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Sheikh Aymen Elkasaby, Imam of the Islamic Center of Jersey City, NJ, said in a November 24 Friday sermon that the notion that the terror attack in the Al-Rawdah Mosque in Sinai, in which over 300 people were killed, was carried out by the Islamic State (ISIS) was "ridiculous." According to Elkasaby, it could only have been perpetrated "by the enemies of Islam – the Jews and their subordinates from among the Muslim rulers." He prayed to Allah to "count the oppressors one by one, and kill them down to the very last one." In an earlier sermon, from August 4, Elkasaby railed against the West, saying: "What does the West want from the Muslims?... They made our nation abandon Jihad, and now it is at the tail end of all nations." In another sermon, following U.S. President Donald Trump's Jerusalem declaration (see MEMRI TV clip 6310 Friday Sermon at Jersey City, NJ: Imam Aymen Elkasaby Prays to Be Martyred on the Threshold of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Which Is "Under the Feet of the Apes and Pigs" December 8, 2017) Imam Elkasaby referred to Jews as "apes and pigs," and prayed to be martyred at the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Sheikh Aymen Elkasaby: "When the Muslims were praying the Friday prayer at the Al-Rawdah Mosque in Sinai, a terrible incident occurred and blood began to flow. There were over 250 martyrs in that Friday prayer, and more than 110 were wounded. These people had committed no crime or sin. The only thing they did was to come to the house of Allah.
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"Whose interests does this serve? For the sake of whose interests are Muslims being killed in Sinai and all over the Islamic world? For the sake of whose interests are the inhabitants of Sinai being driven out? For the sake of whose interests are Muslims killed in the middle of prayer?
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"Some people condemn the attack, saying that it was done by ISIS terrorists. Enough! Stop being ridiculous! They've made fools out of us with [stories] of ISIS and similar groups. By Allah, this could only have been done by the enemies of Islam – the Jews and their subordinates from among the Muslim rulers. What ISIS are they talking about? What groups are they referring to? What Muslims are they talking about? No Muslim who recites the two shahadas would ever do such a thing in Allah's house of prayer, in a Christian house, or even in a church. It is inconceivable that a Muslim would blow up a church or a mosque.
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"Oh Allah, take revenge upon whoever has shed the blood of the Muslims!"
Congregation: "Amen."
Sheikh Aymen Elkasaby: "Allah, take revenge upon whoever killed the Muslims!"
Congregation: "Amen."
Sheikh Aymen Elkasaby: "Allah, take revenge upon whoever violated the sanctity of Allah's houses of worship."
Congregation: "Amen."
Sheikh Aymen Elkasaby: "Oh Allah, hasten your revenge, or Lord of the Worlds!"
Congregation: "Amen."
Sheikh Aymen Elkasaby: "Oh Allah, count the oppressors one by one, and kill them down to the very last one. Do not leave a single one upon the Earth."
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"Look what has happened to the Islamic society. Look at the state of Islam in the Arab countries, when a country like the UAE is the biggest importer of alcohol in the world. Why has Islam reached the point where all the Islamic countries besiege one country [Qatar], just because it defends the Al-Aqsa Mosque? What is left to say about Islam and the Muslims? We have produced a generation of idiots who know nothing about Islam. [The Hadith says:] 'Any nation that abandoned Jihad was humiliated by Allah.'
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"There is no separation of religion and state in Islam. Islam is justice, mercy, liberty, shura, Jihad, and ideology. Islam is a message. Islam is an all-inclusive religion.
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"What does the West want from the Muslims? They say that a certain Muslim country is a country of peace, and deserves the Nobel Peace Prize, and that another country is the best country in the world. They made our nation abandon Jihad, and now it is at the tail end of all nations."
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