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DEARBORN HEIGHTS, Mich. — A Dearborn-area imam says he personally confronted a local protester who chanted slogans such as “Death to America” and “Death to Israel” at a recent rally.
“I am absolutely against saying ‘Death to America,'” Imam Mohammad Ali Elahi told Fox News Digital. “I know in certain countries they may say these things, but I am personally against it even when they say this in any country; doesn’t matter where you say it … because it doesn’t help.”
Elahi, who serves as imam at the local Islamic House of Wisdom mosque, spoke out shortly after a controversial rally held the last Friday of Ramadan in nearby Dearborn saw a speaker leading a crowd in chants of “Death to America” and “Death to Israel.” Video of the incident sparked national headlines about extremism within the Michigan imam’s local community.
“Imam Khomeini, who declared the International Al-Quds Day, this is why he would say to pour all of your chants and all of your shouts upon the head of America,” Tarek Bazzi, a Michigan-based activist associated with the Hadi institute, said in a video from the rally that was shared by the Middle East Media Research Institute.
Dearborn Heights, Michigan, Imam Mohammad Ali Elahi has spoken out against “Death to America” and “Death to Israel” chants at a recent anti-Israel rally. (Michael Lee/Fox News Digital)
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Elahi told Fox News Digital that while he did not attend the rally, he had “heard about it,” noting that he even confronted one of those who was seen chanting the slogan “loudly” at the event.
“I talked with him and I [expressed] my disappointment because we are not for death, we are for life. We are for love. We are for peace and justice,” Elahi said.
Tarek Bazzi (Middle East Media Research Institute)
Elahi noted that the rally was only a “few people” who chanted the slogan, arguing that those protesters represent a minority…
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