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The Australian Islamic spiritual chief has
claimed that he is a victim
of racism after he was
arrested in Sydney. In one of the few occasions where he has actually condescended to speaking
English, Sheik Taj El Din
Al Hilaly took a leaf out of John (multicultural)
Howard's book and described the actions of police as 'not the Australian way of
doing things'. Presumably the ALP-imported
Hilaly thinks that driving an unregistered, uninsured car with a metal object
sticking out of the window before resisting arrest was quite Australian. He was
also quite happy with (what eyewitnesses described as) a passerby attacking the
policemen conducting the arrest. What an excellent way to provide spiritual leadership to a minority increasingly
criticized for violence,
lawlessness and intolerance -
by breaking the law and resisting arrest. Even better was his lawyer's claim that he
was considering taking legal action against the the police. And after agreeing
that the car was unregistered 'at the time', he said this had since been
rectified. Apparently driving an unregistered car is OK, provided you get it
registered after you are caught. Perhaps this principle also applies to
getting insurance? It is a little hard to understand what makes Hilaly an expert on the
'Australian way of doing things' - speaking only very broken English with
verbal prompts from his aides, and having previously preached that Jews were 'the cause of
all wars and problems which threaten the peace and stability of the
world'. He is hardly an role model on integration. Perhaps Hilaly is confusing Australian law with the corrupt lawlessness in his
native Egypt, where being caught risking the lives of fellow
motorists would be easily solved with a modest 'donation' to the police. Not here, Sheik. Welcome to Australia, now please leave.
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