Enemy Within: California Imam Marc Manley Exposed as a Dangerous, Racist, Antisemitic Hate Preacher Indoctrinating Students and Muslims (Video)

In a shocking November 17, 2023, Friday sermon at the Middle Ground Muslim Center in Upland, California, Imam Marc Manley, a controversial figure with affiliations to top U.S. universities, delivered a disturbing tirade against Israel, declaring that the country would be hanged from a rope “like the dogs that they are.” Expressing a deeply unsettling hope, he stated that he anticipates Allah blessing him to witness the last gasps of Israel.

Adding to the alarming rhetoric, Manley asserted that the actions of Zionists in Palestine and Gaza are driving people to convert to Islam while others are “seeing the light.” He claimed that this perceived desperation has led Israel to resort to fabricating videos, comparing the act to a Hollywood studio.

California Imam Marc Manley: The Israelis Are Fabricating Videos Like a Hollywood Studio, Lengthening the Rope That Will Eventually Hang Them Like the Dogs that They Are – May Allah Bless Me to Listen to Their Last Gasps #Israel #Hamas @imam_marc @mgmccali pic.twitter.com/LumxssJri8

— MEMRI (@MEMRIReports) November 21, 2023

Imam Marc Manley lashed out at The Middle East Media Research Institute for daring to showcase his hateful anti-Jewish rant. He smeared them as “Zionist dogs.”

The news site Breitbart detailed some parts of Manley’s rant:

“Do you think for one minute that these Zionists don’t know that what they are doing is evil? Of course, they do,” he said. “It’s part of their whole national anthem to remind everybody on the face of the earth of how their parents and grandparents were slaughtered in death camps in Poland and in Germany.”

“Of course, they know it’s evil,” he added.

Noting the recent trend of young Americans exploring Islam, Manley stated that “every day people are taking their Shahada [profession of faith] because of the evil that the Zionists are doing to our brothers and sisters in Palestine and Gaza.”

“People are becoming Muslim because of it. Even the people who aren’t becoming Muslim are seeing the light,” he added.

Calling Israel “desperate” as a result, he accused the Jewish state of “literally” fabricating videos “like a Hollywood studio.”

“They are constantly fabricating videos and getting caught, fabricating and getting caught,” he stated.

According to Manley, the practice is “only lengthening the rope that will eventually hang them like the dogs that they are.”

He also expressed his hope that “Allah will bless me to see the day that I get to listen to the last gasping breath of them hanging from the rope that Allah gave them to hang themselves.”

He also called for the complete eradication of the “Zionist dogs in Israel.”“Oh Allah, annihilate the Zionist dogs in Israel,” he said. “Annihilate them completely.”

Imam Marc Manley, who serves as the Religious Director for Middle Ground, has a controversial history marked by anti-Semitic pro-sharia views. As a convert to Islam in 1992, he has studied with Muslim teachers in Detroit, Philadelphia, and Saudi Arabia. Despite his controversial stances, he has been an active “educator,” teaching Arabic and Islamic Studies. He was even appointed as the Muslim Chaplain at the University of Pennsylvania and initiated the Muslim chaplaincy program at Drexel University.

Imam Marc Manley’s social media posts show a troubling and dangerous history.

Manley continuously denies that Hamas carried out the attack on October 7, dismissing the factual occurrence of slaughter, rape, and kidnapping against innocent Israeli citizens and Jews.

Imam Marc Manley, who once considered left-wing comedian and actor Michael Rapaport an ally, launched a racist rant against the Jewish Hollywood star after discovering Rapaport’s support for Israel and his criticism of Hamas. This seemed to infuriate Manley, who, in response, warned the black community about Rapaport, criticized him for being white, and accused him of supporting genocide due to Israel’s defense against a terrorist group that Manley seems to endorse.

Imam Marc Manley promoted the antisemitic conspiracy theory that alleges Jews and Israel were responsible for the 9/11 terrorist attacks:

Furthermore, he appears to mock the September Islamic terrorist attacks and expresses annoyance that they are memorialized.

Manley makes clear that Muslims forming alliances with Jews and Christians is a threat to the integrity of the Muslim faith.

These troubling revelations raise serious questions about the universities that permitted Manley to propagate his extremist Islamic views and indoctrinate Muslim students. Were the universities aware of the nature of his teachings during his tenure at the University of Pennsylvania and the Muslim chaplaincy program he founded at Drexel University? What type of engagement does he still have with these institutions?”

In light of these concerning developments, there is a growing need for institutions to address the rise of antisemitism and Islamic extremists within their ranks. Furthermore, concerns are mounting regarding how members of the Middle Ground Muslim Center are being indoctrinated with Imam Marc Manley’s radical sermons and lessons.