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PA Mufti Muhammad Hussein

Sheikh Muhammad Hussein is PA Mufti and speaker at the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the highest religious official in the Palestinian Authority. He was appointed by Chairman Mahmoud Abbas.

At an event celebrating the anniversary of the founding of Fatah, Hussein presented the killing of Jews by Muslims as a religious Islamic goal. He cited the Hadith (Islamic tradition attributed to Muhammad) which states that the Hour of Resurrection will not come until Muslims fight the Jews and kill them:

"The Hour [of Resurrection] will not come until you fight the Jews.
The Jew will hide behind stones or trees.
Then the stones or trees will call:
'Oh Muslim, servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him.'"

[PA TV (Fatah), Jan. 9, 2012]

This is not the only time that the Mufti has incited to murder and hatred against Jews in the name of Islam. At a funeral ceremony for terrorists, the Mufti promoted terror against Israel, saying that the terrorists’ souls “tell us to follow in their path.” [PA TV (Fatah), May 31, 2012]

He has preached on numerous occasions that Islam is at war with Jews and Israel. In a sermon at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in 2010, he preached that the Jews are the "enemies of Allah." [Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, June 26, 2010] He has also repeatedly called on Palestinians to carry out Ribat (religious conflict/war) for Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque, as in the following example:

"The Mufti of Jerusalem and speaker at the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Sheikh Muhammad Hussein, praised the residents' response to calls to come to the Al-Aqsa Mosque and to maintain Ribat (religious conflict/war)... His honor [Hussein] appealed yesterday to the Ribat fighters in the Al-Aqsa plazas and emphasized that the practical response to the threats of the occupation… against the Al-Aqsa Mosque is to remain there, in large numbers…”

[Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Feb. 13, 2012]

The following section documents the PA Mufti’s hate speech against Israel, Israelis and Jews:

Mufti of PA: The Jews are enemies of Allah, threaten Al-Aqsa Mosque

Source: al-msjd-alaqsa.com (Al-Aqsa Mosque forum), June 25, 2010

Mufti of Palestinian Authority, Muhammad Hussein:
"The Al-Aqsa Mosque is threatened by the plans of the enemies of Allah (the Jews), who have violated all faith and religious laws and even deviated from their humanity." Click here to view

PA Mufti denies Jewish connection to Western Wall

Source: Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, June 14, 2010

PA Mufti, Sheikh Muhammad Hussein:
"The meeting concerned recent developments in the Palestinian sphere, especially the repeated [Israeli] violations against the holy places, foremost among them the Al-Aqsa Mosque… The Mufti warned of implementation of the plans for Judaization of the Al-Buraq Wall (i.e., the Western Wall), aimed at turning it into a center for the Jewish nation.”

PA Mufti: Israel's Judaization of Western Wall threatens Al-Aqsa

Source: Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, June 14, 2010

"The honorable Sheikh Muhammad Hussein, Mufti of Jerusalem and Palestine and preacher at the Al-Aqsa Mosque, met yesterday with the ambassador to Palestine of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Yasser Othman. The meeting concerned recent developments in the Palestinian sphere, especially the repeated [Israeli] violations against the holy places, foremost among them the Al-Aqsa Mosque… The Mufti warned of implementation of the plans for Judaization of the Al-Buraq Wall (the Western Wall), aimed at turning it into a center for the Jewish nation.”

PA Mufti: Israel plans to build "alleged Temple" on Al-Aqsa ruins

Source: Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, May 22, 2010

Sheikh Muhammad Hussein, Mufti of Jerusalem and Palestine:
"First and foremost [of the plans for occupation and aggression] is the Al-Aqsa Mosque, whose existence angers the extremist enemies [Israel] who call for the alleged Temple to be built upon its ruins."

Mufti of Palestine: Israel built Hurva synagogue as precursor to building "the alleged Temple"

Source: Palestinian TV (Fatah), Mar. 14, 2010

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Mufti of Palestine, Muhammad Hussein:
"It is clear that they tried to carry out the building of this synagogue, the Hurva synagogue, in order to prepare – according to their claim, or to connect this action, this act – to the beginning of the building of the alleged Temple, or the Third Temple according to their dreams and to their plans."

Jesus and Mary- Palestinians "par excellence"

Source: Palestinian TV (Fatah), May 12, 2009

Palestinian Authority Mufti, Muhammad Hussein:
"Jesus was born in this land; he took his first steps in this land and spread his teachings [of Islam] in this land. He and his mother [Mary], we may say, were Palestinians par excellence."
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Jesus was a Palestinian prophet of Islam

Source: Palestinian TV (Fatah), Apr. 21, 2009

The PA Mufti, Muhammad Hussein:
"We're talking about an ongoing chain [of prophets of Islam], from Adam to Muhammad, representing the call for monotheism and the mission of Islam… The prophets were all of the same religion [Islam]… [e.g.] Jesus was born in this land in Bethlehem… He also lived in Nazareth, moved to Jerusalem, so he was a Palestinian … We respect Jesus, we believe in him [as a prophet of Islam], just as we believe in the prophet Muhammad."
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Israel plans to destroy Al-Aqsa by explosives, digging at foundations, etc.

Source: Palestinian TV (Fatah), Feb. 3, 2009

Palestinian Authority Mufti, Sheikh Muhammad Hussein:
"There are [Israeli] plans to destroy the Al-Aqsa Mosque both directly and indirectly. For instance, use of explosives, aerial or long-distance bombing, digging at the foundations and the walls of the mosque. By means of the tunnels they are trying to cause a natural earthquake."
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PA alarmism: Israel acts against Islamic civilization

Source: Al-Ayyam, Aug. 13, 2008

"The Mufti [of Jerusalem and Palestine, Sheikh Muhammad Hussein] called upon the Arab states and the Islamic Council to get involved in order to put an end to these acts of aggression against the civilization and set of beliefs of the Islamic nation and the Palestinian people."

Palestinians are in Ribat [religious war] until Resurrection

Source: Palestinian TV (Fatah), June 6, 2008

Mufti of Palestine, Sheikh Muhammad Hussein:
"We are still suffering from this oppressive occupation, and we hope it will disappear, Allah willing. We are in Ribat [religious war] on this blessed land, and we are the owners of this holy land. It is a great honor bestowed by Allah to be part of the chain of the Ribat, which continues until Resurrection."
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