London Imam Who Supports Women’s Rights Is Threatened With Death
- Posted on March 7, 2011 at 2:45pm by
Mike Opelka
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Death threats and intimidation were the result of an Imam in London daring to speak out on ‘controversial’ topics like evolution and allowing women to walk ‘burka-free’ in public.
The Guardian is reporting that Dr. Usama Hasan had been leading Friday prayers and working in the same mosque for 25 years but has now been forced to stop serving his community and apologize for some of his statements.
The death threats against Hasan were made in an anonymous leaflet handed out by protesters. It quotes religious authorities saying that any Muslim who believes in evolution is an “apostate” who “must be executed”.
Hasan says he believes the leaflets were produced by the website Islamic Awakening. The website’s leader, Abu Zubair, has led a long campaign against Hasan including making threats when Hasan was delivering a lecture in January.
The death threats have forced Hasan to hire security for himself, his wife and their four children.
This short presentation on evolution nearly causes a riot when Hasan talks of evolution:
The reaction to Hasan’s statements prompted the outburst seen in the video as well as others in the mosque. The Guardian quotes him as saying:
“I’ve been a Londoner all my life and I grew up in that mosque,” Hasan said. “I’m very passionate about living our lives in a modern way but, as far as they [my opponents] are concerned, that makes me an extremist. I’m going to have to live with extra cautions for the rest of my life.”
A holy man who hoped to continue serving his religious community as he had for 25 years must now change virtually every aspect of his life to guard against the extreme views of a nearly microscope percentage of the 1.5 billion worldwide followers of Islam. Hasan has learned what America realized after September 11, 2001. Radicalization is real and it must be talked about openly.
As Congressman Peter King (R) prepares to launch hearings on the potential radicalization of American Muslims, we should take note of this incident, another example of what radicalization can do in a Western country.
Mr. King spoke with NY Fox News Anchor Rosanna Scotto about the topic:
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Comments (85)
amerbur
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 4:25pmWe will be silent no more. We condem your violence. You are evil.
Report Post »amerbur
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 4:24pmWe are at war with radical islam and those that condon violence toward their own people or anyone else who does not agree with them. We will not let you win.
Report Post »Uncle Crusty
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 4:11pmThis is why moderate muslims don’t speak out – it is a matter of life vs death for them, sad isn’t it, the religion of peace, one bullet, one suicide vest at a time to spread their jihad love to all of the world. Sad fact we all must face someday, just like the commies, and I think both have teamed up my friends, trust no one but your inner circle, paper and pen comm, loose lips sink ships! buckle up for a rough ride comrads as we fight the yellow tide!
Report Post »hologram5
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 4:00pmUntil the moderates start condemning these radical toolsheds, there will never be “peace” as this isn’t a religion of “peace”. It’s a cult of pieces.
Report Post »clockwatcher
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 3:41pmWe are the religion of peace don’t believe it, we will kill you.
Report Post »Progessives=Fail
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 4:15pmthat pretty much sums it up lol.
Report Post »Dirklane
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 3:35pmModerate Muslims are constantly being shut down and threatened by the Wahhabi Fanatics, it should be the Wahhabi Fanatics that are shut down for operating supremacist’s cults under the guise of religion.
Report Post »SilentReader
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 3:29pmThere needs to be more Imams like this one who will speak out and they must do it en masse so that the frenzied Islamists cannot kill them all.
That’s the trouble with Islam. You cannot criticize any aspects of it because the rest of the Islamists will issue a death threat and they will kill you.
This is Islam. This is all you need to know about Islam. You tow the line or they kill you!
For those of us who love freedom and who won’t tow their death-line. We will reject Islam and everything it stands for because it doesn’t stand for freedom but for perpetual bondage and slavery and death.
Please join us at our ADL facebook page where we are exposing the truth about Islam that Hamas-linked CAIR would like to sugar-coat and present as being compatible with Western Civilization and freedom when it’s the antithesis of freedom. Islam is slavery in it’s darkest form.
http://www.facebook.com/AmericanDefenceLeague
Report Post »dcwu
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 3:28pmPeace brother.
Report Post »Rashomon
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 3:27pmthey appear to sudden;y de-evolve back into monkeys.
Report Post »vennoye
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 3:26pmNow do we understand why “moderate” muslims do not speak out against the extremists?????
Report Post »They understand the extremes of this “religion” much better than we do.
Sargon
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 3:24pmYou will never hear this news story mentioned by Ed Schultz or Chris Matthews on their shows that no one watches.
Report Post »Unbelievable
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 3:21pmOh but radical Islamist are peace loving people… And to think gays and women rights groups actually support these radicals.
Report Post »Diamond Girl
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 3:19pmTells ya all you need to know about Radical Islam- America had better wake the heck up, and soon.
Report Post »seethelite
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 3:19pmHaj Amin al-Husseini Grand Mufti of Jerusalem served with Hitler Nov. 1941. Exterminate The Jews was the message, as seen in “Obsession” Radical Islam’s War Against The West
Report Post »JaneDo
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 3:18pmLook, the ultimate goal of the devil is to hurt white women, not the men necessarily. It’s what they are working toward. Even, old art depicts angels as white women and devils as black men. It IS what it is.
Report Post »amerbur
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 3:47pmYou are a fake. People on the blaze do not write such crap.
Report Post »Progessives=Fail
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 4:13pmjanedo is a silly liberal troll. Don’t you have anything better to do troll?
Report Post »Buckeyefan4life
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 4:27pmI agree either a troll or a complete idiot
Report Post »Uncle Crusty
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 4:27pmJaneDo is SickOh…
Report Post »Phyliss
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 3:18pmSay it isn’t so!!!
Report Post »rodamaa
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 3:09pmWe have a muslim problem in the white house
Report Post »SimpleTruths
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 5:15pmProof please.
Report Post »Oil_Robb
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 5:34pmWhy did Barry Sotoro change his name to Barrack Obama if he didnt become a Muslim?
How is it that he has Quoted the Koran more often than he has quoted the bible since dupping us in 08?…theres your proof Barry Satoro is a Muslim
Report Post »TMan2020
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 3:09pmSo, a “bad” muslim is a dead muslim. Well, that speaks volumes.
Report Post »en2deep
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 3:04pmThe religion of peace!
Report Post »Silverline
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 3:22pmv
Report Post »en2deep
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 3:01pmTo all of the leftist here in America who always defend our real enemies(Woopie, Joy Behar, Katie Kouric) you will be their first targets.
Report Post »AzDebi
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 5:51pm@en2deep:
Report Post »“To all of the leftist here in America who always defend our real enemies(Woopie, Joy Behar, Katie Kouric) you will be their first targets.”
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Yep…just ask Lara Logan (ABC reporter who was raped and sodomized in Egypt)…by the way…we have heard nothing about any arrests in this…surprised? I still include her in my prayers…she will probably never be the same!
Mainer forever
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 3:01pmIslam : The Religion of Peace!!! (Riiiiggghhhtt) Keep repeating the mantra. Clicking your heels together might help too!!!
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 3:21pmIts the religion of pieces —blown up bloody pieces
Report Post »CatB
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 4:36pm@CHEEZ .
and then they “wonder” why people are against them . … ironic isn’t it…
Report Post »Oil_Robb
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 5:28pmWestboro=anti-SODOMITE
Report Post »Love the Sinner….hate the act of SODOMY
hersey10
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 2:55pmWe have a Muslim problem in the world , yeah I said it . Political correctness is absolutely crushing the United States and any other country that refuses to speak the truth .
Report Post »oldoldtimer
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 4:38pmWe let our gov‘t intemidate us into being politically correct which only empowers the Moosleems to demand more acceptace of their gov’t beliefs( Islam ia a form of gov’t hiding behind a veil of religion)
Report Post »UlyssesP
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 2:54pmProof that Christianity is the religion of hate!
Report Post »Oh wait….let me read that article again.
calamari12
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 3:11pmAnd we Christians are the haters? HMMM…doesn’t seem to be panning out that way does it?
Report Post »SimpleTruths
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 5:14pmWhat are Westboro churchgoers again…oh yeah, Christians.
Report Post »workinghard
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 2:52pmThey lead by example with their level of tolerance. My new business idea is to make braceletts with WWMD! We should walk into every situation in life with the philosophical idea of what would mohammed do!
Report Post »aLinedog
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 3:45pmHell, that‘s not only a lifestyle choice it’s an unemployment solution!
Report Post »-Line
Susan Harkins
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 2:49pmThey should not be so intolerant of Oxymorons!
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 2:58pmDeath threats and intimidation were the result of an Imam in London daring to speak out on ‘controversial’ topics like evolution and allowing women to walk ‘burka-free’ in public.
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Anyone remember when Hussain went to Cairo to speechify from a teleprompter ?
He actually said that he wanted more burkas in USA …hmmmmm
GODSAMERICA
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 3:05pm@Susan Harkins
Report Post »They are totally intolerant of anything good, honest or true.
Robert-CA
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 3:06pmRun Imam run you’re living in a radical hostile muslim capital called Londonistan .
Report Post »J.C. McGlynn
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 3:09pmIslam. The religion of peace and understanding. Well, not really. It is one of slavey, servitude, subjugation and brutality. Anyone think we will hear about this on msnbc or cnn?
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 3:16pmRobert-CA
Report Post »Run Imam run you’re living in a radical hostile muslim capital called Londonistan .
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Well atleast he didn’t call for teaching muslims about other religions
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1359160/4-men-slashed-teachers-face-teaching-religions-Muslim-girls.html
Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 3:18pmWill anything come of these hearings?
Report Post »watchtheotherhand
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 3:19pmThe Imam is what is considered an apostate (reprobate) by more fundamentalist Imams and Muslims. Those who are considered apostate by more fundamental Muslims and more moderate by non-Muslims actually want a reinterpretation of the Hadith (sayings and actions of Muhammad) & Hadith Qudsi (considered the actual words of Allah). This is the Muslim traditions taught by most Imams and is considered somewhat on par with the Qu‘ran in that it explains what the meaning of many Qu’ran verses are and how they are to be applied. The 4 major Sunni schools of thought (most Muslims of the world are Sunni) Teach from the current Hadith and Hadith Qudsi which is the womb that terrorism and aggressive Islam is developed and is even threatening fellow Muslims that are now considered apostate by the hard liners and fundamentalists. Therefore, deducing logically from this story we can assume for now that “mainstream” Islam is aggressive and violent and intolerant regardless of what a few “moderate” Muslims might teach or say !!!!
Report Post »Robert-CA
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 3:27pmCHEEZWHIZ
Report Post »Posted on March 7, 2011 at 3:16pm
Robert-CA
Run Imam run you’re living in a radical hostile muslim capital called Londonistan .
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Well atleast he didn’t call for teaching muslims about other religions
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1359160/4-men-slashed-teachers-face-teaching-religions-Muslim-girls.html
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Thanks for the link , this story should be on The Blaze asap .
Thanks again for the link CHEEZWHIZ .
Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 3:30pmThey wouldn’t want a muslim to think for himself, now would they?
Report Post »CatB
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 3:47pmThe “religion” of peace strikes again .. .with death threats!
Report Post »Progessives=Fail
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 4:08pm“any Muslim who believes in evolution is an “apostate” who “must be executed”.
So very tolerant aren’t they?
Report Post »sooner12
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 4:23pmI know that it wouldn’t be PC, but whatever happened to being able to calling a spade a spade.
Report Post »oldoldtimer
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 4:35pmIf they are this intolerant of their own just imagine what they would do to an infidel.
Report Post »SimpleTruths
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 5:11pm@ CHEEZWHIZ
Reference link please – or are you just making things up?
Report Post »Oil_Robb
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 5:24pmHey TALI-dirt how does it feel?……lololol
Report Post »GONESURFING
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 6:08pmIslam the religion of tolerance and peace, not. Islam sucks and is a plague on this earth.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 7:08pm@CheezWhiz ~
Report Post »Are you serious? Did Obama really say that?
cheezwhiz
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 7:49pm@ Showtime
Report Post »http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/06/04/transcript-remarks-president-obama-cairo/
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Likewise, it is important for Western countries to avoid impeding Muslim citizens from practicing religion as they see fit – for instance, by dictating what clothes a Muslim woman should wear. We cannot disguise hostility towards any religion behind the pretence of liberalism.
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I reject the view of some in the West that a woman who chooses to cover her hair is somehow less equal,
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For instance, in the United States, rules on charitable giving have made it harder for Muslims to fulfill their religious obligation. That is why I am committed to working with American Muslims to ensure that they can fulfill zakat.
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He was not only shilling for islamic attire but also calling Western countries
( USA included ofcourse) ‘hostile’ to muslims.
Plus he was telling the muslim world that he will make sure money keeps flowing for jihad, in the name of charity ( zakat) ofcourse .
DisillusionedDaily
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 8:16pmIt seems to me that we were all told that Islam is the religion of peace! You don’t mean to tell me that some “peaceful” muslim lied about that, do you?
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 8:31pmYup,,,a religion of peace. Beat and kill your women and kill anyone who disagree with that.
NEWSFLASH: I not NOT ONLY disagree with it,,,,,but I think you are the lowly scum of the earth who beat and kill your women.
Stand in front of me and spout your vile garbage and there will be a reckoning.
Report Post »Gold Coin & Economic News
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 9:07pmWait, Islam is a religion of peace, why would there be death threats against an Imam who wants to talk about women’s rights. Where is Al Sharpon when we need him?
Report Post »jhaydeng
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 9:32pmCan someone make a montage of ALL of the hateful outbursts from these idiots and send a copy to ALL of the Media?
Report Post »Scarab Sport
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 2:18pmNice link Cheezwhiz. In England they bent over backward to be PC and not criticize the Muslims and see what it got them. Violence in their schools. Coming soon to a town near you unless we take this growing problem head on here in the USA. King needs to investigate to determine what is going on and figure out a way to defend against it. Saying NO to any form of Sharia Law would be a good start.
Report Post »Resolved
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 6:27pmIslam calls THIS guy radical? THIS guy is an extremist? And people wonder why we’re so worried about Radical Islam???
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