Mick Hartley

Dearborn Friday Sermon by Dr. Baqir Berry:

Dr. Baqir Berry discussed the “dangers” of dealing with the Jews in his April 12, 2024 Friday sermon streamed live on the Facebook page of the Islamic Institute of Knowledge in Dearborn, Michigan. He said that Zionism is the “ISIS of today” and that it is “million times worse than the ISIS of the Muslims.” Berry added that ISIS didn’t commit the kind of crimes perpetrated by the Zionists. He continued to say that the Zionists, in America too, are barbaric criminal savages, and he asked: “What kind of peace can you have with them?” Berry said that Zionism and Israel pose the “greatest imminent danger” that threatens all of humanity, just like Nazism. He added that Israel must be removed in order to remove this great imminent danger and that the Jews and Zionists must be reeducated in order for a “real democracy” and a culture of peace to be established.

There was a time when this kind of crude antisemitic diatribe could only be made inside a mosque, where the supposed privilege of religion would render the preacher immune from prosecution – or even censure. In the present climate, though, he could do this routine at Columbia University say, and get cheered by all the excited young Free Palestine progressives.