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 He was elected to succeed Taj El-Din Hilaly on 10 June 2007,[1] [2] but by January 2011 Hilaly declared that Naji was no longer active, and that de facto he was functioning as mufti.[3] Naji was succeeded on 18 September 2011 by Ibrahim Abu Mohamed.[4] [1]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]
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]