Despite his protestations of pride in his Jewish identity, Bernie Sanders seems happy to be associated with numerous virulent anti-Semites, including Linda Sarsour, Ilhan Omar, and now Qazwini.
“Imam Who Spoke At Bernie Sanders Rally Has Said ISIS Was ‘Somehow Connected’ To Israel, That Homosexuality Is A ‘Disorder,’” by Chuck Ross, Daily Caller, March 10, 2020:
A Michigan-based Islamic cleric who spoke at a Bernie Sanders rally on Saturday has claimed in sermons that the terrorist group ISIS is “somehow connected to Israel,” and that homosexuality is “a form of disorder.”
Imam Sayed Hassan Qazwini, the head of the Islamic Institute of America in Dearborn Heights, appeared at Sanders’s 2020 presidential rally over the weekend, ahead of Michigan’s primary on Tuesday.
“I believe we need to send someone who cares about all Americans, and he treats them equally,” Qazwini said in a speech shortly before Sanders took the rally stage.
“We need someone who does not promote anti-Semitism in this country, someone who does not promote Islamophobia in this country, someone who does not promote white supremacy in this country, someone like Bernie Sanders who loves all and supports all,” Qazwini continued.
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While Qazwini decried anti-Semitism at the rally, he has in the past alleged that ISIS worked with Israel to harm the image of Islam. In previous sermons supporting Sanders, he called the Vermont senator an “honorable man, even though he is a Jew.”
“I have no doubt that ISIS is motivated by an agenda run by the enemies of Islam,” Qazwini said during a sermon on Nov. 20, 2015, at Detroit’s Az-Zahraa Islamic Center.
He said that while ISIS has waged attacks in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and other Middle Eastern and Arab nations, Israel “has been completely safe” from the terrorist group.
“What does this tell you?” he asked his congregation.
“This speaks out. This speaks volumes: that ISIS somehow is connected to Israel, and ISIS is playing the role of the arm of the Zionist in the Muslim world to kill more Muslims and non-Muslims so it can define the name of Islam, so people can blame Islam for its atrocities.”
He went on to say that the “number one beneficiary of all these atrocities” was “the Zionist regime.”
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Qazwini praised Sanders during a speech at the same mosque on Sept. 16, 2016, over his stance against what he called “the pro-Israeli lobby.”
“An honorable man, I truly consider him an honorable man, even though he is a Jew, but you know we have no problem with the Jewish people,” Qazwini said of Sanders.
“We have a problem with the Zionists, not with the Jewish people, like Bernie Sanders. He was the only one who was honest, and who did not even bow to the pro-Israeli lobby.”
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gravenimage says
Michigan: Imam who decried anti-Semitism at Bernie rally has claimed ISIS “connected to Israel”
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Bernie must be so proud…
Lion Heart says
gravenimage : as a Canadian Christian guy myself originally from Iraq, I wanna say that I remember the same nonsense uttered by Muslims when I was still in Iraq in that after ever my Islamic terrorist attack by Al-Qaeda and ISIS committed by Muslims in the name of Allah Nd Islam and driven by Islamic core text and teachings , Muslims immediately say that those terrorists are not true Muslims and they were created by Israel and USA and the West ?? and I was like “ Ok , then according to your logic ( oh , muslims ! ) the Quran and Hadith must have been created by USA ! and not only that but their conspiracy theory disease was even more embedded so much so they even believe those ISIS terrorists who were filming the beheading videos were Americans and jews in disguise not Muslims because Muslims are not to kill their fellow Muslims ?? and once again , I was like “ Ok , but guess what Muslims ! The Quran even commands you not only to kill non Muslims who don’t believe in Islam or subjugate under the rule of Islamic law but also , it commands you to kill your fellow Muslims whom Muhammad and his imaginary Allah consider as hypocrite ( Quran 9:73 ) let alone in Muhammad’s Hadith as well where he commanded Muslims to kill other Muslims whom he considers hypocrites .
gravenimage says
I’ve heard all of this insanity, Lion Heart. Thanks for posting it here.
The craziest thing I ever saw was right after 9/11, when a Western journalist was interviewing some Muslims for their views on the attack (I think this was in Indonesia).
The men and boys he talked to were all disavowing the attack as un-Islamic–including a young guy who was wearing one of those hideous t-shirts with a picture of Osama bin Laden looming over the Twin Towers. No one seemed to notice the cognitive dissonance. The journalist *must* have seen the shirt lauding the attacks, but he said nothing.
Later I was to notice how common this sort of thing is in the Muslim world.
Wellington says
Indeed, gravenimage. Islam has cognitive dissonance written all over it.
Wellington says
Thanks for that narration, Lion Heart. Glad you are in a safer country than Iraq, though if Trudeau and his ilk get their way completely, Canada could become another Islamic hell-hole or at least half hell-hole because the more that Islam is present the more a downer the human condition is. Sadly and unforgivably, Canada has taken the first steps in this unnecessary direction already.
How I wish that virtually all of the Middle East were Christian, Jewish, Buddhist, Hindu, Sikh, agnostic, etc. Anything but Muslim. In any case, good to know you are out of Iraq. I strongly suspect that is a country that will never work as long as it is majority Muslim.
Ray Jarman says
There is evidence that Sanders’ pro Islam and antisemitism cost him the Michigan election. BNI has just posted an in depth article about his loss and is well worth the read:
https://outlook.live.com/mail/0/deleteditems/id/AQQkADAwATIwMTAwAC0wMjEzLTgyZTctMDACLTAwCgAQAFgVufLPwG9GhDHOqgUE9UA%3D
Wellington says
Analysis: This Michigan Islamic cleric is most definitely a problem but Bernie Sanders is even more of a problem.
James Lincoln says
A correct analysis, Wellington.
WithPurpleAbandon says
ISIS
is islam
Sometimes a simple acronym tells you all you need to know in a matter of seconds.
keith says
The only reason ISIS never attacked Israel is simple.
They were smart enough to understand that if they did ISIS would become WAS WAS very quickly.
Eastern eagle says
So you’re saying that Israel and the United States can defeat the Islamic state immediately if they wanted to. Interesting… Then why don’t they? It could eliminate a lot of suffering in the Middle East and end the Islamic state’s terrorist threat to the West, right? Then why wait for them to attack Israel?
Giacomo Latta says
”Qazwini … called the Vermont Senator an ‘honorable man, even though he is a Jew.’ ”
Translation: I really should kill this guy as the koran obligates me to but he is much more valuable as a useful idiot.
Mural says
+1. Accurate.