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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Australia's top Islamic cleric, who came under fire last year when he likened women without head scarves to "uncovered meat," stepped down Sunday. Muslim leaders appointed a new mufti.
Australia's council of Muslim leaders appointed Sheik Fehmi Naji El-Imam as the nation's senior cleric after months of criticism over the previous mufti, Sheik Taj Aldin al-Hilali.
The council initially offered al-Hilali another two-year term in the post, but he "gracefully declined," according to a statement released by the Australian National Imams Council.
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