A cleric? What’s this? Why, how could this be? So many non-Muslim politicians in the Western world have assured us that the Islamic State has nothing, nothing whatsoever, to do with Islam. How, then, did an imam, who has dedicated his life to understanding Islam correctly and communicating it accurately, so drastically misunderstand his peaceful religion? Will Pope Francis explain this to us?
“Madrid imam, Arabic teacher arrested for ‘radicalising minors,'” AFP, December 7, 2023:
Spanish police said Thursday they had arrested a 44-year-old imam who worked as an Arabic teacher and used his position “to radicalise minors” and recruit possible Islamic State (IS) members.
The Guardia Civil police force said the suspect was arrested on November 29 following an investigation which began last year after police identified him as having links to jihadist ideology and trying to indoctrinate minors.
The suspect, who worked at a Madrid mosque, had been detained “for using his role as a teacher to radicalise the minors he taught and to recruit potential members for Daesh”, using the Arabic acronym for the IS group.
“The detainee presented the minors with a violent view of religion using the same language as the main jihadist terrorist organisations,” it said.
“In his talks, he praised the idea of the suicide bomber as a legitimate figure in the fight against Jews, Christians and apostates. He expanded on these theories in his classes as an example of behaviour all Muslims should follow.”
As an imam, the suspect had led prayers and taught at the Madrid mosque, but when the community became aware of what he was doing, he was forced to step down.
“These activities did not pass unnoticed within the community, which created conflict and meant the suspect was forced to leave the mosque and continue his activities in more private places,” it said….
࿗Infidel࿘ says
I just wonder: how many Spaniards (as a percentage) realize that they are a target of conquest by the muslims simply b’cos they were once a part of a caliphate? Anybody from Spain here w/ any ideas?
somehistory says
By “community,” did they mean the mozlum community or the entire community of mozlums and infidels?
He was teaching them according to the book of demonic filth….so it isn’t “radical”…but it is mainstream islam. Radical only if compared to the average person in Spain who is not a mozlum. A person who is not blinded by hatred and a lust to rape and murder those they hate, as opposed to the mozlum mindset.