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What on earth were French officials thinking? Or have we gone way beyond the point where “officials” and “thinking” can be used in the same sentence? The French news site Fdesouche reported Tuesday that Ahamada Mmadi, an imam from Comoros, has been deported from France. In parting from the land of crepes and Suzettes, Mmadi struck a defiant note: “I have nothing to regret and nothing to apologize for as long as I have spoken the word of Allah. If I repent, I am no longer a Muslim.” Fair enough, Mmadi, but France’s action in deporting this Muslim cleric is curious in the extreme. According to the Islamic news site 5 Pillars UK, Mmadi and his family were “deported from France after he recited a verse from the Quran and quoted a Hadith which encouraged women to be chaste, stay at home and obey their husbands.” He was accused of making “comments incompatible with the principles and laws of the Republic.”
So Mmadi’s statement that he had “spoken the word of Allah” was actually referring to why he was deported. But if he was really deported for quoting the Qur’an and Hadith, what do French authorities think the other imams in the country are teaching?
Mmadi added: “I don’t have to apologise for the moment I spoke the word of Allah. … Our sisters live a nightmarish life … and we call it a land of freedom.” Mmadi was claiming that women in France live a “nightmarish life” because they aren’t subject to the restrictions on women’s freedom that Islamic law entails. The good imam was apparently criticizing the status of women in France, as compared to the status of women in states that enforce Islamic law (Sharia), during a sermon at the Saint-Chamond mosque in the Loire department. During that sermon, he quoted a passage from the Qur’an that French authorities thought was unacceptably misogynistic.
According to 5 Pillars UK, Mmadi quoted this passage from the Qur’an: “And stay in your houses. Do not display yourselves with the display of the time of ignorance. Be regular in prayer, and give alms, and obey Allah and his messenger.” (Qur’an 33:33)
If French officials were looking for misogyny and inequality, the Qur’an has much more disturbing passages than that. It even calls for the beating of women that Muslim men even suspect might be contemplating getting out of line: “Men are in charge of women, because Allah has made the one superior to the other, and because they spend of their property. So good women are obedient, guarding in secret what Allah has guarded. As for those from whom you fear disobedience, give them a warning and banish them to separate beds, and beat them.” (Qur’an 4:34)
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Fitna says
Odd story, I agree with Robert. Do these officials not realize all Imams teach the same verses? Why are they still here?
What about the millions of Muslims who hear these vile teachings and act on them? Maybe it’s a case of a few officials in power who made this choice, while the rest are still asleep at the wheel.
Although this is a positive story, it’s a drop in the ocean. Until you start deporting Muslims by the millions, picking off a few of them changes nothing, you will still lose your country to these backwards savages.
But this is definitely not an insignificant case. Maybe there is a part of the elites/leadership that is finally starting to wake up and realize that Islam is a mortal threat to their country and are starting to take action. Let’s hope they’re more aggressive with Muslims in general.
Muslims tried to conquer France and Europe in the past and were expelled. Maybe the French are remembering this event in their history and realizing it needs to be done again.
bill says
Well kudos to the French. It would be well nigh impossible for him to be deported from UK and I am sure USA for such remarks. In the latter case he could just claim it was his freedom of speech and the case would be thrown out
Pray Hard says
One imam. Not even a drop in the ocean.
James Lincoln says
According to Robert Spencer’s feature article:
“But if he was really deported for quoting the Qur’an and Hadith, what do French authorities think the other imams in the country are teaching?”
Great point, Robert!
gravenimage says
This Imam Quoted the Qur’an. You’ll Never Believe What Happened Next.
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Problem is, as noted, that this is all orthodox Islam. This is taught in just about every Mosque and Madrassa in France–and all over the world.
I hope this leads to a lot more deportations from France–not sure it will, though.
Hank says
Islam is not compatible with any non-Muslim host nation. Islam needs to be completely expelled before it triggers a civil war that not even the “useful idiots” and their voters can control.