Karim AbuZaid is careful with his words. He says: “You know that we believe that the rock, the rock will call upon the believer, but look how it will call him: Ya Abdallah, Oh slave of Allah, come! Behind me is an enemy of Allah. The rock will help you to do this.”
Do what? Kill Jews. His hearers would have known that he was referring to this hadith:
“Abu Huraira reported Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The last hour would not come unless the Muslims will fight against the Jews and the Muslims would kill them until the Jews would hide themselves behind a stone or a tree and a stone or a tree would say: Muslim, or the servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me; come and kill him; but the tree Gharqad would not say, for it is the tree of the Jews.” — Sahih Muslim 6985
“American imam to speak in Toronto: Muslims will fight/kill Jews,” by Rachel Ehrenfeld, American Center for Democracy, December 21, 2018:
Salaheddin Islamic Centre in Scarborough, Ontario will host its annual Winter Conference on December 24-25, 2018.
“This year’s conference will deal about Ailment and Cure, a book written by Imam Ibn Qayyeim [Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya – a medieval Islamic jurisconsult, theologian, and spiritual writer] Rahimahu Allah [Allah have mercy upon him]. Its a two days event, our speaker[s] will explan [sic] the book in details,” the official statement reads. The speakers at the event are:
Dr. Aly Hindy (علي الهندي) – the Imam of the Salaheddin Islamic Centre.
Sheikh Ibrahim Hindy (ابراهيم علي الهندي) – the Imam of Dar Al-Tawheed Islamic Centre in Mississauga, ON.
Dr. Ali AlBarghouthi (علي البرغوثي) – a teacher and khateeb [Imam, preacher] at ISNA Canada, and instructor and khateeb [Imam, preacher] at Khalid ibn al-Waleed Mosque in Etobicoke, ON.
Sheikh Karim Abu Zaid (كريم ابو زيد) – the director of religious affairs at Al-Minhaal Academy in South Jersey and and the Imam of Colorado Muslims Community Center (Dar Al-Tawheed) in Aurora, Colorado.
Tawfeeq As-Sayegh (توفيق الصايغ) – Saudi Eritrea-born Imam based in Bahrain (“visa pending”). Following ACD’s article that exposed anti Jewish statements made by Tawfeeq As-Sayegh, CIJA reported on December 20, 2018 that Tawfeeq As-Sayegh will not attend the conference. However, Salaheddin Islamic Centre has not issued any statement on it Facebook page and Tawfeeq As-Sayegh’s name and picture are still featured on the poster of the event.
Imam Karim AbuZaid is the director of religious affairs at Al-Minhaal Academy in South Jersey and is spearheading the construction of Colorado Muslims Community Center (Dar Al-Tawheed), a new complex in Aurora, Colorado.
Here are excerpts from Karim AbuZaid’s sermons/ lectures in 2017:
Place: The Islamic Society of Augusta, Georgia
Publication Date on YouTube: December 9, 2017
Title: “Jerusalem: Allah’s gift to His Slaves”
Karim AbuZaid: “Unfortunately, this [Muslim control over Jerusalem] lasted for a little bit, then it’s taken away from us through a promise that was given to the Jewish people by [Britain’s] prime minister called [Arthur] Balfour… [Arthur] Balfour is a human being who gave a promise [a public statement issued by the British government during World War I announcing support for the establishment of a ‘national home for the Jewish people’]. [Donald] Trump is a human being who made a promise [recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel]. We have a promise from Allah. We have a promise from Allah that this land [Palestine] will come back to the [Muslim] believers to the Muslims, to salves (ibad) of Allah, to the slaves of Allah. It is certain. I swear by Allah, [wallahi] it is certain and they believe in it. I swear by Allah, [wallahi], they know it is going to happen. I swear by Allah, [wallahi], I have no doubt it is going to happen. And if you doubt this then you have to go back and check your belief in the oneness of Allah [tawheed], your belief system, your faith [aqidah]. You have to check that. Allah, Glorified and Exalted be He [subhanahu wa taala], you know like Joshua called upon the sun. He said to the sun: Stay still. You know that we believe that the rock, the rock will call upon the believer, but look how it will call him: Ya Abdallah, Oh slave of Allah, come! Behind me is an enemy of Allah. The rock will help you to do this.”
Note: Karim AbuZaid quoted a segment of the following hadith: “Abu Huraira reported Allahs Messenger as saying: The last hour would not come unless the Muslims will fight against the Jews and the Muslims would kill them until the Jews would hide themselves behind a stone or a tree and a stone or a tree would say: “Muslim, or the servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me; come and kill him; but the tree Gharqad would not say, for it is the tree of the Jews.”…
Place: Masjid Abu Bakr – Denver Colorado
Publication Date on YouTube: July 21, 2017
Title: “The Road To Al-Aqsa’s Freedom”
Karim AbuZaid: “[originally in English] At this time, my brothers, the battle will start, look at this, the rock will talk to the believer… the rock will talk to the [Muslim] believer: Come behind me there is a disbeliever. The rock. Earth. Earth will support the believers… [originally in Arabic] [O Allah], establish our feet firmly and give us victory over (support to overcome) the disbelieving people… O Allah, grant victory To Islam and honour the Muslims, and humiliate the polytheism and polytheists and defeat the enemies of the religion [of Islam] O Lord of the worlds. O Allah, make this Ummah [Muslim nation] follow the rightly guided way, in which the obedient people [beliver] [sic] are honoured and the hypocrites and the infidels [disbelievers] will be humiliated and the sinners will be exterminated…”…