DAR AL HARB - AUSTRALIA: MOSLEMS SHOULD BACK IRAN

Muslims should back Iran, al Hilaly says

Australia's leading Islamic cleric Sheik Taj el-Din al Hilaly has called for Muslims to unite behind the hardline Iranian regime, according to local reports of his visit to Tehran.

In a propaganda drive, the Iranian media quoted the sheik as saying the global Islamic nation would not "kneel" to its enemies, according to newspaper reports.

"The mufti of Australia has called on the Islamic world to stand in the trenches with the Islamic Republic of Iran which possesses the might and the power," the Iranian Alalam News reported in Arabic on its website on Saturday.

It reported that Sheik al Hilaly, who was in Tehran for the International Islamic Unity forum, told Alalam TV that he was committed to the unity of the Islamic nation.

"(Islamic unity) is what has brought all the participants together at this Islamic unity conference, to show the whole world that they are dedicated to the one God and dedicated to Islamic unity and the Islamic nation will not kneel in front of its enemies, never," Sheik al Hilaly was reported as saying.

Federal Attorney-General Philip Ruddock reportedly said he was concerned about the sheik's reported comments.

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