I think it was around the time he choked on that pretzel while watching a grid-iron game on TV...

The comparison with Hilaly and Israeli is laughable, tendentious in the extreme. Here are just a few glaring differences.

1. Hilaly is the grand Mufti of Australia, a figurehead for all Muslims, who stays in that position to this day with the approval of major Muslim representative bodies. Israeli is just an academic who speaks for no one but himself.

2. Despite the media and people like the author constantly playing down and deliberately fudging what Hilaly actually said, his remarks are far worse than anything Israeli uttered. Hilaly implied uncovered women were PRIMARILY responsible if they were raped. He did not say, as is often claimed, that unclad women were partly responsible (which would be bad enough).

3. Hilaly has a long history of even more despicable remarks. Including praising suicide bombers and the September 11 attacks. Yet still this man stays in his position with the approval of Muslim bodies.

And quit with the bogus Nazi comparisons. The Germans INVENTED the Jewish "problem". Is anyone seriously suggesting Islamic extremism is not a legitimate problem?

They were both 'taken out of context'.
They both tried to portray their religion as victim

And both are bound to get one-eyed support from people who think similarly

The muslim community in Australia need to remember that in this world there is something called guilt by association, and that the longer they remain associated with Hilali (in particular, maintaining him in his current position), the more they will be tainted by his actions.

Irfan, I’d like to defend Professor Israeli using a very popular defence. Mr Israeli was misquoted.

Numbat,

Please cease and desist in calling moslems "pagan moslems". A pagan is follower of a totally different belief system than is a moslem. The two belief systems have virtually nothing in common - other than a belief in a non-existant god or gods! Paganism was the main belief system of northern Europe in Roman times until displaced by Christianity. Christmas and Easter are both mapped onto pre-existing pagan festivals.

I'm an agnostic, but if I wasn't I'd be a pagan - they have more fun!