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Been commenting on the IY for years... Sheik Feiz Mohammad dumped as leader of Sydney youth By Joe Hildebrand
December 11, 2008 12:00am
AN extremist Muslim sheik who encourages his followers to kill themselves for their religion has been dumped as the main spiritual leader of a Sydney youth centre.
The move comes amid revelations that he is still preaching his extremist message via a number of online forums - scotching claims that he has renounced his hardline views.
Yesterday, Sheik Feiz Mohammad was hurriedly sidelined by the Global Islamic Youth Centre as the spiritual leader young people should go to for religious guidance after The Daily Telegraph revealed that the centre was planning a massive expansion in Sydney's southwest.
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The GIYC has plans for a $6 million "prayer, learning and sporting" facility in Liverpool.
The centre is designed to cater for a growing population of Muslims in the area, estimated to double to 20,000 in the next decade.
It has already raised $700,000 towards a $1 million land purchase.
Sheik Feiz was recognised on the prospectus for the centre as the prominent spiritual leader for the proposed youth facility.
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But, as of yesterday, visitors to the GIYC website have been given the choice between Sheik Feiz and another sheik, Abu Adnan, whose name now appears first and whose email address is now set as the default.
The director of the centre Zunaid Moosa declined to speak to The Daily Telegraph yesterday, although several supporters rang to defend Sheik Feiz and claim his comments were taken out of context and made years ago.
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However, The Daily Telegraph has uncovered evidence the sheik is still encouraging young Muslims to sacrifice their lives for their religion and warns all non-believers will die.
A series of Sheik Feiz's lectures on Ramadan have been posted on the Muslim website Halal Tube as recently as September. Despite the subject being the Muslim holy month, the sheik still opens the Q&A session with a passionate exhortation of how "beautiful" it is to die for Allah.
"This is fighting, this is sacrificing your life. Reflect (on this)," he tells the audience, before quoting holy warriors addressing Mohammad.
" 'Whatever you command, oh prophet of Allah, we shall obey . . . We are not scared to face the enemy tomorrow . . .' What a beautiful statement. They love death more than life because they know death is better for them than living."
Source: The Daily Telegraph
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