Mecca imam slammed for claiming Trump ‘steering world to peace’
The imam of the grand mosque of Mecca has claimed Donald Trump, the US and Saudi Arabia are “steering the world to peace”, in comments during a visit to New York that sparked an outcry on social media.
Abdulrahman al-Sudais said in a TV interview with Saudi channel Al Ekhbariya that Saudi Arabia and the United States are the “poles of influence in the world”.
They are “steering the world and humanity to the ports of security, peace and prosperity,” he added, claiming that the two countries should unite to “combat terrorism” and to “realise security and international peace”.
The conference, on ‘Civilisational communication between the United States of America and the Islamic World’, was held by the Muslim World League over two days and attracted representatives of Islamic institutions globally.
Sudais’ comments attracted criticism, with the hashtag #SudaisDeclarationDoesNotRepresentMe circulating in Arabic.
Many users criticised Sudais’ remarks and his praising of the US.
Sudais: “US is leading the world to peace.”
where? Afghanistan, Yemen, Iraq, Somalia or Syria, can anyone tell me?
#السديس_امريكا_تقود_العالم_للسلام طيب قنبلة هيروشيما ياشيخ وش وضعها؟
— Sultan! (@sulta1010) September 17, 2017
Translation: And how does the Hiroshima bomb fit into this?
