Berlin Imam: Despite ISIS Atrocities, Muslims Should Not Incite the West to Wage War against It

Following are excerpts from a Friday sermon delivered at the Ibrahim Al-Khalil Mosque in Berlin, Germany, by Sheik Abdel Kader Dawud, which was posted on the Internet on September 12, 2014:

Abd Al-Qader Daoud: Oh Muslims, see the global hypocrisy that is evident today. Two or three days ago, we observed a very dangerous case of hypocrisy. How many people were killed in Syria since the beginning of the war? You are all aware of the figures. How many people were killed in Palestine, just days ago? You are all aware of the figures. How many people were killed in Iraq in the sectarian war? You are all aware of the figures. Yet the international community has done nothing.

Nothing has been done by the great superpowers, which leads wars, and mobilizes the people under its banner in order to attack some party. But now, in an effort to attack the ISIS organization, they formed a coalition. Do you know why? They seek to exact revenge for the killing of one American journalist, although they refrained from avenging the killing of thousands of Syrians. Note that we absolutely condemn all forms of killings that are unjustified and do not conform to the way of Islam.

But why launch a media war and mobilize armies on land and in the air just in order to curb ISIS? How many people did ISIS kill? Did it kill as many people as the Syrian regime? Did it kill as many as the Jews did in Palestine? Did it kill as many as the sectarian wars in Iraq, following the toppling of Saddam Hussein, Allah's mercy upon his soul? How many did [ISIS] kill?

Indeed, we condemn the killing of anyone, but observe the hypocrisy. The [U.S.] launched a war only against the banner of "There is no god but Allah, and Muhammad is His Messenger."

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Indeed, we disagree with any Islamic group that commits massacres, and perpetrates foolish acts, mistakes, or things forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, but this should not induce us to incite the infidels against them, and to turn the enemies of Islam against them.

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