Ashraf Dabous said that rioters had been misled by 'individuals who do not have their best interests at heart'
An imam from an extremist-led London mosque has blamed “Zionists” for the violent immigration riots that shook the UK.
Ashraf Dabous, of the Lewisham Islamic Centre, said that rioters were being “manipulated and misguided” so that supporters of the state of Israel could vilify Muslims.
An imam from an extremist-led London mosque has blamed “Zionists” for the violent immigration riots that shook the UK.
Ashraf Dabous, of the Lewisham Islamic Centre, said that rioters were being “manipulated and misguided” so that supporters of the state of Israel could vilify Muslims.
Press TV, Iran’s state-funded channel, made similar assertions where they forged supposed links between the rioters and “the Zionist entity”.
Dabous, who has been deputy imam at the mosque since 2017, made the remarks during a sermon last week that was then posted on the centre’s YouTube channel.
He said that riots, which broke out after the murder of three young girls in Southport at the beginning of the month, were fuelled by misinformation spread by supporters of Israel.
The imam conceded that the rioters were prejudiced but said they had been misled by “individuals who do not have their best interests at heart”.
He went on: “It’s quite well known now publicly, due to information that has been released online, that their manipulators are Zionists and they are supporters of the state of Israel.
“With ground that has been lost over the past few months, something had to take place that would try to win some ground back for the Zionist agenda. What a better way than to paint the Muslims being savages and killers and barbaric, which in reality is a projection of the Zionist state itself.”
