What? A Muslim cleric? Why, how could this be? How did Raed Salah miss all the teachings of peace and tolerance in the Qur’an that are so patently obvious and easy to find for Western non-Muslim leaders?
“Firebrand Arab Israeli cleric convicted of incitement to terrorism,” Times of Israel, November 24, 2019 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
A prominent Arab Israeli Islamic cleric was convicted Sunday of incitement to terrorism over a 2017 speech in which he praised a deadly attack at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City.
The Haifa Magistrate’s Court also convicted Sheikh Raed Salah for supporting an outlawed organization. Salah was leader of the Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel, which Israel banned in 2015 over alleged links to terror groups and for inciting deadly violence.
Salah was arrested and charged two years ago for praising three Arab Israelis who shot dead two police officers in a July 2017 attack at the Temple Mount compound. The attack, and Israel’s ensuing decision to beef up security at the holy site, significantly ramped up tensions between Israel and the Arab world.
Police officers Haiel Sitawe and Kamil Shnaan, both hailing from Druze villages in northern Israel, were killed in the attack.
The cleric was surrounded by supporters as he arrived at court on Sunday, including by lawmakers from the Joint List of four mostly-Arab parties. Following the ruling, Salah’s backers chanted “We’ll sacrifice our lives for Al-Aqsa,” referring to the holy site, according to the Ynet news site….
Salah has previously been convicted on a number of occasions for terror charges and in 2017 was released from prison after serving a nine-month sentence for incitement to violence and racism.