Jordanians upset over preacher who denounced stabbing Jews as "barbaric terror"

A moderate Salafi preacher in Amman caused a firestorm when he spoke out against Palestinian terrorists stabbing Jews.



Sheikh Omar Ibrahim Abu Talha called the stabbings a "barbaric act of terrorism" and said that the Palestinians who were killed while trying to stab Jews were not martyrs.

The full audio in Arabic is here.

Jordanians were incensed at the preacher.

Reports say that they reacted during the speech and he Abu Talha had to be escorted out of the mosque.

A group appealed to the Ministry of Awqaf (Religious Endowments) to prevent not only Abu Talha but all similar moderate Dalafi preachers from being able to give speeches in public. 

(h/t O)

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