NEW YORK (JTA) – Jewish groups have joined Christian and gay advocacy groups in condemning an Islamic scholar in Canada for making anti-Jewish and anti-gay statements.
According to the Canadian Jewish News, Abdullah Hakim Quick said that Islam’s “third-holiest shrine [should be purified] from the filth of Christians and Jews,” and in a lecture commented that the Islamic position on homosexuality is that it is punishable by death.
Quick, an American who converted to Islam and received his doctorate in history from the University of Toronto, is teaching an 18-week history seminar at the school on the Islamic prophet Muhammad that is supposed to run through the end of semester. Some have called for the university to cancel the seminar.
His statements surfaced last month when the Islamic Education and Research Academy began publicizing its Calling the World Back to Allah conference in Toronto and Montreal. Quick is among the scheduled speakers. Read the rest on: JTA
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