California Imam Tarik Ata at Cal Poly Muslim Students Association Event in October 2023: Palestinians Did Not Cross into Israel and Start Killing People Unprovoked – There Is Something There Called Al

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30-03-2025

Tarik Ata, the Imam of the Orange Country Islamic Foundation, said that the October 7 attack did not happen in a vacuum, Palestinians did not cross into Israel and start killing people unprovoked. He said that the Jews have forfeited their right to the land because they disbelieved in the Prophet Muhammad and that now it is the Muslims who hold the message of Allah, therefore the Al-Aqsa Mosque belongs to them, and they will retake it.
He was speaking at an October 28, 2023 event titled 'Islamic History and the Significance of Palestine,' which was organized by California's Chino Valley Islamic Center in collaboration with California Polytechnic State University's Muslim Student Association.
Imam Ata cited the Quranic Al-Israa chapter, saying that the Jews would spread corruption twice when they gained political might. He asserted that while Muslims 'don't have the money to compare with them…' Zionist supporters are a mere fraction of the two billion Muslims in the world, and he called on his followers to wage battle on social media. 'We can literally flood the comments section. We can manipulate the algorithm.'