Imam at NYC college interfaith event blames Jewish speaker for Gaza, leads walkout
The Times of Israel reports: “A Muslim leader at a New York City college interfaith event last week accosted the Jewish representative as a ‘Zionist’ responsible for deaths in Gaza and led Muslim students out of the room.
The college said it was aware of the incident and investigating.
The event on Thursday brought together students from different faiths, including Muslims, Jews and Christians, at Manhattan’s City College of New York, part of the City University of New York (CUNY) public system.
The imam delivered a 15-minute speech extolling Islam, saying that Allah was responsible for students’ grades and paychecks.
‘He is the ultimate decision-maker, and so Muslims, we are encouraged not to humiliate ourselves to anybody,’ the imam said, according to an audio recording of the meeting shared with The Times of Israel. ‘We sent you a prophet to all of mankind.’…”
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