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." 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.