Sam Westrop – MiddleEastForum
A radical anti-Semitic, pro-Hezbollah Shia imam has been chosen to speak at President Trump’s inauguration on January 20.
Husham Al-Husainy is the imam of the Karbalaa Islamic Educational Center in Dearborn, Michigan.
Al-Husainy has a significant history of extremism. In 2015, he and his organization hosted a rally at the Karbalaa Islamic Educational Center, in which he wished death upon Saudi Arabia, and denounced Saudis as “agents of the Jews” whose “Zionist” planes “rain down” death upon the people of Yemen.
In 2006, at a pro-Hezbollah rally in Dearborn, Michigan, he “held the picture of Hezbollah leader [Hassan] Nasrallah aloft on the stage.”
A year later, Al-Husainy was at the center of media furor after expressing support for the designated terrorist organization Hezbollah.
HANNITY: I have a very hard time believing your explanation. I’m going to be honest. Will you — hang on a second. Will you believe, will you admit that Hezbollah is a terrorist organization, sir?
AL-HUSAINY: That is your explanation.
HANNITY: Is it?
AL-HUSAINY: But Hezbollah — sir, you give me time to explain.
HANNITY: This is a yes or no? Is Hezbollah a terrorist organization? Yes or no? Is Hezbollah…
AL-HUSAINY: No.