"Don't get me involved in any political games in the name of religion. I am not here a political man," Dr. Nidal Alsayyed said.
But it's political motivations he said have forced him to resign as Imam.
"Sadly, it's Clinton versus Trump," he said.
Dr. Al Sayyed told KFDM News he was forced to resign as religious director of the Islamic Society of the Triplex after making comments Monday in which he agrees with Donald Trump's statements that the U.S. should temporarily stop accepting any new Muslim immigrants into the country.
While the religious leader said he expected the call to resign eventually, he said it was sped up by politics.
"I think any future candidates, presidents who do not support the fact that we need to be more safe and more cautious about whom to bring into this country, whether a Muslim or not," Dr. Alsayyed said.
His comments he said had nothing to do with politics, but the former Imam said Trump's comments are in line with the Islamic religion.
"The text of the holy Qur'an says the loss of one life is equivalent to killing the whole mankind," he said.
"But the way it happens when you see this mass shooting and you see some people coming with such a very peaceful background and all of a sudden the intelligences... agencies are not able to figure out what's happening, why all of a sudden this guy or this girl or that lady open fire and kill 15 people, because American Muslims are not doing their job in the country. So we need to stop, we need to stop taking new ones until we fix the existing situation," Dr. Alsayyed said.
The religious leader said there is a problem with some American Muslims seeing a conflict between following their religious beliefs and their patriotism to the U.S., and an issue differentiating the religious community and its political role. He said the two should not mix.
"I came to know this morning from some close contacts and friends over 102 Imams, religious people in Houston, were fired and forced to be basically leave their jobs, leave their mosques only because they did not get along with the political agenda for their board members," he said.
Dr. Alsayyed said he took the position to help young people here understand Islam, and it's the youth where Islamic leaders should focus their attention.
"Nobody is investing a dollar to basically raise the understanding what does it take for a Muslim to live in the United States," he said.
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I wish he would stand his ground, and call out those who are pressuring him to resign. What a courageous man.
ReplyDeleteWhen the Catholic Church finally getting admitted its involvement in the sexual abuse coverups, those who attempted to silence the whistleblowers were exposed and reviled as complicit, and as enablers. This man is throwing open the door to an ugly truth within the Islamic community, and he is being thrown under the bus for exposing the terrible reality for all to see. He is not afraid to condemn evil, and is being persecuted for it.
There are examples of this in the bible, and standing up and being unafraid to speak the truth to confront evil, is one of the important lessons more people should take to heart.
It's finally good to see ONE Islamic leader stand up against the evil bastards.
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ReplyDelete10:03, apparently a couple hundred did that in Houston and got canned, according to his statement here.
ReplyDeleteI'm friendly with a number of Muslim folk and they condemned the shooting. They don't make the news, though.
This is an example of a moderate Muslim rejecting the violence publicly. The fact that the rest of the slimes are against him shows the world what a moderate Muslim looks like and the rest are NOT moderates...they are simply silent while the radicals do what they covertly support!
ReplyDeleteWatch one episode of Gunsmoke;any episode.Matt Dillon had it all figured out years ago.Everyone fit in and no one was out of place in his world.
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