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Firebrand cleric may face charges A firebrand Islamic leader who urged young Muslims to become holy warriors and labelled Jews as pigs could face charges of incitement to violence. Australian Federal Police are looking into DVDs featuring Sheik Feiz Mohammed, the leader of the Global Islamic Youth Centre in Liverpool, in Sydney's west. NSW Premier Morris Iemma today accused the sheik of inciting terrorism in the collection of DVDs, called the Death Series. The Federal Government said the sheik's DVD preachings were "reprehensible and offensive", Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd said they were "obscene" and Mr Iemma labelled them "disgusting". If it is found the sheik's comments breach sedition laws and incite acts of violence, the AFP will launch a full investigation and he could face charges. NSW Jewish Board of Deputies chief executive Vic Alhadeff said the sheik was inciting racial hatred. "It is of great concern when people in positions of influence abuse that power to incite racial hatred," Mr Alhadeff said. In the DVDs, which are on sale through the youth centre's website, the Sydney-born cleric urges young Muslims to be prepared to sacrifice themselves for Islam. The sheik, who has spent the past year living in Lebanon, also talks of a Muslim killing a Jew and ridiculed Jews as pigs. His preachings have again turned a negative spotlight on Australia's Muslim community, a week after the country's senior Islamic cleric Sheik Taj Aldin Alhilali told Egyptian television that white Australians were "liars" and that Muslims were more entitled to be in Australia than those with a convict heritage. Those comments followed Sheik Alhilali's remarks last October in which he said women who dressed immodestly invited sexual assault. "There is this pattern of behaviour which is very concerning to the government," acting federal attorney-general Kevin Andrews said. "We have had repeated remarks made by the most senior Islamic cleric in Australia, Sheik Alhilali. "We have these latest remarks - some of which are directed at parents and children. "The importation of hatred into Australia is totally unacceptable. These remarks and the others before them are condemned by the government." Mr Iemma said he would urge the Federal Government to ban sales of the DVDs. "This DVD goes a lot further than vilification," Mr Iemma told reporters in Sydney. "The sort of incitement that the DVD encourages is incitement to acts of violence and acts of terror." The Acting Attorney-General, Kevin Andrews, has labelled the preachings an "importation of hatred" and said an investigation had been launched. "There is an offence in Australia, in broad terms, for a person to incite violence against another person or group of people based on political opinion or religious grounds or belief," he told reporters earlier today. He added that the comments were similarly distasteful to others recently made by Sheik Taj el-Din al Hilaly. "We've had repeated remarks made by the most senior Islamic cleric in Australia, Sheik Hilaly. Sheik Hilaly was allowed to stay in Australia, against security warnings at the time by the Labor Party that went to extraordinary lengths, at the time, to allow him to stay in Australia." This afternoon Mr Rudd said Sheik Feiz was not welcome back in Australia. "These statements are obscene in the extreme. "Sheik Mohammad has made extraordinarily violent statements when it comes to encouraging people to commit acts of jihad," he said. "Violent statements toward the Jewish community and statements also that describe non-Muslims as filth. "These are appalling statements and they have no place in Australia. "I would say this to Sheik Mohammed: 'Do not return to Australia, you are not welcome here.' "As I see it, Sheik Mohammed's statements add up to incitement to terrorism." Sheik Feiz says on the video: "The peak, the pinnacle, the crest, the highest point, the pivot, the summit of Islam is jihad." He criticises Muslim parents for being too cautious about letting their children receive jihad teachings. "Today, many parents they prevent their children from attending lessons. Why? They fear that they might create a place in their hearts, a love, just a bit of the love, of sacrificing their lives for Allah." He goes on to talk of his desire that children be offered "as soldiers defending Islam". "Teach them this: that there is nothing more beloved to me than wanting to die as a Mujahid. "Put in their soft, tender heart the zeal of jihad and the love of martyrdom." In another DVD excerpt shown on Undercover Mosque, Sheik Feiz makes pig-like snorting noises when he refers to Jews. "They will be [snort, snort] - all of them. Every single one of them," he says. The Islamic Friendship Association president, Keysar Trad, condemned the comments against Jews but said some of the sheik's jihad-related references were ambiguous and might have been misinterpreted. He said only Sheik Feiz could clarify the true meaning of his comments but it was possible he was calling on Muslims to defend Islam using words, as opposed to violence. "If he means by standing up and defending faith in a non-violent way - do it using words - then we all do that. We all defend our religion using words," Mr Trad said. " But if he means taking up arms, that would be something most people would take objection to." [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? 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