Imagine how embarrassed French officials will be when they discover that Mohamed Tatai is not an “extremist,” but was simply preaching standard, mainstream Islam. But by then it will likely be far too late.
“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
“French Imam Indicted Over Antisemitic Sermon in Which He Cited Hadith Urging Violence Against Jews,” Algemeiner, December 21, 2018 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
The imam of the Grand Mosque of Toulouse, Mohamed Tatai, was indicted this week for “public verbal provocation to hatred or violence” following an investigation into an antisemitic sermon he gave last year, French media outlets reported on Friday.
In the remarks in question, Tatai cited a hadith saying that on Judgment Day the Muslims will fight and kill the Jews.
A video of the Dec. 2017 sermon was published online, and a translated excerpt (courtesy of the Middle East Media Research Institute) can be viewed below:
The incitement charge was brought by the Toulouse Prosecutor’s Office.
In an interview with a French media outlet this past summer, Tatai claimed his words were taken “out of context” and that he had not called for violence….