Haitham al-Haddad

Shaykh Haitham al-Haddad is a London-based Salafisthttps://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/haitham-al-haddad-adulterous-western-women-are-begging-to-be-stoned-to-death-0gzhd3mk0 and Islamic scholar of Palestinian origins who has attracted controversy for his extreme views.
Haddad has delivered sermons at the al-Muntada al-Islami mosque in London in which he has reportedly described Jews as "the enemies of God, and the descendants of apes and pigs" (while claiming no one should be able to insult Islam because no one is allowed to insult any religion'I'm not radical'), pointed to the Protocols of the Elders of Zion as evidence of a Jewish conspiracy, justified the execution of "those who compose heretical writings" (noting that "in the West they are known as creative writers", a possible reference to Salman Rushdie) and stated that "Muslims should prevent [non-Muslims] from ruling any country with a law other than the shari’ah and Muslims should rule the entire planet with this Islamic law", amongst other things.
Haddad wrote an article for Islamic Awakening condemning the use of musical instruments, entitled "Music: A Prohibited and Fake Message of Love and Peace". He argues that "embedded within [music] is a culture of permissiveness and liberalism". "I attended a major Islamic event, at the end of which there was an 'Islamic concert'", he says. "I could not believe what was being done in the name of Islam! Members of the opposite sex where freely mixing, so much so that they were sitting next each other and their thighs were touching."http://www.islamicawakening.com/viewarticle.php?articleID=1309
He is also a representative of Britain's largest sharia body, the Leyton-based Islamic Sharia Council.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16522447 This organisation's website tells women that, if they do not have sex when their husbands want to, they will be cursed by angels until morning; this will happen even if the woman is afraid of sex due to a history of child sexual abuse.Wayback Machine archive of Denying husband's marital rights The site also defends the Qu'ran's assertion that the testimony in court of one man is equal to that of two womenWayback Machine archive of On the testimony of women and argues that Muslims who criticise the practice of stoning will be sent to hell.Wayback Machine archive of Deeming Shariah (islamic law) as incompetent
In a Q&A session that was filmed and posted online, Haddad was asked by a member of the audience how old teenage girls should be when they marry; he replied by saying that Islamic law has no minimum age. "Thirteen, fourteen?" asked the audience member. "The earlier is the better," replied Haddad; "but you have to be careful of the legal issues."http://youtu.be/fST0Vmyim44?t=12m56s 
Haddad is a regular guest at the East London Mosque.http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/andrewgilligan/100124465/east-london-mosque-have-a-happy-extremist-christmas/http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/andrewgilligan/100069599/christmas-at-the-east-london-mosque-seasons-rantings-from-your-favourite-islamic-extremists/ He has also been invited to speak at various British universities, including the University College London,Wayback Machine archive of How UCL Authorities Ignored Islamist Extremism the University of East London (at which he taught a course),http://www.studentrights.org.uk/article/1632/uel_hosts_extremist_preacher_haitham_al_haddad the City University,http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/showthread.php?69631-City-ISoc-Annual-Dinner-Fleeing-to-Allaah-Sh.-Ash-Shatri-Sh.-Al-Luhaidan-18-3-11 the London South Bank Universityhttp://hurryupharry.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/haddad-south-bank-2009.jpg and the London School of Economics - although the LSE had the sense to cancel his talk after complaints from Jewish students.http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/63185/lse-cancels-extremist-speaker-event
Faced with criticism, he has claimed to be the victim of a "smear campaign conducted by the British Zionist lobby". Not that old chestnut again, surely, Mr. Haddad?Cleric did say “Jews are descendants of apes and pigs” 
==See also==
* Islamic Education & Research Academy
==References==
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