Feiz Mohammad
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Feiz Mohammad (born 1970-71) is an Australian Wahhabi[1] Muslim preacher, head of the Global Islamic Youth Centre in Liverpool, a suburb of Sydney. He was featured on a British television documentary called Undercover Mosque.
He is of Lebanese origin, and was born in Sydney, Australia. He is a former boxer.[2] He has been living in Lebanon since November 2005.[3][4]
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[edit] Controversy
[edit] Blaming women for being raped
On March 18, 2005, he gained notoriety for blaming women for being rape victims. At a $15-a-head lecture to more than one thousand people, he 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.
"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.[2]
[edit] Death Series DVDs
In 2007, the Australian Federal Police investigated whether 16 DVDs of Mohammed's sermons, called the Death Series, broke laws against sedition, racial vilification, and inciting violence and terrorism.[1][5] The DVDs came to public attention when they were featured in the documentary Undercover Mosque, which aired on Britain's Channel 4; the DVDs were being sold by children in the parking lot of a Birmingham mosque.
In the documentary, he says of non-Muslims, "Kaffir is the worst word ever written, a sign of infidelity, disbelief, filth, a sign of dirt."[3] In one DVD, Mohammed said that children should be encouraged to become jihadists: "We want to have children and offer them as soldiers defending Islam... Teach them this: there is nothing more beloved to me than wanting to die as a mujahid. Put in their soft, tender hearts the zeal of jihad and a love of martyrdom."[1] Elsewhere, he said, "Jews are pigs that will be killed at the end of the world".[4] He also said concerning Jews, "They have got the most extreme racial pride in them. They say that every single non-Jew is a slave created to serve the Jews ... Their time will come like every other evil person's time will come."[6]
He has since apologized for referring to Jews as pigs, and said that his reference to jihad was misunderstood.[5]
[edit] Quotes
- "Today, many parents they prevent their children from attending lessons. Why? They fear that they might create a place in their hearts, a love, just a bit of the love, of sacrificing their lives for Allah."[1]
- "Put in their soft, tender heart the zeal of jihad and the love of martyrdom." [2]
[edit] Also see
- Sheikh Taj El-Din Hilaly - The Imam of the Lakemba Mosque in Sydney and an Australian Islamic leader.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c "'Jihad' sheik to face new probe", by Simon Kearney, The Australian, 19 January 2007
- ^ a b "Muslim cleric: women incite men's lust with 'satanic dress'", by Miranda Devine, The Sydney Morning Herald, 24 April 2005.
- ^ a b "Police probe sheik's DVDs", by Luke McIlveen, staff and wires, News.com.au, 18 January 2007
- ^ a b "Sheikh sparks outrage", by Carolyn Webb, The Age, 19 January 2007
- ^ a b "Fiery Australian cleric claims jihad remarks were misunderstood", by Meraiah Foley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 January 2007
- ^ "Video nasty attacks Jews", by Jano Gibson and Nick O'Malley, The Sydney Morning Herald, 19 January 2007
