Liverpool Muslim Cleric Hate
Muslim cleric: women incite men's lust with 'satanic dress'
By Miranda Devine
April 24, 2005
The Sun-Herald
A Muslim sheik told followers at a public meeting in Bankstown that
women who were raped had incited men's lust by dressing immodestly and
only had themselves to blame.
Sydney-born Sheik Faiz Mohamad, 34, a former boxer who teaches at the
Global Islamic Youth Centre in Liverpool, made the comments during a
lecture for more than 1000 people at Bankstown Town Hall.
The Sun-Herald has a recording of the March 18 speech in which Sheik
Faiz said: "A victim of rape every minute somewhere in the world. Why?
No one to blame but herself. She displayed her beauty to the entire
world . . .
"Strapless, backless, sleeveless, nothing but satanic skirts, slit
skirts, translucent blouses, miniskirts, tight jeans: all this to tease
man and appeal to his carnal nature."
He compared a woman dressed in such a way to a sheep. "Would you put
this sheep that you adore in the middle of hungry wolves? No . . . It
would be devoured. It's the same situation here. You're putting this
precious girl in front of lustful, satanic eyes of hungry wolves. What
is the consequence? Catastrophic devastation, sexual harassment,
perversion, promiscuity."
The invitation to the $15-a-head lecture stipulated modest dress and
"strict male and female segregation". It was promoted as a lecture
about "death" in flyers and on the website of the ICRA Youth Centre in
Lidcombe, an Islamic community group which sponsored the evening.
The ICRA and Faiz's Global Islamic Youth Centre have broken away from
the Lakemba Mosque, the main place of worship for Sydney's Lebanese
Muslims, because, a former associate says, Sheik Taj Aldin Alhilali,
64, is too moderate.
Sheik Faiz also exhorted Muslim women to wear the hijab head covering as "a liberation from male scrutiny".
"It's sad to see today how young girls are being brought up," he said.
"The way they dress, their hairstyles . . . layers of make-up, which
they just shovel on in order to remove afterwards, tanning out in the
sun, bronzed, shiny so she can shine the lustful eyes of men; extreme
dieting, working out. Why? So she can get the best figure, but not for
her husband."
He also condemned the soap opera Days Of Our Lives, which he said made
wives negative towards their husbands, and said "premarital sex is
fashionable, that manipulation, deceit, cheating, lying falsehood are
all essential ways to get the man or lady of your dreams".
Sheik Faiz declined to be interviewed.