An Islamic Center in Davis, Calif. is under fire after an English translation of a sermon that the mosque’s imam delivered on Friday was posted online and showed him calling for the annihilation of Jews.
The Middle East Media Research Institute, or MEMRI, translated a mostly Arabic sermon from the Islamic Center of Davis’ Egyptian-born American imam, Ammar Shahin, in which he called for the death of Jews.
“The Prophet Muhammad said: ‘Judgment Day will not come until the Muslims fight the Jews, and the Jews hide behind stones and trees, and the stones and the trees say: Oh Muslim, oh servant of Allah…’ They will not say: Oh Egyptian, oh Palestinian, oh Jordanian, oh Syrian, oh Afghan, oh Pakistani,” Shahin said, according to the MEMRI translation. “The Prophet Muhammad says that they time will come, the Last Hour will not take place until the Muslims fight the Jews. We don’t say if it is in Palestine or another place.”
Shahin also called for the Al-Aqsa Mosque, located in the Old City of Jerusalem, to be removed from “the filth of the Jews.” The mosque is one of the holiest sites in Islam and sits on the Temple Mount, the holiest site in Judaism. Israeli authorities had installed metal detectors at the site after three Arab Israeli attackers killed two Israeli policemen on July 14. Israel removed the metal detectors on Tuesday after their installation sparked violent protests.
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