These are incendiary words, in light of this Qur’an passage:
“O prophet, wage jihad against the unbelievers and the hypocrites. Be harsh with them. Their ultimate dwelling place is Gehenna, an evil destination.” (9:73)
“Islamic preacher claims Zionists are plotting to ‘control the world,’” by Will Hazell, Telegraph, January 6, 2024:
An Islamic preacher has been accused of using anti-Semitic tropes in a London mosque by claiming Zionists are plotting to “control the world” by manipulating banks, media organisations and regimes, The Telegraph can reveal.
Sheikh Babikir Ahmed Babikir said that any Muslim who opposed Hamas was a “hypocrite” and compared the proscribed terrorist organisation with Nelson Mandela.
He made the comments at the Mosque and Islamic Centre of Brent – a registered charity in north London.
The Charity Commission has opened a regulatory compliance case following the revelations.
The sermons took place in November and December, with videos uploaded to Mr Babikir’s YouTube account.
In a talk on Dec 30, he said that Zionists were in league with the Dajjal – an evil false prophet in Islamic theology comparable to the Antichrist.
He said: “Zionism is like a political party, preparing for the Dajjal to come to rule the world, and their main function is to make sure that all the organs of states across the world and the national and international bodies will be in their hold.
“They hold the media, they hold all the financial institutions, they control a lot of the political regimes around the world and once they have that they will try to control the world.”
In a speech on Dec 8, he said Zionists were bribing UK politicians down to “small town” mayors to “use their false narrative and fabricated stories to push their agenda”.
On Nov 11, he labelled Zionists as “soldiers of the devil”.
A spokesman for the Community Security Trust said: “Conspiracy theories about ‘Zionists’ supposedly controlling the media, politics and finance come directly from the long history of anti-Jewish stereotypes, and cloaking them in anti-Israel language does not change their anti-Semitic character.”
A charity commission spokesman said: “Charities must not allow their premises, events or online content to be misused as forums for hate speech or extremism. We have opened a regulatory compliance case to assess the concerns raised with us about the Mosque and Islamic Centre of Brent and asked the charity’s trustees for their response.”
In a speech on Dec 2, Mr Babikir said: “Any Muslim who speaks against the Palestinians, any Muslim who stands against even Hamas, you are a hypocrite.”
On Nov 17 he described being “shocked” when he was asked about Hamas during a meeting, saying: “I said to the person that was asking me, ‘what did you used to think of Mandela?’ … Yesterday he was a terrorist but tomorrow he’s the best leader in the world.”…
mgoldberg says
The typical projection of a muslim cleric calling on the ‘hamas’ in all muslims as if Jihad is merely a ‘freeing’ mechanism that is criminal to oppose. And of course the Qur’an has loads and loads of comments urging the subjugating of all others as well as the Islamic history of doing just that. And so on.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, the meme- a favorite of all those who love the tyranny of their ‘beliefs’ sells the Jews want to control the world. It works with misfits who don’t like examining their own unhappiness but especially well with Muslims who were ordained as the best of all peoples, and others, unbelievers, as the most vile of creatures. And so on.
Bexarkat says
Had a Rabbi stood at the bimah on a Shabbat morning and called Islam evil and aligned with the devil, it would not be long before the UK’s finest would have the Rabbi under arrest and charged with Islamophobia.
Tony Rice says
How on earth can a MOSQUE be granted status as a CHARITY. Who and how this was allowed this to come about needs investigation, plus how many more benefit from that status.
Walter Sieruk says
In all fairness, that Muslim cleric, have a point when he compares the jihadists to Nelson Mandela. As that Mandela was a Communist , he openly admitted that, likewise he never denounced violence ,including the use of deadly violence He even condoned it when his Marxist followers kidnapped their opponents stuck them in old worn out tires and poured on them and burned them while alive to death.
So that imam did have a good point comparing the jihadists to Nelson Mandela.
In addition , its also filling ti note that in a strong active movement that is known as ” Red/Green alliance.”
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Yeah, I usually don’t think it remotely inappropriate when they compare jihadis to Mandela. Or even Mohandas Gandhi
It is however inappropriate when they compare them to MLK, when the latter, whatever his other shortcomings, was a strong supporter of Israel
FYI says
His allah will not be allowing him into paradise anyway….he is Doomed.
allah is quite fussy about who is allowed into his paradise and demands a certain complexion
koran 3:106-107
FYI says
allah’s color coding system for judging souls
If your face changes color to…
Black “The taste the punishment for that ye disbelieved”koran 3:106
White “In the mercy of allah they dwell for ever” koran 3:107
Red Probably islamic “scholars”-From sheer embarrassment at the koran
Blue That’a weird
Pink I dunno,Gay?
Goofy says
His statements should be welcome as they underline that the murderous Hamas is not not a radical “Islamist” organisation but is merely a devout mainstream version of Islam.
KuhnKat says
Mandela was a terrorist and a Marxist. Not too much to accept that he was also a Muslim Jihadi.