Excerpts from a charming little speech given by Sheik Taj el-Din al-Hilali, the most senior Islamic cleric in Australia.
But when it comes to adultery, it’s 90% the women’s responsibility. Why? Because a woman possesses the weapon of seduction. It is she who takes off her clothes, shortens them, flirts, puts on make-up and powder and takes to the streets, God protect us, dallying. It’s she who shortens, raises and lowers. Then it’s a look, then a smile, then a conversation, a greeting, then a conversation, then a date, then a meeting, then a crime, then Long Bay jail. [laughs]. Then you get a judge, who has no mercy, and he gives
you 65 years.But when it comes to this disaster, who started it? In his literature, scholar al-Rafihi says: ‘If I came across a rape crime – kidnap and violation of honour – I would discipline the man and order that the woman be arrested and jailed for life.”
‘Why would you do this, Rafihi? He says because if she had not left the meat uncovered, the cat wouldn’t have snatched it. If the meat was in the fridge and it [the cat] smelled it, it can bang its head as much as it wants, but it’s no use. If the woman is in her boudoir, in her house and if she’s wearing the veil and if she shows modesty, disasters don’t happen.That’s why he said she owns the weapon of seduction.
Satan sees women as half his soldiers: “You’re my messenger to achieve my needs.” Satan tells women: “You’re my weapon to bring down any stubborn man. There are men that I fail with. But you’re the best of my weapons.”
The woman was behind Satan playing a role when she disobeyed God and went out all dolled up and unveiled and made of herself palatable food that rakes and perverts would race for. She was the reason behind this sin taking place.
The speech was made in a mosque during Ramadan. Several years ago, Sydney was subjected to a series of gang rapes by Lebanese youth gangs, who got long prison sentences, so there’s a fair amount of sensitivity to the issue beyond, well, plain old contemporary decency.
The Sheik has apologized for any offense he’s given, and says he didn’t mean to imply al-Rafihi’s views were his own. Which not only is reminiscent of Pope Benedict’s recent contretemps, but has far less foundation, given the surrounding comments. And, as I recall, we had killings and riots around the Pope’s comments.
Fortunately for the Sheik, no Christian mobs or rioters have been noted. And, after all, we’re only being offensive about women …
For the record, and encouragingly a whole heck of a lot of Australian Muslims have condemned the mufti’s remarks, too. Though only after they were published in a newspaper. The Sheik has declined to resign his position, but has asked to go on indefinite leave.
(via DOF)
So any present or past male students of al-Hilali should be seen as likely suspects in rape investigations. They have been culturally conditioned to believe that commiting rape is Not Their Fault and the woman Deserves It.
If his congregation doesn’t boot his ass out it wil say a lot about them. To Australian Muslim women in that congregation, to AM women in general and to the rest of the people of Australia.