So I too decided to go to the local mosque at Lakemba in western Sydney for the first time to see what it was all about. Lakemba has a large Muslim population, and the Lakemba Mosque is Australia's largest mosque.

At the time I was limping a little. I sat down and the Imam came up to me, laid his hands on my hand and said: "By the will of Allah and the prophet Muhammad - you will walk today."

I told him I wasn't paralysed, I only had a small bunion on my left foot.

He came back and laid his hands on me and looking skywards, earnestly repeated his mantra: "By the will of Allah and the prophet Muhammad - you WILL walk today."

Once again, I told him there was nothing wrong with me.

After prayers I stepped outside and bugger me, he was right.

My car was gone!