On August 2, 2025, the Islamic Center of South Florida (ICOSF) once again made a public and shocking endorsement of extremism, when it livestreamed a funeral officiated by radical imam Fadi Kablawi. For most houses of worship, a funeral is a sacred, solemn moment of unity and respect. But for ICOSF, it became yet another platform to elevate a hate preacher known for spewing vile rhetoric against Jews, Christians, women, and even fellow Muslims.
This wasn’t an isolated mistake. It was part of a pattern of behavior – one that stretches back years – showing a disturbing willingness by ICOSF to not only tolerate Kablawi but to integrate him into their most sacred religious functions. In doing so, the mosque continues to publicly align itself with a figure who has called for violent jihad and the extermination of Jews.
ICOSF, Kablawi, and the Targeting of Jews and Christians
Kablawi is the senior imam of Masjid As-Sunnah An-Nabawiyyah in North Miami, a hardline mosque where he regularly delivers sermons (khutbahs) laced with bigotry, conspiracy theories, and incitement. Kablawi’s reach, though, has extended to the more mainstream ICOSF. Between April and October 2022, ICOSF brought Kablawi in – at least five times – to deliver its own Friday sermons.
Kablawi has called Jews “the lowest of the lowest,” mocked them as “cheap” due to “a punishment from Allah,” claimed that most Jews are Russian imposters, and in April 2024, prayed for their outright annihilation.
Kablawi, as well, has targeted Christians. In January 2019, he stated that “Christianity can compete for first place in stupidity.” In September 2021, he said that, when he approaches a Christian to proselytize to him, “I’m not going [up] to a Christian to tell him ‘I hate you’… but that does not deny the fact I do.” Kablawi said he doesn’t hate Christians for their race or nationality – he said he hates them for their very existence.
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Author: Ruth King
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