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Feb 14, 2025
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Irving, Texas Mosque Lecture By Imam Raqeeb Abduljabbar: Until Palestine Is Free From The Jews, And America Is Free From Trump And Musk's Political Apartheid, The 'Indigenous Muslims' Of America Will Not Be Free; We Must Spread Islam In America

#11843 | 01:25
Source: Online Platforms - "Irving Masjid on YouTube"

During a February 15, 2025, lecture at the Islamic Center of Irving, Texas, Imam Raqeeb Abduljabbar stated that until Palestine is free from the Jews, no Muslims will be truly free. He compared this situation to the "apartheid" system in America, asserting that until the "indigenous Muslims" in America are free, no Muslims will experience true freedom. Abduljabbar also shared a personal childhood memory of trips to the southern state of Georgia, where he was told: "[Racial slur redacted], get in the back of the bus." He expressed concern that President Trump might implement a plan in America similar to the Gaza relocation plan. Abduljabbar further emphasized the need for Islam to be spread in America.

Raqeeb Abduljabbar: "Are you all really paying attention to what Trump and Musky are doing? I call him Musky... Are you really paying attention? Do you not think that that is a possibility – that that could happen – what is happening in other countries will not happen here? America has already shown you its history.

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"Until Palestine is free from the Jews, never will you be free, and each and every one of us, even including myself, will have to answer for it. Until indigenous Muslims of this country, the ansar of this country is free from the apartheid of this political system, none of the Muslims will feel freedom.

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"Islam has to be spread in this country. We are all dai's – we have to spread Islam.

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"I was raised in New York, when we used to go to the South, in Georgia, to visit my grandmother, I remember the time when they said – excuse my language please – when they said: 'N*****, get in the back of the bus.'"

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