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“Italy Expels Muslim Cleric Who Called to 'Kill Jews'”
by Arutz Sheva   
August 5th, 2014

Italy said Tuesday it is expelling a Moroccan imam caught on video inciting violence against Jews during Israel's offensive against Hamas terrorists in Gaza, as reported by Arutz Sheva Monday.

The cleric was filmed during a Friday sermon in a mosque near Venice last month calling for Jews to be killed "one by one", according to the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), which published the video on its website.  

Interior Minister Angelino Alfano said he had ordered the expulsion of Raoudi Aldelbar "for seriously disturbing public order, being a danger to national security and for religious discrimination," after experts carried out a thorough examination of the footage.

Aldelbar, an imam in the town of San Dona di Piave in northern Italy, appeared in the video to launch into a diatribe against the Jews, in which he said: "Oh Allah, bring upon them that which will make us happy. Count them one by one, and kill them one by one."  

Alfano said the speech was "unacceptable" as it was "of clear anti-Semitic tone, containing explicit incitements to violence and religious hate".  

Italy, like many other European countries, has experienced a wave of anti-Semitic attacks and incitement in recent months. Among other incidents, vandals scrawled anti-Semitic graffiti Rome, and a prominent Italian philosopher issued an alarming call to "shoot Zionists".

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