AUSTRALIA'S Grand Mufti snubbed a requiem mass for the victims of the Paris attacks and has refused to explain why he would not condemn the -extremists who carried out the horrific killings. 
Grand Mufti Ibrahim Abu Mohammed's attempt to shift blame for the attacks on everything from racism to -Islamophobia has angered government ministers and prominent Muslims.
Many other Australian -Islamic organisations were quick to condemn the attacks and distance Muslims, many of whom were victims in Paris, from the terrorists.
Treasurer Scott Morrison said: "I was very disappointed for Australian Muslims yesterday. I thought Australians were let down by the Mufti yesterday." And it's not the first time. Three years ago, the Mufti led a delegation to meet leaders of Hamas in the Gaza Strip and said he was pleased to be "in the land of jihad".
But, unlike the Mufti, even the leaders of Hamas denounced the Paris attacks. And after accountant Curtis Cheng was shot outside the Sydney's police HQ last month, Dr Mohammed -refused to call the shooting an act of terror because he was "not an investigative body".
After the shooting, he said he supported Islamic Friendship Association founder Keysar Trad's proposal to establish a victims' fund, but the Grand Mufti appears to have taken no steps to set one up.
However, Dr Mohammed did find time to fly to Mecca to meet with the region's Muslim leaders and sign an agreement - under the banner of his own Australian Islamic Culture -Establishment - to divide and conquer the lucrative halal -certification market.Assistant Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, said: "I appreciate that there may be issues of concern to some Muslim Australians, -including the Grand Mufti, but the Australian public expect condemnation of these murderous attacks."