Kent State University Professor Imam Nader Taha In Ohio Friday Sermon: On October 7, We Saw Miracle After Miracle – The Children Of Israel Were Humiliated, Defeated, Overpowered, As Allah Had Promised; Gazans Planted The Seed Of Freedom In The Heart Of The World

In his December 13, 2024 Friday sermon, Kent State University professor of Mathematics and Imam of the Islamic Society of Akron and Kent in Ohio, Nader Taha, stated that Gaza had planted the "seed of freedom" for the entire world. He said that in the October 7, 2023 Al-Aqsa Flood, "we have seen miracle, after miracle, after miracle." In a previous sermon on November 10, 2023, Taha said that before October 7, the Al-Aqsa Mosque was insulted and disgraced, and it was calling out to the Muslims to liberate it and purify it from the filth it was in, a call that the brothers and sisters in Gaza answered. He continued to say that Allah had promised that the Children of Israel would be humiliated and defeated, and this is what happened to them on October 7. Imam Nader Taha is involved in local interfaith activity and in 2017 he was appointed a member of County Executive Ilene Shapiro’s advisory council of diversity and inclusion.

Nader Taha: "We have been watching the news months before October 7 with all the insult and disgrace of the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

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"Al-Aqsa is calling: 'All the mosques have been purified, while my honor is being defiled.' All the mosques are being liberated – purified, and I am the only mosque that is being disgraced day and night. So your brothers and sisters in Gaza responded.

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"The faces of the Children of Israel will be so humiliated – Allah says that. What do you want more than the humiliation of faces than what you have seen nowadays? They spend millions, billions of dollars, a lot of efforts, resources – them, the United States, and the European countries, to try to show that Israel is a democratic country.

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"Allah says: 'So they shall spend it, then it will become a remorse, a regret for them.' It will backfire on them, that is what Allah says. Then they shall be defeated and overpowered, and that’s what we have seen, dear brothers.

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"To be honest with you, [in] Gaza, they planted the seed of freedom in the heart of not just only the Muslim world, but the whole world. From their steadfastness, from the way they sacrificed, they defeated that myth. Before that, it was said by all: 'Oh, Israel, the fourth strongest army in the world.' It is undefeated. They were able to defeat five Arab armies in less than six hours, and yet in the Al-Aqsa Flood, we have seen miracle, after miracle, after miracle."