Imam Mahmoud Abdel-Hady of the Maryum Islamic Center in Marriottsville, Md. made the comments in a video posted to the congregation's YouTube channel.
by JULIAN BARON | The National DeskImam Mahmoud Abdel-Hady of the Maryum Islamic Center Video has surfaced of a Baltimore-area Muslim leader calling the October 7 terrorist invasion of Israel a "great victory."a video"What happened during the seventh of this month was a victory," Imam Abdel-Hady is heard saying. "In a frame of time, that was a great victory.
"The term victory is used in the sense that it has compelled people to pay more attention to the history and current conditions faced by the Palestinian people," a spokesperson for the congregation told TND. "Our Imam has a 30-year tenure of peaceful, thoughtful, and engaging interfaith dialogue across the state of Maryland."
Abdel-Hady's remarks come amid a flurry of anti-Israel demonstrations in the Mid-Atlantic. In late October, anti-Israel protesters were seen in downtown Baltimore ripping down posters of Hamas hostages. One protester told TND they "support Hamas." Nearby George Mason University recently launched an investigation after an individual was caught on video tearing down similar Hamas hostage posters on its campus.
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