Originally published under the title “‘Behead, Burn, And Crush Gays’ Islamic Preacher To Deliver 10 Days Of Lectures In London.”
Shaykh Hamza Sodagar says beheading is the “easiest” method of dealing with homosexuals. |
An Islamic preacher who has referred to non-Muslims as “kuffar” and preached on how to kill homosexuals is due to deliver a set of nightly lectures at an Iranian government-backed organisation in London, Breitbart London can reveal.
Shaykh Hamza Sodagar – who gained notoriety earlier this year for his lecture on “one of five” ways to kill homosexuals – is due to speak at the Islamic Republic of Iran School in north-west London between October 4th – 12th.
According to a speaker biography, Mr. Sodagar regards himself as a “role model” for “young Muslims all around the world.”
A recent video of the preacher features Mr. Sodagar stating: “If there’s homosexual men, the punishment is one of five things. One – the easiest one maybe – chop their head off, that’s the easiest. Second – burn them to death. Third – throw ‘em off a cliff. Fourth – tear down a wall on them so they die under that. Fifth – a combination of the above.”
As noted in 2014, he has also claimed Europeans and Americans are controlled by a “Zionist web of media is trying to control the minds of the people.”
The event is being organised by a group called the Ahlulbayt Islamic Mission, which also hosted Mr. Sodagar in 2014.
The Stand for Peace organisation notes that Ahlulbayt is a pro-Iranian regime group.
The group advertises “tours” of Iraq and Iran on its website, as well as organising “swimming for brothers” – swimming events catering solely for men and children – at a local pool in north London.
Raheem Kassam is a Shillman-Ginsburg fellow at the Middle East Forum and editor-in-chief of Breitbart London. Chris Tomlinson is a journalist at Breitbart.
