In his May 3, 2024 Friday sermon at the Islamic Institute of America in Dearborn Heights, MI, Imam Hassan Qazwini responded to the new Antisemitism Awareness Bill, which was recently passed by Congress. He said that members of Congress who passed the bill do not represent the people of America, rather they are "stooges" for Israel. Qazwini added that if there were justice, they would be put on trial for treason. The sermon was streamed live on the YouTube channel of the Islamic Institute of America.
Imam Hassan Qazwini: "Yet two days ago, on Wednesday, the Congress, led by its Republican majority, they adopted a new resolution that is soon to be introduced to the Senate.
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"And I believe this resolution is one of the most controversial resolutions ever [that] the Congress would pass. And the resolution is this. That it makes antisemitism illegal in the United States.
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"Ninety-nine percent of people in this country are not antisemitic, including Muslims. Muslims are not anti-Jew. We're not anti-Jew. There are many, many, many good Jewish people.
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"This law goes exactly against the U.S. Constitution. And it is funny, my dear brothers and sisters, because in this country you can attack the president. You can attack the Congress and get away with it. You can attack the judiciary and get away with it. You can attack God and you can get away with it. You can attack Jesus and you can get away with it. You can attack anyone in this country, and you can get away with it, but you can't attack Israel. What does this tell you, my dear brothers and sisters? What does this tell you?
"This tells you that those congressmen and women who voted for this resolution, they do not present U.S. people, American people. They use, they present Netanyahu and his Likud party. Not even all Israelis, trust me. They represent the Israeli government. Those congressmen and women are nothing but stooges, stooges of Israel. And they do not work for the interest of the United States. Rather, for the interest of a foreign country. If there was justice in this country, those congressmen and women would be indicted and convicted of treason, my dear brothers and sisters."