What was billed as Australia's biggest Muslim conference - allegedly starring a parade of star speakers, including bigots and extremists - is collapsing into farce and claims of deceit. The conference was promoted by even the Islamic Council of Victoria, but I did warn about the organiser, Wazeem Razvi, founder of the Melbourne-based Islamic Research and Education Academy: Razvi talks big, and none of the overseas speakers he claimed in December he had asked is yet listed in the conference schedule. But even I didn't realise just how big this man talked. An observer I cannot identify notes the highest profile speaker advertised - the Imam of Mecca's Grand Mosque who has called for the "annihilation" of Jews - has no intention of coming: A friend of mine who was born and grew up in Mecca and who personally knows âthe Imam of Makkah" just contacted Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais" office in Saudi Arabia. The office confirmed that "the Sheikh is currently in Saudi Arabia and has no plans to travel out of the country in the next week." So Al-Sudais is definitely not coming to Australia for the IREA Peace Conference. A notice placed on the web confirmed his non-attendance: Community Awareness Notice about so Called Islamic Peace Conference 2013 by IREA Imam Kabbah Sheikh Sudais is not coming to Melbourne on IREA Peace Conference in March 2013. I announce this with great pain and sorrow that the person named Wasim Razvi is holding fund raising dinners and programs in Melbourne and collecting thousands of dollars from the community in the name of Imam Kabbah Sheikh Sudais visit to Melbourne. One of the Muslim community senior Representative has today spoken to Mr. Suleman (Dawah Department) of Saudi Embassy in Canberra. Mr Suleiman has told that he is not aware of any visit of Sheikh Sudais Imam of Kabbah to Melbourne on IREA so called Peace Conference. Mr Suleiman forwarded the call to Saudi Ambassador Office and even the ambassador replied that there is no confirmation or answer from Imam Kabbah office that he is coming to Melbourne even though there is only few days left in the conference. Everyone in the community knows that Wasim Razvi has confirmed this in several gatherings that Imam Sudais has confirmed his attendance for Melbourne Islamic Peace Conference. From Immigration Minister Brendan O'Connor to Opposition spokesman Scott Morrison: Thank you for your letter of 12 December 2012 to the former Minister, the Hon Chris Bowen MP, regarding the proposed visit to Australia by Dr al-Sudais. I can confirm that Dr al-Sudais has not lodged a visa application.