Imam sacked

Melbourne: A Melbourne Muslim cleric charged with marrying a child bride has been sacked.

Imam Ibrahim Omerdic (61) is charged with conduct that caused a minor to enter into a forced marriage at Noble Park on September 29.

Omerdic, an Imam at the Bosnian Islamic Society and Noble Park Mosque, was stood down after his November arrest and later sacked after an internal investigation, according to a statement by the Islamic Council of Victoria yesterday.