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Anti-Zionist Imam strikes back at critics who bemoaned his invitation to give House invocation

May 20, 2019 9:50 am By Christine Douglass-Williams

Imam Omar Suleiman, founder and president of Yaqeen Institute in Dallas was invited to give an invocation on the House floor. Denunciations followed as they should have, given Suleiman’s antisemitism and fierce opposition to Zionism.  He defended himself against his critics in stating….

I have never attacked the Jewish community or peddled conspiracies about it. So imagine my surprise to be accused of anti-Semitism….. I held in my heart the Jews in Pittsburgh and San Diego, the Christians in Sri Lanka, and the Muslims in Christchurch

But Suleiman’s reputation precedes him, like so many other Islamic antisemites who verbally deny being antisemitic but their advocacy and words send the opposite message.

Suleiman has made it a point in past to say that his parents were “displaced Palestinians due to the occupation”, has proclaimed himself to be a champion “of the Palestinian cause”; called Zionists “enemies of God”,  references Israel’s military operations as “massacres” and compared the Jewish state of Israel to Nazi Germany. Suleiman also proclaimed that “apartheid Israel, with American funding and cover, continues to terrorize with impunity.” His disdain for America is apparent, yet he was invited to represent Muslims on the House floor with prayers.

The Palestinian leadership’s mandate is to obliterate Israel and it was their aim from the day of Israel’s birth, yet Suleiman insists that he is not antisemitic in his declaration about being champion of the Palestinian cause.

Aiming to obliterate Israel is not the same as criticism of Israeli policies.  To spell it out: to criticize Israel’s policies is not anti-semitic but to support those whose aim is to obliterate the Jewish state of Israel is.

Suleiman prayed on the House floor deceptively….

We pray for peace, not war. Love, not hate. Benevolence, not greed. Unity, not division. And we commit ourselves to not betraying our prayers with actions that contradict them.

To be consistent with his words, Suleiman’s advocacy then should be for his coreligionists to recognize Israel’s right to exist, remove the documented aim to obliterate Israel from the Palestinian Authority, Hamas, Fatah and PLO Charters and to end “pay for slay“.  And while he is at it, he should also preach to his coreligionists to end the 1400 year global jihad and its supremacist doctrine and entitlements; but of course this will not happen. Suleiman’s prayers were words of deceit.

“Anti-Zionist imam hits back at critics of his invitation to House”, by Larry Jones, Avondale Advocate, May 18, 2019:

The Texas imam who gave an invocation on the House floor responded to those who criticized his invitation over social posts in which he demonized Israel, likening the country to Nazi-era Germany.

Omar Suleiman is the founder and president of the Dallas-based Yaqeen Institute, an organization that describes itself as a resource about Islam. His May 9 invocation referred to recent attacks on houses of worship, including synagogues.

“When I said this prayer on the U.S. House floor on Thursday, I held in my heart the Jews in Pittsburgh and San Diego, the Christians in Sri Lanka, and the Muslims in Christchurch I had the opportunity of burying and praying upon,” Suleiman said in an on Sunday.

He wrote that since giving the invocation, “I have been attacked online and threatened with violence. This hate is similar to the hate that led to the other massacres above.

“I have never attacked the Jewish community or peddled conspiracies about it. So imagine my surprise to be accused of anti-Semitism” in the wake of his invocation, he wrote.

“I have spent my life fighting bigotry whether targeted at my Jewish brethren or at my own community, or at anyone else. Not once have I been involved in a controversy in my home town of New Orleans or Dallas involving the Jewish community or any other community that felt targeted by anything I’ve said or done.”

Suleiman, who said his parents were “displaced Palestinians due to the occupation” and activists, said he has championed the Palestinian cause, but has not let it descend into anti-Semitism in public or private.

Two years ago, however, the German-Israeli researcher Petra Marquardt-Bigman a lengthy record of incendiary social media statements about Israel by Suleiman that was posted on the Algemeiner Jewish news site. On multiple occasions, according to the research, Suleiman has for a third Palestinian intifada, or uprising, Israeli troops to Nazis, and has for the end of Zionism, Zionists “the enemies of God.” He is a backer of the boycott Israel movement…..

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  1. Frank Anderson says

    May 20, 2019 at 10:21 am

    Imagine inviting any member of the Nazi hierarchy to give a Nazi prayer before UK’s parliament or the US Congress before WWII. The feigned ignorance that is nothing less than open collaboration with a known enemy should be obvious. There is NO EXCUSE for the Speaker of the House, who is Third in line for the presidency, who has with her at all times the nuclear war codes, to give aid and comfort to an enemy. The “Democrat” caucus has stopped pretending to have any interest in the Constitution or the nation it established.

    • mortimer says

      May 20, 2019 at 12:29 pm

      Indeed, Frank, nothing could be more contradictory to Judaism and Christianity than Islamic prayers which denounce and condemn Jews and Christians 17 times a day. The Dems are making a de facto establishment of religion by giving Islam a status and advantages that other faiths do not have. That is clearly unconstitutional.

      Such good little dhimmis.

      • Frank Anderson says

        May 20, 2019 at 1:08 pm

        Mortimer, it would be so laughable if the treachery were not so serious. The third ranking member of the United States government, who rates spending more than 500,000 dollars PER MONTH flying her and her entourage to San Francisco every week, with a military officer carrying a “football” with the nuclear war codes, is participating actively in the Islamic conquest of our country and destruction of the Constitution. How much more can Democrats do to bring about the end of the US?

        • CRUSADER says

          May 20, 2019 at 5:13 pm

          $500k for entourage on SF junkets.

          Graven Image, can you verify this?

        • Frank Anderson says

          May 20, 2019 at 5:36 pm

          As Speaker of the House, Pelosi is entitled to fly an Air Force plane to San Francisco and back every time she wishes. She complained that slightly lower cost Gulfstreams had to land and refuel and demanded a Boeing 757 which can make the whole one-way trip. Each round trip costs a reported 125,000 dollars, or half a million dollars a month. This is because the order of succession to the Presidency is President (Trump), Vice President (Pence) Speaker of the House (Pelosi), President Pro Tem of the Senate, Secretary of State and the remaining Cabinet secretaries in order of the creation of their departments. Check it out. The cost figures are from the last time she was speaker. “Elections have consequences.”

        • Frank Anderson says

          May 20, 2019 at 9:38 pm

          Crusader, I searched for the President Pro Tem of the Senate. The person traditionally selected for the post is the senior member of the party in power (Republican). This year Charles Grassley was elected to the post.

        • Murad says

          May 21, 2019 at 6:50 pm

          Quote:
          We pray for peace, not war. Love, not hate. Benevolence, not greed. Unity, not division. And we commit ourselves to not betraying our prayers with actions that contradict them.”

          Perfect taqqiya and kitman

          We pray for peace, not war : He means peace among muslims to be strong against kuffar. Love not hate: Love among muslims and from dhimmis towards muslims, not from muslims towards non-muslims. That does not exist. Suleiman prays that dhimmis continue in the sleep walking and love muslims until they are conquered and defeated. Misplaced love is deadly.

          Benevolence not greed: Dhimmis must be benevolent and give their money and women to muslims: money will buy weapons to spread islam and subjugate dhimmis. Benevolence is good if shown to muslims only.

          Unity is good only among muslims to defeat dhimmis. Muslims are happy that they are always sowing division but the dhimmis ignore it and fool themselves and replace it with delusional blue pill.

          No they don’t betray their prayers: Cursing the Jews and Christians 5 times a day plus interest during ramadan.

          allah decreed Dhimmis to be born with a lack to understand the subtleties of islamic / muslim thinking. To see them as friends and masters when they show clearly fiendish sentiments.

        • Frank Anderson says

          May 21, 2019 at 7:03 pm

          Murad, I find nothing to disagree with in your writing. This is what we face and what most people refuse to face until they are having their throats cut or staring down the barrel of a gun.

        • gravenimage says

          May 21, 2019 at 10:58 pm

          Good post, Murad.

  2. ronald says

    May 20, 2019 at 10:36 am

    Love this blog. every muslim must read this before decide to be a muslim.
    https://davidiqbalkarim.wordpress.com/2018/04/26/crazy-teachings-of-muhammad/

    • keya says

      May 20, 2019 at 12:55 pm

      Crazy indeed! But i have met muslims who take it seriously and act accordingly.

    • FYI says

      May 20, 2019 at 6:02 pm

      To add insult to injury upon muhammed{APFh,allah prays for him}

      1.muhammed’s underpants had miraculous healing powers!

      {Sahih muslim pg1641 Book of Clothes Hadith # 2069}

      “Aisha came back to Asma and she told her ‘this is the UNDERPANTS OF THE PROPHET..we do wash it
      so the sick ones can be recovered by it”
      *ugh*

      Is this an insult to the “prophet”?Well it comes from islamic sources so muslims cannot complain..

      2.al lah CURSES women who remove their facial hair in order to look nice.

      Sahih Bukhari vol 6 bk 60 hadith 408

      How mean is Lah?

      Lah: a misogynistic one-legged pagan Arab god with 2 right hands.

  3. Herbert Lubitz says

    May 20, 2019 at 10:38 am

    Does anyone believe that these Moslims would stop when the Jews are gone? The Christians would be next as they already are starting on Christians all over the world. Then there are the Hindus and Buddhists, and the list is enormous as there will not be any allowable religion or race left that is not Moslim or Islam. This tribe is out to destroy all that is Holy and all the Politicians are behind them for Power. The Democrats in America have all but convinced America that Killing babies is in God’s plan. You people are so dumb, it surprises me that you remember to breath. You all are following the Liberals, Democrats, Socialists which all want to bring in the New World Order, and don’t even care if those free offers that they are flinging out are the trap that will enslave everyone of you. You will not own anything then, as you don’t now. You don’t get the plan they have for eliminating you all. The United Nations is a group of third world slums that can’t change their Countries, but want to demolish OURS. They want to bring down America to the third world levels so the third world countries would get the free benefits that we have had, but without Freedom. Third world countries are third world because of dictators and despots who stole the riches of its people. If America keeps giving away our Freedoms for Humanity, than America will be no more. We have to draw the line when we help other countries. All they do is, after we help them out of their slavery, they try to enslave America with their ways and laws, and turn it into the slum they came from like AOC is doing. Why doesn’t AOC go to Venuswaler and fix her own damn country? She can’t and won’t that’s why so if she can bring down America with attacks to our President, she is a Terrorist as are the other Moslims in the American Government. They are here to dominate, not assimilate. The United Nations are the Enemy of the State and should be chased out of America and we should get out of the UN. The UN has been infiltrated by Moslims out to take over the world and the Un is helping by bullying all the nations that are not on board with the NWO. It’s not a Conspiracy, if they really are out to get you.

  4. Norger says

    May 20, 2019 at 10:48 am

    “When I said this prayer on the U.S. House floor on Thursday, I held in my heart the Jews in Pittsburgh and San Diego, the Christians in Sri Lanka….” What utterly shameless bullshit.

  5. Wellington says

    May 20, 2019 at 11:03 am

    Imam Omar Suleiman helps substantiate yet one more time that the term “Muslim deceiver” is redundant.

  6. James Lincoln says

    May 20, 2019 at 11:58 am

    The feature article states:

    “His disdain for America is apparent, yet he was invited to represent Muslims on the House floor with prayers.”

    The truth is, Imam Omar Suleiman did “accurately represent Muslims” who are strong believers in Islam.

    And, since ALL Imams are strong believers in Islam, they should not be invited to give an invocation on the House floor.

    The last time I checked, the United States is not an Islamic Republic.

    • mortimer says

      May 20, 2019 at 1:07 pm

      Agree with JL. The US has no establishment of religion. Furthermore, neither does Omar Suleiman honestly represent Islam. He conceals it, cloaks it and dissembles Islam’s essential doctrines of hatred directed by Muslims against the kafirs and Islamic political supremacism (jihad) in the following: “We pray for peace, not war. Love, not hate. Benevolence, not greed. Unity, not division.”

      The only way Suleiman’s prayer could be Islamic is if his prayer refers ENTIRELY to Muslims, for instance: “We pray for peace (between Muslims), but war against the dirty kufaar. Love (between Muslims), but hatred directed against the dirty kufaar. Benevolence (between Muslims, not greed, but extortion against the dirty kufaar. Unity (among Muslims, not division, but divide-and-rule over the dirty kufaar.”

      Proof text for my re-interpretation: “Koran 48.29 “Muhammad is the messenger of Allah; Those with him are VIOLENT (ashiddaa’) against the disbelievers (kufaar); Compassionate amongst themselves.”

      Muslims are NEVER united with, never ‘in love’ with, and never at permanent peace with the dirty kufaar. The prayer is a perfect example of TAWRIYYA … deception by DELIBERATE AMBIGUITY.

  7. Michael Copeland says

    May 20, 2019 at 2:38 pm

    “We pray for peace…” – Omar Suleiman
    “Peace is when the whole world is muslim” – Sayyid Qutb

  8. gravenimage says

    May 20, 2019 at 2:47 pm

    Anti-Zionist Imam strikes back at critics who bemoaned his invitation to give House invocation
    …………………..

    Another Muslim thug now trying to play victim.

  9. Highsider says

    May 20, 2019 at 3:24 pm

    The small number of Islamist trying to take over the government of the United States have an inordinate amount of affect. They act as ball carriers protected by only one blocker, but that blocker is Satan himself! We must retaliate in prayer to the only real God. Please make a long term effort of it!

    • Carolyne says

      May 20, 2019 at 5:32 pm

      Not believing that Satan exists, I believe it to be the Democratic party which is the entity assisting the Muslim takeover.

      • FYI says

        May 20, 2019 at 6:04 pm

        Well I guess you could call the Democrats and the RED-GREEN{Lefty-muslim}axis..

        … satan’s little helpers.

  10. CRUSADER says

    May 20, 2019 at 3:48 pm

    An avocado is still an avocado no matter how you might spell the word for it.

  11. Isntlam says

    May 20, 2019 at 4:43 pm

    Al Sharpton over your left shoulder… Not a good sign.

    • CRUSADER says

      May 20, 2019 at 5:11 pm

      Unless you are trying to lose weight rapidly.

      • PRCS says

        May 20, 2019 at 10:44 pm

        I wonder if he used Nutrisystem, The South Beach Diet, Jenny Craig, Weight Watchers…..

  12. PRCS says

    May 20, 2019 at 10:50 pm

    IMO, imprecise terminology makes it so difficult for our ‘fithy unbeliever’ friends and neighbors to understand the Islam problem. From the article’s body, this:

    “like so many other Islamic antisemites”

    Let me suggest this simple rewrite:

    “like so many other MUSLIM antisemites”

  13. Oren Wysocki says

    May 21, 2019 at 3:41 am

    I didnt bother to read the article because I am tired. The media is so predictable that I bet one laugh over making A critic of islam look bad that the title should read muslim preacher completely ignores all accusations against him about statements he made that clearly imply anti Jewish and anti Israel bias, and instead accused his accusers of being the racists without any evidence. In G-d I trust.

  14. Deavman says

    May 21, 2019 at 8:16 am

    Of course he had to turn himself into a victim, as he infered that supposed threats against him where of the same kind as those which led to Christchurch, NZ.

  15. Rp says

    May 21, 2019 at 10:05 am

    West is very naive and dum. Every time west gives any Muslim or Islamic person a platform anywhere ,The message that goes out to every Mosque , Madrassas etc is that West is now accepting Islam and are following us the (Mahammad’s path , Piss upon him) path. This gives every Muslim in the world that Islam is superior etc. This si what will Kill Western civilisation and Freedom

    • gravenimage says

      May 22, 2019 at 12:12 am

      This is often all too true. But the West is not the only part of Dar-al-Harb that is appeasing Muslims, I’m afraid.

  16. Bill Houston says

    May 21, 2019 at 11:49 am

    After 1400 years of this kind of deception (Taqiyya) it should be obvious by now that we take a chance every time we trust a Muslim to tell us the truth about Islam. We in the West are so easily taken in by liars and deceivers. Fool me once, shame on you – fool me twice, shame on me – fool me countless times over 14 centuries – well, you get the idea.

    • gravenimage says

      May 22, 2019 at 12:13 am

      +1

  17. PABLO says

    May 21, 2019 at 1:39 pm

    The democrats realized that the Muslim population is exploding, no pun intended, and will be a rich harvesting voting block for them, so I am not surprised by their invitation to an anti-American and anti-Semitic Imam.

  18. TKF says

    May 22, 2019 at 2:25 am

    Assholes like Imam Omar need to stop trying to put a good spin on Islam….you can’t polish a turd.

  19. Kilauea says

    May 22, 2019 at 9:50 am

    Why would Congressional leaders invite a Satanic priest into Congress. That’s right. Allah is Satan in disguise and Imams are nothing more than his priests. God curse everyone involved in this BS. It’s time the Democrats and Republicans learn there is a righteous God and the time of ignorance is over.

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