THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - Pro-Hamas California Imam Claims Columbus Found Mosques in the Americas.
Imam Amir Abdel Malik Ali's controversial remarks about Islam's historical presence in the Americas and his past radical rhetoric have drawn scrutiny.
Imam Amir Abdel Malik Ali’s controversial remarks about Islam’s historical presence in the Americas and his past radical rhetoric have drawn scrutiny. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: California imam Amir Abdel Malik Ali claimed during a sermon that Islam existed in the Americas before Christianity and asserted that Christopher Columbus saw a mosque when he arrived in the region, remarks that conflict with the historical record. DETAIL: A surviving abstract of Columbus’s October 29 journal entry describes a Cuban mountain as resembling “a graceful mosque,” referring to the landscape rather than an actual mosque. Ali used the abstract to argue that Muslims and Islam would play a major role in America’s future, saying Islam and…Open
AI:California Imam Amir Abdel Malik Ali is propagating a radical revisionist narrative by claiming that Christopher Columbus encountered mosques upon his arrival in the Americas. During a sermon at Masjid Al-Islam in Oakland, Ali distorted historical journal entries to assert that Islam predates Christianity in the Western Hemisphere and claimed that the Quran and Sunnah provide the only solution to save the United States. This latest attempt to rewrite American history follows a long career of extremist rhetoric from Ali, who has previously justified suicide bombers as freedom fighters and praised Hamas leaders as martyrs. His efforts to plant seeds of religious entitlement through historical disinformation represent a continued push by…Open