In 1992, shortly after the Rodney King riots in Los Angeles, Siraj Wahhaj gave a sermon in which he advocated harnessing street violence in the United States for the benefit of Islam.
Part I and Part II of the sermon entitled Stand up for justice were still available on islamweb.net in December 2013. The quality of the audio is very poor. Point de Bascule has archived excerpts of the conclusion of the sermon from Part II.
Stand up for justice – Part I: http://www.islamweb.net/emainpage/index.php?page=lectures&Option=author&Author=Siraj Wahaj
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Stand up for justice – Part II: http://www.islamweb.net/emainpage/index.php?page=lectures&Option=author&Author=Siraj Wahaj
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Conclusion of the sermon (from Part II): http://youtu.be/tN4UfMieWE8
Below, minutes identify the following quotes in the original islamweb.net recordings and in the excerpts archived by Point de Bascule:
Islamweb.net Stand up for justice Part II 16:53 / Excerpts PdeB 00:34 – We don’t need to arm the people with 9mms and Uzis. You need to arm them with righteousness first. And once you arm them with righteousness first, then you can arm them (with weapons).”
Islamweb.net Stand up for justice Part II 19:00 / Excerpts PdeB 01:02 – If we go to war, brothers and sisters – one day we will, believe me – that’s why you’re commanded (to fight in) jihad.”
Islamweb.net Stand up for justice Part II 19:48 / Excerpts PdeB 01:49 – They (Youth who feel excluded) need to get out of the street and get into the masjid (mosque), learn Islam and then get (back) in the street. Because these people got guts and courage a lots of Muslims don’t have …
The book Muslim Mafia (pp. 136-137) presents more quotes from Siraj Wahhaj’s sermon.
