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In his Friday sermons at the Muslim Association of Greater Pittsburgh, delivered on October 13 and 20, 2023, immediately following the October 7 attack, Imam Amro Elaswalli (identified as the regular imam of the mosque) stated that Jews are "smart" for overcoming adversity and taking control of key positions in American society. He claimed that despite initially facing rejection in the U.S., Jews successfully infiltrated important businesses, media, and high-profile roles, which allowed them to influence American foreign policy on Israel and Palestine—even when it contradicts American interests.
He quoted a hadith from the Al-Bukhari collection regarding Muslims fighting Jews at the End of Times, where Jews would hide behind trees and rocks. Elaswalli also supplicated for Allah to purify the Al-Aqsa Mosque from the "filth of the Israelis." The imam referenced the late Dr. Yousuf Al-Qaradhawi, spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, and other scholars who argued that the fate of the Jews during the Holocaust was the fulfillment of a Quranic prophecy, in which the Jews would be punished for causing corruption on Earth twice.
The sermons were streamed live on MAP Gibsonia's YouTube channel. In November 2023, Elaswalli told a local news publication that "it’s important that everyone, regardless of faith and background, come together against violence and war. […] It’s crucial to work on fighting misinformation and maintaining dialogue across marginalized communities." In an October 25, 2024 sermon, he praised slain Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, saying even non-Muslims consider him a hero.
Amro Elaswalli: "Whenever there is a war going on between Palestine and the occupation, we find these verses from the Al-Isra chapter [of the Quran] always popping out. 'And We warned the Children of Israel in the Scripture, You will certainly cause corruption on Earth twice, and you will become extremely arrogant.'
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"You cause corruption, and then the punishment will be sent upon you again. Some scholars, like the late Yusuf Al-Qaradhawi, started saying that even what happened with Hitler is because of that promise. If you cause corruption, there will be someone that will come upon you.
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"They are smart – I'll give them that. Again, I am not talking about all Jewish people, by the way. I don't want you to think I am generalizing, there are a lot of good Jewish people, there are a lot of Jewish people who are standing against Israel.
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"When they came to America... By the way, in the beginning, they were persecuted. They were not allowed to join certain universities, they were not allowed to be in certain positions, so they did not get it easy.
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"They started owning important and essential businesses. They started going into the media. They started holding positions of high profile, that will affect the political ideology, the political sphere, and when they succeeded in doing that... Now they have the upper hand in regards to foreign policy in Israel and Palestine. American will be supporting Israel even if it is against American interests.
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"We always have hope, the Prophet gave us the promise that is in an Al-Bukhari [Hadith collection] that there will be a day – and the Day of Judgment will never come until that day comes – when the Muslims will fight against the combatant Jews, and they will hide behind trees and rocks, and on that day the trees and rocks will speak and say: 'Oh, Muslims, there is a combatant Jew behind me, come and kill him.'
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"Oh Allah, grant victory to our oppressed brothers in Palestine. Oh Allah, destroy their enemies, the enemies of Islam. Oh Allah, annihilate the Israelis, remove them from the land of Your Prophet. Oh Allah, remove them from the land of Your Prophet's Night Journey. Oh Allah, purify the Al-Aqsa Mosque from their filth."
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