Jewish group is considering sending people into a Newmarket mosque for services to investigate the involvement of controversial Richmond Hill imam Zafar Bangash.
Meir Weinstein, Jewish Defence League Canada national director, said his group will keep a close eye on the mosque if the facility’s executive does not condemn the views of Bangash, the president of the Islamic Society of York Region, which has the Newmarket mosque under its umbrella.
“We will continue to apply pressure and continue to monitor in the best way we can with investigators and police agencies,” said Weinstein, one of 10 people at a protest opposing Bangash’s link with the recently approved mosque yesterday outside Newmarket’s municipal offices.
Asked if that means asking supporters of the group to attend services, Weinstein said, “More than likely.”
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so… correct me if I’m wrong (like I need to say that). I always thought that it was not permissible to go into a mosque (church, quaker meeting hall, etc.)
my inderstanding is that mosques usually have guards at the doors and only let in those that want to let in.
Why would this group announce that what they are going to do? If they are going to do some covert investigating, wouldn’t it make more sense for them not to have telepraphed those intentions?
Also, didn’t the Rambam consider Islam as non-idolatrous, so that the prohibition against going into a house of idolatry (such as a x’ian church for Jews) would not apply?