Quote:yes, yes, yes, shiites are not muslims and bahai are not shiites, so it's got nuffin' to do with islam. That he calls himself a muslim and a sheikh and has a bee in his bonnet about muslims or that his spokesthingy 'sister amira' is covered up like a muslim and bangs on about muslims at every opportunity has nuffin' to do wiv nuffin'.
Anyone can play dress-ups soren.
The simple fact is not a single Australian Muslim knows who this guy is...
Quote:Sheik Mousselmani told The Australian yesterday the mystery cleric - who has been identified as Ayatollah Manteghi Boroujerdi on his website after appearing under the name Sheik Haron - was not a genuine Shia spiritual leader.
He said there were no ayatollahs - supreme Shia scholars - in Australia and none of his fellow spiritual leaders knew who Ayatollah Boroujerdi or Sheik Haron was.
"We don't know him and we have got nothing to do with him," Sheik Mousselmani said. "The federal police should investigate who he is. It should be their responsibility."
Sheik Haron, who insulted the family of an Australian soldier killed in Afghanistan in November, was accused by Muslim leaders of being a fake cleric deliberately stirring anti-Islamic sentiment.
Sheik Mousselmani, head of the Supreme Islamic Shia Council of Australia, which represents the nation's 30,000 Shi'ites, said Sheik Haron's website - Sheik Haron Web - gave him away as an amateur who knew little about Shia Islam.
Even the Shi'a here have never heard of him, seems kinda strange for someone who is supposedly an Ayatollah (pretty high rank within the Shi'a hierarchy I believe). It's quite clear the guy is a hoax. I'm truly shocked Kev would buy into this crap... Johnny boy woulda for sure, but Kev I thought was a little smarter.
Now given your anti-Islamic bias, it doesn't surprise me you'd wanna promote the idea of this guy being a legit representative of Muslims... but in the end that's only going to reflect poorly on your character. So go for your life.