Palestinian Islamic scholar Sheikh Yousef Abu Islam said in an address at a mosque in Silat Al-Harithiya in the Jenin Governorate that in The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, the Jews outline a plot to engross people in sports such as soccer. He explained that the end goal is for people to “annihilate” one another until only the Jews are left, and he gave the example of how sports fans from the same nation often support opposing teams. He said that this is one of the Jews’ goals, and that they want to transform sports from a means to train men, women, and children for Jihad into an “organized means of distracting entertainment.” He also said that the Jews do not want Muslims to think about liberating “occupied” Muslims lands such as Spain and Palestine. He added: “As sons of the Islamic nation, we must not follow them like they want us to.” Sheikh Abu Islam’s address was posted to the Aqsa Call YouTube channel on December 21, 2022. For more information about Sheikh Yousef Abu Islam, see MEMRITV Clip no 9661.
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