# What are the allegations against the Quran reciter on Twitter?

*The masala segment: allegations on Twitter against a well-known Quran reciter*

- URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/a6h5lye4mn8/s/38/
- Date: 2020-07-14 · Kind: lesson · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth 173 (2:12:50–2:17:52)
- Status: a view quoted in order to be discussed, not a position held
- Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6H5lYE4MN8&t=7970s
- Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/a6h5lye4mn8/

**Topics:** Cults, clergy and religious abuse; Social media

**Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** Mufti Abu Layth shows the allegations circulating on Twitter against a well-known Quran reciter, says he cannot tell whether they are true, and says criminal claims should go to the police.

## Longer summary

Mufti Abu Layth opens his masala segment, previewing a viral clip of a preacher and a scandal that has blown up on Twitter concerning a well-known young Quran reciter, named on air by his first name [?]. He shows posts warning people to protect Muslim sisters from him, which go back as far as eight years and include very serious allegations, among them abuse and rape, and jokes in passing about the name and Sultan al-Fatih. He says he does not know whether these things are true, and that if they are criminal as stated there should be a police investigation. He reads a post alleging that the reciter fled the US, and a woman's account of meeting him in high school that turned rough, and says that as a bystander it is very difficult to tell who is telling the truth.

## Transcript (machine tier, 2:12:50–2:17:52)

[2:12:14] it Laith is it permissible to be fat ugly Ganu i ugly good right well you know what can I say what can I say right so what about the animals is following any mom right let's take a look at people's people's people's let's

[2:12:50] take a look at some let's get to the masala segment of rice oh we've got quite a few things going on people I've seen a few different things first of all this one is our regular our pillar of Dawa aka that woman and some videos that were viral on twitter to do with him and the tweet actually said that if you're having a bad day just remembered our man struggles to go outside because of women

[2:13:29] and in this heartfelt video I did feel you know he's kind of like really pouring his heart out I'll so we'll just go into that and the other thing is this being appeared about there's been all this Twitter I kind of blow up on a scandal scandal to do with a [ __ ] on reciter Fatiha ha ha ha ha so ok let's take a quick look at some of these shall we look at the fatty I think first go on then so

[2:14:08] people this is what was going on there were all of these things on social media you know this this thing please protect your Muslim sisters from this man apparently they were saying look the problem is though how do we know whether you know it's because people do there was this one hello I'm from the ISP community fatiah was a young boy a young adult I think a lot of these were from many years ago so they seem to be going back I think even up to eight years ago some of them he was rumored to do things

[2:14:44] in the closet closet thing is is all about but so mentioned so some people obviously jumping to defend father Fatih speaking from Sultan Fatih who we've come too far here who's also on a liberation campaigned he's also you know in liberation Arabic they call it Fatah opening he's also opening ways opening these ones are other openings you know these are the opening you know there's

[2:15:22] one opening they say but ah well you conquer the but it means Fatih have means to open but a city like Stan and the aya sofia and then here this party from fatty-fatty and all the Fatah in between so if we go back somebody saying what is the hukum this great wisdom in why two women witnesses can be warning me me me right so you've got this somebody said huh

[2:16:02] still together so you can see people claiming all these kind of things I don't know they're throwing very harsh allegations around like even rape I mean I don't know if these things are true because how do you know if they are they've really should you know do something they should be if it's criminal the way they're stating they should be a police investigation really somebody has said what terrifies me is Akana every year I bump into many of his rape victims hmm this piece of beep has

[2:16:40] fled the u.s. he's not even allowed to work here I mean I hmm and then there was this one which I don't know if you can to add on Fattah when I was in high school in 2012-2013 I think that means like the college equivalent so basically she's saying he used to pick her up from the house these to hang out they'd go to a parking garage and there do physical things I let him kiss me at first but then he started getting really rough with my

[2:17:14] breasts so he's saying well they started getting rough with the breasts and left bruises on them but then she I think continued to meet up with him and then she was manipulated and you see the problem is you see this is the issue that they obviously are a lot of grievances going on because this had really blown up on Twitter

## Cite

Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment a6H5lYE4MN8/s/38. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/a6h5lye4mn8/s/38/

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