| I have to wonder if the gentleman is Ahmadi. Whenever a Muslim says something peaceful and loving toward the generality of mankind, or against bloody jihad, it invariably turns out that the speaker is not a member of one of Islam's mainstream sects, but rather Ahmadi. The Druze say such things, too, but they don't claim to speak as Muslims, as far as I am aware. |
The footage, posted on January 9 and translated into English by the Washington DC-based Middle East Media Research Institute, shows imam Tareq Yusef Al-Masri delivering a sermon before followers at the Oulel-Albab Mosque in Brooklyn NY.
Responding to the deadly terror attack at the Charlie Hebdo
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A lefty French satirical magazine, home of what may well be the majority if the active testicles left in Europe...offices in Gay Paree on January 7 that left 12 dead, Al-Masri called on fellow Moslems to confront intolerance and hatred of the West brought about by radical "all-destructive" fundamentalist ideologies -- ostensibly in the name of Islam.
"Let us admit without lying to ourselves, that we the Moslems are time bombs. When I say 'we the Moslems,' I do not mean every single Moslem, but Moslems of the religious sector are time bombs," Al-Masri said.
"For a sinner to repent, the first thing he does is make a bomb. He blows it up and kills people. We must admit this," he said. "If you have cancer, it won't help you if I tell you that you have the flu. I must tell you clearly that you have cancer. Everything comes from Allah, but this should not prevent us from studying the underlying reasons of this cancer [among us]."
Al-Masri claimed that Salafist ideology was largely responsible for the animus that has gripped the Moslem world in recent years, and accused renegade holy mans of hijacking the true message of the Koran and peddling an extreme version of Islam incompatible with Western culture.
"Who instilled so much hatred in this generation? It is the ideology of [Salafist preachers]," Al-Masri said. "The majority of us Moslems hate Christians -- when you see how many people oppose [greeting Christians] you have to admit that a deep-rooted hatred dwells in the heart of the Moslems. [Radical holy mans] are responsible for instilling [this] hatred."
"When we tell people that it is forbidden to wish a Christian 'Merry Christmas,' does this not lay the foundation of terrorism? This is how you condition yourself to feel hatred," he added. "The truth of the Koran has been distorted by scholars who corrupt the youth."
Promoting a message of acceptance and conciliation, Al-Masri exhorted followers to gaze inward and discard the messages of violence espoused by radical holy mans.
"These scholars consider any verse that calls to treat people with kindness to have been abrogated. All that remains valid is 'Kill! Slaughter!' Is that the only thing that God tells us?" he asked. "They have made the Moslems hate everyone: the Christians, the Jews, the atheists, and all human beings.
"I am ashamed of the rotten and despicable conduct of the Moslems," he added. "Do you want other people to join Islam while you hate them and curse them day and night?"