The Mufti of Australia, Sheikh Taj Aldin al-Hilali, has taken a leave of absence from preaching after  collapsing and being taken to a local hospital for treatment. Al-Hilali has faced an onslaught of pressure to step down from his position after his recent comments regarding the treatment of women.

An al-Hilali spokesman noted that the sheikh has obtained a U.S. lawyer and that he expects a strategy that will mix the “alcoholic” defense with the “I am being persecuted because I am a Muslim” defense to be in place shortly.   

The combination of al-Hilali’s outspoken pro-rape views and his being in the care of a mostly female nursing staff, have led some in the cleric’s camp to question whether he will receive proper treatment while hospitalized.

Jean Blackwell, RN, head of the nursing staff at St. Mary’s Medical Center, attempts to allay these fears.

“The fact of the matter is that Sheikh al-Hilali will receive the same high level of care as everyone else who comes through the door here at St. Mary’s,” said Blackwell. “He is free to believe that women deserve to be raped just for showing some bare skin. He is entitled to think that men are supreme rulers over their wives, free to beat them when they become insubordinate. He is free to be as Jihadi as he wants to be. None of those beliefs will affect his treatment. He will still receive his thrice-daily bacon enemas. He will still have his Koran washed regularly in our hospital’s world-renowned toilets, and he will have a front row seat to the weekly oil wrestling matches between the Fosters Lager Girls. You have my word on this.”

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