Following are excerpts from an address by Egyptian cleric Salem Abu Al-Futouh, which aired on Al-Nas TV on December 30, 2011.
Salem Abu Al-Futouh: "The Prophet Muhammad told us that Islam would spread. He told us about the Islamic conquest of Constantinople - Turkey of today - and indeed, it was conquered.
"He also told us about the conquest of Rome, which is Italy. People find this strange. 'How can we conquer Italy?' they say. 'We are too weak.'
"You should consider the number of Muslims in that great Christian center - another person converts to Islam every day. Check on the Internet how many people want to convert to Islam in the very heart of that papal center of Christianity, on their own turf.
"Brothers and sisters, Islam spread by means of the power of Allah, because it is the religion of Truth. When a Westerner whose heart is not filled with the hatred of Islam, someone who has not been raised on the hatred of Islam, begins to contemplate all the religions, he finds no other religion that respects human rights, and is in keeping with equality, justice, freedom, and democracy.
"There is no democracy in America. Don't think that there is. Did you see the demonstrators in Wall Street?
"By God, they dragged them through the streets. Dragged them! The footage on TV was clear, and blind people could hear it on the radio.
"Where is the freedom? Where are the human rights? Where are all those things about which you've given us a head ache? People do not enjoy any human rights in the West. Real rights are provided by Islam." [...]
