The Australian National Imams Council met today to discuss the issue of whether there should remain a position of mufti and, if so, whether the incumbent, Sheikh Taj, should continue to hold it. The Age is reporting that the position will remain, Sheikh Taj al-Hilali will continue to fill it, but at some point the...
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On Sunday, a number of Australian imams will soon meet to discuss, among other issues, the question of whether there is to be a Mufti of Australia and New Zealand and, if so, whether it should continue to be Sheikh Taj ad-Din al-Hilaly.Tom Zreika, of the Lebanese Muslim Association (LMA), has put together a series...
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There was a lot of news yesterday about a new house finance product being offered by Adelaide Bank, touted in some media outlets as the ‘interest free mortgage’ and the like. The Herald Sun summarises it as follows: The loan product allows home owners to borrow as little as 75 per cent of the value...
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Is it that time of year already? Fred Nile, the leader of the Christian Democratic Party, has called for an immediate halt to Muslim immigration. Last year (or was it the year before?), he was calling for the niqab to be banned on the apparent grounds that bombs might be hidden inside it. Why terrorists...
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