Australia Bars Radical Sheik
From Entering Country
MELBOURNE, April 4 (Bernama) -- The Australian government has banned a radical Muslim sheik from entering Australia to speak at a major Islamic conference in Melbourne on the weekend, a newspaper reported.
The Herald Sun said Sheik Bilal Philips, who has been linked to the 1993 World Trade Centre bombings in New York, was refused a visa at the last moment by Department of Immigration officials
It is believed that the department acted on advice from national security agencies.
Sheik Philips, 50, a Canadian citizen who lives in Qatar, once wrote: "Western culture, led by the United States, is the enemy of Islam."
The US government named him as an "unindicted co-conspirator" in the 1993 bombings that killed six people and injured 1000. He was deported from the US in 2004.
A second speaker billed to attend the first annual Australian Islamic Conference at Melbourne University on Easter weekend had been asked to show cause why he should be allowed to enter the country, the newspaper said.
Sources said it was unlikely that Sheik Jaafer Idris, a Saudi-based academic, would be able to provide information in time.
-- BERNAMA
http://www.bernama.com
From Entering Country
MELBOURNE, April 4 (Bernama) -- The Australian government has banned a radical Muslim sheik from entering Australia to speak at a major Islamic conference in Melbourne on the weekend, a newspaper reported.
The Herald Sun said Sheik Bilal Philips, who has been linked to the 1993 World Trade Centre bombings in New York, was refused a visa at the last moment by Department of Immigration officials
It is believed that the department acted on advice from national security agencies.
Sheik Philips, 50, a Canadian citizen who lives in Qatar, once wrote: "Western culture, led by the United States, is the enemy of Islam."
The US government named him as an "unindicted co-conspirator" in the 1993 bombings that killed six people and injured 1000. He was deported from the US in 2004.
A second speaker billed to attend the first annual Australian Islamic Conference at Melbourne University on Easter weekend had been asked to show cause why he should be allowed to enter the country, the newspaper said.
Sources said it was unlikely that Sheik Jaafer Idris, a Saudi-based academic, would be able to provide information in time.
-- BERNAMA
http://www.bernama.com
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