Rancho Cucamonga, California Banker And Community Leader Dr. Yahya Abdul-Rahman: Today We Can Manufacture Rockets, Destroy Merkava Tanks; Gaza Is Teaching The World That Planning And Determination Will Get You Far; Gaza Defeated The Occupiers On October 7

Dr. Yahya Abdul-Rahman, CEO of LARIBA Banking Group said in a December 8, 2023 Friday sermon at the Islamic Center of Inland Empire – Rancho Masjid in Rancho Cucamonga, California that the year 2023 will be written in the history of the Muslims as a "changing point." He added that Gaza is teaching the world that determination and planning can defeat the occupiers, like they did on October 7. Dr. Abdul-Yahya said: "Today, we manufacture rockets, [...] we can destroy the prime of all tanks [...] called the Merkava." He added that Muslims came to America because Allah wanted them to spread the message of Islam, and he announced that he would be officiating the "acceptance of Islam" of a woman named Priscilla Lopez. Dr. Yahya Abdul-Rahman is a leading figure in the Muslim community in California. The sermon was streamed live on the YouTube channel of the Islamic center.

Dr. Yahya Abdul-Rahman: "In 2023, history will be written. It will be the most important changing point in the history of the Muslims in the world, inshallah.

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"They thought that they can destroy Islam in this country and that country, and so on. And out of a very small, little city called Gaza...

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"A small, little city is now teaching the world that determination, belief in Allah, and planning will get you a long way, and inshallah, we will win. Winning is not just taking a piece of land. Winning means that you defeat the occupiers, and they have been defeated since the seventh of October, Allah be praised.

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"Today, we manufacture rockets. Today, we manufacture equipment. Today, we can destroy the prime of all tanks that we manufactured, supposedly, in the world, call Merkava. [It is] a 175 million dollar piece of equipment, and we didn't only destroy one, yesterday we destroyed 175, and in the previous one, we had 300 that were destroyed, and we say Allah be praised.

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"We came to America because Allah wanted us to come to America, to bring [the message of] 'There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah' to America, and if we ever miss this, remember it and inshallah, it will happen. I am very honored to be overseeing, officiating, the acceptance of Islam of a sister today, sister Priscilla Lopez."