MEMRI: Friday Sermon on PA TV: "We Must Educate our
Children on the Love of Jihad"
Special Dispatch - PA
July 11, 2001
No. 240
During the Friday sermon broadcasted live on June 6, 2001
on PA TV, from the Sheik 'Ijlin Mosque in Gaza, PA employee, Sheik
Muhammad
Ibrahim Al-Madhi, called for Jihad
education and for turning Jews and Christians into Ahl-Dhimma
[protected second rate citizens] under Muslim rule. Following are
excerpts from the sermon:(1)
"...Oh, you who love Allah, in the Koran we read our Lord's words, that
we must fight all the polytheists just as they fight all of you... Oh,
you who love Allah... This [Muslim] nation has left the leadership of
the human race to a handful of contemptible Jews and their assistants
and was satisfied [with its position at] the tail of the convoy..."
"The Palestinian people has decided that this blessed Intifada would
continue. We sacrifice as many prisoners, martyrs, and wounded as we
can; we will continue the Intifada until the land of Palestine is
liberated. We will not be satisfied with the mere establishment
of a Palestinian state; the Muslim people of Palestine want to meet
Allah
and we are the soldiers of the Caliphate, that was announced by the
Prophet
[Muhammad]... Therefore, the Caliphate will be in accordance with the
prophecy,
in
Al-Aqsa, in Jerusalem, and in its surroundings..."
"Oh, you who love Allah, the signs of the victory are many... Oh, you
who love Allah, do not believe the joke
of peace. By Allah, do not believe the joke of peace. Even
if
the Palestinian people here and in the Diaspora will stand in line and
sign [on an agreement] with all ten fingers, and even with the toes of
their feet, and we will say: 'We all want peace
with you' - by Allah, they [i.e. the Jews]
do not want peace..."
"Even if they slaughter all of the Palestinian people and the only
survivors will be one single Palestinian baby girl and
one single Palestinian baby boy, the baby boy will
marry the baby girl and they will give birth to the one who will
liberate Jerusalem from the defilement of the Jews."
"Victory is drawing near, but believe me, there is a secret resolution,
decided upon by, unfortunately, many of the Arab and Muslim nations.
While they [the Palestinians]
sacrifice the last Palestinian child and the last Palestinian fetus,
they [the Arab nations] will satisfy themselves with victories on
the soccer courts, with music
festivals, and with Arab and Muslim summits. Where are the summits,
where are their decisions?... It was rightly claimed that a thousand
verbal shells cannot compare to one
shell made of iron. It was rightly claimed that what was taken by force
will be regained only by the use of force."
"We must prepare ourselves in accordance with the religion of Allah and
the Law of Allah. We must educate our children
on the love of Jihad for the sake of Allah and the love of fighting
for the sake of Allah."
"We welcome, as we did in the past, any Jew who wants to live in this
land as a Dhimmi, just as the Jews have lived in our countries, as
Dhimmis, and have earned appreciation,
and some of them have even reached the positions of counselor or
minister here and there. We welcome the Jews to live as Dhimmis, but
the rule in this land and in all the Muslim countries must be the rule
of
Allah... Those from amongst the Jews and from amongst those who are not
Jews who came to this land as plunderers, must return
humiliated and disrespected to their countries."
"On the other hand, those Jews who are local and who have lived with
the Palestinian people and with the locals from amongst the Christians
- there is nothing bad with their
living [amongst us] in harmony and peace. This is the kind of peace we
understand. The Arabs and Muslims must speak, because our choice is the
Jihad for the sake of Allah..."
"Oh, you who love Allah, there is no alternative to the true return to
Allah. Victory will not come from the Kremlin, neither will it come
from the White House decisions, or from Arab and Islamic summits.
Victory is from Allah..."
Later in the sermon, Sheik Al-Madhi focused on the need to refrain from
taking credit for terrorist attacks, while using Muslim history as an
example to follow:
"...Oh, you who love Allah, it is our duty to strive so that all our
deeds will be [only] for the sake of Allah. Listen to
the following precious story:"
"In one African country, a Muslim army was fighting against the
Byzantine army. The number of the Byzantines was more than
ten times the number of the Muslims... The Byzantine commander was
Gregorius
and his daughter was by his side. Gregorius' daughter said: 'My father,
who
are these, they are merely a handful, their number is small, no more
than
15,000, who are they?' He answered her: 'These are the Arab horsemen.'
She said: 'My father, give them to me as spoils.' And he had given her
[their property's worth] as spoils, before the battle even took place.
However,
Allah wanted Gregorius killed in the battle and his daughter to be one
of
the captives."
"The commander of the Muslim army wanted to know who killed Gregorius,
but nobody answered."
"This is how we should also act: Do, do, and do, but without talking."
"Who killed Gregorius? Gregorius' daughter said to the commander of the
Muslims: 'I know who killed my father.' And when Abdallh Ibn Al-Zubeir
passed next to her she said:
'Oh, commander of the Muslims, this is the man who killed
my father.' [The Muslim commander asked him:] 'Oh, Abdallah Ibn
Al-Zubeir, why did you conceal this from us?' What did Abdallah
Ibn Al-Zubeir say in response? His words still echo in the ear of
history.
He said: 'Allah knows I killed him.'''
"Allah knows what we do and there is no necessity for humans to know
this as well. With such noble values, the [Muslim] nation
shall win..."
Endnote:
(1) PA Television, July 6, 2001.
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