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Canada: Toronto imam preaching ‘hate instead of harmony’

Canada:  Toronto imam preaching ‘hate instead of harmony’
— National Post reports:
“A Toronto-area imam is under fire for using derogatory language against Jews and Christians, calling for Allah to ‘destroy’ the enemies of Islam from within and calling on God to ‘damn’ the ‘infidels.'”
— “The address, given last Friday by Imam Saed Rageah at North York’s Abu Huraira Centre and then posted on YouTube, is an attack on those who have been calling for a ban on the niqab and burka, both of which cover the faces of women.”
— “‘Allah protect us from the fitna [sedition] of these people; Allah protect us from the evil agenda of these people; Allah destroy them from within themselves, and do not allow them to raise their heads in destroying Islam.'”
— “Tarek Fatah, a Canadian Muslim author and commentator, said that type of language could be interpreted as a call to violence. As well, the imam asks Allah to ‘damn’ Christians and Jews.”