Alleged tolerance… Jordanian preacher complains of racism in UAE

A Jordanian-based preacher who obtained Emirati citizenship complained about his suffering and his family from racism in the UAE, which falsely adopts the slogan of tolerance.

Wasim Yousef published a video crying and complaining of mistreatment, how he and his family are being treated with racism and contempt.

Youssef said that he is receiving very poor treatment from the Emiratis, including the attack on his son and bullying against him on a daily basis.

“I swear to God, he hit my son, and if I had not feared defamation, I would have published his photo, and they would beat him and they would insult him.”

He returned to the department that he sold his car to pay his expenses and that the car he is riding now is from a friend who felt pity for him, and he returned and I swear to God that he does not own a car, and the lawyer took all his money for the case he brought to a group of Emiratis in the courts because of insulting him and attacking him.

Wasim Yusef was unknown a few years ago, but he topped the religious scene in the Gulf since 2012 in conjunction with the revolutions of the “Arab Spring”.

Youssef is not an Emirati, but rather a Jordanian citizen who hails from the Jordanian city of Irbid. He was granted Emirati citizenship in the year 2014, months after his imam occupied the Sheikh Zayed Mosque in the capital Abu Dhabi, the largest and most important mosque in the capital.

Wasim obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Sharia from Al-Balqa University in Jordan, then he studied MA in Interpretation of the Qur’an in 2009, became famous for interpreting dreams, and wrote books in which he provided marital advice, and gave many social lectures in Amman, Jordan.

Since his attack on the “Arab Spring” in 2012, he has played a significant role in the marketing of the UAE’s anti-political policies.

Wasim Yusuf al-Fadl is credited with the position he enjoys in the Emirates, as he was one of the first sheikhs to attack the revolutions of the “Arab Spring”, at a time when the majority of preachers supported departing from rulers and revolutionary movements.

He also considered that his position against the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt made him so popular that the small mosque in which he was preaching at the time of worshipers was filled two hours before Friday prayers to hear what he said.

Wasim Yusuf had previously declared his hostility to the religious trend in Saudi Arabia in 2015, when he accused Saudi preachers of being extremist ideologists, and sent them a message from a Saudi writer asking, why did you teach us to hate the other?

With Prince Muhammad bin Salman assuming the reign of Al-Ahd in Saudi Arabia, it seemed to everyone how strong the relationship between the young prince and the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, was. As the secular tendency of Muhammad bin Salman grew and his relationship with the religious current dried up, Wasim Yousef developed his accent with the Saudi preachers, to the extent of threatening them to arrest them live.

On the “Abu Dhabi” channel, he answered one of the callers that everyone who attacked them sits in the prisons of Saudi Arabia. The caller replied that the Islamic preacher, Dr. Abdul Aziz Al-Fawzan, was one of the people who were incited by the Emirati preacher, and he was not arrested yet. The last reply was, “Wait, wait … the days are between us.”

Indeed, al-Fawzan, a professor of comparative jurisprudence, was arrested 5 days after Yusuf’s speech.