Muslim Leader Blames Women for Sex Attacks (plus associated stories)
Richard Kerbaj
(The Australian)
Judges report
In a series of front-page stories that astounded readers and created an immediate political response, Richard Kerbaj reports the thoughts of Australia's most senior Muslim cleric on the subject of women and rape. Kerbaj reveals that in a religious address to some 500 worshippers in Sydney, Sheik Taj Din al-Hilali had claimed that women were 'weapons' used by 'Satan' to control men and - in words that ricocheted around the world - 'the uncovered meat is the problem'. | 
