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| France expels Moroccan imam for inflammatory preaching |
| 2009-05-03 |
 [Maghrebia] Moroccan imam Mohamed el Idrissi, 72, was expelled from France earlier this week and returned to his native country, AFP reported on Thursday (April 30th). Suspected of fundamentalist preaching, he was subject to a deportation order issued by France's Ministry of the Interior. El Idrissi served as imam at a Toulon mosque for seven years. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 Since at least 80% of US mosques are Saudi funded and controlled, I'd say a lot high higher than dozens or a hundred. The picture of Saudi activities in the United States is not a pretty one. Freedom House's Muslim volunteers went to 15 prominent mosques from New York to San Diego and collected more than 200 books and other publications disseminated by Saudi Arabia (some 90% in Arabic) in mosque libraries, publication racks, and bookstores. What they found can only be described as horrifying. These writings - each and every one of them sponsored by the kingdom - espouse an anti-Christian, anti-Semitic, misogynist, jihadist, and supremacist outlook. For example, they: Reject Christianity as a valid faith: Any Muslim who believes "that churches are houses of God and that God is worshiped therein is an infidel." Insist that Islamic law be applied: On a range of issues, from women (who must be veiled) to apostates from Islam ("should be killed"), the Saudi publications insist on full enforcement of Shariah in America. See non-Muslims as the enemy: "Be dissociated from the infidels, hate them for their religion, leave them, never rely on them for support, do not admire them, and always oppose them in every way according to Islamic law." See America as hostile territory: "It is forbidden for a Muslim to become a citizen of a country governed by infidels because this is a means of acquiescing to their infidelity and accepting all their erroneous ways." Prepare for war against America: "To be true Muslims, we must prepare and be ready for jihad in Allah's way. It is the duty of the citizen and the government." The report's authors correctly find that the publications under review "pose a grave threat to non-Muslims and to the Muslim community itself." The materials instill a doctrine of religious hatred inimical to American culture and serve to produce new recruits to the enemy forces in the war on terrorism. |
| Posted by: ed 2009-05-03 11:56 |
| #5 Yes, Mohamed el Idrissi is fundamentalist. However, there are probably dozens, maybe over a hundred, imans in the US with similar public preachings. |
| Posted by: lord garth 2009-05-03 10:39 |
| #4 Is France growing a new set of "cojones"?? Just askin', ya' know? |
| Posted by: WolfDog 2009-05-03 10:28 |
| #3 Expel the mosque members too. |
| Posted by: ed 2009-05-03 09:59 |
| #2 hope he fell down the stairs a couple times on the way out |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-05-03 08:25 |
| #1 Cause and Effect: I wonder if this was the precursor to the EasyJet diversion mentioned above due to bomb threat? |
| Posted by: Jack is Back! 2009-05-03 07:46 |