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The following are selected MEMRI TV clips from The Sermons By Imams In The West Project in 2021, on a variety of topics.
#9080 – Washington D.C. Shi'ite Imam Dr. Sulayman Ali Hassan: May Allah Allow All Of Us To Enter Paradise Through The Gates Of Jihad – Jihad Can Be Physical, Intellectual, Financial, Or Martial
Washington D.C. area Shi'ite Imam Dr. Sulayman Ali Hassan said that all Muslims should strive to wage jihad and be prepared to defend Islam when it is attacked. He made his remarks in a Friday sermon delivered on August 27, 2021, at the Shahe Najaf Islamic Center in Alexandria, Virginia, a suburb of Washington D.C., which also aired on the Islamic Center's YouTube channel. Dr. Hassan said: "May Allah allow all of us to enter Paradise through the gates of jihad."
He said that if Islam is under physical attack, one should prepare with "martial training," but if Islam is under an intellectual attack, Muslims should wage jihad with the "weapons" of intellect and reasoning. Dr. Hassan added that jihad can be through funding or "struggling in person." He then went on to say that according to the hadith, a person who is al-ghazi, waging jihad on the battlefield, must be important to all Muslims, and that they must care for the families and dependents of those waging Jihad on the battlefield. Dr. Sulayman Ali Hassan is an American-born Shi'ite imam, and he spent ten years studying at a religious seminary in Qom, Iran.
#9067 – Washington D.C. Imam Abdul Alim Musa: The Zionists Run America, They Bombed Kabul Airport To Influence Biden's Iran Policy – Just Like They Orchestrated 9/11
Imam Abdul Alim Musa, Director of Masjid Al-Islam in Washington D.C. said that "the Zionists" carried out the August 2021 Kabul airport bombings, killing American troops, in order to influence President Biden's policy on Iran. He made his remarks in a Friday sermon that aired on As-Sabiqun DC on YouTube on August 27, 2021. He said that the Israeli delegation was supposed to meet with President Biden, whom he referred to as "whatever his name is," but was delayed because of the bombing in order to gauge Biden's stance on Iran.
Musa also said that Islam's main enemy is the Zionists, and that the U.S. serves the Zionists. He said that this is similar to the 9/11 attacks, which he claimed were also carried out by the Zionists. Musa went on to say that the Zionists are telling President Biden what to do, but that Biden has the opportunity to save America from Zionism. He said that the Zionists control Congress, the Senate, and the U.S. economy, and that they "run America." For more about Imam Abdul Alim Musa, see MEMRI TV clips nos. 5869, 5762,and 2326.
#9057 - Colorado Imam Karim AbuZaid: Macron Denies Muslim Women's Right To Hijab – But The Taliban "Have The Right To Tell The [Afghan] People What To Wear"
Colorado Imam Karim AbuZaid asked why it is acceptable for French President Macron to deny Muslim women in France the right to wear the hijab, while the Taliban is not allowed to force Afghan women to wear one. He made his remarks in a video streamed live on his YouTube channel on August 21, 2021. AbuZaid said that every Muslim should want to establish the shari'a by lawful means and that the Taliban are the conquering rulers of Afghanistan. The hijab is an element of the shari’a, he said. In October 2020, AbuZaid spoke about Macron's statement that Islam was "in danger" in a Friday sermon that was delivered at the Colorado Muslim Community Center in Aurora, Colorado. For more information, see MEMRI TV clip no 8368.
#9050 - Canadian Imam Younus Kathrada Calls For Support Of The 'Mujahideen' In Afghanistan, Adds: The Jews And The Christians Are Our Enemies
Canadian Imam Younus Kathrada of the Muslim Youth of Victoria said that he is "inciting" his congregants to show support for their "brothers" who want to establish the shari'a in Afghanistan. He made his remarks in a Friday sermon, titled "War on Islam," which was delivered at the Muslim Youth of Victoria Islamic Center on August 20, 2021, and which was posted on its social media accounts on August 23. Kathrada said that the West is concerned with women's rights, and claimed that these rights include a woman's right to be a prostitute, to be abused, and to show off her body to men in pornography. He also said that the Jews and Christians spent "mountains of gold" trying to make Muslims stray from Islam, but they failed, as is evident by the American withdrawal from Afghanistan. Kathrada emphasized that the Jews and Christians are the enemies of the Muslims. He prayed to Allah to grant victory to the mujahideen who wage Jihad in Afghanistan and success to the "brothers" in establishing shari'a. For more about Younus Kathrada, see MEMRI TV clips Nos. 8878, 8409, 8289, 8003, 7896, 7534, 7098, 6950, and 6906.
#9010 - Kentucky Islamic Scholar Omar Zaid: President Biden Is A Mental Case, Wicked, Evil; The U.S. Needs Good Men To Kill The Right People; We Need A Coup, Regionalization Under Military Authority; Hollywood Prophesized Mask Mandates In Zombie Movies
Islamic scholar Omar Zaid, who recently relocated to Liberty, Kentucky, from Thailand, said that U.S. President Joe Biden is a "mental case" and "wicked, evil, and selfish." He made his remarks in an interview with Omar Baloch (see MEMRI TV clips Nos. 8966, 7989, 7656, and 7053) ) on his YouTube channel on July 24, 2021. Zaid further said: "If good men do not pick up the gun and kill the right people, the powers that be are going to force a sort of pseudo civil war." He added that what the U.S. really needs is not a civil war but a coup, with regionalization under military authority.
Zaid also said that people who ignore scientific evidence and enforce mask mandates are like takfiris, "they become zombies," and that Hollywood prophesized this zombie-like behavior in the zombie movies produced over the last two or three decades.
According to his website, Dr. Omar Zaid is a retired emergency room physician from Pennsylvania who converted to Islam from Christianity in 2004 and has dedicated his life to researching the "occult societies" behind the present "World dis-Order." For more about Omar Zaid, see MEMRI TV clip no 8215.
#8998 - California Islamic Scholar Tarik Ata: Muslims Never Attacked Or Oppressed The Jews; We Need Leaders Like The Courageous Turkish Brothers And Sisters Who Volunteered To Liberate Palestine
American Islamic scholar Sheikh Tarik Ata of the Orange County Islamic Foundation said that throughout history and in modern times, Muslims have never oppressed or attacked Jews. He made these remarks in a lesson titled: "American Muslims and Jerusalem" that was posted on the YouTube account of Shura TV on May 20, 2021. Ata, who was born and raised in Chicago and studied Islamic jurisprudence in Jordan, added that today Jews live in Morocco, Yemen, Iraq, and Iran, yet no one ever hears of Jews being oppressed or attacked in these places. He said that the "Nazi-like," "child-killing" Zionist entity is slaughtering the Muslims and Christians of Jerusalem, just like the Crusaders did. Ata continued to say that in order to free Palestine, it is not enough to applaud "some good people," but Muslims need "courageous individuals" like "our brothers and sisters in Turkey," who said: "We want to go there." Ata said that although the Turkish army is not stronger than the Israeli army, they are prepared to face them. For more information, see MEMRI TV clip no 6255.
#8966 - American Islamic Scholar Omar Baloch On San Francisco Shoplifting Surge: In Islam, It Is Permissible To Steal For Survival – Only White-Collar Crimes Are Punishable By Chopping Off The Culprit's Hands; The Elite Is Trying To Create Chaos In The U.S. In Order To Drive Jews To Israel
American Islamic Scholar Omar Baloch said that in Islam it is permissible to steal for survival, however, the punishment for white-collar crimes, stealing a lot of money, is to chop off the culprit's hands. He made his remarks in a video titled: "San Francisco Goes into Chaos, Shoplifting & Shariah Law," which was posted on his YouTube channel on July 3, 2021. Baloch went on to say that the "elite" seeks to sow racism and break down American society so the Jews will leave the U.S. for Israel. He further said that Muslims in America could be harbingers, who see through this façade and that Muslims who live in Muslim countries should realize "that what they have is much better than this." Baloch, a Chicago native, initiated an interfaith gathering in honor of the victims of the Christchuch, New Zealand mosque shootings. For more from Sheikh Omar Baloch's YouTube channel, see MEMRI TV Clips nos. 8215, 7989, 7565, and 7053.
#8958 – Friday Sermon By New Jersey Imam Mohammad Abbasi: The Jews Are Mentioned So Many Times In The Quran Because Of The Extent Of The Corruption, Mischief, Tumult They Cause In The World; The Muslims Will Erase This Filth Called Israel
New Jersey imam Mohammad Abbasi said that the reason the Israelites are mentioned so many times in the Quran, despite there being only a handful of Jews in the Arabian Peninsula at the time of the Prophet Muhammad was the extent of corruption, mischief, and tumult they would cause in the world according to the prophecy. He made these remarks in a Friday sermon at the Islamic Center of Union City, New Jersey, which was posted on ICUC NJ on YouTube on June 25, 2021. Abbasi added that according to the prophecy in the Quran, the Jews had the upper hand twice over the Muslims, the second time being in the 1940s and 1930s, when they came from Poland, America, Russia, and "all over" and established their "colonial project called Israel." However, he said, according to the prophecy, the Muslims will be victorious, and they will "erase this filth called Israel." According to Abbasi's social media accounts he is currently a CUNY faculty member, in the past he was a faculty member at Rutgers University.
In February, 2020, Abbasi said in a Friday sermon that the coronavirus was divine retribution against China for its treatment of the Uyghur Muslims, see MEMRI TV clip no 7803 for more details. Previously, Abbasi spoke at the November 28-30, 2019 American Muslims for Palestine conference at the Hyatt Regency Chicago. Speakers at the conference included American-Palestinian activist Linda Sarsour (see MEMRI TV clips 6808, 6935, and 6111); Temple University professor and former CNN contributor Marc Lamont Hill, with whom CNN severed ties following his controversial comments about Israel (see MEMRI TV clip 6877); American Muslims for Palestine national policy director Osama Abu Irshaid (see MEMRI TV clips 5487, 5558, and 8580), and Hatem Bazian, of the Near Eastern Studies faculty of the University of California, Berkeley.
#8926 - D.C.-Based Palestinian Academic Mohamed Rabie: The Jews, 'Mostly The Zionists,' Control U.S. Media, Bribe Politicians, Make Americans Ignorant; The West Committed Massacres Because It Has No Conscience
U.S.-Based Palestinian professor Mohamed Rabie said that the Jews, mostly the Zionists, control American media and bribe politicians on both sides. He made these remarks in an interview that aired on Sada Al-Balad TV (Egypt) on May 27, 2021. Professor Rabie said this why "they take all that money from Congress, and they turned the American people ignorant." He explained that American people are ignorant and uneducated and added that only 100-150 universities produce "good graduates." Professor Rabie gave an example from a time when he taught at a "university for Blacks," and claimed that his students could not follow the course work and he had to help them with mathematics instead of teaching economics. He added that Americans are racist, and that this is why the West committed massacres around the world. According to his social media accounts, Professor Rabie is a member of the advisory board for the Cambridge Centre for Palestinian Studies and has taught at Johns Hopkins University, Georgetown University, St. Gallen University in Switzerland, and Erfurt University in Germany.
#8922 - Shaheen Nassar Of CAIR LA: The "European Jewish Colonizers" In Palestine Converted To Judaism In The Middle Ages, Have No Connection To Ancient Israelites; Antisemitism Is A Way Of Persecuting A Group For Falsely Claiming To Descend From Historic Palestine
Director of policy and advocacy for the Los Angeles branch of The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR LA), Shaheen Nassar, said that antisemitism is a uniquely European phenomenon, and it was a way of persecuting a group of people for the "false historical accusation" that they are the descendants of the people of historic Palestine. He made his remarks during a lecture held at the Islamic Society of Orange County, which was posted on the IOSC Masjid YouTube channel on June 11, 2021. Nassar explained that Muslims and Arabs are Semites, and that "most historians recognize" that the vast majority of European Jews and the "European Jewish colonizers" in Palestine are Europeans who converted to Judaism in the Middle Ages, and it is in fact Palestinians who most likely to have the blood of the Israelites running through their veins. He added that it is ironic that while Zionism is a "racist supremacist ideology," Jews are also the target of antisemitism, which he conceded is a "real thing." He went on to explain that white supremacists hold Jewish, Muslim, and Palestinian lives in equal contempt.
#8878 - Canadian Imam Younus Kathrada: Muslim Enmity Toward The Jews Is Just And Logical; We Hate The Jews Because Of Their Disbelief In Allah
Canadian Imam Younus Kathrada of the Muslim Youth of Victoria said that the Muslims’ enmity towards the Jews is "just and logical" because they can differentiate between combatants and dhimmis. He made his remarks in a Friday sermon delivered at the Muslim Youth of Victoria Islamic Center on May 21, 2021 and which was posted on its social media accounts on May 24. Kathrada said that anyone who does not hate "the enemies of Allah" has no place in the mosque and should find a church or a synagogue. He explained that the Muslims hate the Jews because of their "disbelief in Allah." He concluded his sermon asking Allah to grant victory to the mujahideen and asking Allah to destroy His enemies. For more about Younus Kathrada, see MEMRI TV clips no. 8409, 8289, 8003, 7896, 7534, 7098, 6950, and 6906.
#8872 - Trinidad And Tobago Islamic Scholar Imran Hosein: COVID-19 Is Not Compatible With The Quran, Hence It Is Biological Warfare By The Zionists, Who Wish To Annihilate The Arabs In The Holy Land
Imam Imran Hosein, an Islamic scholar from Trinidad and Tobago said that the Zionists manufactured the coronavirus in order to wipe out the Arabs from the Holy Land. He made these remarks in a video that was posted on his official YouTube account on May 5, 2021. Hosein claimed that the virus was designed to target only Arab DNA and not Jewish DNA.
#8869 - California Imam Salim Ammar Mohamed: Radicals In Israel Are Motivated By 'Outrageous Orders For Killing' In The Old And New Testaments; Allah Be Praised, In Islam We Do Not Have Any Of This
Imam Salim Ammar Mohamed said that the motivation for the "criminal activity" of Israelis lies in their "distorted" religious texts. He said that Jews use their holy texts to justify harassment, injustice, and the racist ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. He made his remarks in a Friday sermon at Masjid Al-Tawheed in Elk Grove, California, which was posted on the mosque's official YouTube channel on May 14, 2021. Sheikh Mohamed added that it is not only the Old Testament that includes such statements, but the New Testament also includes "outrageous orders for killing," and that Islam has no such orders.
#8858 - Michigan Shi'ite Islamic Scholar Mohammad Baqer Al-Qazwini Explains 'Wife Beating Verse': A Husband May Hit His Wife If She Does Not Fulfill Her Marital Obligations; If He Denies Her – She May Hit Him Too
Imam Salim Ammar Mohamed said that the motivation for the "criminal activity" of Israelis lies in their "distorted" religious texts. He said that Jews use their holy texts to justify harassment, injustice, and the racist ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. He made his remarks in a Friday sermon at Masjid Al-Tawheed in Elk Grove, California, which was posted on the mosque's official YouTube channel on May 14, 2021. Sheikh Mohamed added that it is not only the Old Testament that includes such statements, but the New Testament also includes "outrageous orders for killing," and that Islam has no such orders.
#8762 - Friday Sermon At The Islamic Center Of Union County, New Jersey: Homosexuality Is A Disease That Is Spreading; Thieves And Killers Have Not Run For President Of The U.S., But A Homosexual Has
In a Friday sermon at the Islamic Center of Union County, NJ, the imam, who was not identified in the video, said that homosexuality is a disease that is spreading. The imam added that all religions consider homosexuality to be a sin, the same way they view adultery, stealing, lying, and killing as sins. However, he added, "we have not seen a killer, adulterer, thief, fornicator, or liar" run for the highest office in the U.S. and yet a homosexual ran for president and subsequently became a Secretary of a Department in the U.S. government – a reference to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg. He said that Muslims must build a shield between their children and the "disease" of homosexuality that "keeps spreading." The sermon was posted on ICUC on YouTube and Facebook on March 19, 2021. For more about the Islamic Center of Union County, NJ, see MEMRI TV clips Nos. 7780 and 6862.
#8752 - Miami Imam Dr. Fadi Yousef Kablawi: There Can Be No Peace, Normalization With The Brothers Of Pigs And Apes; Jews Refuse To Convert To Islam; The Pope, Catholics Are Idol Worshipers
Dr. Fadi Yousef Kablawi, the imam of the North Miami Islamic Center, also known as Masjid As-Sunnah An-Nabawiyyah, criticized people who seek peace and normalization with Jews, whom he referred to as "the offspring of apes and pigs" who spread "corruption" upon the land. Imam Kablawi made these remarks as part of a Friday sermon delivered in the mosque and posted on its official Facebook page on March 12, 2021. Dr. Kablawi continued to say that the Muslim Kurds, who issued a stamp featuring the Pope, are seeking honor through the infidels. He elaborated that even Protestant Christians consider the followers of the Catholic Church to be disbelievers, idolaters, and pagans. Dr. Kalbawi lamented that Jews rarely convert to Islam and said that it is the Christians, agnostics, and atheists who have the willingness and tendency to do so. Dr. Kablawi, who is a dentist, immigrated to the United States from Jordan. For more information about him, see MEMRI TV clips Nos. 8063, 8136, 8389, and 8404.
#8741 - Michigan Imam Mustapha Elturk: Most Jews Disobey Allah; Some Jews And Christians Do Our Work For Us; 'The Muslims Will Eventually Take Jerusalem Back'
Dr. Fadi Yousef Kablawi, the imam of the North Miami Islamic Center, also known as Masjid As-Sunnah An-Nabawiyyah, criticized people who seek peace and normalization with Jews, whom he referred to as "the offspring of apes and pigs" who spread "corruption" upon the land. Imam Kablawi made these remarks as part of a Friday sermon delivered in the mosque and posted on its official Facebook page on March 12, 2021. Dr. Kablawi continued to say that the Muslim Kurds, who issued a stamp featuring the Pope, are seeking honor through the infidels. He elaborated that even Protestant Christians consider the followers of the Catholic Church to be disbelievers, idolaters, and pagans. Dr. Kalbawi lamented that Jews rarely convert to Islam and said that it is the Christians, agnostics, and atheists who have the willingness and tendency to do so. Dr. Kablawi, who is a dentist, immigrated to the United States from Jordan. For more information about him, see MEMRI TV clips Nos. 8063, 8136, 8389, and 8404.
#9126 - Antisemitic Chants At Hizb Ut-Tahrir Australia Protest In Support Of Palestinians: Oh Allah, Give Us The Necks Of The Jews, The Evildoers! Seize Them With The Grip Of The Almighty!
In a Hizb ut-Tahrir Australia rally, held in Sydney in support of Palestinians during the May 2021 conflict in Gaza and Jerusalem, a speaker said: "Oh Allah give us the necks of the Jews [...] of those evildoers!" A recap of the rally was posted on the Hizb Media YouTube channel on May 11, 2021. Ismail Al-Wahwah, the leader of Hizb ut-Tahrir Australia, said that his audience will soon see the end of the "evil, illegal occupier in Palestine." The MC of the event chanted: "We will liberate Palestine!"; "Khaybar, Khaybar, oh Jews! The army of Muhammad will return!" and "Destroy the Jews!" For more information about Hizb ut-Tahrir Australia and Ismail Al-Wahwah, see MEMRI TV clips nos. 8270, 8241, 8229, 7788, 7572, 5440, 5112, 4826, 4672, 4403, 3695, 7212, and 7211.
#9134 - Danish Islamic Scholar Mundhir Abdallah Criticizes The Taliban For Compromising On The Goal Of Global Islamic Caliphate: You Cannot Recognize Countries Like China And Qatar; Your Goal Should Be To Liberate Humanity From The Filth Of Liberalism, The Injustice Of Capitalism
In an October 9, 2021 video that was uploaded to Hizb ut-Tahrir’s Al-Waqiyah YouTube channel, Mundhir Abdallah, a Danish Islamic scholar affiliated with Hizb ut-Tahrir, criticized the Taliban for limiting their focus to Afghanistan and Afghan identity, rather than the greater Islamic nation and Islamic identity. He said that the Taliban should be championing the cause of liberating all of humanity from the "filth of liberalism and the injustice of capitalism." He also criticized the Taliban for recognizing "tyrannical" regimes which rule over Muslims in countries like China, Turkey, and Qatar.
#8642 - British Islamic Scholar Abdul Rahman Hassan: Muslims In The West Must Return To Their Countries Of Origin
Abdul Rahman Hassan, a British Islamic scholar, spoke about Muslims in the West in a video titled: "Is Hijrah Obligatory? #UK #USA #France," which was uploaded to the Al Madrasatu Al Umariyyah online Islamic educational institute on October 20, 2020. He said that any Muslim, who is able to return to his country of origin is obligated to do so. Hassan added that every single day he remains in a Western country he is committing a sin. Hassan claimed that thousands of Muslim children are taken from their homes by social services, and being placed with non-Muslim families, some of which are "LGBT families." He elaborated that the children are removed from their homes due to accusations of abuse, which might be the mother forcing a child to wake up for early morning prayers. Hassan added that Muslims must leave the West, because Western lands are rife with immorality, such as homosexuality, and Western society has more influence over the Muslims than they have over the societies in which they live. For more about Al Madrasatu Al Umariyyah, see MEMRI TV clip No. 7949.
