the Israel-Lebanon war to Lebanese Shiite militant group Hezbollah, the military wing of which is classified as a terrorist organisation by the Australian Government. On 10 May 2007 the Australian Federal Police cleared Hilaly of diverting charitable funds to Hezbollah. Retirement The Council of Islamic Jurisprudence and Research reappointed Hilaly as Grand Mufti on 10 June 2007, however, he declined the position, thereby ending his term in office. See also Islam and antisemitism References External links 1941 births Australian imams Australian anti-communists Egyptian emigrants to Australia Australian Holocaust deniers Australian Islamists Living people Naturalised citizens of Australia People from Sydney Australian Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam Egyptian Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam 20th-century imams 21st-century imams Antisemitism in Australia Grand Muftis of Australia