{"id":58420,"date":"2018-01-02T17:05:26","date_gmt":"2018-01-02T15:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=58420"},"modified":"2017-12-31T11:50:36","modified_gmt":"2017-12-31T09:50:36","slug":"01-05-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=58420","title":{"rendered":"Houston imam calls for Muslims to kill Jews"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.israelnationalnews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.reunion68.com\/Biuletyn\/img\/arutz.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"30%\" \/><\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.israelnationalnews.com\/News\/News.aspx\/239965\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Houston imam calls for Muslims to kill Jews<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>JTA<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"background: #d0e6fa; width: 710px; height: 15px;\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/k6s3v6r4.ssl.hwcdn.net\/pictures\/784\/784013.jpg\" width=\"100%\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>Mosque \/ (illustration)Thinkstock<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">JTA &#8211; A Houston imam walked back a sermon in which he called for Muslims to kill Jews without specifically apologizing for his comments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Imam Raed Saleh Al-Rousan of Houston\u2019s Tajweed Institute earlier this month delivered what he called an \u201cimpassioned sermon,\u201d according to a statement about the speech issued on Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cI unequivocally affirm and uphold the dignity, sanctity and value of all human life, including \u2013 of course \u2013 people of the Jewish faith,\u201d Al-Rousan said in the statement. \u201cI must also state in no uncertain terms that I am absolutely and completely opposed to and disgusted by all forms of terrorism, all terrorists, and I oppose anyone who would commit, call for, or threaten violence against civilians. This is why as a person of faith and a religious leader, that I am mortified that an impassioned sermon I gave in light of President Trump\u2019s Jerusalem declaration is being seen as a call for the very things I despise.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Al-Rousan had delivered his inflammatory speech on Dec. 8, two days after President Donald Trump announced the United States\u2019 recognition of Jerusalem as Israel\u2019s capital.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cJudgment Day will not come until the Muslims fight the Jews. The Muslims will kill the Jews,\u201d Al-Rousan said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The imam also asserted in his speech that Jews \u201ckilled the Prophets and the Messengers of Allah.\u201d He accused Britain of bringing Jews to Palestine, adding \u201cSo do not tell me that Palestine is the country of the Jewish people. No!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">A video of the imam\u2019s speech was first translated and distributed last week by the Middle East Media Research Institute, or MEMRI.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Houston Imam Who Cited Antisemitic Hadith in Sermon Apologizes to Anyone \u201cOffended\u201d or \u201cUncomfortable\u201d by His Speech <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Dc506tpmT8\">pic.twitter.com\/Dc506tpmT8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; MEMRI (@MEMRIReports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MEMRIReports\/status\/947382912449687553?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 31, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Al-Rousan\u2019s statement was posted on the website of the Tajweed Institute, which is based in Florida but is opening a branch in Houston.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Al-Rousan said he hoped to speak with Jewish leaders in order \u201cto establish new and meaningful relationships with my neighbors in the Jewish community.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The local Anti-Defamation League said in a statement that the statement issued by the imam indicates that \u201che doesn\u2019t fully understand the ramifications of his sermon.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cWe would like to see Imam Al-Rousan unequivocally apologize to the Jewish community for his highly inflammatory sermon and through future actions, demonstrate he is committed to understanding why the sermon was an incitement to violence,\u201d the ADL said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">A statement issued by leaders of Houston\u2019s Muslim community said the imam\u2019s sermon \u201cwas deeply problematic and does not represent the views or sentiments of the Houston Muslim community.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"background: #d0e6fa; width: 710px; height: 15px;\" \/>\n<div id=\"content\" class=\" content-alignment&lt;br \/&gt;&lt;br \/&gt; \">\n<div id=\"watch-description\" class=\"yt-uix-button-panel\">\n<div id=\"watch-description-text\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"> twoje uwagi, linki, wlasne artykuly, lub wiadomosci przeslij do: <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"mailto:webmaster@reunion68.com\">webmaster@reunion68.com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 710px;\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Houston imam calls for Muslims to kill Jews JTA Mosque \/ (illustration)Thinkstock JTA &#8211; A Houston imam walked back a sermon in which he called for Muslims to kill Jews without specifically apologizing for his comments. Imam Raed Saleh Al-Rousan of Houston\u2019s Tajweed Institute earlier this month delivered what he called an \u201cimpassioned sermon,\u201d according [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[26,24],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58420"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58420"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58464,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58420\/revisions\/58464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}