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Elsayed told worshippers, "Islam forbids you to give allegiance to those who kick you off your homeland, and to those who support those who kick you off your homeland,"and explained afterwards the statements are in opposition to US foreign policy, not against
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mosque for several years. "Dar al-Hijrah is a very Arab-centric mosque, very much centered on Arab politics." Elsayed unequivocally condemns terrorism and states that the mosque actively publicizes it to the public.
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issue, I don't know what is." After Al-Timini's conviction, Elsayed said that "Ali never opened a weapon or fired a shot, and he is going to get
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