US Police Skips Prosecution of Assailants against Washington D.C. Imam at Mosque

Rasa - The Imam of Masjid al-Islam in Washington, who's a strong critic of US policies and its support for Israel, continues to receive death threats with the US police department ignoring the danger to his life.

News ID: 441606

Date: 19 November 2018 - 10:59

RNA - On November 4, two gunmen attacked Imam Abdul Alim Musa in California and violently assaulted him.

In an interview on Sunday, the Imam said the attack was a coordinated attempt by the US administration.

He said that the two gunmen ran into the mosque's yard while screaming, first threatened him with their guns and then started beating and injuring his head until he started bleeding.

Imam Musa has filed a complaint against the two assailants at the city police department and informed the law enforcement of the assailants' identity, but his case has not yet been seriously pursued after two weeks.

Imam Musa said that he has visited the police station twice since November 4 but without any results, adding that he will pursue his lawsuit again on Monday.

He believes that the two assailants are the US government's agents and have close cooperation with the police and that's why the case is ignored.

In a relevant incident in 2014, a group of gunmen had also attacked Imam Musa in Oakland, California, and violently assaulted him.

The imam is the director and founder of As-Sabiqun with branches in Oakland, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, San Diego and Sacramento. He is also founder and director of the Islamic Institute of Counter-Zionist American Psychological Warfare, and is a member of the Institute of Contemporary Islamic Thought.

In his remarks in 2016, the imam — an African American convert to Islam — had accused Zionists of creating “a Hitlerian” environment “exactly like the one that existed in Germany before World War II”.

Zionists brought Donald Trump to the White House, and did so in order to “maintain their global power,” he said at the time.

“They (the Zionists) will bring a fool to power any time they can to do their bidding,” the Imam added.

Source: Fars News Agency

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