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Somalia: Some imams preach that Muslims are ‘immune to coronavirus’

May 16, 2020 3:00 pm By Robert Spencer

This idea is based on the assumption that adherence to Sharia will bring one success and prosperity in this world as well as the next. That also leads to jihad activity, since jihad warfare against unbelievers is likewise a Sharia tenet.

“Muslims ‘immune to coronavirus’ some imams in Somalia say, putting public at risk,” by Emily Judd, Al Arabiya, May 10, 2020 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):

Some imams in Somalia are saying Muslims are immune to COVID-19, going against senior Muslim scholars who have insisted the coronavirus pandemic is a severe threat to all people around the globe.

A medical worker in the country told Al Arabiya English the rumor is putting Somalis at risk and working against efforts to try to educate the population of 15 million about the threat of the outbreak.

“Some mosques spread this rumor that this disease is only for non-believers,” said the medical worker, who wished to remain anonymous in fear of societal backlash, in an interview with Al Arabiya English.

“People are very religious in Somalia and we believe what our imams tell us more than any doctor or any government,” the medical source added.

The statements by certain imams in Somalia go against senior Muslim scholars, who have urged worshippers to heed medical and government guidelines, to suspend mosque services and activities, and to pray at home during the holy Islamic month of Ramadan.

Dr. Mohammed Al-Issa, Secretary General of the Muslim World League (MWL), called on communities to follow “all health guidelines” during the crisis and said the temporary closure of mosques in some countries across the Islamic world is considered a “religious duty” in light of the pandemic.

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz Al Sheikh asked Muslims to pray at home during Ramadan, and the Saudi Arabian government suspended mosque services.

The misinformation from the imams in Somalia is fueling the potential COVID-19 catastrophe the country is facing. Authorities have already confirmed almost 900 cases, despite only having four PCR testing machines in the entire country.

The falsehood that Muslims are protected from the virus is making it “really difficult” for the medical community to fight the pandemic, said the source, who said most of the population do not practice social distancing or wear masks, as preventative measures….

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  1. FYI says

    May 16, 2020 at 3:29 pm

    imams are immune…… to Logic,Science and Reason.

    • James Lincoln says

      May 16, 2020 at 3:57 pm

      FYI,

      Rightly so.

      Actual “thinking” is vehemently discouraged in islam.

      The imams prefer brainwashed, mindless, followers…

      • mortimer says

        May 17, 2020 at 1:04 am

        Response to FYI and JL: my reading of Islamic philosophy suggests that Al Ghazali (a reformer who returned Islam to its basics) rejected most of Aristotelian logic and philosophy, but he agreed with ‘hard’ science, because (so he thought) it could not contradict the Koran.

        Islam is in retreat from reality, but it will agree with science that doesn’t contradict Islam. Much of what ‘imams’ do is to explain why the Koran and Mohammed do not say what they have clearly said. For instance, they go to lengths to show that the Koran and Mohammed don’t mean that the sun sets in a muddy spring, even though they both clearly express that claim.

        When Muslims see that the Koran is hopelessly wrong on many points, they leave Islam.

        When Muslims see that the mullahs are cheating by re-interpreting the erroneous states in the Koran and Mohammed, they leave the mosque, but not all leave Islam. They create their own private version of Islam.

    • gravenimage says

      May 16, 2020 at 7:19 pm

      +1

    • sweetolbob says

      May 18, 2020 at 8:21 am

      The filthy muslim “holey” man is right. the faithful islamics need to keep on licking doorknobs, icons, and shrines. And if they are lucky enough to make their pilgrimage to crowd around that big rock, they need to lick that too.

  2. DHazard says

    May 16, 2020 at 3:30 pm

    Allah loves rumors, ruminating and ruin, in that order.

    • mortimer says

      May 17, 2020 at 1:09 am

      It’s an oral culture. People don’t read what the hadiths and Sharia law manuals say, so they accept whatever the mullahs say in completely blind faith.

      Much of Islam is faith in the mullahs. But the mullahs are betraying the trust of their followers.

      Many Muslim doctors and nurses will lose their faith in Islam due to the unscientific, stupid arrogance of the mullahs.

      • gravenimage says

        May 17, 2020 at 7:19 pm

        Sadly, though, many do not–and instead abuse Infidel patients and demand exemptions from having to wash their hands with alcohol cleansers.

  3. Dude says

    May 16, 2020 at 4:04 pm

    Of course, the faulty logic in the books aims at getting everyone dead as soon as possible so all good cult members throughout the last centuries can finally go to Paradise.

    Even if you die from Corona, still all the kafirs you infect and kill get your cause closer – just like strapping on a vest at a rock concert and having a blast! You go immediately to Jerk-off Heaven and avoid waiting around a few.more millennia. Win-win.

    The stupidity is all so logical.

    • Eur says

      May 16, 2020 at 6:11 pm

      the president of the islamic commission of spain died weeks ago due to the coronavirus ….

      • gravenimage says

        May 16, 2020 at 7:20 pm

        He must have been a bad Muslim, don’tcha know…

        • mortimer says

          May 17, 2020 at 1:11 am

          No … he’s actually a MARTYR … when Muslims lose, they move the goal posts and claim victory! Even more glorious! He died during Ramadan.

        • gravenimage says

          May 18, 2020 at 9:39 pm

          You hear both of these things from Muslims, Mortimer. No need for logic or consistency.

  4. keith O says

    May 16, 2020 at 7:09 pm

    These fools remind me of the superstitious priests of the middle ages when the black death was having it’s crack at culling the heard.
    “GOD WILL PROTECT YOU”. Don’t worry about over a thousand years of medical science, our primitive book will protect you. DICKHEADS!

    • mortimer says

      May 17, 2020 at 1:14 am

      Many churches closed during the Bubonic Plague in the 1300s. Churches were closed in 1918 during the Spanish Flu.

      • keith O says

        May 17, 2020 at 6:06 pm

        Yes Mortimer, many did close and a lot stayed open.
        I do find it interesting that you class 1918 as the middle ages!

      • gravenimage says

        May 17, 2020 at 7:21 pm

        You are quite correct, Mortimer:

        https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2020-04/epidemics-quarantines-empty-churches-history-tornielli.html

  5. Kilauea says

    May 16, 2020 at 7:18 pm

    It’s true, Muslims are immune. They should ignore the social distancing rules with fellow Muslims and avoid any contact at all with infidels.

  6. gravenimage says

    May 16, 2020 at 7:21 pm

    Somalia: Some imams preach that Muslims are ‘immune to coronavirus’
    …………………

    Pious morons. They don’t care how many they kill.

  7. Charlie says

    May 16, 2020 at 7:43 pm

    I would encourage them to associate with each other, as usual. Attend their mosques. I think their immune, too. Hopefully, they’ll go for it:-)

  8. mortimer says

    May 17, 2020 at 1:06 am

    Robert Spencer says that the claim that Muslims will not get sick “is based on the assumption that adherence to Sharia will bring one success”.

    As a result of such preaching, many deaths will occur. The mullahs will then declare the deceased were ‘martyrs’ who will receive their 72 virgins.

  9. andrew mckendrick says

    May 17, 2020 at 6:19 am

    Or their 72 raisins , depending on who`s translation is accurate.

  10. OLD GUY says

    May 17, 2020 at 11:15 am

    Islam what a “religion” they still make it up on the fly, just like Muhammad did when he was committing atrocities to gain power.

  11. Francis Weber says

    May 17, 2020 at 3:40 pm

    The fat white dwarf named Muhammad who had all the medical knowledge given to him by the mute stone statue Allah said there were no transient diseases.
    Get over it islamophobes!

  12. No Fear says

    May 17, 2020 at 11:48 pm

    Terrible! Terrible! Terrible is too small a word.

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