Yunis al-Astal must be an “extremist,” right? Actually, what he says comes straight out of the Qur’an:
“Indeed, the worst of beasts in the sight of Allah are the deaf and dumb who do not use reason.” (Qur’an 8:22)
“Indeed, the worst of beasts in the sight of Allah are those who have disbelieved, and they will not believe.” (Qur’an 8:55)
“So if you gain dominance over them in war, disperse by them those behind them, that perhaps they will be reminded.” (Qur’an 8:57)
“Hamas Clerics Al-Zarad and Al-Astal: The Jews Are the ‘Enemies of Mankind’ Who ‘Wallow in the Shedding of Blood,'” MEMRI, February 25, 2016:
In a TV program that aired on the Hamas-owned Al-Aqsa TV channel on February 25, 2016, Hamas clerics Yunis Al-Astal and Wael Al-Zard discussed the traits of the Jews. Zard asked what makes the Jews “wallow in such an inhumane way in the shedding of blood,” and Al-Astal, who called the Jews the “enemies of Mankind,” said that it was their cruelty that spurred the Palestinian youth to “confront these cruel beasts in order to uproot them from our blessed lands and to wipe them out of existence, because they pose a threat to Mankind.”