Hat tip F. DeSouche
Yesterday, we reported on the deportation proceedings against an imam in France as a result of his anti-Jewish sermons. Today, we have another story out of France concerning an imam in Toulouse. Imam Mohamed Tataiat has been sentenced to 4 months in jail (suspended) and a 30,000 euro fine for his anti-Semitic sermons in which he quoted the hadith about the Day of Judgment when Muslims will fight the Jews. (The entire passage continues that the Jew will hide behind the trees and rocks, and that the trees and rocks will call out, " O Muslim. There is a Jew hiding behind me. Come and kill him."
The below article from La Depeche is translated by Fousesquawk.
Imam Mohamed Tataiat sentenced to 4 months (suspended) for anti-Semitic sermon by appeals court of Toulouse
Posted 31 August 2022 at 14:15, updated at 16:21
Caption: Imam Mohamed Tataiat has directed the En Nourr Mosque in Toulouse for 35 years.
Accused of having given an anti-Semitic sermon in December 2017, but freed by the criminal tribunal of Toulouse on 14 September 2021, the imam of Empalot (district), Mohamed has just been sentenced to 4 months in prison (suspended) and approximately 30,000 euros fine by the appeals court of Toulouse. He is pursuing a reduction.
A new episode in the case of Mohamed Tataiat. Four and a half months after the start of the case, the imam has been sentenced by the Toulouse appeals court to four months imprisonment with suspension and approximately a 30,000 euro fine. On the day of the trial, the prosecutor had requested 6 months imprisonment and a fine of 10,000 euros.
In this decision, the court rules that he gave an anti-Semitic sermon on 15 December 2017 within the walls of the mosque located in the Empalot quarter of Toulouse. A speech read in the Arabic language and disseminated live on YouTube, in which he reportedly incited his followers to kill the Jews. "A dangerous speech containing anti-Semitic violence," stated Hassen Chalghoumi, president of the Conference of Imams in France, on May 30 before the appeals court.
During the investigation carried out by the police, several interpreters had translated these words in the following phrase: "The Final Judgment will not come until the Muslims combat the Jews." However, according to Mahamed Tataiat, "this was not a command, rather a warning for the Muslims not to participate in this movement. Otherwise, it would be the end of the universe. This phase has been decontextualized."
6 months in prison requested
Before the magistrates on the day of trial, the imam himself claimed that all of the Salafists in the Empalot mosque had been kicked out. "My client states that he has committed no reprehensible act. The remarks he made come from a reading of the text that is part of the body of Islam. To criminalize this reading can pose a major problem for all religions," stated Attorney Jean Iglesis, the lawyer of the imam, (who was) absent during the reading of the ruling. "He is sick," noted his counsel. The associations that combat anti-Semitism greet this decision. "The ruling is satisfying. We have heard very explicit references to terrorist leaders. For us, there is no ambiguity. The appeals court did not error," analyzed Jacques Samuel, lawyer for the civil parties. However, the affair is not finished since the representative of Mohamed Tataiat announced that his client would pursue a reduction.
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Fousesquawk comment.
Indeed, there is no ambiguity behind this passage from the hadith. The explanation offered by the imam is disingenuous, to say the least. It is not a warning not to fight the Jew. It is an exhortation to fight the Jew, and every imam on this planet knows it is.
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