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Peoria, Illinois Sermon By Imam Mazhar Mahmood, Who Claims To Be 'Active In Interfaith Community': Muslims Must Not Build Political Ties With Zionists; The Jews Of Medina, In Their Carnal Desires, Plo
Imam Mazhar Mahmood of the Islamic Foundation of Peoria, IL, said in his August 8, 2025 Friday sermon that "alleged" Muslims suggest building "political situations" with the Zionists for the sake of stability, and he asked whether Muslims have "stooped so low." He prayed for Allah to liberate the Al-Aqsa Mosque from the "filth of the plundering Jews." Mahmood urged Muslims to understand their legacy and learn why the Prophet Muhammad expelled the Jews from Medina, telling a narrative from early Islamic days, of Jews harassing a Muslim woman.
Mahmood, originally from Toronto, Canada, is also president of Peoria for Palestine. On his website, he claims to be "active in the interfaith community".
Mazhar Mahmood: "Does anyone know why the Prophet kicked out the Jews from Medina – namely, Banu Qaynuqa – by their inception? Read history, my friends, understand what our legacy is.
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"So, of course, the Jews detested this – that a woman dressing like the Muslims is present in their society.
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"In their carnal desires, they were eager to get a glance at this woman, so they devised, they deliberated, they plotted.
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"What they do is they take the bottom portion of her clothing and they tie it with her khimar, with her hijab, so when she gets up, what happens? Her bottom is revealed.
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"How similar is today to yesterday, when you see hundreds of thousands of children and women, innocent men, falling, being starved to death, yet, some Muslims – alleged Muslims – say: 'We need to build political situations with these Zionists. We need to have political stability.' Have we stooped so low, my friends? Oh Allah, liberate the Al-Aqsa Mosque from the filth of the plundering Jews."
