MEMRI TV Compilation Of Imams In The West Espousing Anti-Christian Hate And Islamic-Inspired Supremacy: 'The Religion Of Christianity As It Is Today Is A Pagan Religion'; 'The Churches Are Emptying Out'
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Highlights From The Compilation
In his June 21, 2024 Friday sermon at the Islamic Center of Lafayette, Louisiana, the imam prays, "Oh Allah, annihilate the Jews and the Chris... Oh Allah, annihilate the Jews and their helpers... Oh Allah, count them, kill them one by one, and do not spare a single one of them, oh Lord of Mankind." At the North West Indiana Islamic Center on December 8, 2023, Imam Sheikh Mongy El-Quesny called on Allah to "bring annihilation upon... the criminal and spiteful Crusaders," among others, asking specifically, "oh Allah, count them, kill them one by one, and do not leave a single one of them alive."
In his Friday sermon for June 21, 2024, Imam Muhammad Musri, president of the Islamic Society of Central Florida, stated that "a lot of Christians are leaving their faith, especially the younger generation. The churches are emptying out," asserts that "Islam is the answer for them," and added that "we have bought three churches so far and converted them into mosques." He further said that "100 years ago, they invaded the Muslim world and built missionary schools and destroyed Islamic schools" and that now " and that "today we bring the favor back and turn their churches into mosques."
The imam at the Muslim American Society (MAS) Bronx Muslim Center said in his July 12, 2024 Friday sermon that churches are "losing their congregation and their flock, so much that they had to open the doors for the LGBT." He added that the Christians "have reasons to be jealous of us."
An Islamist influencer told a group of young teen boys at the Dearborn Community Center on October 11, 2024 that "Allah has sent us to these nations to civilize them." He went on to say that "their religions are dying" – so much so that churches "had to change their religion" and "hang the LGBT flags." Allah, he added, "has sent us to guide these people from the darkness into the light." Also, in his December 6, 2024 Friday sermon, Imam Haroon Sait of Charlotte, NC asserted that in 50 years, "Muslims will become the No. 1 religious group compared to Christians." He added that it was the "easiest thing to do" to approach "Christians with the message of Islam."
In Orlando, FL on December 20, 2024, Abu Usama At-Thahabi said in his Friday sermon that "the religion of Christianity as it is today is a pagan religion... P-A-G-A-N," and that "Christians are paganists." He went on to say that "they think they're believers but they are not believers."
In his sermon on December 6, 2024 in Clifton, NJ, Mohammed Hassaballah said that "the Christians today are open idolators" by "openly associating partners, equals, competitors" with Allah. Her urged Muslims to "express your might" and "express your strength" when dealing with the Christian "enemy" and to "overtake" them.
In his January 3, 2025 Friday sermon in Baltimore, Imam Yahya Al-Baltimoori stressed to worshipers that the People of the Book – Christians and Jews – are nevertheless kaffirs and warned, "Do not let people on the internet convince you that somehow Jews, Muslims, and Christians are all in the same group, that we are all believers" and that "only one of these groups – that would be us, the Muslims... are actually following the religion of the prophet Ibrahim [Abraham]."
In his December 20, 2024 Friday sermon at Dar Al-Salam Islamic Center in Westland, Michigan, Imam Abdel-Halim Shaout said that "the Christians celebrate the so-called birth of Jesus, which is a pagan holiday." He added that at Christmas they celebrate, "claiming that Allah, the praised and exalted, has a wife and a child." Stating that Allah's "wrath is upon them" and exhorting worshipers, "Do not fall for this interfaith nonsense," he concludes: "By Allah, if Jesus was alive, he would do nothing but follow our messenger Muhammad."
In an April 19, 2024 lecture in Fort Lauderdale, FL, an Islamic scholar claimed that while "the Jews orchestrated everything against the Muslims" throughout history, it was the Christians "who executed." Allah is angry and upset with the Jews, he said, followed by "the misguided ones" – the Christians, "because they always follow them." He emphasized that "right here, in the country where we live, look what the Zionist Christians are doing."
Ghaith Arodaki, in his December 29, 2023 Friday sermon at the Islamic Center of Frisco, TX, said that five times a day "we recite the Al-Fatiha chapter of the Quran... and at the end, we recite: 'Guide us along the Straight Path, the Path of those You have blessed – not those who have incurred Your wrath, or those who were misguided.'" He added that "those who were misguided' are "said to be the Christians."
In his December 8, 2023 Friday sermon, Imam Hanif Fouse of Philadelphia said that Christians are complicit with, agree with, and support the Jews, with whom Allah is angry because they killed the prophets. The Christians insult Allah because they claim he has a son, he stressed.
In a video posted on YouTube on October 25, 2024 California Pakistani Islamic scholar Qazi Fazlullah quoted the Quran as saying, "Oh believers, do not take the Jews and Christians as allies." He went on to say: "Make them not protectors, or friends, secret keepers, depending on them, or trusting them" because "they are the allies of one another." Befriending them "goes against Islam and Muslims" and is "not allowed," he concluded.
New Jersey imam Taufique Aziz said on April 14, 2020 urged his audience, "Do not take the Jews and Christians as your close friends. This is a command from Allah." No matter "how kind he is," he stressed, "you do not sacrifice your Islam" in such a friendship. In a similar message on March 10, 2020, Philadelphia Muslim scholar Nafis Abu Zayd emphasized to his audience that the "Christians will never be pleased with you unless you follow their way" and that "it is not permissible for believers [Muslims] to take the nonbelievers as friends."
In a Friday sermon at the Fort Hamilton Islamic Society of Bay Ridge in Brooklyn on January 12, 2024, the speaker said that "the Christians, who are complicit [with the Jews] and agree and support them – they insult Allah" because they "attribute to Allah a son" and added: "What good can be expected from people whose hearts are corrupt?" He concluded: "Let us take these lessons and teach it to our children. Teach them to hate everything about kufr: the holidays, the dress, the manners, and everything..."
Imam Dr. Fadi Yousef Kablawi, ad the North Miami Islamic Center, said in a video posted June 5 2020 that "the very first problem" in America is Christianity, and that this is "the main reason for what we see happening in this country." He added, "Europe is not any better." Christianity, he says, gives you a pass on your sins. He asked how "such a religion will create good citizens." The solution, he said, is "Islam. Islam"
On November 6, 2020, Imam Shaker Elsayed of the well-known Dar Al-Hijra Islamic Center in Virginia discussed the question of why Muslims "are full of hate against the West or Christianity or Judaism." He explained: "Many of the People of the Book – they wish to turn you back as kuffar after you have believed. They want you to be like them. They want you to be a Christian or a Jew."
In a similar vein, Sheikh Abu Usama At-Thahabi said in Orlando, FL on May 17, 2024: "In Islam, we do not resemble the non-Muslims – Jews, Christians, or anybody else." He went on to say that "he [Muhammad] didn't want to be like the Yahud [Jews]. He didn't want to be like the Christians. He didn't want to be like the mushrikoon, the polytheists, the pagans of Mecca. He wanted the Muslims to be unique and distinct."
In his Friday sermon in Union City, NJ on December 15, 2023, Imam Mohamed Moussa said that "we need... to take advantage of" the war following the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel "in order to show the world how false their [Christians'] values are and how these values have discriminated between the blacks and the whites, as well as between different sects within their own [Christian] religion – between the Protestants, the Catholics, and the Orthodox." He then asserted that "humanity can only be saved if the values of Islam rule."
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