The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/imams/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Tue, 09 Jun 2026 18:57:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png imams | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/imams/ 32 32 Italian PM Meloni fumes after court frees imam arrested for defending October 7 https://www.timesofisrael.com/italian-pm-meloni-fumes-after-court-frees-imam-arrested-for-defending-october-7/ Tue, 16 Dec 2025 15:52:30 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3713395 Appeals court rules Mohamed Shahin free to go despite interior minister ordering him deported; Turin Islamic leader said Hamas onslaught was not violent; government likely to appeal

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]]> Group of Europe-based imams visits Israel, bearing ‘message of peace’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/group-of-europe-based-imams-visits-israel-bearing-message-of-peace/ Mon, 07 Jul 2025 19:26:50 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3592764 Delegation meets President Herzog; will spend a week touring the country, and meeting military, political and religious authorities, victims of October 7

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]]> ‘First openly gay imam’ shot dead in South Africa, cops say motive unknown https://www.timesofisrael.com/first-openly-gay-imam-shot-dead-in-south-africa-cops-say-motive-unknown/ Sun, 16 Feb 2025 13:13:52 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3483851 Muhsin Hendricks, subject of 2022 documentary 'The Radical,' ran a mosque intended as a safe haven for gay and other marginalized Muslims near his birth place of Cape Town

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]]> Walz says he has no personal ties to imam who praised Oct. 7, shared pro-Hitler video https://www.timesofisrael.com/walz-says-he-has-no-personal-ties-to-imam-who-praised-oct-7-shared-pro-hitler-video/ Thu, 15 Aug 2024 04:55:44 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3354659 Democrat VP candidate and Imam Asad Zaman appeared at a number of public events together between 2018 and May 2023, but both say they don't know each other beyond that

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]]> Lod imam arrested for suspected incitement after Temple Mount clashes https://www.timesofisrael.com/lod-imam-arrested-for-suspected-incitement-after-temple-mount-clashes/ Sat, 30 Apr 2022 14:26:38 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2754078 Sheikh Yusuf Albaz questioned by police over comments on Al-Aqsa Mosque, his lawyer says; he was charged last year with incitement over online posts following May conflict

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]]> Belgium expels imam who called for burning of Jews https://www.timesofisrael.com/belgium-expels-imam-who-called-for-burning-of-jews-citing-national-security-threat/ Thu, 13 Jan 2022 18:41:48 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2683083 Mohamed Toujgani's remarks from 2009 recently resurfaced, leading government to withdraw his residency permit for 10 years, citing national security threat

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]]> 3 Arab men charged over Jaffa firebombing that seriously hurt boy during riots https://www.timesofisrael.com/3-arabs-charged-over-jaffa-firebombing-that-seriously-hurt-boy-during-riots/ Thu, 17 Jun 2021 11:14:31 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2566498&preview=true&preview_id=2566498 2 accused of attempted murder, 3rd indicted as accomplice to multiple attacks including mistaken assault on Arab home

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]]> Lod imam arrested on suspicion of encouraging violence against cops https://www.timesofisrael.com/lod-imam-arrested-on-suspicion-of-encouraging-violence-against-police/ Thu, 17 Jun 2021 06:18:33 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2566365 Sheikh Yusuf Albaz later sent to house arrest; authorities reportedly preparing for possible renewed clashes in mixed Jewish-Arab city following detention

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]]> Miami imam slams normalization with ‘descendants of pigs and apes’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/miami-imam-slams-normalization-with-descendants-of-pigs-and-apes/ Sat, 20 Mar 2021 16:05:43 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2509609 Fadi Yousef Kablawi in sermon tells mosque-goers peace with Jews is for 'losers' and 'criminal' Jews behind all corruption worldwide

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]]> French court backs closure of Muslim group for ‘inciting hatred’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/french-court-backs-closure-of-muslim-group-for-inciting-hatred/ Wed, 25 Nov 2020 18:02:55 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2437125 BarakaCity denies allegations; judge also upholds shuttering of mosque north of Paris over imam's comments, as France cracks down on Islamic extremism

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]]> Michigan imam eulogizes Soleimani for backing Syria against US, ‘Zionists’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/michigan-imam-eulogizes-soleimani-for-backing-syria-against-us-zionists/ Thu, 09 Jan 2020 21:16:09 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2217941 Sheikh Ibrahim Kazerooni of Dearborn calls airstrike on Iranian general a 'cowardly and heinous act'; meanwhile Afghani MP says Soleimani responsible for thousands of Afghan deaths

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]]> Swedish imam fined for calling Jews the ‘offspring of apes and pigs’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/swedish-imam-fined-for-calling-jews-the-offspring-of-apes-and-pigs/ Tue, 03 Sep 2019 22:05:11 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2141705 Samir el Rifai of Helsingborg to pay $305 for hate speech after making comment following Israel's 2017 closure of Temple Mount due to terror attack

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]]> BBC hosts British imam who has called for relocation of Israel to US https://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/imam-on-bbc-tory-leadership-debate-called-for-relocation-of-israel-to-us/ Wed, 19 Jun 2019 10:54:12 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2097025 TV presenter apologizes for interviewing Abdullah Patel, who has also accused politicians of being on 'Zionist's payroll,' UK Jewish News reports

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]]> NJ imam claims IDF chief rabbi condoned rape of Palestinian women https://www.timesofisrael.com/nj-imam-says-idf-chief-rabbi-condoned-rape-of-palestinian-women/ Sat, 30 Mar 2019 16:56:13 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com?p=2047222&preview=true&preview_id=2047222 Baker Assaf calls on Muslims to hate 'Zionism' rather than Jews, says Islam won't accept gays but won't 'kick anybody off the Empire State Building'

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]]> Video emerges of senior Belgian imam praying for Allah to ‘burn Zionists’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/video-emerges-of-senior-belgian-iman-praying-for-allah-to-burn-zionists/ Wed, 09 Jan 2019 16:58:33 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1995598 Head of anti-Semitism watchdog flags clip of 2009 sermon by Mohamed Toujgani, who is set to be the next leader of Belgium's conference of imams

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