Please put Peoria Illinois Imam Mazhar Mahmood and the Islamic Foundation of Peoria on the highest level of terror watch for invoking Muhammad's example to justify hostility toward Jews.

The Middle East Media Research Institute reports: Imam Mazhar Mahmood of the Islamic Foundation of Peoria, IL, said in his August 8, 2025 Friday sermon that "alleged" Muslims suggest building "political situations" with the Zionists for the sake of stability, and he asked whether Muslims have "stooped so low." He prayed for Allah to liberate the Al-Aqsa Mosque from the "filth of the plundering Jews." Mahmood urged Muslims to understand their legacy and learn why the Prophet Muhammad expelled the Jews from Medina, telling a narrative from early Islamic days, of Jews harassing a Muslim woman.

This sermon is most likely not the only message of hate against Jews as well as against Christians and infidels spewed out by this imam or the Islamic Foundation of Peoria.

This imam’s dangerous message is posted online for all Islamists and unhinged leftists to be inspired by. 

Advocating such hate is a clear warning sign that hostility may follow.

Please put Peoria Illinois Imam Mazhar Mahmood, the Islamic Foundation of Peoria and suspicious visitors to the Islamic Foundation of Peoria social media on the highest level of terror watch.