Former Grand Mufti says gay people are ‘mentally ill’

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Source: AAP

Sheikh Taj el Deen Al-Hilaly, former Grand Mufti of Australia and whose recent re-appointment to the position is still disputed, said to the Australian that Islamic schools should maintain the right to dismiss the employment of gay teachers whose actions ‘contradict’ with nature.



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