“Salafists can also be found among Christians, if you approach it linguistically. Salaf is a progenitor, and a salafist is someone who wants to look like his progenitor. For example, a Muslim who wants to look like Mohammed. In Christianity you also have people who want to look like Christ in their actions. Every Muslim is a bit of a salafist,” said Aboutaleb.
But the report adds that “he thinks salafism should not be banned, but the line should be drawn in the use of violence.”
Great, but what is the goal? Muhammad established an Islamic state, and the Qur’an teaches that Muslim must wage war against Jews and Christians and subjugate them under their rule. So is Aboutaleb’s goal an Islamic state in the Netherlands? Will anyone in the establishment media dare to go off the reservation and ask him? Of course not.
“‘Every Muslim is a bit of a salafist”: Rotterdam mayor,” by Janene Pieters, NL Times, December 26, 2017:
Rotterdam mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb caused a social media uproar with an interview on NPO Radio 1 in which he said that “every Muslim is a bit of a salafist”. PVV leader Geert Wilders called for Aboutaleb’s resignation.
The Rotterdam mayor discussed several topics with Thijs van den Brink, but it was his statements regarding Islam that caused a commotion, AD reports. For example, he said he sometimes considers himself a jihadist. “I get up every day at 7 o’clock to do good for a city in the Netherlands. That is the jihad in its purest form.” Van den Brink pointed out that this is not the form “we know in the Netherlands”. To which Aboutaleb responded that there are many definitions of jihad, “of which the armed struggle is only one form”. “And that also falls apart in the defense and the attack deployment”, he said.
Aboutaleb is also not worried about salafism. “Salafists can also be found among Christians, if you approach it linguistically. Salaf is a progenitor, and a salafist is someone who wants to look like his progenitor. For example, a Muslim who wants to look like Mohammed. In Christianity you also have people who want to look like Christ in their actions. Every Muslim is a bit of a salafist”, he said. He thinks salafism should not be banned, but the line should be drawn in the use of violence. The Salafists who want to be violent form a compact group, Aboutaleb said. “You have to track them down and isolate them.”
These statements caused quite the commotion on social media, with dozens of people commenting. “The Moroccan mayor of Rotterdam Ahmed Aboutaleb calls himself a salafist”, Wilders said on Twitter. “A salafist as a mayor of the 2nd biggest city of the Netherlands is a total disgrace and a threat. He should be removed from office immediately.”
nicu says
Of course they are !!! But they never would admit it !
mortimer says
Most Muslims do not wish to behave as Mohammed did, but they have not thought this through. Since they think Mohammed’s behavior is too violent and sexy and dishonest, they are not really following Islam.
Most Muslims are hypocritical in the matter of Mohammed, they praise him with their mouths but condemn him by refusing to imitate his crimes.
Bindon Blood says
I think circumstances show that far too many do want to do as commanded and take Mohammad as their role model.
nicu says
I wonder how these Muslims know how Muhammad looks if he may not be portrayed !? ☺
R Russell says
He will of course be speaking of the Muslim Isa and not the Christian Jesus.
His Isa will kill all the Christians at the last day.
I think he is issuing a threat even if most of the dhimmified West wont be able to see it.
Save Europe says
I lived in Zuid-Holland region for many years. Rotterdam is as bad as London, due to….you know who….they built a vile mega mosque in Utrecht several years ago, which is vile. The Sharia Triangle enclave in Den Haag is a hell-hole as are swathes of Amsterdam. Breda is very nice and seems to have less of them, and certainly Frisland seemed fine. I just wish we had a Geert Wilders in the UK. Paul Weston was the man, but Liberty GB are now defunct.
StellaSaidSo says
LibertyGB merged with For Britain. Expect to see Paul Weston touring with Anne Marie Waters in 2018. They are both superb speakers, committed opponents of Islam, and wonderful advocates for Western freedoms.
Joy D. Brower says
Pray God, that is – or will be – the case!! Our enemy (of course, most Americans don’t have clue about this) is (political) Islam. But making the case for that thesis requires MUCH more basic knowledge about their nefarious book, the Qu’ran!
Save Europe says
Hi Stella. Yes, I know. I’m unsure about AMW. I don’t find her as lucid or erudite as PW, and am unconvinced about her potential to appeal to the masses, albeit, I totally agree with her on Islam. She just doesn’t have Farage’s charisma (despite the fact he never really ‘went for it’ in regards to Islam), nor PW’s clear class.
Thomas Brewster says
“The problem with Christians is they aren’t as good as Jesus. But thank God most Muslims are better than Muhammad.”
― Wafa Sultan
RichardL says
Could be a Churchill quote. Thanks for that!
Save Europe says
I actually believe a sizeable minority are worse.
Bindon Blood says
That statement is I’ll founded and almost certainly wrong. Far too many Muslims seek to emulate Mohammad. Christians are not expected to be as good as Jesus, Jesus is God . Christians merely have to believe in Jesus and put their faith in His saving grace.
Michael Copeland says
“…..a Muslim who wants to look like Mohammed”, as Mayor Aboutaleb puts it, would need to be short and fat, wear a beard dyed red with henna, and dress up in his wife’s clothes. All these details can be found in the Sahih (reliable) Hadith material (see David Wood videos).
Timothy says
Salafist’s are sharia.
Jack Dawkins says
Salaf means ancestor. The salafis imitate the earliest ancestors of islam – muhamnad’s homies.
Phil Copson says
“…The salafis imitate the earliest ancestors of islam….”
Presumably Saladin and his followers imitated salads ?
R Russell says
Phil,
That made me smile. Humour is needed at times when we think of one possible future
Georg says
Saying there are Christian Salafists is like saying there were Nepalese and Native Americans who used the Swastika. The Muslim relationship with truth is a horrifying aspect (cornerstone?) to the broader ideology. Defies belief that a thing so wonky and violent is so pervasive.
MFritz says
… and being a “bit of a Salafist” is like being “a bit pregnant”.
Ernie says
The mask comes off .
St. Manuel II Palailogos says
In other words, the real Muhammad IS what al-Qaeda and IS say he is. Good to know. Confirming what we already knew.
ronald says
Islamic state copy Muhammad as well. Al Qaeda too. Led prophet Muhammad the first islamic terror organisation ?? YES !!
ronald says
So the mayor is a fan of terror against the unbelievers, because he like to live like Muhammad. If he denies then he is lying
Ibrahim itace muhammed says
It is wrong. wahhabists call themselves salafists when they have found that Muslims abhor wahhabism a resuscitation of khawarijism a narrow minded and isolated sect rejected by Muslims for long.
True salafism means the interpretations of early Muslim scholars, mostly the companions of Prophet Muhammad. Later muslim scholars used their pattern to address new issues,but with necessary modifications to suit current circumstances. It is not copious.This is the development of scholarships in Islamic world.
Note :The development of Islamic interpretations reached peak during Abbasid period when Muslims came into contact with new thinkings that gave rise to intellectual activities. Today, Muslim scholars use modern thinking to interpret Islam within the parameters already laid down in early pattern of interpretations and address emerging issues. But narrow minded evil wahhabists confine themselves to early issues not necessarily relevant to current life. They are therefore myopic salafists, not needed by Muslims today.
Save Europe says
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz! Haven’t you got a rug to sniff?
Green Infidel says
So a Salafist is someone who wants to “look like” Mohammed.
And Salafism is also one of the most violent and extreme forms of Islam.
Hence by Muslims’ own admission, Mohammed was on the violent extremist end of the scale?
Bindon Blood says
Christian “ salafists” do not go about blowing people up, stabbing them, running them over. Quite a big difference really.