Egypt: Minister of Religious Endowments approvingly cites genocidal hadith: "Oh Muslim, oh servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him"

What will he say if challenged? That media attention to this is all a Zionist plot designed to discredit Islam? That he was quoted out of context? That no one believes this hadith is really applicable to modern times? Maybe we should start a pool. "Egyptian Minister of Religious Endowments Ali Afifi Cites Antisemitic Hadith: The Muslims Will Kill the Jews on Judgment Day," from MEMRI, March 14 (thanks to David):

Following are excerpts from an interview with Egyptian Minister of Religious Endowments Ali Afifi, which aired on Sada Al-Balad TV on March 14, 2013.

Interviewer: Will you visit Israel only with a Palestinian visa?

Ali Afifi: This is premature. Let's wait until it happens. However, we hope that the words of the Prophet Muhammad will be fulfilled: "Judgment Day will not come before the Muslims fight the Jews, and the Jews will hide behind the rocks and the trees, but the rocks and the trees will say: Oh Muslim , oh servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him – except for the gharqad tree, which is one of the trees of the Jews."

We fully believe that the future of this land lies with Islam and the Muslims.

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