“Qatanani denied ever having ties to Hamas…”
However, according to The Investigative Project, “DHS attorneys bolstered some of the evidence obtained from Israeli officials, including two confessions which include statements Qatanani made about his Hamas connection. Three additional witness statements came from people who told Israeli officials that Qatanani recruited them to join Hamas.”
The establishment propaganda media calls him a “voice of moderation,” because, after all, what else would be be as an imam with links to Hamas?
“Revered imam to face deportation charges again,” by Hannan Adely, The Record, December 2, 2016:
Eight years after a judge ruled in his favor, a revered Paterson cleric will return to court on Monday to once again fight deportation as federal authorities pursue allegations that he lied on his green card application about a conviction by Israeli authorities.
Imam Mohammad Qatanani, spiritual leader of the Islamic Center of Passaic County, known as a voice of moderation in New Jersey, broke the news to his congregation at services at the mosque Friday afternoon.
“I know that justice will prevail and that everything will be in the right way. I believe in the judicial system in this country,” Qatanani said.
Immigration authorities sought to deport Qatanani on grounds that he didn’t disclose an alleged arrest and conviction in Israel for being a member of Hamas, a group classified as a terrorist organization by the U.S. government.
Qatanani denied ever having ties to Hamas and said he was detained, not arrested, by the Israelis during a trip to his native West Bank in 1993. Israelis never told him he was convicted of a crime and he never saw a judge, he said. Qatanani and expert witnesses had said Israelis routinely detained Palestinian men at the time….

somehistory says
They have the evidence, and had it years ago, that he was working for hamas and getting recruits for the terror group. He wiggled out of being deported. Now the judge has to reconsider the evidence and there is more of it.
The moslim lied then. He’ll lie again. Maybe the judge is wiser now.
Custos Custodum says
Would a Muslim LIE to an infidel judge? You jest, surely?
Angemon says
Well, imagine my surprise…
gravenimage says
NJ: Hamas-linked imam faces deportation, The Record calls him “voice of moderation”
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Isn’t it funny how so many Muslim “moderates” turn out to be anything but?
Cretius says
Yes, there is no such thing as a moderate Mohammedan. In the crunch all Muslims close ranks. Secular Muslims are the exception rather than the rule.
Gary says
Paul warned us about deceivers like him….
“They profess to know God, but by their deeds they deny Him, being detestable and disobedient and worthless for any good deed.” (Titus 1:16)
Buford says
Too bad they just do’nt execute this Demonic Bum & be done with it these creatures are never going to fit into the Western World they need to stay in the 3rd World Crappy Countries where they belong.
steve brown says
Unfortunately if America deports him he will probably be allowed to immigrate into Canada by Jihad Justin Trudeau and the looney Canadian Liberals..
Cretius says
All too true. Trudeau’s Canada does no real vetting of Muslims as the Liberals see them as loyal voters.
Marty says
London’s mayor a few years back, Livingstone, imported at public expense,
one Al Quadari as an influential & moderate muslim.
The wretch was to speak of the joys of mohammedanism & encourage
moderates.
He favoured female genital mutilation, the murder of gays & the murder of
apostates, plus the destruction of Israel.
I guess that is what the Muslim Party of Britain (AKA the Labour Party),
calls a “moderate muslim.”
Thought_Weaver says
I am sick a tired of hearing the word ‘moderate muslims’. Oh! Common. Some thing needs moderation when it is extreme, right? Islam is extreme and no matter how many ‘moderates’ prop up, Islam will remain what is is, EXTREME?
Thought_Weaver says
Sry typo: and.