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SABRA LANE: Yes, [Keysar Trad] who was speaking on behalf of Sheik [Hilaly], he is, Keysar is the resident of the Islamic Friendship Council of Australia, says that the sheik has indeed apologised for his comments. ELEANOR HALL: And what's been the response both in the crowd and indeed if there has been a response from Keysar Trad or from the Sheikh for the calls for him to be sacked? It now appears that Sheikh Hillaly will not be making any direct comment to the media today. But he has issued a statement through his spokesman, Keysar Trad. Sabra Lane was at the Lakemba Mosque in south-west Sydney.

\"I can understand anyone taking offence to being in any way implicated in the type of crimes that IS has been reported to have done,\" Mr [Keysar Trad] told Fairfax Radio on Monday. Instead of criticising the principal for blaming the West, Mr Trad said the principal should be told \"we appreciate what you're doing, but we don't need the `us and them` approach\". Mr Trad said IS had done an \"unprecedented level of damage\" to the image of Islam.

\"We're wasting $630 million of taxpayer money on something that with the right consultation can cost a lot less,\" he told AAP on Tuesday night.

\"We're wasting $630 million of taxpayer money on something that with the right consultation can cost a lot less,\" he told AAP on Tuesday night. \"People go to (these areas) sometimes, even during the middle of a conflict, they go there not to participate in the conflict but to provide support to their elderly relatives,\" he said. \"Whether these people go to fight with another country's military service or whether they go and fight for a militia or a group ... these types of laws have to embrace everybody,\" he said.

Publisher John Stapleton described Mr [Keysar Trad]'s Forays of the Heart as \"paeans of unrequited love directed at women other than his wife\". He told the launch event in inner Sydney that Mr Trad's wife was \"bemused\" - and his nine children were a bit embarrassed. \"I love all my constituents, it may surprise you - even those who don't vote for me.\"

\"I felt the need to share them so that others can benefit from these journeys,\" Mr [Keysar Trad] said.

The Lakemba Mosque Facebook page became the target of angry responses on Sunday, after it posted a \"fatwa\" on the social networking site saying it was a \"sin\" to offer Merry Christmas wishes. One Facebook user, Doug Barclay, wrote: \"How do I issue a fatwa against the Easter Bunny?\", while another, Brett Rann, said: \"Don't pretend Islam is tolerant of other religions\". A high point came earlier this month, with Alan Jones apologising on-air for saying in April 2005 that Lebanese men were \"vermin\" and \"mongrels\".

A Muslim community leader says a popular Sydney sheik has died in a shelling attack in Syria.

Keysar Trad, founder of the Islamic Friendship Association of Australia, told AAP that Syrian-born sheik Mustapha al-Majzoub had died in an attack by soldiers loyal to the [Assad] regime. \"People in the community have confirmed the sad news that ... Assad regime soldiers brutally ... shelled the pound where this man was ministering to the people's spiritual needs and they killed him,\" Mr Trad told AAP.

Sydney Islamic community spokesman Keysar Trad said \"hundreds\" of mourners were expected to attend, including the new grand mufti, Dr Ibrahim Abu Mohammad. \"His cousins see him as a national hero of the liberation who risked everything to free his fellow human beings from tyranny and oppression; they see him as a Christ-like figure in terms of making the sacrifice,\" Mr Trad said. One of Sheik Zuway's relatives, Hassan Enbaiwa, told the ABC on Wednesday he was killed by a Gaddafi loyalist in Sirte on Monday while helping people in a suburb named Hay al Dollar.