism. Has this been your experience as well?
Yes it has. I haven’t received the kind of support I expected from women in the US. Recently, I gave a speech at the University of California, and during the question period, an American woman told me she didn’t believe the things I was saying about Muslim men’s treatment of women. She said: “Muhammed was the first man on earth to give women rights.”
I responded, “Would you please tell me what some of those rights are, so I can tell Muslim women to be aware of them?”
She said, “I don’t know, but I was invited to a mosque in LA, and that’s what the mullah told us.” Can you believe how naive these women are?…
How do you feel about Saudi Arabia – in which women are not even allowed to drive cars – sitting on the human rights commission at the UN?
I blame the free world for this travesty. Shame on America! Shame on any country that calls itself civilized and has relations with Saudi Arabia.
There is a saying in Arabic: When Pharaoh was asked, “Who made you Pharaoh?” he replied, “Nobody stopped me from becoming Pharaoh.”
If there is no one to stop evil, don’t blame the evil.
The piece is longish, but at least read her exchange with a Palestinian on page six.
Iowahawk tries to find the humor. And succeeds.
Update: The good sheikh’s been informally suspended — but won’t be censured.
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The only reason Sheik Taj Aldin Alhilali is apologizing, is becuase he might get deported.
Iblis on October 26, 2006 at 3:22 PM
Ah, the religion of peace.
Oops, my sarcastic comment in the near future could be construed as “belittlement” of Islam and I could be arrested, according to the Danish court decision.
januarius on October 26, 2006 at 3:27 PM
Don’t run! My religion commands me to rape and kill you.
Dont Run! We are your friends.
Sounds a little like Mars Attacks, no?
Kini on October 26, 2006 at 3:33 PM
“the Koran first of all advises a man to try and convince his wife to obey to him in a polite way and through advice, then by refusing to have sexual relations with her“….my wife would laugh herself silly over this one
Limerick on October 26, 2006 at 3:33 PM
OFF TOPIC….here is treason by the press….as open and bald faced as it gets…..Tony Blair should hang this guy
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6081594.stm
Limerick on October 26, 2006 at 3:42 PM
I love his sarcasm. It reinforces his point, though.
Ouabam on October 26, 2006 at 3:44 PM
“I had only intended to protect women’s honor, something lost in The Australian presentation of my talk.”I feel protected now!
NOW et all should be ashamed at their inaction and wussitude regarding the lack of women’s rights and the abuse of women in many parts of the globe.
Multiculturalism, or multi-culti in Europe, trumps humanity, reasoning and everything, really. No grain of respect for NOW. They’re nobody and nothing!
Entelechy on October 26, 2006 at 3:57 PM
Just another “non-apology” apology offered only to those who were offended.
Of course, he believes in what he said, and without the slightest reservation.
CliffHanger on October 26, 2006 at 3:58 PM
My bad, hit the ’strike’ button, instead of the ‘quote’ button :( On second thought, maybe the ’strike’ button is appropriate for the expression of this fake.
Entelechy on October 26, 2006 at 3:59 PM
quote from the Imam’s daughter;
THE daughter of Taj Din al-Hilali has strongly defended her father, saying he thought of women as “diamonds” and that he had spent his entire life supporting women’s rights.
……..ok honey, whatever.
Limerick on October 26, 2006 at 4:02 PM
Allahpundit says:
As near as I can tell, Iowahawk is a genius.
What’s next? Maybe television commercials airing on
al-Jazzera network that mindlessly drone:
“Rape on. Apply directly to the uncovered meat.”
“Rape on. Apply directly to the uncovered meat.”
“Rape on. Apply directly to the uncovered meat.”
CyberCipher on October 26, 2006 at 4:05 PM
He respects women so much that he would like to see them all put on a pedestal. Makes it easier to look up their dresses I guess.
BobK on October 26, 2006 at 4:24 PM
Women are meat. Women are diamonds. Too bad they couldn’t move into the 19th century or so and think of women as people. Maybe it’s easier for them to think of women as inanimate objects; removes the need to worry about her pleasure.
Time to go kiss the ground and thank God I was born in North America and don’t have to live in one of those toilets they try to pass off as countries.
Canadian Infidel on October 26, 2006 at 4:32 PM
Bingo. Worked for the Pope so now everybody’s gonna do it, regardless of the fact that they actually thought of those words themselves vice an old man referring to the words of an even older one.
tree hugging sister on October 26, 2006 at 4:34 PM
- tree hugging sister on October 26, 2006 at 4:34 PM
Except that there’s nothing wrong with what the Pope had said.
You’re not assigning moral equivalence to the Pope’s dissertation on historical aspects of Islam vs the “women are meat” comments of a leading Islamofascist, are you…?
CliffHanger on October 26, 2006 at 4:45 PM
tree hugging sister I just re-read your comments and I’m now thinking you agree…
Sorry if I mis-interpreted your comments.
CliffHanger on October 26, 2006 at 4:48 PM
Tied into a quote from the Wafa Sultan interview:
Of course this would all be the tomatoes’ fault if the juicy, enticing fruit was ambulatory. Lucky for them they’re hopelessly immobile and so the fault falls on YOU, BLASPHEMER!
JoeEgo on October 26, 2006 at 4:59 PM
Why does every picture I’ve seen so far of this islamic ‘holyman’ show him with the facial expression looking like he just spent the night in an all male bathhouse and his face is stuck in the same position?
Mahdi Al-Dajjal on October 26, 2006 at 5:16 PM
She almost put a jihad on you, CliffHanger!
Mr. Bingley on October 26, 2006 at 5:18 PM
“cat-meat-pita sandwich”.
Classic.
Tman on October 26, 2006 at 5:24 PM
imao.us has a t-shirt available that says, “I strongly disagree with the Muslim belief that I should be murdered.” Perhaps they could come up with a t-shirt for women that says, “I strongly disagree with the Muslim belief that I should be raped.”
BigOrangeAxe on October 26, 2006 at 5:51 PM
Where is the spirituality in Islam? Rigid moral dictates to control external behavior,do hardly a religion make. I think this Imam should take a look at his effectivness as an Imam. There us something fundamentally wrong,if members of his congregation that he refers to as hungry animals, are compelled rape a woman in any circumstance. His original position on the sentencing of his followers should shed light on the dark underbelly of Islam. A case can be made that Islam is not a religion,and should not be afforded the protection of the constitution of the United States of America.
sonnyspats1 on October 26, 2006 at 5:51 PM
I’ve been having an argument on another board about this because I posted the original story and of course the first thing one of the lefty females did was bring out the moral equivalence argument. This is typical of the “Judaic religions” and such but she never once condemned the rapes or him saying they were the women’s fault. It was far more important to her to lump christians and Jews with the same behavior.
That of course fits right into what Wafa Sultan said in that interview that’s been posted on the main page about the little support she’s gotten from feminists in the West.
Benaiah on October 26, 2006 at 5:54 PM
Erm…ok the Wafa Sultan thing was in this thread. I guess that nap didn’t help as much as I thought it would. :(
Benaiah on October 26, 2006 at 5:55 PM
Why isn’t the National Organization of Women marching on Veterans day holding banners that scream, free our Muslim Sisters!?
I’ve got a newsflash, if Muslim Clerics were more civilized, Islam would be more civilized.
If Malaki were’nt run by Sistani, Iraq would be more civilized.
If Malaki dared tell his brother Shi’a, Ahmadinejad to get his insurgents out of Iraq, Malaki would be told to disengage his nose from his masters buttcheeks.
He wouldn’t be welcome there anymore.
A little clue for our administration, ‘faith based government’ isn’t always the answer.
Speakup on October 26, 2006 at 6:50 PM
Who’s honor does he really seek to protect?
Big White Hat on October 26, 2006 at 7:10 PM
LOL!! I hate commercial… What do they use that stuff for anyway?
As, for this ass-bag Imam… Simply put, he’s a nipple. I can’t believe that liberals support these people.
x95b10 on October 26, 2006 at 8:03 PM
Where are all the screaching femninists?
Valiant on October 26, 2006 at 8:58 PM
“I unreservedly apologise to any woman who is offended by my comments,” Alhilali said.
“I had only intended to protect women’s honor, something lost in The Australian presentation of my talk.”
“Of course, a good muslim woman won’t be offended by my statements, they would agree with them” he thought to himself.
topmaker on October 26, 2006 at 9:26 PM
LMAO!
p.v. cornelius on October 27, 2006 at 1:05 AM
“Rape on, apply directly to the….”
Now THAT’S Funny!
Follow up ad: “Rape on, I hate your ads but your product works great!”
Tony737 on October 27, 2006 at 5:32 AM
I think I know where crude oil comes from now. (shudder)
Coronagold on October 27, 2006 at 6:10 AM
Come on Sheik, give us all a break by coming up to speed in the twenty first century. The problem with most Mideast Muslims is, they can’t tell the difference between a goat or a woman, and apparently you can’t either.
byteshredder on October 27, 2006 at 10:44 PM
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