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Muslim cleric who advocates wife-beating, stoning, contempt for non-Muslims speaks at St. John’s University

Apr 10, 2018 11:10 am By Robert Spencer

It’s noteworthy that he is speaking at mosques, even as American officials largely assume that those mosques reject the teachings that Muhammad ibn Adam Al-Kawthari has repeated, which are, of course, not unique to him, but deeply traditional within Islam. But St. John’s University? Would they ever host a speaker who opposed jihad terror? If they ever did, there would be condemnations, denunciations, protests, boycotts, etc. But this? No one will mind.

“Hardline Islamic Cleric to start U.S. Speaking Tour,” by Sam Westrop, Rabwah Times, April 6, 2018 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):

On April 6, Muhammad ibn Adam Al-Kawthari, a British cleric from the Deobandi movement, a hardline South Asian Islamic sect, will commence a three-day speaking tour, speaking at five mosques in New York and New Jersey, as well as at St Johns University in Queens. His most widely-advertised lecture, at the Quba Institute in New York on April 7, is titled ‘Women’s Rights in Marriage.’ The hosts call on their audience to come along and “stand up against domestic violence.” But, with a dark irony so often a feature of Islamist events in the West, the cleric invited to give the talk on the dangers of domestic violence has previously justified domestic abuse.

Kawthari has written that a husband may hit his wife if she is “slanderous or violates Islamic rulings,” as long as it is a last resort and “a light blow that leaves no mark.” In addition, he has declared that women should not leave the home, may not refuse their husbands’ demands for sex, and should be stoned to death if they commit adultery.

Such views were likely inculcated at Darul Uloom al Arabiya al Islamiya, a seminary in the city of Bury in England where Kawthari studied. It is perhaps the most prominent Deobandi institution outside of South Asia. In 2016, The Times reported that the Darul Uloom “preaches contempt for non-Muslims and warns of the ‘repulsive qualities’ of Christian and Jewish women.”

After graduating from the Darul Uloom, Kawthari studied further under Taqi Usmani, one of the world’s leading Deobandi clerics. Shortly after the 9/11 attacks, Usmani issued a fatwa proclaiming that “jihad” was “obligatory” against Western troops in Afghanistan. This teaching evidently appealed to Kawthari, who has ruled that jihad in places such as Chechnya and Kashmir is compulsory for Muslims.

Kawthari’s other fatwas and lectures are similarly extreme. He advocates chopping off thieves’ hands, and warns Muslims against befriending Jews and Christians, citing religious texts that command: “Do not commence by greeting the Christians and Jews with Salam. If you meet one of them on a pathway, force them to walk on the side.” In 2014, the East London Mosque – considered by mainstream British journalists to be one of the most radical mosques in Europe – even banned Kawthari from speaking at its events….

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  1. Dave Catleugh says

    Apr 10, 2018 at 11:13 am

    Please keep him there.

    • Andy says

      Apr 10, 2018 at 12:14 pm

      “America is under attack from within”

      • TerryB says

        Apr 11, 2018 at 2:35 pm

        YEP !!! agree 100%

  2. elee says

    Apr 10, 2018 at 11:19 am

    Who gave this guy a visa?

    • Eur says

      Apr 10, 2018 at 11:33 am

      Guy? That’s a lot of fascist shit in human form.

  3. Eur says

    Apr 10, 2018 at 11:20 am

    Hardline Islamic Cleric…. Where are the softline clerics????

    • Joe says

      Apr 11, 2018 at 7:28 am

      They are apparently administrators at a Catholic University, called St. Johns.

      • Garfield says

        Apr 12, 2018 at 5:54 am

        +1

  4. mortimer says

    Apr 10, 2018 at 11:48 am

    HEADLINE: “St. John’s University Promotes WIFE-BEATING & PEDOPHILIA”

  5. Diane Harvey says

    Apr 10, 2018 at 11:48 am

    “But St. John’s University?”

    To which I rely, why not? Nothing distinguishes that school from any other secular school.

    Robert, surely you’re aware of that 1967 Lake O’ Lakes conference of US Catholic colleges, lead by the despicable Hesburgh? At that conferences these colleges agreed to un-tether themselves from traditional Catholic teachings and belief.

    https://cardinalnewmansociety.org/land-o-lakes-statement-caused-devastation-50-years/

    50 years later we have a Qur’an believing imam speaking on Islamic beliefs at a once-but-no-longer Catholic college, and a pope spewing forth Islam nonsense that Islam isn’t violent.

    These once-Catholic schools, built with the sacrificial pennies of many, now-betrayed poor Catholics (many from the immigration era (roughly 1850-1920) and their first generation), might ponder a couple of things,
    (a) For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
    (b) But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven

    • Lydia Church says

      Apr 10, 2018 at 9:36 pm

      Right!

      Sad indeed.

  6. mortimer says

    Apr 10, 2018 at 11:51 am

    Muhammad ibn Adam Al-Kawthari preaches NORMATIVE, BACKWARDISLAM, rather than an aberration.

    • balam says

      Apr 10, 2018 at 12:07 pm

      There is no such thing as ENLIGHTENED ISLAM, It is PRIMITIVE and BACKWARD and will remain the same till ETERNITY.

      • mortimer says

        Apr 10, 2018 at 4:16 pm

        Agree, balam, OBSCURANTISM cannot by definition become enlightened, since the definition of OBSCURANTISM is:

        … “the practice of deliberately preventing the facts or full details of something from becoming known or a policy of opposing the spread of knowledge or of withholding knowledge from the public.”

  7. Frank Anderson says

    Apr 10, 2018 at 11:53 am

    When speaking to people who already believe as he does, where is the problem?

    When speaking to mindless people who will submit without thought or examination, what will change?

    But, anytime he speaks to an audience that includes anyone who is not already a follower, or “on the fence” he will expose something that warns some of them to dig deeper and see the evil. The more people who see his evil, the more who will recognize it and wake up to resist. If “they” won’t listen to those who tell the truth, maybe “they” will find the truth on their own.

    This could be a time where “more speech” is better than less.

    • gravenimage says

      Apr 11, 2018 at 5:45 pm

      Frank, this Muslim cleric is bound to inspire Muslims to further embrace their foul creed when telling them to beat and stone women. He is not benign.

      And while I am pretty much a free speech absolutist, this does not extend to inciting violence.

      • Frank Anderson says

        Apr 11, 2018 at 6:27 pm

        GI, when the incitement and inspiration is part of a lifetime daily, multiple times a day, routine, how much does it take that is not already there for those who already “believe” this ???? (fill in the blank). Letting this jerk speak to non-muslims would help expose a few to reality instead of getting the “redacted” sugar coated garbage they usually get. Some people will listen to us; a few won’t listen to anybody; but some may listen to him and people like him and see how evil islam is from one or the other end of the horse.

        Whatever our view, (I don’t want him talking any more than you), we are not going to stop him as “they” stop “our” speakers. Letting him speak freely and expose the true colors of evil gives a chance to warn people away. Making him sanitize his story through pressure or influence delays the eventual awakening of those who might join in resisting. The more evil, violent, repulsive story he presents, the more people who will be repelled. I think Hitler got away with taking control of Germany by sugar coating his goals and intended methods that were well stated in Mein Kampf and carried out as far as he was allowed. By the time the evil was obvious it was too late to stop him without massive suicides in the effort. “Why should “I” die because “he” is evil?”

        Always with greatest respect.

  8. balam says

    Apr 10, 2018 at 11:57 am

    You can not blame this Muslim preacher who preaches exactly what is written in the Quran and Hadiths .He should be allowed to speak but also questioned vigorously about his absurd Islamic Ideology which can not stand the test of times .Mohammad wrote the Quran according to the social conditions of 7th century Arabia. Mohammad was the greatest salesman which produced the greatest cult called Islam .Once ,you are in then it is almost impossible to get out .It is like eternal prison.NO FREEDOM AT ALL!!!

  9. Jim Conch says

    Apr 10, 2018 at 12:07 pm

    Just the one they need to espouse good Catholic values, NOT. What the hell are they thinking, or are they?

  10. Japetto Danatelli says

    Apr 10, 2018 at 12:39 pm

    This is just one more example of the hypocrisy in our left-dominated universities. This is when you realize like a brick-on-the-head just how far these conniving islamists are willing to go for advancing islam. At a minimum they should allow both sides of the issue with equal protection. But that never happens. Spencer and other good-willed intellectuals are banned as bigoted haters while the bigoted haters are portrayed as underprivileged victims in need of special consideration. As if muslims are victims of discrimination and bullying and must be afforded a special platform to air their grievances. “Stand back, everyone! Give this poor muslim a chance to speak, this “Fredrick Douglass” of islamaphobic abuse!”

    HA!

    We’re the ones getting raped and killed for religious-based hate and bigotry, not them! We’re the ones losing our neighborhoods and freedoms to dangerous enclaves. What’s the worst they get from us? I’ll tell you, it’s simply us speaking the truth about their motives and the bigotry that drives it. Universities roll out the red carpet for islamic supremacists and terror supporters, but brand human rights activists like Spencer as bigots and racists. There’s nothing educational or virtuous about what these universities are doing here. It’s just them using their scholastic muscle to promote islam at the expense of freedom and human rights. And just as our politicians and media are doing they are helping the downfall of Europe and America for islam’s fascist, supremacist ideals. They are all playing with fire, and we’re the ones getting burned.

    Students in America and Europe, start fighting back! Don’t let your rational concerns and love of country get squashed by freedom-hating thugs.

    • Diane says

      Apr 10, 2018 at 7:52 pm

      Spot On¡!!!!!!!

    • Lydia Church says

      Apr 10, 2018 at 9:39 pm

      Bullseye!

      They block counter terrorism but roll out the red carpet for terrorists.

      Their motives are clear.

      They are anti-democracy!

  11. Linda says

    Apr 10, 2018 at 1:08 pm

    You would think that universities would look for speakers who at least espouse ideas from the 21st Century. After this speaker, who will they have next? A neanderthal?

    • Terry Gain says

      Apr 10, 2018 at 1:21 pm

      All koranimals are neanderthals.

      • Linda says

        Apr 10, 2018 at 1:43 pm

        Now, now! Don’t insult neanderthals.

    • WPM says

      Apr 10, 2018 at 4:47 pm

      +1
      A Neanderthal would be three steps up from an Islamic, a chimpanzee would be one step up from an Islamic ! A wheel barrow full of human shit would be about equal .

    • Frank Anderson says

      Apr 10, 2018 at 5:13 pm

      Linda, I don’t think Neanderthals preached or lived what is being spoken at this college forum. Like the expression, “spending like drunk sailors” is unfair because they at least earned what they spent, I suggest that Neanderthals would be disappointed to be ranked with this modern day evil. With the pope embracing islam at every opportunity, and condemning any who speak the truth about its teachings, what else can we expect? “A snake will always be a snake, no matter how well it is treated.”

  12. brane pilot says

    Apr 10, 2018 at 2:32 pm

    Blaming Muslims for what is happening in Europe is like blaming vultures in the aftermath of a massacre.
    It is entirely self-inflicted by democratically elected, and re-elected ‘progressive’ politicians.
    By the time Europeans wake up, it will be too late for them.
    Muslims vote as a block in support of Muslim political objectives. The rest of the electorate is splintered into PC subservience, or irrelevance.
    Young white British males are already a despised underclass that the government openly discriminates against in educational opportunity and employment.
    Guess what comes next.

  13. bc3b says

    Apr 10, 2018 at 3:16 pm

    Unfortunately, there’s nothing Catholic about St. John’s, Holy Cross, Georgetown, Notre Dame, Marquette and 95% of so-called Catholic colleges and universities. Yet parents still pay 3-4 times the cost of tuition to send their children.

    I hold two degrees from Catholic universities (Detroit and Dayton) and sent my kids to a traditional Catholic high school. When it came time for college, Catholic schools were not even considered.

    • Karen says

      Apr 10, 2018 at 8:39 pm

      This is a good point. Sadly, spending that kind of tuition money at many Catholic universities is a waste, since it won’t buy you any additional quality beyond secular, liberal/left values. That’s the soup of the day at any university. Parents should start looking for alternatives; Hillsdale College would be an excellent option to consider.

  14. No Fear says

    Apr 10, 2018 at 5:16 pm

    Was he wearing pajamas as he spoke?

  15. Yokel says

    Apr 11, 2018 at 8:48 am

    I notice from the photograph of the leaflet that this is a “pre Ramadan” tour.

    Surely it’s not that time of year already? We haven’t forgotten the last one yet!

  16. gravenimage says

    Apr 11, 2018 at 5:35 pm

    Muslim cleric who advocates wife-beating, stoning, contempt for non-Muslims speaks at St. John’s University
    ……………………..

    Is St. John’s University in agreement with this fine Muslim cleric?

  17. gravenimage says

    Apr 11, 2018 at 5:38 pm

    I just checked out this creep’s Twitter feed–he wrote this:

    @Mufti_Muhammad_
    Apr 8
    Sightseeing in New York… Manhattan landscapes in the background including the Empire State Building.

    And has a picture of him looking at the New York skyline. What’s missing? Why, the World Trade Center Towers. This is probably his favorite part…

    https://twitter.com/mufti_muhammad_?lang=en

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