Muslim Cleric: Women Are Like ‘Uncovered Meat’

A Muslim cleric in Australia has sparked outrage with
his disparaging comments about women, who he claimed are “weapons” used
by Satan to control men.

According to a report in the United Kingdom’s Daily Mail newspaper,

Australia’s most senior Muslim cleric — Sheik Taj Din al-Hilali,
compared women who do not wear the Islamic headdress with “meat that is
left uncovered in the street and is then eaten by cats.”

The cleric, after criticism from Australian Prime Minister John
Howard and opposition from other civic leaders, has since apologized
for the comments.

The remarks came during a Ramadan sermon in a Sydney mosque as the
Sheik was trying to justify the actions of a group of Muslim men who
had been jailed for alleged gang rapes.

Saying the makeup-wearing women enticed the men by “swaying
suggestively,” and “dressing inappropriately” — without veils — the
sheik set off a firestorm of controversy with his analogy about
unguarded pet food.

Source: Muslim Cleric: Women Are Like ‘Uncovered Meat’