You remember Sheikh Taj al-Din al-Hilali. "Iraq: Australian Cleric Sees Hostage Footage," from AKI, :
Baghdad - Australia's leading Muslim cleric, Sheikh Taj al-Din al-Hilali, who is trying to secure the release of an Australian engineer in Iraq, is reported to have seen recent film footage of the hostage, Douglas Wood. Sheik al-Halili told the Associated Press agency in Baghdad that he had not actually met Wood, as had been erroneously reported in the Australian press. "I have seen a recent CD video lasting 12 to 15 minutes where Wood is alive and good and in honest hands,'' al-Hilali told the agency, saying Wood apparently refers to 'recent events' that he had read in English-language newspapers that indicated he was still alive.
Honest hands?? Unsurprising, coming from Al-Hilali. Just before the September 11 attacks, he was filmed in his Sydney mosque endorsing suicide bombers. Then he went to Lebanon and signed a statement by clerics endorsing suicide attacks in Israel. He famously called 9/11 "God's work."
The dumbest thing the Australian government could ever do!
Sending this guy to Iraq and thereby giving him legitimacy is truly disgraceful. Why not give the mafia a chair in Parliament?
Hostage taking for ransom is traditional Mohammedan business. Welcome to the New World order of 2005!
Unbelievable: The Australian government sents Jihadi-crooks to Iraq to deal with kidnappers there, in turn they are holding the nation in suspense and at governments expense gangsters are (without much success) sold on the unsuspecting public as 'heroes'.
This is insane. I would have put 'Sheik' Halali in the slammer and threatened the Islamics with his execution unless the hostage is released. That is the only language they understand. everything else is gaga...
Ah yes, the honesty and reliability of people who take hostages. Honour among thieves, anyone?
Al-Hilali went to Australia illegally. In order not to upset Muslims, the Australian (Labour) government allowed him to stay. Last year, the police caught him driving unregesterd car and not having a driver lisence. He also had metal stuff coming out from the window of his car and had, as it was told, guns.
Very strangely, the court dropped his case???!!!
Now he went to Iraq to release Mr Woods? How can Australian people believe a creminal lying man like him?! He asked, very clearly, Mr Woods' kidnappers to release him for the benefits of the Muslim community in Australia.
The spokesman of Hilali is, very well know, a big lier.
May God awake the Australian people to understand the huge danger of Islam and Muslims before they regret it when it is too late.
Abbas
Honest hands...an oxymoron in this case and a huge one at that. What blatant dis-honesty that is, or maybe he is telling the truth, from his twisted point of view. He probably thinks that Nick Berg and others were also in "honest hands", who honestly sawed their heads off, for honest reasons, Allah willing...well Allah must be willing, because he put those victims into the "honest hands", of those "honest "terrorist who will treat those victims "honestly".
"Oh what a tangled web we weave when we first start to decieve". Hilali falls under the general catagory of, "if the shoe fits, wear it"...
Yes duh_swami, the bizzaro world of islam considers kidnapping and sawing heads off to be honorable. What is *bad* is good to them, goodness is weakness in their world.
I don't think our govt sent Hilaly to Iraq, I believe it was funded by the Aus Islamic Council. I could be wrong, but I know I read that somewhere. Hard to tell what's going on with this story, it's full of confusing reports and contradictions, accompanied by huffery and puffery by that vile hate-monger. One minute Wood is due to be imminently released, next minute not. Then Hilaly claims he's seen Wood "eye to eye", next we hear he hasn't actually seen him physically, just on video. One minute Hilaly is in Iraq, next minute he's visiting a doctor in Bahrain, or was it Dubai? Apparently the poor dear is suffering from some ailment, but has dragged his poor suffering self over there to be Mr Hero. Boo hoo hoo.
I just can't help feel this is Hilaly's attempt to change his image from murderer-supporting extremist to mild mannered moderate. I just don't trust the worm. Even if he fails, he can throw up his hands in despair and moan "Oh but I tried! I really did! I'm sorry sniffle."
And re that religious villification law - it is not an Australian law. It is only in one PeeCee state: Victoria, which is run by Labor (left). Unfortunately New South Wales is looking at it too (also Labor). Western Australia, another Labor state has said no to it. I've heard the federal govt say they do not support the law and would not create a federal-wide version. And I don't feel that the federal govt has much respect for Hilaly either. Howard's comments on Hilaly's efforts have been very guarded and qualified, with some stiff and uncomfortable body language. He probably can't stand Hilaly but realises that we're unfortunately stuck with him, thanks to Labor votes whores in the past.
I hope Wood is still alive and will be released soon. And hopefully not due to paying money to the scum who are holding him.
Boxter - no, the Australian govt. didnt throw anyone in prison. The pastor has said that he will go to prison rather than apologise. The laws you mention are enacted in one state only, Victoria. Al-Hilaly lives in Sydney, which is in a different state.
He is Egyptian born, can barely speak English although he has been in the country for approximately 20 years. According to him, us dumb Aussies 'mistranslate' or 'misinterpret' his comments. Of course, he didnt REALLY say that Jews are responsible for all the evil in the world, or make supportive noises over 9/11 and Bali - we are just mistaken.
"This" Australia mainly loathes al-Hilaly - he should - and would - have been deported several years ago, except that the leftwing Keating govt. of the time pulled strings to allow him to stay.
Abbas - nobody believes him. He obviously undertook this mission first, to revive his own flagging popularity and second, to improve the bad impression that Muslims have created in Australia (good luck on that one).
He is, to quote one of the posters 'as influential as crocodile lips'. Although Howard could never say it, he obviously distrusts and dislikes al-Hilaly, as most Australian do.
It would be acceptable to most of us if al-Hilaly were kept in Iraq in place of Wood. There are lots of unanswered questions regarding this mission of mercy - to Australians, it smells worse than week old fish.
"And re that religious vilification law - it is not an Australian law. It is only in one PeeCee state: Victoria,"
feralee - I believe that QLD has the law also, it just hasn't been tested like it has in Victoria, and I also believe (again I could be wrong, but I think I read it on the Australian Christian Lobby Website) NSW has it also.
Pastor Scot has not yet gone to jail - but like you say - he is willing to "go all the way". He recently went over to England where he addressed the pommy parliament re NOT introducing these laws.
So it will be interesting to see if Blair, who promised NOT to introduce these laws before the election, will do so now that he has been elected.
The laws are in the EU - and a Swedish Pastor HAS BEEN THROWN in JAIL! Why - he preached on what the Bible says about homosexuality, and because he was against this lifestyle - they did throw him in jail. No doubt the anti -Christian Left and the Islamists look towards Eurarabia's laws, and hope to introduce them here.
NOTE TO ALL AUSTRALIAN READERS - THE AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL WANTS TO INTRODUCE THESE DIVISIVE "HATE" LAWS THAT FORBID FREEDOM OF SPEECH. It probably helped Latham to lose the election (thank God!).
I was also was at a public forum where Kevin Rudd ducked and weaved on this issue of Hate Laws - saying he knew nothing of Daniel Scots case (I almost puked).
MAKE NO MISTAKE - THE LABOR, GREENS, DEMOCRATES, AND SOME CHURCH LEADERS, ALONG WITH MUSLIMS WANT THESE LAWS IN PLACE.
"And re that religious vilification law - it is not an Australian law. It is only in one PeeCee state: Victoria,"
feralee - I believe that QLD has the law also, it just hasn't been tested like it has in Victoria, and I also believe (again I could be wrong, but I think I read it on the Australian Christian Lobby Website) NSW has it also.
Pastor Scot has not yet gone to jail - but like you say - he is willing to "go all the way". He recently went over to England where he addressed the pommy parliament re NOT introducing these laws.
So it will be interesting to see if Blair, who promised NOT to introduce these laws before the election, will do so now that he has been elected.
The laws are in the EU - and a Swedish Pastor HAS BEEN THROWN in JAIL! Why - he preached on what the Bible says about homosexuality, and because he was against this lifestyle - they did throw him in jail. No doubt the anti -Christian Left and the Islamists look towards Eurarabia's laws, and hope to introduce them here.
NOTE TO ALL AUSTRALIAN READERS - THE AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL WANTS TO INTRODUCE THESE DIVISIVE "HATE" LAWS THAT FORBID FREEDOM OF SPEECH. It probably helped Latham to lose the election (thank God!).
I was also was at a public forum where Kevin Rudd ducked and weaved on this issue of Hate Laws - saying he knew nothing of Daniel Scots case (I almost puked - the guy professes to be a Christian, and yet he "knew nothing" of the biggest case to affect Christians in this country).
MAKE NO MISTAKE - THE LABOR, GREENS, DEMOCRATES, AND SOME CHURCH LEADERS, ALONG WITH MUSLIMS WANT THESE LAWS IN PLACE.
Sorry about the double post - I hit the "stop" button on the first - but it made no difference.
Daniel hasn't yet gone to jail - but he does get regular death threats, as does his family, and his Christian Pastor relative in Pakistan was found brutally murdered in Pakistan not so long ago - by followers of the "religion of Peace".
Also if this case goes all the way to the High Court - and he loses (and lets face it, with activist Judges like Kirby, that would be easily done - not to mention how easy it would be to but them off with Saudi Oil $$$), would it not then set a precedent across the whole country?
3TL: Yeah, you could be right about Qld being infected with that law. As you say, just not tested yet. Not NSW yet though, although there's been recent talk of them looking into passing it. Lots of Muslim votes at stake there, so it's probably a done deal. Next demand: sharia, I bet. Only have to look at Canada to see where we're headed. They're already so fanatically PeeCee that the religious villification bit was built in, no separate law needed. So since they've been agitating for sharia there, it'll come here too.
Demand, demand, demand. Never happy with the way things are, with the way people have been living happily together all along. Nope, gotta change it, turn back the clocks, to 7th century Arabia. Why can't people see that? Oh, but I'm being so culturally insensitive, aren't I? Intolerant. Islamophobic. Yeah, heaven forbid I complain about having basic rights eroded.
You're right about the federal Labor party wanting that cancerous law. What's her name announced that last year while they were still campaigning. I believe she got booed, by Labor supporters. But I doubt that would stop them. Stasi-like laws are right up their alley. The Greens are even worse. Get them in bed with Labor and we've got a nightmare.
Hi feralee - the calls for Sharia have already started. Just last Easter(Passover) break the Muzzies were calling for Sharia in Western Australia.
Thankfully the government (Labor) told them to stick it. No doubt because of the crushing blow Labor suffered federally.
I sort of hope that Labor will stay in bed with the loony left Greens. Unions are finally starting to wake up, that if all these environmental treaties are signed - then the Unions themselves will be out of work, as they will no longer have any representatives – as they will all be out of work.
Not to mention the dubious "science" that global warming is based upon - or the fact that we have had global climate change in the past. Or that the EU countries want the Kyoto Protocol because they own all the Multi-national corporations in the 3rd World which are allowed to use slave labour and pump out as much pollution as they like - with all profits heading back to the EU - and the US to a lesser degree - that’s real "liberal" of the Euro's isn't it??!)
John Laws made that exact point you do feralee, that is, that the Christians, Hindu's, Buddhists, Atheists, are all happy to live under ONE law, despite their differences. Yet the Muslims in WA demand Sharia? Why are they different?
Spot on about Canada - that case study scares the crap out of me (at least they are allowed to arm themselves, unlike in Oz). But also remember - Canada is full of French, Australia isn’t. So hopefully common sense will prevail in the end.