Dr. Sherif Gindy, CAIR-Linked Imam in Michigan Friday Sermon: Jihad is due; mosques in India destroyed, mosques in Europe shut down, and women all over the world are asked to remove the Hijab because Jihad was stopped.
In his May 23, 2025 Friday sermon at the Islamic Organization of North America (IONA) in Michigan, Dr. Sherif Gindy discussed the importance of Jihad. He said the reason mosques were destroyed in India, closed in the European Union, and Muslim girls were asked to remove their hijabs worldwide is because Jihad was “ceased.”
He explained that Jihad means defending Islam with force, power, and strength, as well as through non-violent means.
He then quoted a verse from the Quran in which the Jews told Moses they would not enter the Holy Land until the “ferocious people” left it.
Gindy asked what would make these “ferocious people” leave Jerusalem, saying it would not be “negotiations, treaties, the Camp David Accords,” bur rather, he stated: “They will not go out, except by force.”
It is worth noting that Sherif Gindy (also spelled Sharif Gindy), who immigrated to the United States from Egypt, was listed as a board member of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Michigan chapter as of December 2023.
Source: Online Platforms - "Islamic Organization of North America (IONA) on YouTube"