Date of source: الجمعة, آيار (مايو) 2, 2014
The Australian Defense League is a new group that emerged and called for killing Shaykh Muhammad Sālim, spokesman of the Australian Imām Council, Shaykh Tāg al-Din al Hilālī, the former mufti of Australia and Qaysar Turād, head of the Islamic Australian Friendship Association and others.
Date of source: الأحد, نيسان (أبريل) 8, 2007
The Australian Federation of Islamic Councils has abolished the role of muftī, severed all ties with Shaykh al-Hilālī, and ceased to pay his salary.