Fehmi Naji Explained

Fehmi Naji El-Imam
Native Name:Arabic: فهمي ناجي الإمام
Native Name Lang:Arabic
Religion:Islam
Denomination:Sunni
Institute:Preston Mosque
Birth Date:1928
Birth Place:Lebanon
Grand Mufti of Australia
Period:2007–2011
Predecessor:Taj El-Din Hilaly
Successor:Ibrahim Abu Mohamed

Fehmi Naji El-Imam AM (Arabic: فهمي ناجي الإمام) (1928 – 24 September 2016) was the Grand Mufti of Australia from June 2007 to September 2011. Born in Lebanon, he arrived in Australia in 1951. He was elected to succeed Taj El-Din Hilaly on 10 June 2007,[1] [2] but by January 2011 Hilaly declared that Naji was no longer active, and that de facto he was functioning as mufti.[3] Naji was succeeded on 18 September 2011 by Ibrahim Abu Mohamed.[4] [1]

Naji questioned Osama bin Laden's responsibility for the September 11 attacks.[5] He was the Head Imam of Preston Mosque in Melbourne and secretary of the Victorian Board of Imams.

He died of natural causes on 24 September 2016.[6]

Activities

Naji served as a board member on the Muslim Community Reference Group, an advisory board established by the Howard government from 2005 to 2006.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Zwartz. Barney . Hilali out as Mufti, moderate in . 29 January 2015 . . 11 June 2007.
  2. http://www.islamicnews.org.sa/en/search1.php?misc=search&subaction=showfull&id=1181656415&archive=&cnshow=news&start_from=& Fehmi Naji El-Imam named new Australian mufti
  3. News: Paul . Maley . . 15 January 2011 . 'I'm the mufti in all but name,' says Sheik Taj Din al-Hilali .
  4. News: Grand Mufti Ibrahim Abu Mohamed feels duty to 'cure' radicals . Paul . Maley . The Australian . 20 September 2011.
  5. Dunn, Mark; Yamine, Evelyn (12 June 2007) Bin Laden backer blasted The Daily Telegraph (Australia). Retrieved 29 January 2015
  6. Web site: 2016-09-28 . Sheikh Fehmi Imam passed away aged 88 . 2022-05-16 . AMUST . en-AU.
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20130514004107/http://www.crc.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/19710/2006_Muslim_Community_Reference_Group_Report.pdf "Building on social cohesion, harmony and security: An action plan by the Muslim Community Reference Group"