March 15, 2021 Special Dispatch No. 9234 Michigan Imam Mustapha Elturk: Most Jews Disobey Allah; Some Jews And Christians Do Our Work For Us; 'The Muslims Will Eventually Take Jerusalem Back' March 15, 2021 Michigan imam Mustapha Elturk, Ameer of the Islamic Organization of North America (IONA) said that Muslims should not avoid joining hands with likeminded people, even if they are Jews, because "not all of them are bad." He made these remarks in a Friday sermon delivered at the IONA in Warren, Michigan on March 5, 2021. The sermon was posted on IONA's official YouTube account on March 8, 2021. Elturk said that while most of the Jews are disobedient to Allah, some Jews and Christians are in fact, "doing the work for us." The version of the sermon posted on IONA’s YouTube account seems as though it has been edited. Elturk immigrated to the United States from Lebanon during the Lebanese civil war, and he is active in interfaith initiatives in Detroit area. On March 8, 2020, U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) retweeted a video of Imam Elturk endorsing Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) for President.