Sunday, March 23, 2008

Hilali protest at cartoons

Hilali
Sheik Taj Din al-Hilali at the Lakemba Mosque. He
will protest against the 2005 Mohammed cartoons.
Natalie O'Brien

CONTROVERSIAL Muslim cleric Taj Din al-Hilali yesterday rallied his supporters against the publication of cartoons insulting to Mohammed, just a day after Osama bin Laden denounced the European Union over the same issue in a new videotape.

At his sermon at Australia's biggest mosque, in the southwest Sydney suburb of Lakemba, Sheik Hilali said the cartoons, published in a Danish newspaper in 2005 - and republished last month - showed the "hatred and envy" felt by the West against Islam.

He said today's sermon at the mosque would be followed by a march to a nearby park to protest against the cartoons.

"The West announces holding a competition for caricatures that insult the Messenger of God, may he be blessed," Sheik Hilali said. Read more ...

Source: The Australian
H/T: Gramfan
Taj Din al-Hilali
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