Preacher at mosque near where Labour candidate was abused called for ‘destruction’ days after Oct 7

Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi,who is fighting for re-election as the Labour MP for Slough,was barracked as a 'Zionist devil'

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The YouTube video shows another speaker leading the Q&A and making several controversial comments about the Israel-Palestinian conflict.

“Zionism is a political perversion of Judaism,” the man tells the group. “True Torah Jews … they stick to the text,they don’t make it up as they go along,” he says.

“From our perspective we believe that all of Palestine should be ruled by Muslims and that the people are entitled to live there as long as they’re not criminals or whatever because Islam has never had a problem with Jews.”

‘Barbarity’

“If you take Islam or revelation away from your worldly affairs,you are left with barbarity. Genghis Khan,” he says. “Zionism is now the epitome that has surpassed the Tartars or the Mongols. Humanity has never known something like this,that’s what we’re dealing with.”

He also criticises the 1993 Oslo peace process between Israel and the Palestinian Liberation Organisation as “betrayal and treachery”.

The Al-Jannah mosque was contacted for comment.