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| "] has created the woman - even if she gets a PhD - deficient. Her intellect is incomplete, deficient. She may be suffering from hormones that will make her emotional. It takes two witnesses of a woman to equal the one witness of the man. | "] has created the woman - even if she gets a PhD - deficient. Her intellect is incomplete, deficient. She may be suffering from hormones that will make her emotional. It takes two witnesses of a woman to equal the one witness of the man. | ||
| Usamah then claims in a video response found on Google Video that the video footage filmed by the Dispatches programme was "taken out of context" |
Usamah then claims in a video response found on Google Video that the video footage filmed by the Dispatches programme was "taken out of context". | ||
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Abu Usamah is one of the main imams at Green Lane Masjid in Birmingham, England.
Background
Usamah is an American convert to Islam who studied at Medinah University in Saudi Arabia. Usamah is an African-American from Queens, New York
Controversy
In January 2007, Usamah was filmed in a Channel 4 ''Dispatches''investigation Undercover Mosque preaching in the UK
Among the comments he was filmed making were: "No one loves the kuffaar, not a single person here loves the kuffaar."
"Muslims shouldn't be satisfied with living in anything other than a total Islamic state."
"Allah has created the woman - even if she gets a PhD - deficient. Her intellect is incomplete, deficient. She may be suffering from hormones that will make her emotional. It takes two witnesses of a woman to equal the one witness of the man.
Usamah then claims in a video response found on Google Video that the video footage filmed by the Dispatches programme was "taken out of context".