{"id":1148066,"date":"2021-12-23T22:04:23","date_gmt":"2021-12-24T03:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1148066"},"modified":"2021-12-23T22:04:25","modified_gmt":"2021-12-24T03:04:25","slug":"canadian-imam-compares-wishing-merry-christmas-to-congratulating-murderers-pedophiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canadian-imam-compares-wishing-merry-christmas-to-congratulating-murderers-pedophiles\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Imam Compares Wishing Merry Christmas to Congratulating Murderers, Pedophiles"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcanadian-imam-compares-wishing-merry-christmas-to-congratulating-murderers-pedophiles%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1148066&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/nativity-stained-glass-getty.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\"><span>Canadian Imam Younus Kathrada in a recent sermon compared wishing people a Merry Christmas to congratulating murderers and pedophiles, as he called on Allah (God) to \u201chumiliate the infidels\u201d and \u201cannihilate the heretics and atheists.<\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span>In a speech delivered at the Muslim Youth of Victoria Islamic Center on Friday, radical Islamic scholar Younus Kathrada addressed the topic of holiday greetings toward non-Muslims during the Christmas season.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cYeah, it\u2019s Christmas season, and so many people ask: \u2018Why should I not congratulate the people on this occasion?\u2019\u201d he told his audience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Islamic cleric concluded, \u201cthere is no such thing as an innocent congratulation,\u201d before comparing such greetings to congratulating criminals and deviants.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWould you congratulate a fornicator? Would you congratulate a murderer? Obviously not,\u201d he said. \u201cWould you congratulate a pedophile? Obviously not.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cSo how then can you congratulate people for insulting Allah (God)?\u201d he asked.<\/span><\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p><span>Deeming the act \u201ca major sin,\u201d the South African-born sheikh claimed that by doing so, one is lacking love for God.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWhere is your love for your creator when you approve of people insulting Allah?\u201d he asked.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt is a major sin and it is disbelief,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>He signed off by calling on Allah to \u201cgive strength to Islam and the Muslims, humiliate the infidels and polytheists, destroy the enemies of (our) religion, and annihilate the heretics and atheists.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cOh Allah, support those who wage jihad (holy war) for your sake everywhere,\u201d he added.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>Kathrada made similar remarks in 2018 when he <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MEMRIReports\/status\/1077191308664602624?s=20\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span> wishing non-Muslims a Merry Christmas is a far graver sin than murder, adultery, lying, and any other major sins.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIf a person were to do all of those major sins, they are nothing compared to the sin of congratulating and greeting the non-Muslims on their false festivals,\u201d he said, adding that Muslims should be offended by those who worship Jesus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>These are not the only occasions of Kathrada expressing radical and hateful rhetoric.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>In August, he <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/08\/25\/canadian-imam-urges-support-taliban-calls-jews-christians-enemies\/\"><span>attacked<\/span><\/a><span> Jews and Christians as \u201cour enemies,\u201d accusing them of funding a failed war against Islam while calling on fellow Canadians to support the Taliban and its efforts to impose Islamic sharia law \u2014 which includes death by stoning for adultery and homosexuality \u2014 in Afghanistan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In June, he <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/06\/04\/watch-canadian-imam-calls-muslim-jew-hatred-just-logical-prays-for-jihadi-victory-everywhere\/\"><span>justified<\/span><\/a><span> hatred toward Jews for their \u201cinjustice\u201d toward others and rejection of Islam and its prophets, while claiming a mosque is no place for those unable or unwilling to hate.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In October of 2020, he <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.memri.org\/tv\/canada-imam-younus-kathrada-annhilate-those-who-Slander-muhammad-france-teacher-beheaded-samuel-paty-cursed-evil-spirited-filthy-excuse-human-being\"><span>vilified<\/span><\/a><span> French schoolteacher Samuel Paty who was murdered by a Muslim youth for showing <em>Charlie Hebdo<\/em> cartoons depicting the Islamic prophet Mohammed to his class.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>After referring to Paty as \u201ccursed,\u201d \u201cevil-spirited,\u201d and a \u201cfilthy excuse for a human-being,\u201d Kathrada implored Allah to annihilate those who slander Mohammed.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On September 11 of last year, Kathrada <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.memri.org\/tv\/canadian-scholar-kathrada-disrespect-prophet-muhammad-worse-than-police-killing-blacks\"><span>stated<\/span><\/a><span> that disrespect of Mohammed is worse than police killings of black citizens in the U.S.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><em>Follow Joshua Klein on Twitter&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joshuaklein_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@JoshuaKlein.<\/a><\/em><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canadian Imam Younus Kathrada in a recent sermon compared wishing people a Merry Christmas to congratulating murderers and pedophiles, as he called on Allah (God) to \u201chumiliate the infidels\u201d and 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