Palestinians did not cross into Israel and start killing people unprovoked – there Is something there called Al-Aqsa and it is ours - the Jews lost their right to it by disbelieving in the Prophet.

Tarik Ata, the Imam of the Orange Country Islamic Foundation, said that the October 7 attack did not happen in a vacuum, Palestinians did not cross into Israel and start killing people unprovoked. He said that the Jews have forfeited their right to the land because they disbelieved in the Prophet Muhammad and that now it is the Muslims who hold the message of Allah, therefore the Al-Aqsa Mosque belongs to them, and they will retake it.

He was speaking at an event titled “Islamic History and the Significance of Palestine,” which was organized by California’s Chino Valley Islamic Center in collaboration with California Polytechnic State University’s Muslim Student Association.