Tennessee Muslim Cleric Hate
Tennessee: Islamic scholar says ‘the Fourth of July has nothing to do with us…. Our allegiance is to Allah’
JUL 27, 2026 5:00 PM
BY ROBERT SPENCER
The inevitable question that arises in the wake of Hamaad El-Ameen’s
statements is this: Why is he in the U.S. at all? If Muslims who agree
with Hamaad El-Ameen have no allegiance to the United States, why do
they stay here at all? The answer is clear: they want to transform the
U.S. into an Islamic state, and are working energetically toward that
goal, while non-Muslim authorities remain completely clueless or
condemn any effort at resistance as “Islamophobic.”
“Chattanooga, TN Friday Sermon By Imam Hamaad El-Ameen: The Fourth Of
July Has Nothing To Do With Us; It Is Not A Declaration Of Independence
For Us; Our Allegiance Is To Allah,” MEMRI, July 3, 2026: In his July
3, 2026 Friday sermon at the Islamic Center of Chattanooga, Tennessee,
Islamic scholar Hamaad El-Ameen addressed community members who were
considering spending the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of
Independence barbecuing with their families….
Imam Hamaad El-Ameen: “250 years after the Declaration of Independence.
I know many of us have relatives that we want to sit with, but can we
sit with our relatives when they are barbecuing and drinking beer? Can
we do that? People barbecuing steaks, hamburgers, hotdogs, drinking
alcohol – can we as Muslims sit with them, smoking weed, playing all
kinds of foul music? Can we do that? I’m asking because we see it every
year.
“The Prophet said to leave all the things that don’t involve you, that
have nothing to do with you, leave it alone. The Fourth of July has
nothing to do with us. That is not a declaration of independence for
us. That is not the allegiance for us. Our allegiance is to Allah,
don’t forget that.”