Muslim preacher wants TV recruits
LINCOLN WRIGHT
04sep05

A FIREBRAND Muslim preacher who plans to set up a TV channel to
convert Aborigines to Islam has been given unfettered access to
Australia.

Controversial American cleric Sheik Khalid Yasin, who says husbands 
can beat unruly wives and that all Australians should become
Muslims, has already raised tens of thousands of dollars in donations.

He works for Britain's Islamic Information Network and regularly
visits Australia on a multiple-entry visa.

He is now trying to establish the Islamic satellite TV station based
in Sydney.

Sheik Yasin, a former Vietnam veteran who was inspired to adopt Islam
after the murder of black Muslim leader Malcolm X, hates Western
music, is sceptical of democracy, wants to convert indigenous peoples
to Islam, and believes the Koran allows gays to be executed.

"Why not? What's wrong with that?" Sheik Yasin told an interviewer
recently.

"God is very straightforward about this . . . , the Sharia is very
clear about it, the punishment for homosexuality . . . or anything
like that is death."

His inflammatory statements have attracted the attention of Australian
security services.

He is being closely watched for any breaches of the law which could
see the removal of his visa.

His group has inspired about 5000 conversions. 


Source: "Sunday Mail"
http://www.thesundaymail.news.com.au/common/
story_page/0%2C5936%2C16480304%25255E903%2C00.html


Cheers, Steve..

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