Video of key excerpts from 1/12/24 “khutbah”/sermon at The Islamic Center of Rhode Island, Providence, RI
Previously I analyzed a very inflammatory Friday sermon or “khutbah” (see Qur’an 62:9), delivered 1/3/25 at the Islamic Center of Rhode Island (ICRI). During the body of the khutbah, in English, the presiding imam invoked Qur’anic references reminding Muslims of their religious supremacism—extolling the global Muslim community (or “umma’) as mankind’s “best” community (Q 3:110), a single, united entity (Q 21:92), standing in opposition to any nationalism (even Egyptian Muslim, Saudi Muslim, and Pakistani Muslim nationalism!). The imam simultaneously advocated contempt for all non-Muslims, quoting, Qur’an 48:29, which calls upon Muslims, as “those with Muhammad,” to be “severe against disbelievers and merciful among themselves.” In his brief concluding Arabic only supplication, the imam exhorted Muslims to “fight the disbelievers and polytheists”—consistent with the multiple jihad war declarations of the Qur’an’s 9th sura or chapter (see Q 9:5; Q 9:29; Q 9:36; Q 9:41; Q 9:111)—a mere 2-days after the vehicular jihad carnage in New Orleans, on New Years Day, 2025.
A year ago, the same ICRI imam, during his Friday, January 12, 2024 “khutbah” (at the ICRI) launched into a virulently Antisemitic diatribe.
First, he provided a summary description of a canonical tradition of Islam’s prophet Muhammad, about how Muhammad explained to one of his early followers that the brief opening sura (chapter) of the Qur’an (sura “Al-Fatiha,” “The Opening,” chapter 1/sura 1, [verses 1–2–3–4–5–6–7]) was the “greatest sura in the Qur’an.” Here is that tradition, Sahih al-Bukhari 5006:
Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Mu’alla: While I was praying, the Prophet called me but I did not respond to his call. Later I said, “O Allah’s Apostle! I was praying.” He said, “Didn’t Allah say: ‘O you who believe! Give your response to Allah (by obeying Him) and to His Apostle when he calls you’?” (Qur’an 8:24) He then said, “Shall I not teach you the greatest Surah in the Qur’an?” He said, ‘(It is), ‘Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds. ‘ (i.e., Surat Al-Fatiha) which consists of seven repeatedly recited Verses and the Magnificent Qur’an which was given to me.”
The ICRI imam’s own description of this tradition was as follows:
So the Messenger of Allah (Muhammad) s.a.w. (=”peace be upon him”) called him (Abu Sa`id Al-Mu’alla; see Sahih al-Bukhari 5006) during his prayer, so he did not say anything, he did not respond. He (Abu Sa`id Al-Mu’alla) finished his prayer and then he went to (the) Messenger of Allah s.a.w. and he said, “Yes Messenger of Allah, you called me, I was praying. He (Muhammad) said, “did you not listen to the Ayah (Qur’an 8:24) ‘O you who have believed, respond to Allah and to the Messenger when he calls.’” “So even if you are praying and if at that time and you are in prayer, you’re supposed to break your prayer and answer Messenger of Allah” (s.a.w.) So he said, “Yes Messenger of Allah, I did not know that.” So Messenger of Allah s.a.w., he said, “I am going to teach you the greatest surah (chapter) of the Qur’an.” So this Companion (of Muhammad), he said, “when the Messenger of Allah s.a.w. he wanted to leave the masjid, I reminded him, ‘Yes Messenger of Allah, you told me you’re going to teach me the greatest surah of the Qur’an.’” So he (Muhammad) said, “the greatest sura of the Qur’an is Alhamdulillah wa Bil Alameen.” (“Thank Allah and the trustworthy”) (“This is the 7 of al-Mathani and the great Qur’an [i.e., sura 1, verses 1–2–3–4–5–6–7].”) “The greatest (sura of the) Qur’an (sura 1) is 7 repeated verses which a believer recites again and again and praises Allah s.w.t. (=‘the most glorified, the most high’)
Having established the importance of this sura, the imam focused on its last verse (Qur’an 1:7), in which Allah warns Muslims to follow, “The path of those upon whom You have bestowed favor, not of those who have evoked [Your] anger or of those who are astray.” Beginning with a canonical tradition of Muhammad (Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2954; “The Prophet said, ‘The Jews are those who incur Allah’s wrath, and the Christians are [those who are] astray.’”), through some 90 percent of authoritative Qur’anic commentaries, classical and modern, alike, Muslims are taught those who incurred Allah’s anger are the Jews (and those who went astray, are the Christians). The imam repeated this authoritative interpretation of Qur’an 1:7, i.e., the Jews having incurred Allah’s anger, and conjoined this theme, as authoritative Qur’anic commentators have done for 13-centuries, to the notion of the Jews as disobedient to Allah, therefore cursed (directly quoting Qur’an 5:78), and even killers of prophets (Qur’an 2:61, 3:21, 3:112). These negative, timeless Qur’anic characteristics of Jews—not the Israeli Defense Forces, or The State of Israel—especially their evil capacity to murder prophets, were invoked as the rationale for their falsely alleged wanton killing of Muslims in Gaza, which the imam libelously designated as a “genocide” of Muslims by Jews:
In his (a Muslim’s) prayer, in his daily five prayers, he repeats asking Allah s.w.t. to keep us on the straight path, which is the path of guidance (Islam), which is the path of Prophets and Truthful Companions and Martyrs, (the) Saliheen, the righteous people (“And excellent are those companions”). And not the (Arabic from Qur’an 1.7= “Not those who have incurred wrath nor those who have gone astray”) path of those people with whom Allah became angry, and those were the people who did not follow their Messengers and their Prophets, they did not obey their Prophets, they did not obey Allah s.w.t. and became rebellious and were cursed (Arabic= Qur’an 5:78: “Cursed were those who disbelieved among the children of Israel [Jews] by the tongue of David and of Jesus, the son of Mary”). So those people who are cursed mentioned in the Qur’an, the Israelites (Jews) were cursed because they did not obey Musa (Moses) a.s. (‘peace be upon him’) in his presence, they started worshipping an idol (Qur’an 7:149–50), they did not worship Allah s.w.t. and disobeyed Allah and killed the Prophets (Arabic from Qur’an 3:21: “disbelieve in the signs of Allah and kill the prophets without right”) They were even killing the Prophets (also in Qur’an 2:61/3:112), so why is it a surprise to us if they are killing Muslims today? We witnessed that this is their pattern. We are sad that our brothers are going through this kind of suffering in Palestine, and in Gaza an act of genocide, a persecution unprecedented, acts of killing and murder…
The Qur’an: An Encyclopedia is a modern compendium of analyses written by 43 Muslim and non-Muslim mainstream academic experts, edited by Oliver Leaman, and published by Routledge, New York, 2006. These excerpts from p. 614 serve as a “summary verdict” on how Muslims and non-Muslims, both, are to understand the Fatiha’s last verse, vis-à-vis the Jews:
“The Prophet [Muhammad] interpreted those who incurred Allah’s wrath as the Jews The Jews, we are told killed many of their prophets and through their character and materialistic tendencies [usurious 2:275, 4:161; greedy/hedonistic 2:96; envious 2:109; hard-hearted 2:74; liars 2:78] have contributed much to moral corruption, social upheaval and sedition in the world [Qur’an 5:32–33; 5:64] …[T]hey were readily misled and incurred both Allah’s wrath and ignominy [2:61; 2:90; 3:112].
Qur’an 1:7 is repeated 17-times daily by pious Muslims, a staggering form of negative indoctrination about Jews.
Finally, putting the lie, definitively, to the vicious “Gaza genocide” libel, the US Census International Database shows Gaza’s population grew by 2.07% in 2023, and 2.02% in 2024!
This article has been cross-posted with the author’s permission from AndrewBostom.org.
Patriot64 says
As a 60 year old Roman Catholic i never once heard any Priest, Bishop, Cardinal or Pope speak out against other people’s Religious beliefs NOT once. These Muslim imams like him must be put on a watch list immediately.
gravenimage says
+1
Tony says
Because Western leaders fail to defend their countries from Muslim terrorism, discrimination, and violence, the political leaders ignore Islam as just freedom of religion when Islam funds, teaches, and promotes terrorism, discrimination, and violence against all Non-Muslims as taught in the Quran.
Islam is a MUSLIM TERRORIST ORGANIZATION against all Non-Muslims as taught in the Quran(Quran 2:216; 4:95; 8:12,39,74; 9:5,29,41,49, 88,111,123;21:92; 49:15 and more). More specifically, Islam is a Muslim Terrorist Ideology and Criminal Organization of discrimination, segregation, supremacy, genocide, polygamy, deceit, hatred, incitement, sedition, rape, terrorism, and violence against all Non-Muslims as taught in the Quran. Fundamentally, Islam is a Terrorist Criminal Enterprise. The FRUIT of Islam is continual WAR, terrorism, discrimination, and violence against all Non-Muslims; this FACT must be taught and broadcast to the general public to prohibit Islam, its Mosques, and its Schools. Also, Islam is an Antichrist System terrorizing Israel, Christians, and Non-Muslims. Plus, there is NO EQUALITY UNDER THE LAW in Islam or in Islamic Law(Quran 98:6-7; 9:29 and more). In Sahih Bukhari(V6,B60,N80), Abu Huraira narrates, “‘You(Muslims) are the best of peoples ever raised for mankind.’ means, the best of peoples for the people, as you bring them[Non-Muslims] with chains on their necks till they embrace Islam[see Quran 3:110].” See also Quran 3:22,151; 69:30-32; 98:6.
Non-Muslims CANNOT have peace with Islam and its Muslims because Islam and its murderous god, Allah, demand a continuous, Muslim war against unbelievers where Non-Muslims are CRIMINALS under Islam as Allah in Qur’an 8:39 says, “And engage in war with them[Non-Muslims] until there will not be sedition and the religion will be completely to Allah…” HENCE, NON-MUSLIMS MUST MAKE ISLAM, ITS MOSQUES, ITS SCHOOLS, ITS ORGANIZATIONS, ETC. ILLEGAL UNDER THE LAW. Similarly, Islam and its many Organizations must be identified and publicly declared to be MUSLIM TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS for their funding, teaching, and support of terrorism, violence, and discrimination against Non-Muslims(eg. Quran 9:5,29,111 and more).
Islam promotes a terroristic, Muslim war against unbelievers when Allah in Qur’an 49:15 says, “Surely the believers are only those who believed in Allah and his messenger. They do not doubt, and they performed JIHAD with THEIR MONEY AND THEIR LIVES for the sake of Allah. Those are the truthful.”
Deceitful Allah promises Heavenly Paradise to Muslims for acts of Muslim killing in a terrorist war against Non-Muslims and hypocrites when Quran 9:111 says, “Surely Allah has purchased from the believers[Muslims] their souls and their money so that they may have the garden[Heavenly Paradise]. They engage in war for the sake of Allah, so they kill and are killed…”
buddyboy237 says
President Trump has yet to inform many experts they will be included in his administration’s efforts in weeding out Jihadist entities not only all across America but also those Jihadists within local state and federal level political posts.
As of now, there appears to be little domestic Jihad pushback from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Campuses continue to operate from the river to the sea Jihad street protest. Dave Gaubatz wrote about all the Jihadist material within the majority of Barracks for the Soldiers of Allah ( Mosque ) he and his team gathered over a decade ago.
John Guandolo continues to receive much hate from the Islamic community as does Robert Spencer.
Daniel Greenfield writes articles like many other knowledgeable experts on this topic of Islam, and many others have yet to receive a call. Dr. Bill Warner should get a call.
Islamic House of War is a military political intrusion requiring in kind extreme tactical response that ignores this nonsense of not offending Muslims or Islamophobia.
Kash Patel, Sabastian Gorka and President Trump must bring in experts on this issue before we too become Europe.
James Lincoln says
buddyboy237,
Yes, Pres. Trump should immediately hire people like Robert Spencer, John Guandolo, Daniel Greenfield, Dr. Bill Warner, Frank J. Gaffney Jr., etc, as consultants.
gravenimage says
Spot on, buddyboy and James.
James Lincoln says
Thanks, gravenimage.
bagsgroove says
Muslims are the worst of humanity. A curse for 1425 years,full of hate for humanity. Thinking they are the best of all people. Read Genesis 16 in the bible for the nature of Hagar’s descendants. God will be the judge of both allah and all the muslims.
Patriot64 says
I hope this Imam is put on a watch list.
FYI says
I love telling muslims this about that their koran what it says..
you see the imams face,……… has to turn white..
” And as for those whose faces have been whitened in the mercy of allah they dwell forever”
koran 3;107
in the previous surah 3:106 it is revealed that a black face isn’t acceptable to allah..
gravenimage says
Rhode Island Mosque Sermon: ‘Cursed, Prophet-Killing Jews’ are Committing Genocide in Gaza
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Such sick stuff. And you may wonder where these claims come from–Jesus noted that “a prophet is not without honor except in his native place and among his own kin and in his own house”–just meaning that someone with important insights or messages is often not appreciated or believed by the people closest to them, particularly in their own community or hometown. I believe that the ancient Greeks noted something similar about philospophers.
This is a wry comment on human nature–it has *nothing* to do with Jews supposedly killing prophets. As is so often the case, something self deprecating in Judaism or Christianity is taken as a reason to murder others by Muslims.