Islamic preacher and expert in the science of Quranic recitation, Sheikh Abdul Rashid Sufi, sparked a remarkable debate about the identity of the "Children of Israel" mentioned in the Quran, asking: Are the Children of Israel whom God saved from Pharaoh the same ones who now exist in the occupied Palestinian territories?Sheikh Sufi told Al Jazeera Mubasher's "Days of God" program that "the entity currently existing in Palestine is led by people who are not descendants of Jacob, peace be upon him. Rather, most of them are outcasts who came from Eastern Europe and other regions."
He pointed out that these people do not necessarily represent the true Children of Israel mentioned in the Qur’an, but rather that many members of this race have converted to Islam and embraced the religion of God throughout the East and West for centuries.
Sheikh Sufi expressed his opinion on the brutality of the Israeli occupation, saying, “The extreme cruelty we see in daily practices against the Palestinians perhaps reflects what God described in the Qur’an about the Children of Israel, saying, ‘Then your hearts hardened after that, so they are like stones or even harder.’”
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