Islamist preacher who compared Jews to 'fleas' to speak at Palestine Expo event in Gov't building

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The Palestine Expo has been organised by the Friends of Al-Aqsa, whose chairman, Ismail Patel, once publicly denied that Hamas was a terrorist organisation.

Recordings of Mr Bham’s sermons can be found on the website of South Africa’s Council of Muslim Theologians, of which he is secretary general.

In one he says: “Goebbel [sic] was a very famous minister of the Nazis, and he tried to justify the killing of the Jews. Now as far as we are concerned, we do not need to feel apologetic because it was not done by Muslims.

Quoting Goebbels, he adds: “One day he said that ‘People tell me that Jews are human beings. Yes, I know they are human beings. Just as fleas are also animals. Just as fleas are also animals, they are also part of human beings like that.’

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/07/07/exclusiveislamist-preacher-compared-jews-fleas-speak-palestine/

This "event is taking place the Queen Elizabeth II Center in Westminster, London.

[golfguru]

1. Islam!

The peaceful religion!

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2. "Islamist" and "Islamic" may sound similar but the difference between them is huge."

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[MosheFeingold]

4. Meh

While I agree much of Islam has a problem, there are many many good Muslims. And good Muslim teachers.

They just aren't nearly loud enough.

[golfguru]

5. They fear for their life

because radical Muslims have killed more Muslims than non-Muslims.

Anecdotally, one of my best and most enjoyable childhood friends (age from 8-14) and neighbor was a Muslim kid named Sayeed. Later his family moved to another city and we lost contact.

[BeekeeperInVermont]

3. Just read an interesting article on Vox,

an interview with Ali Rizvi, author of "The Atheist Muslim". Among his comments:

"The hard truth is there is a lot of violence endorsed in the Quran, and there are other terrible things, as there are in the Old Testament. But there are more people in the world — even if it’s a minority of Muslims — who take their scripture seriously. It’s dishonest to say that violent Muslim groups like ISIS are being un-Islamic."

"I think the left has a blind spot when it comes to Islam and the right has a blind spot when it comes to Muslims. When Christian fundamentalists like Pat Robertson say something that's homophobic or misogynistic, people on the left descend on them like a ton of bricks. They’re very comfortable with criticizing and satirizing fundamentalist Christianity. But when it comes to Islam, which has many of the same homophobic and misogynistic teachings, they throw their hands up, back off, and say, whoa, hold on, we must respect their religion and culture. . . . This is very frustrating to our liberal counterparts in Muslim-majority countries, who are fighting fundamentalist Islam the same way that liberals here fight fundamentalist Christianity, and they’re even risking their lives for it. Many have died for it. Yet they hear their liberal counterparts in the West calling their ideas “Islamophobic.” This is a devastating double standard for them."

[link:https://www.vox.com/conversations/2017/7/7/15886862/islam-trump-isis-terrorism-ali-rizvi-religion-sam-harris|

[MosheFeingold]

6. Concur

The double is stupid.