Muslims suspend Australian imam - Toronto Star

Said uncovered Muslim women like `meat' PM condemns cleric's punishment as too lenient Oct.27, 2006. 01:00AM ROHAN SULLIVAN ASSOCIATED PRESS CANBERRA—Australia's senior Muslim cleric has been barred from preaching for three months after describing women who do not dress modestly as "uncovered meat," but the government decried the punishment as too lenient. The comments by Sheikh Taj El-Din Hamid al-Hilali, the mufti of Australia's biggest mosque in Sydney, has outraged Muslims and the wider ...