Friday preaching to the Palestinians

It’s worth tuning in from time to time. Non-Arabic speakers can do this thanks to the invaluable Middle East Media Research Institute, which posts its translations of items from the Arabic media on its website. Because of MEMRI’s work, we can sample the hate speech characteristic of extremist Islam.

Thus, Friday before last, on March 12, the Sheikh Ibrahim Mudeiris used an example from the life of the Prophet Mohammed to explain why the Jews must be destroyed. When it came to eliminating the Jewish “cancer” from the city of Medina, the prophet got his orders direct from God.

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