Bernie Sanders endorsed by Imam who said ISIS is 'arm of the Zionists'

[Jose Garcia]

According to reports at Middle East Eye, Sayed Hassan al-Qazwini, a local imam, addressed a Dearborn rally in Arabic on Saturday, encouraging support for Sanders.

US Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders was endorsed at a recent rally on Saturday by an imam who has previously claimed that ISIS atrocities benefit “Zionists,” and claimed falsely that Israel was never targeted by ISIS.

According to reports at Middle East Eye, Sayed Hassan al-Qazwini, a local imam, addressed a Dearborn rally in Arabic on Saturday, encouraging support for Sanders.

More: https://m.jpost.com/Diaspora/Bernie-Sanders-endorsed-by-Imam-who-said-ISIS-is-arm-of-the-Zionists-620439

[George II]

1. He should disavow this "endorsement" IMMEDIATELY!

[Hortensis]

2. Noting Imam al-Qazwini was a speaker at Sanders' rally, not

a distant endorser Sanders couldn't reject.

Reportedly on another occasion this aggressive trouble-sower, typical in that of many of Sanders' surrogates, described Sanders as an “honorable man, even though he is a Jew.”

... “I’ve been covering this since 2016, and if you want to dissect the phenomenon of Arab Americans for Bernie, I think we should start with the fact that many young people are backing Bernie Sanders,” says Middle East Eye reporter Ali Harb. “Arab Americans are a young population in this country, so you see a draw towards his campaign from young Arab Americans who are more politically involved than the older Arab-American generation.”

Harb suggests that many Arab Americans respond well to Sanders’ policy goals. He says that though not all Arab Americans prefer Sanders as a Democratic nominee, and some support President Donald Trump, Sanders’ success within the Michigan Arab-American community ...

Zahr cautions against treating the Arab-American community as a monolith or mistaking it for the Muslim-American community. “The Arab-American community is very diverse. We should be careful not to conflate the terms ‘Arab’ and ‘Muslim,’” he says. “Half of the Arab-American community in America is Christian. And remember, most Muslims in America are not Arab.”
https://www.michiganradio.org/post/why-arab-american-voters-are-going-bernie-sanders

[showblue22]

3. I'm not surprised at all. nt

[nolawarlock]

4. Shocker! [/sarcasm] n/t