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| VirginiaÂ’s Dar al-Hijrah Imam Calls for Armed Jihad |
| 2013-02-26 |
| Sheik Shaker Elsayed, the imam of the Dar al-Hijrah Mosque in Falls Church, Va., advocated armed jihad before an Ethiopian Muslim group gathered at T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Va. last week. "Muslim men when it is a price to pay, they are first in line," Elsayed said in comments seen on a YouTube video found by the Creeping Sharia blog. "They are the first in the prayer line. They are the first in the zakat (charity) line. They are the first in the hajj line. They are the first in the clean-up line. They are the first in the community-service line. They are the first in jihad line. They are the first in the da'wa line." "But they are last if anything is being distributed, unless it is arms for jihad," Elsayed said. "We are the first to rush and run to defend our community and defend ourselves. The enemies of Allah are lining up; the question for us is, 'Are we lining, or are we afraid because, because they may call us terrorists.'" Being called "terrorists" should not matter to Muslims because Muslims are being called terrorists anyway, Elsayed said. "You are a terrorist because you are a Muslim," Elsayed said. "Well give them a run for their money. Make it worth it. Make this title worth it, and be good a Muslim." Elsayed then told Muslims to accept peace when they receive peace, but to fight back when their families, communities, nations and dignity come under attack. He has been Dar al-Hijrah's imam since 2005. Law enforcement officials have described the mosque as being "associated with Islamic extremists" and "operating as a front for Hamas operatives in U.S. Elsayed's comments contradict statements he made in a 2005 interview on National Public Radio. "I believe there is no apology for terrorism. We condemned it; we condemned it on 9/11, I personally signed a paper on behalf of the organization I worked for at that time and sent it everywhere to the press. I spoke with the press," Elsayed said. This isn't the first time Elsayed has endorsed terrorism. He denounced calling terrorists "suicide bombers, homicide bombers, or murderers, or killers" in a December 2002 speech. "To decide that this man is a martyr or not a martyr, it is a pure religious matter," Elsayed said. "Nobody who is not Muslim has any right to decide for us, we the Muslims, whose is a martyr or another. We as Muslims will decide that. It is in-house business." His name also appears in a 1991 Muslim Brotherhood document detailing the group's plan to wage a non-violent civilization jihad to destroy "Western civilization from within." |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #9 Just to be clear - is El Sheikey calling for pan-Islamic "armed jihad" in Ethiopia = Africa, or for for international/global "armed jihad" including but not limited to CONUS-NORAM??? Just to be clear, JosephM, he's calling for jihad at home in the U.S. and abroad. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2013-02-26 23:03 |
| #8 Just to be clear - is El Sheikey calling for pan-Islamic "armed jihad" in Ethiopia = Africa, or for for international/global "armed jihad" including but not limited to CONUS-NORAM??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-02-26 18:34 |
| #7 For information, and because I looked it up, the definition of Dar al Hijrah, as seen in a Wikipedia about something else: dar al-hijra (Arabic: مركز دار الهجرة الاسلامي; land of migration, place of refuge). |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2013-02-26 18:11 |
| #6 I believe the threat of violence has to be imminent to be a crime. So his "be a terrorist" speech is legal, because jihadis take time to have their work accidents, but responding to him with "lynch the bastard" would be criminal if it were said in front of an angry crowd with him present. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2013-02-26 16:46 |
| #5 lg, I understand what you're saying and I have little time for courts on this sort of issue eventhough I'm a libertarian at heart. But when he says "Make this title worth it, and be good a Muslim." and the title in question is terrorist and the intent is to kill unbelievers that needs to be brought out. Take him to court and get these sentiments on the record and out in public, it doesn't matter if he gets off the charge. If some white militia leader comes out and says all whites should kill blacks how long do you think he'd be on the loose? |
| Posted by: Alanc 2013-02-26 12:28 |
| #4 alanc The criteria for 'incitement' is pretty high because the courts take a pretty literalist view of the 1st amendment |
| Posted by: lord garth 2013-02-26 10:01 |
| #3 Isn't there something about "inciting to riot" that could be brought against this scum? |
| Posted by: Alanc 2013-02-26 07:31 |
| #2 This cesspit in Falls Church needs to be bulldozed and used for something useful. |
| Posted by: Clusong Gromort6441 2013-02-26 04:30 |
| #1 I feel better since he signed a letter on 9/11. Send him back and throw humour the plane somewhere during flight. |
| Posted by: chris 2013-02-26 04:27 |