RCMP Investigating Muslim Preacher’s Call for Allah to Eradicate ‘Zionist Aggressors’

Adil Charkaoui, imam at the Centre Islamique Assahaba, made the speech during a pro-Palestine rally on Oct. 28.

Adil Charkaoui speaks at a legislature committee studying a bill on hate speech on September 15, 2015 at the legislature in Quebec City. Jacques Boissinot/The Canadian Press

The federal police force says it’s investigating a public speech by a Montreal Muslim preacher that called for Allah to exterminate “Zionist aggressors.”

Adil Charkaoui, imam at the Centre Islamique Assahaba, made a speech during a pro-Palestine rally on Oct. 28 and lashed out at Israel for its actions in Gaza following the Oct. 7 terrorist attack by Hamas.