Islamic Leader Defends No Action Against Sydney Imam Over Pro-Hamas Comments
The Australian National Imams Council said it did not want to drive influential leaders away from the community.
Sheikh Shadi Alsuleiman, president of the Australian National Imams Council (ANIC), defended the council’s response to comments made by council member Sheikh Ibrahim Dadoun following the 2023 Hamas attacks on Israel. Alsuleiman agreed that Dadoun should not have described the attacks as an act of resistance and expressed elation. The ANIC president faced questioning at a Royal Commission on Anti-Semitism and Social Cohesion hearing in Sydney.
- Sheikh Shadi Alsuleiman defended the ANIC’s response to comments by Sheikh Ibrahim Dadoun.
- Dadoun had expressed elation over the 2023 Hamas attacks on Israel, calling them an act of resistance.
- Alsuleiman agreed that Dadoun’s comments were inappropriate.
- The questioning occurred at a Royal Commission on Anti-Semitism and Social Cohesion hearing in Sydney.
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