Imam

America deserves mass punishment from Allah but has been spared only out of “honor” for devout Muslims living in the U.S., according to a Florida Islamic cleric — who went on to denounce President Donald Trump as “human garbage,” claim Somalis’ feet are cleaner than the American president’s face, and mock Secretary of State Marco Rubio as “gay,” declaring that the mere prospect of a caliphate gives him nightmares.

The world is “a better place” without Charlie Kirk, according to Virginia Imam Ismail Saleem, who accused the recently slain conservative activist of having died “disrespecting black people” and thus unworthy of sympathy, as he declared that the Turning Point USA founder is “getting what he deserves” and the grief of his supporters “makes me smile.”

In its ongoing battle to root out the Muslim Brotherhood, the French Ministry of the Interior on Wednesday banned the European Institute of Human Sciences, a training centre for Imams, for promoting “radical Islam” and “armed jihad”.

American-born Florida Imam Abu Usama At-Thahabi said that Christianity today is “paganism” and Christians are “pagans” and “not believers.”

Following antisemitic comments made by an Islamic prayer leader who called Jews “brothers of apes and pigs,” while calling for their annihilation at a Miami mosque associated with a private Muslim school, Florida education officials are demanding the institution disclose its staff list or face losing taxpayer-funded state vouchers. 

Jews should be “annihilate[d],” according to a Florida Islamic cleric, who also accused Israel’s army of being “worse than the Nazis.”

Muslims will yet “slaughter” the Jews “like sheep” when the opportunity arises, according to a Michigan Islamic cleric who appealed to Allah.

A verse from the Quran that explicitly calls on Muslims to kill and take Jews captive was reportedly recited last week inside the walls of the Belgian parliament building.

Imam Qari Abassi claims he believed Harvinder Singh was a discarded briefcase or dustbin lying in the road as he drove to his mosque.

Zionist “dogs” should be “annihilated,” according to an Islamic cleric in California who accused Israel of evildoing and fabricating videos.

It is ill-advised to “trust” or “do business” with Jews, according to a Colorado imam who livestreamed a lecture for children that included a Quranic tale of Allah turning Jews into monkeys, as well as claims that Jews are predominantly deceptive and persistently “tricking us to trust them,” and it is important to understand their characteristics in order to defend oneself. 

Imams who granted temporary marriages to Muslims hiring prostitutes have been sacked from their roles after being exposed. 

The Administrative Court of Paris halted the deportation of Imam Hassan Iquioussen on Friday after he had been set to leave the country for hate preaching on the order of Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin.

French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin slammed members of the far-left party France Insoumise, who he accused of defending a radical Islamist imam set for deportation from France.

Iranian state media aired a video clip of American children from the heart of Texas, chanting references to Iran’s supreme leader and pledging allegiance to him, while praising martyrdom.

An overwhelming majority of French are behind deporting radical imams who give sermons contrary to the republican values of France. 

A Malmö imam has been charged with incitement to racial hatred by Swedish prosecutors over antisemitic sermons.

A 38-year-old radicalised Muslim man was handed a weak six-month suspended sentence by a French court this week for threatening to kill a local imam.

During violent clashes between Israeli police and Palestinians at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem in recent days, a Palestinian imam led a prayer calling for the “extermination” of the “evil” Jews and their supporters that was broadcast on Palestinian Authority (PA) television.

Officials in charge of a mosque in Nigeria’s national capital, Abuja, fired the site’s chief imam, or prayer leader, on Monday after he recently delivered a sermon critical of Nigerian government officials, including Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, for failing to protect the West African nation from terror attacks, Nigeria’s Premium Times online newspaper reported.

Belgium has stripped the residency permit of the chief imam of the country’s largest mosque Mohamed Toujgani over national security concerns. 

A radical Islamist imam in the Malmö no-go zone of Rosengård has claimed that Muslims carrying Swedish flags are “heretics” as the flag contains a Christian cross.

Canadian Imam Younus Kathrada justified hatred toward Jews in a shocking recent sermon that claimed their “injustice” toward others and rejection of Islam and its prophets, while warning a mosque is no place for those unable or unwilling to hate. 

Jerusalem Imam Yousef Makharzah said in a Friday sermon that Muslims will shatter the “head of America” and the “infidels” and “conquer” Rome, while describing Jews as “too lowly” for Muslim consideration. His remarks come while pro-Palestinian demonstrators in major cities have been accused of attacking Jews and Democrats cozy up to the Palestinians.

Swedish public broadcaster SVT has been criticised after inviting an imam from a controversial school onto a programme to explain the Christian holiday of Easter.

Despite recognition of divorce from the Swedish state, some women are having difficulties getting imams in the country to recognise their divorces under Islamic law and remarry.

European Council President Charles Michel has announced support for a “European Institute for the Training of Imams” to combat the spread of radical Islamic ideologies in the European Union.

Yassin Elforkani, the Imam of Amsterdam’s Blue Mosque, has demanded Dutch lawmakers consider passing new legislation to ban insulting the Islamic prophet Mohamm

A 50-year-old imam is one of 65 men placed in custody after a large-scale operation in multiple cities aimed at tackling child pornography. 

Imam Yahya Pallavicini, president of the Italian Islamic Religious Community (Coreis), has condemned the republishing of the Mohammed cartoons, arguing that they are “insensitive”.

Italy has expelled three radical Islamic extremists deemed to be security risks, including an Egyptian imam who headed an Islamic cultural association in the province of Venice.

Pakistan’s Supreme Court ordered the government to lift remaining coronavirus lockdown restrictions on Monday so that businesses could fully reopen.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) had a controversial guest, Imam Sayed Hassan Qazwini, speak at his rally in Dearborn, Michigan, over the weekend — the same imam who once suggested that the Islamic State (ISIS) was “connected to Israel” and proclaimed that the terrorist group was “playing the role of the arm of the Zionists.”

An Imam and his transvestite “wife” were remanded in custody by authorities in Uganda on Tuesday after the latter successfully duped the religious leader into marrying him, local media reports. 

An imam in Gothenburg’s largest mosque has been roundly criticised after comparing female genital mutilation (FGM) practices to those who undergo gender reassignment surgeries.

A Belgian court sentenced a Turkish migrant to six years in prison after he had falsely claimed to be an imam and sexually abused several underage girls.