Feiz Mohammad
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Feiz Mohammad is an Australia
n Muslim
preacher of Lebanese
descent and formerly the head of the Global Islamic Youth Centre in Liverpool
, a suburb of Sydney
. He was featured on a British television documentary called Undercover Mosque
. He is noted in media sources for his fundamentalist
beliefs, and has been referred to as a Wahhabi.
He is of Lebanese
origin, and was born in Sydney, Australia. He is a former boxer. Mohammad fled to Lebanon and has lived in hiding there since November 2005.
s of Mohammed's sermons, called the Death Series, broke laws against sedition, racial vilification
, and inciting violence and terrorism. The DVDs came to public attention when they were featured in the documentary Undercover Mosque
, which aired on Britain
's Channel 4
; the DVDs were being sold by children in the parking lot of a Birmingham mosque.
is the worst word ever written, a sign of infidelity, disbelief, filth, a sign of dirt." In one DVD, Mohammed said that children should be encouraged to become jihadists: "We want to have children and offer them as soldiers defending Islam... Teach them this: there is nothing more beloved to me than wanting to die as a mujahid. Put in their soft, tender hearts the zeal of jihad and a love of martyrdom." Elsewhere, he said, "Jews are pigs that will be killed at the end of the world". He also said concerning Jews, "They have got the most extreme racial pride in them. They say that every single non-Jew is a slave created to serve the Jews ... Their time will come like every other evil person's time will come."
He has since apologized in an interview for referring to Jews as pigs, and said that his reference to jihad was misunderstood.
, the reason being that those who insult the teachings of Islam must be killed. The Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf
released an excerpt of the talk.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n Muslim
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
preacher of Lebanese
Lebanon
Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...
descent and formerly the head of the Global Islamic Youth Centre in Liverpool
Liverpool, New South Wales
Liverpool is a suburb in south-western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Liverpool is located 32 km south-west of the Sydney central business district, and is the administrative centre of the local government area of the City of Liverpool...
, a suburb of Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
. He was featured on a British television documentary called Undercover Mosque
Undercover Mosque
Undercover Mosque is a documentary programme produced by the independent television company hardcash productions for the Channel 4 series Dispatches which first aired on 15 January 2007 in the UK. The film caused a furore in Britain and the world press due to the content of the released footage...
. He is noted in media sources for his fundamentalist
Islamic fundamentalism
Islamic fundamentalism is a term used to describe religious ideologies seen as advocating a return to the "fundamentals" of Islam: the Quran and the Sunnah. Definitions of the term vary. According to Christine L...
beliefs, and has been referred to as a Wahhabi.
He is of Lebanese
Lebanon
Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...
origin, and was born in Sydney, Australia. He is a former boxer. Mohammad fled to Lebanon and has lived in hiding there since November 2005.
Blaming women for being raped
In March 2005, he gained notoriety for blaming women for being rape victims. At a $15-a-head lecture to more than one thousand people, he said:"A victim of rape every minute somewhere in the world. Why? No one to blame but herself. She displayed her beauty to the entire world...
"Strapless, backless, sleeveless, nothing but satanic skirts, slit skirts, translucent blouses, miniskirts, tight jeans: all this to tease man and appeal to his carnal nature.
"Would you put this sheep that you adore in the middle of hungry wolves? No... It would be devoured. It's the same situation here. You're putting this precious girl in front of lustful, satanic eyes of hungry wolves. What is the consequence? Catastrophic devastation, sexual harassment, perversion, promiscuity.
Death Series DVDs
In 2007, the Australian Federal Police investigated whether 16 DVDDVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
s of Mohammed's sermons, called the Death Series, broke laws against sedition, racial vilification
Racial vilification
Racial vilification is the term in the legislation of Australia that refers to a public act that encourages or incites others to hate people because of their race, nationality, country of origin, colour or ethnic origin...
, and inciting violence and terrorism. The DVDs came to public attention when they were featured in the documentary Undercover Mosque
Undercover Mosque
Undercover Mosque is a documentary programme produced by the independent television company hardcash productions for the Channel 4 series Dispatches which first aired on 15 January 2007 in the UK. The film caused a furore in Britain and the world press due to the content of the released footage...
, which aired on Britain
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
's Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
; the DVDs were being sold by children in the parking lot of a Birmingham mosque.
Other lectures
In the documentary, he says of non-Muslims, in his 'Signs of the Hour' speech', "KaffirKafir
Kafir is an Arabic term used in a Islamic doctrinal sense, usually translated as "unbeliever" or "disbeliever"...
is the worst word ever written, a sign of infidelity, disbelief, filth, a sign of dirt." In one DVD, Mohammed said that children should be encouraged to become jihadists: "We want to have children and offer them as soldiers defending Islam... Teach them this: there is nothing more beloved to me than wanting to die as a mujahid. Put in their soft, tender hearts the zeal of jihad and a love of martyrdom." Elsewhere, he said, "Jews are pigs that will be killed at the end of the world". He also said concerning Jews, "They have got the most extreme racial pride in them. They say that every single non-Jew is a slave created to serve the Jews ... Their time will come like every other evil person's time will come."
He has since apologized in an interview for referring to Jews as pigs, and said that his reference to jihad was misunderstood.
Call for beheading
It became known in September 2010 that in an Internet conference, Mohammad incited Muslim followers in the Netherlands to behead the Dutch politician Geert WildersGeert Wilders
Geert Wilders is a Dutch right-wing politician and leader of the Party for Freedom , the third-largest political party in the Netherlands. He is the Parliamentary group leader of his party in the Dutch House of Representatives...
, the reason being that those who insult the teachings of Islam must be killed. The Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf
De Telegraaf
De Telegraaf is the largest Dutch daily morning newspaper, with a daily circulation of approximately . De Telegraaf is based in Amsterdam...
released an excerpt of the talk.