A Muslim religious leader and representative of the Palestinian Authority has called for the killing of the Jews, saying this is justified by Islamic text.
Palestinian Media Watch reports that Muhammad Ahmad Hussein, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, last week told television audiences that according to the Hadith, the record of the words and actions of the the Prophet Muhammad, Islamic Resurrection would not come until Muslims fought the Jews. Palestinian Media Watch has video footage of Hussein's speech (below).
In the video, the mufti says: Forty-seven years ago the revolution started. Which revolution? The modern revolution of the Palestinian peoples history. In fact, Palestine in its entirety is a revolution, since [Caliph] Umar came [to conquer Jerusalem in 637 C.E.], and continuing today, and until the End of Days. The reliable Hadith, in the two reliable collections, Bukhari and Muslim, says: 'The Hour [of Resurrection] will not come until you fight the Jews. The Jew will hide behind stones or trees. Then the stones or trees will call: O Muslim, servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him. Except the Gharqad tree [which will keep silent].' Therefore it is no wonder that you see Gharqad [trees] surrounding the [Israeli] settlements and colonies."
In 2006, Hussein said suicide bombings were a "legitimate weapon" in the Palestinian struggle for independence.
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