Australian National Imam Council
The Australian National Imam Council is almost completely controlled by the Muslim Brotherhood. Created in 2006, the Council seeks to mediate between the State and the Muslims.
250 imams are part of this Council which publishes Fatwa and appoints the Mufti of Australia. The first Mufti was Taj al-din al-Hilali. He was elected in 1988 to avoid being expelled by the Australian government. He is known for his extremist sermons, and has compared unveiled women with unwrapped meat.
“If you place unwrapped meat and leave it on the street, in a garden (…) without any cover on it and cats come and eat it, whose fault is that? Cats or unwrapped meat? Unwrapped meat is the problem. If she was in her room, in her house, wearing her hijab, there would have been no problem.” (Sermon, October 2006)
Taj al-Din al-Hilali then decides to go into politics without much success. He will mostly be remembered for authorizing the concept of “Burkini”.
Following his resignation, the Australian National Imam Council replaces him by Fehmi Naji who will resign in turn for health problems.
Elected in 2011, the current great mufti is Ibrahim Abu Mohamed who is known for being a man of dialogue and peace. At least until 2012, when he starts to defend the Hamas movement, which is considered by Australia as a terrorist organization.
During his stay in the Gaza Strip in 2012, he said
“I am happy to be on a land of Jihad and to learn from its sons.”
Or
“We came to learn from Gaza … We will make stones, trees … to learn sacrifice and the right to defend ourselves.”
During the terrorist attacks in Sydney, the Council and its representatives repeatedly appear on all televisions. They explain that terrorism has no connection with Islam, and condemn “unequivocally” the murder of innocent people. Due to this type of intervention, the Council appears as a peaceful body for the Australian population.
Yet one of the Council main activities is to delay anti-terrorist measures.
The Australian National Imam Council mobilizes against anti-terrorism laws, which it deems dangerous for freedom of expression. Ibrahim Abu Mohammad thus explains that the criminalization of the “defense of terrorism” is an infringement of his freedom of expression. According to the Mufti, reading certain excerpts of the Koran can be seen as “defense of terrorism”. He also mentions jihad in Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq.
When the Australian government decides to penalize hate preachers like the Hizb ut-Tahrir group, the Council of the Australian Imams and Ibrahim Abu Mohammad rush to their rescue.
“Hizb ut-Tahrir is not against the freedom of expression. On the contrary, they are strong supporters of the freedom of expression. They are even exercising this freedom. Those who are against freedom of expression are those who try to prevent Hizb ut-Tahrir from expressing their opinions. “
This position was described by the Australian Prime Minister as “not very useful”.
The Council is also up against anti-terrorism laws. It is heard by various governmental and parliamentary committees. On several occasions, the Muslim Brothers even went so far as to read excerpts from the Koran to convince decision-makers that banning the apology for terrorism can result in forbidding faith.
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