Sheikh Omar Raghba Smashes Virgin Mary Statue In A Syrian Village: Allah Alone Will Be Worshipped In The Levant

Following are excerpts from a statement by Sheikh Omar Raghba in the Yakubiya village of Syria, which was posted on the Internet on October 23, 2013. Click here to view this clip on MEMRI TV Photographer: "Go ahead." Sheikh Omar Raghba: "Allah willing, Allah alone will be worshipped in the Levant, which will be ruled only by the law of Allah. The idols will be worshipped no more in the Levant, Allah willing. "We shall accept nothing but Allah, His religion, and the Sunna of His prophet." Smashes the statue of the Virgin Mary that he was holding Say: "Allah Akbar." People around him: "Allah Akbar." [...] Comments: This is their culture, it is not ours! Do not ask, direct, or force by making accusations that are completely unfounded any of us to support this behavior, to condone this behavior or to justify it because it is "their way of believing"-no, I no longer will sit still and say nothing!