Mohamed Hassaballa gives the impression (“Christians today”) that this is some kind of new development. In reality, this accusation against Christians is found in the Qur’an in numerous passages, including this one:
“And when Allah said, O Jesus, son of Mary, did you say to mankind, Take me and my mother as two gods besides Allah? He said, Be glorified. It was not for me to say what I had no right to say. If I said it, then you know it. You know what is in my mind, and I do not know what is in your mind. Indeed, you, only you, are the knower of hidden things.” (Qur’an 5:116)
That passage depicts Allah asking Jesus if he set himself and his mother up as what Hassaballa would call “partners, equals, competitors with Allah.” This rejection of the Trinity and the deity of Christ as idolatry is basic to Islam. So also, of course, is the imperative to wage war against and subjugate those who have false beliefs of this kind (cf. 9:29). Would Hassaballa reject that statement? Certainly not, as it would be tantamount to rejecting a Qur’anic imperative. So how long can America survive the presence of a large and growing population of people who believe that have no sense of loyalty to the nation and believe that ultimately they must fight, conquer, and subjugate its people?
“Mohamed Hassaballa In New Jersey Friday Sermon: Christians Are Open Idolaters; The Mujahideen Fight On The Path Of Allah, Do Not Fear The Headlines, What Is Being Plotted Against Them,” MEMRI, February 23, 2025:
In his Friday sermon on December 6, 2024, at the Clifton location of the Islamic Center of Passaic County, Mohamed Hassaballah [sic] stated that “the Christians are open idolaters.” He further explained that being humble can sometimes be misconstrued as being “subdued.” However, he emphasized that there is no conflict between “lowering your wings” to Muslims while also demonstrating strength and overtaking the disbelievers. He asserted that they fight on the path of Allah, undeterred by headlines, public opinion, or any plots against them.
Mohamed Hassaballa: “The Christian today are open idolators. They are openly associating partners, equals, competitors with Allah.
[…]
“Being gentle, being humble, lowering your wings to others, it can be misconstrued for being subdued.
[…]
“There is no conflict between being humble, between being soft with the believers, between lowering your wings to the believers, and expressing your might, expressing your strength, drawing the boundaries when dealing with an enemy. When dealing with a disbelievers.
[…]
“They lower themselves to the believers. Yes they are mighty, they manifest their strength, they overtake the disbelievers. The mujahideen fight in the path of Allah, and they do not fear the headlines. They do not fear what is being plotted against them or what is being said about them.”
somehistory says
This lying goon has been consuming more than his share of rotten boloney and he’s spouting and spewing it.
Jesus told “satan the devil”…..the false god of islime…that God would “rebuke” the demon.
Later, Jesus told an angel, who went to the Apostle John with a “Revelation,” of things to come. It included what is to happen to the demon snake….there is “reserved” for that evil one, a place in the “lake of fire.”
mozlums are “openly associating” with satan the devil. Each adherent devoted to islime, has made himself a ‘child” of that evil demon and is “doing the desires of his father.”
All who remain that way, will join their demon “father” in that fiery lake.
Cynthia says
These hate filled imans are treasonous to America and do not hide their intentions to ultimately take over our country. They preach to live in subterfuge and wait until they are strong enough to conquer us.
All his ilk should be prosecuted by the Justice Department.
40 rounds says
Jeez, what are the chances? Another fat slob imam
abu taleb says
This guy lies, Quran says that Christians in 7th century were also idolators, so why he talks about Christians in present time only? Must be that he wants some gullible Christians apostate and become muslims.
However, Quran says that muslims should associate Allah with Jesus in 9:31
Sahih International: They have taken their scholars and monks as lords besides Allah , and [also] the Messiah, the son of Mary. And they were not commanded except to worship one God; there is no deity except Him. Exalted is He above whatever they associate with Him.
Notice the additional “,’ and “also” which is used to spin off the real translation. It should be “They have taken their scholars and monks as lords besides Allah and the Messiah”.
So muslims, there is an error in Quran which means Quran was made by human.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Both Christianity and Judaism have evolved quite a bit, but these imams pretend like what Christians and Jews today practice is identical to the practices of the ancient Hebrews and Byzantines. Just b’cos mohammedan practices are no different from what they were whenever islam was put together
mgoldberg says
Actually, i would say Torah Judaism does practice as it has for the last 3300 yrs. Yes there are differences of time and place but it is essentially the same. I understand your point about Mohammads ‘practice’, which was his ‘Jihad’ the labeling of all others, subjugating of all others and relishing, the ‘idolatry’ that worships the slaughter of others. That, has never changed.
mgoldberg says
Actually, i would say Torah Judaism does practice as it has for the last 3300 yrs. Yes there are differences of time and place but it is essentially the same. I understand your point about Mohammads ‘practice’, which was his ‘Jihad’ the labeling of all others, subjugating of all others and relishing, the ‘idolatry’ that worships the slaughter of others. That, has never changed.
somehistory says
Sorry to have to disagree, but True Christianity has not “evolved.” Those who actually do the things….as best they can…which Jesus commanded and with His own life demonstrated, are the same as those who followed Him in the beginning.
By giving the parable of the three slaves given different amounts of money, Jesus showed that some would have more “ability” than others at doing what He commanded. The Truth of that was clear in the First Century and it is still true today.
And the fact there are no “Crusades” where knights are sent out by a pope of Catholicism, doesn’t mean that Christianity has “evolved.” People today may live differently, and the pope doesn’t have as much control over those who claim to be Christian, but that is the *people,* factor, not Christianity.
Christianity has not changed.
Kepha says
The Qur’an, in the 7th century, bore false witness against a neighbor.
The Christian Trinity is not God, Jesus, and Mary. It is the Father, the Son’Word (Jesus), and the Holy Spirit. The divine unity is a complex one.
Also, I do not know of any Jews past or present who make Ezra the Son of God in the way Christians see Jesus.
These statements alone are enough to make me doubt the Qur’an–although the excesses of Marian devotion practiced in some Christian circles allow me to guess at how Muhammad ibn Abdallah was misled into a false notion.
Wellington says
Muslims in New Jersey. Ugh.
Stop right there to comprehend in microcosm just how screwed up the age we live in really is.
I know New Jersey well, though a life-long Pennsylvanian. From boyhood onwards I have loved its many charms (yes, I am not insane and NJ does indeed have many charms, from the mysterious Pine Barrens to tis beautiful shoreline, to wonderful Hunterdon County, et al.) and the thought of Muslims in New Jersey fills me with the same disgust as Marxists or Neo-Nazis in NJ would since none of these adherents of the three totalitarian and freedom-crushing ideologies I just named could have created New Jersey in the first place, ditto for all of the USA.
Damn, how I detest blood-sucking parasites. And especially where my nation, America, is concerned.
gravenimage says
+1
mgoldberg says
Indeed. As a Jew I don’t care if another is an ‘idolator’ as such but I do care if they believe that subjugating me or anyone else, simply because I am not of ‘them’ and when I refer to ‘subjugation, I mean the kind that revels in slaughtering others at the neck, running them over in cars, raping them etc etc etc. And that would be the religion of the Jihad- of this guy. The idea of the ten commandments was to build a world, of peoples, capable and able to compete to achieve all of that. Across the globe all the peoples adopted or created similar notions of right and wrong except for the one- those of Islam. And relish it as the greatest of idolators. Ironic, as I look at those who slaughter others with such relish, such as Hamas, slaughtering babies, women, children, the old as the relics of Moloch and the other true idolators of human history. Such is Islam.
mgoldberg says
My words are a bit muddled: I meant the ‘ten commandments’ was meant to create human civilization capable of truly ethical and moral and spirtual dimensions. Whatever differences exist in peoples beliefs are what they are…. but muslims who are Jihadists, like this guy, revel in the subjugation of others, the slaughter of others, and that is the true idolatry of our times.
gravenimage says
+1
࿗Infidel࿘ says
I normally think highly of Judaism and Christianity, but I’ll draw a caveat w/ the Ten Commandments, particularly the first two. The first one sounds completely like a narcissist deity, who’s determined that no one else other than him should be worshiped. The second one, which bans “idolatry”, is about as ridiculous: it’s hard to determine which one is more
As a Hindu, there are several deities: the Vedas define 33 types of deities, and then one thing common to Hindus, regardless of sect, is the worship of statues/images of the deities in question. One isn’t quite worshiping the statues/images per se: one is worshiping the deities that they represent. Just like you wouldn’t spit on or burn a photo of a family member any more than you would do that to them in person, similarly, for us, not respecting a statue/image of a deity is tantamount to not respecting the deity himself/herself (we have both)
TL:DR: The Ten Commandments would have been perfect had they just been the Eight Commandments
mgoldberg says
For you, that is fine…. go in peace. But for the questions you raise, it is your opinion that the ‘commandments’, particullary the one G-d of the first is narcissistic. It was that One that brought the commandments to humanity- but then- you don’t have to believe. As for the second one, it too was a ‘commandment’ and it was for the Jews and anyone else who might be so interested. That much is also certain. There was no command to slaughter, mutilate, subdue others who did not agree. Now you’ll object here but the nation and land of Israel was the only place to be committed to that eternality and oneness of the creator of the universe. The evils of the Baal peor and the other tribes with the practice of child sacrifice and worse were what was being set apart for humanity. And the creator of the ten commandments did not say there were not other gods- that there are other gods and powers is noted but the Torah belief is that the entirety of the creation was by of one creator. Now, you are quite free to enjoy your practice and I would add that part of the Torah explanations and Talmud explanations of what we might term religious practice, or spirituality, confirm that others can go to higher reward, highter heavenly reward- including all others, by virtue of their deeds. Creed- of which you are complaining about here is not the guarentor, but the deeds. Anyway- I once upon a time lived in a Tibetan buddhist community so I’m not unfamiliar with all these issues.
mgoldberg says
Well see, that’s the problem. The commandments were delivered by the creator of the Universe. So… he got to make them. They weren’t the ten suggestions. And yet… it does’t say in Torah and Talmud that there are no other gods and forces and powers, only that the entirety was created by the One. And the idol worshippes there in mesopotamia were not the hindhu variety but those who specifically practiced truly abhorrent child sacrifice amongt other atrocities. So that decision was made… but, only in Israel was the subjugation of those idol worshippers to be undertaken, nowhere else. The world and nations were free to discover reality and those who that Creator of the universe commanded to be a ‘light’ unto all other nations did not command to destroy them. So, you can feel free to believe as you wish knowing that if is not creed that determines your heavenly reward but your deeds- accoriding to the One, so you could reach higher than a jew who’s deeds are deficient as such. Anyway, these things have multiple sides to them and so it goes……
gravenimage says
Infidel, my username here refers tongue-in-cheek to the second commandment (although no one one worships my artwork, nor was it ever intended in that way). I actually did a lot of work for Synagogues and Churches when I was in college. Sometimes when I got to know clients I’d ask them about it–some hadn’t really noticed the name, and others found it witty. To my knowlege I never lost a client due to this.
gravenimage says
New Jersey Muslim cleric: ‘Christians today are open idolators. They are openly associating partners with Allah.’
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If Muslims just mistakenly believed this, it would not be all that important. Lots of people have some mistaken beliefs about other faiths.
But he makes it clear that Christians can be murdered by Muslims for this–as indeed happens all over the world, and for the past 1400 years,
Hoi Polloi says
Exactly.
somehistory says
also from NJ
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࿗Infidel࿘ says
Not a Christian, but….
I actually don’t associate partners w/ allah. I worship a bunch of Hindu deities – Shiva, Durga, Kali,… When I do that, nowhere does allah come into the picture. He doesn’t even exist, so the question of him being anyone’s partner is a non-starter
Infidels can only associate partners w/ allah if they believe in it in the first place. As far as I can tell, most of them don’t!
WPM says
Your Hindu deities worship do not make it a religious obligation to go out and kill Christians or forcefully convert or enslave Christians .Nor do Hindus try to co-op and tell Christians how they should worship Jesus or who Jesus was .There can be a respect of live and let live between Hindus and Christians in this world in the 21 century ,there is no respect between Islam and and other faiths. The Moslems have never had or wanted a live and let live among other faiths they are forever at war with other faiths it is an obligation of their violent moon god allah.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
All that is fine, but my point was that mohammedans might as well simply consider all infidels as Atheists, rather than pretend that allah is considered the equivalent of anybody
Same difference!
somehistory says
I agree. One has to actually believe that mozlums have a “god” to think they associate with that ‘god.’
As my belief is in Jesus, the ‘god’ of islime is none other than satan the devil; and like Jesus, I say, “get away from me, satan.”
satan the devil is not a True god.
Edward Amos Brandwein says
What the hell does Allah have to do with Jesus Christ??
Islam is totally alien to and incompatible with Christianity!!
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Precisely!
Hoi Polloi says
Yes, EAB, absolutely nothing and that’s the reason they’re so obsessed.
gravenimage says
Edward, Muslims claim that Jesus (really, “prophet Isa”) is a Muslim figure. Never midn that the Muslim Jesus is *nothing* like the Jesus of the Gospels. His main role in Islam is to murder Christians in the last days.
Snoopy says
Should someone now stand up and say that mohamedans are open devil worshippers?
somehistory says
I’m sitting, but I’ll write it. mozlums worship satan the devil.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Not sure I’m that ready to slander even the devil 😈
Nabil Bissada says
“New Jersey Muslim cleric: ‘Christians today are open idolators. They are openly associating partners with Allah.’”
As usual Muslims must lie to give life to Islam the devilish religion.
The specification of Allah in the Koran are the same specification of Devil in the Bible.
What Allah the Christians are openly associating with?
To all the Imams and Muslim’s for your information:
Christian’s believer never deals with Devil who is your Allah.
N.B.
https://youtu.be/02Y3LyQekco?si=1Rz78ZPbvDhNs2WU
https://youtu.be/OJjyJFzkb7I?si=-dyAdao7pHGpHO21
” USA
If only 10% of the Muslims believe and practice as is what they have in the Koran and the sharia law means we have more than 300,000.00 terrorists”
“Islam is not a religion it’s gang policy and rules same as the mafia. The member who leaves gets a death sentence.”
“Muslims in the western countries with their deadly crimes proof they are making a Holocaust against the citizens.”
“Less Muslims, less crimes, more secure.”
“Every Muslim is a timing bomb.”
“Muslims in USA, Europe and the western countries are using their Sperm bombs, who are more danger than atomic bomb.”
“Our enemies who are living in USA are more danger, than our enemies who are not living in USA.”
“Must stop giving citizenship by marriage who are using by Muslims by deceiving the western women at least the first ten years.
“Americans’ and the western Embassies in the Muslims countries grants 99,9% the visa for the Muslims but not for the Christians to Islamize the western countries”
“If we want to protect ourselves from Muslims terrorists:
Any Muslim until he is citizen commit any crime in any western countries must immediately be deported with his family to any Muslim country to practice his Koran and his Sharia law.”
The western countries are the place where Islam the devilish religion grew up and still existing by using the ignorance of the citizens concerning the truth shame of Islam.
“The best leader is the president of Poland who insist to refuse to accept one Muslim as migrant for the secure of his country and his citizens.”
“Not all Muslims are terrorists, but all terrorists are Muslims.”