Last updated: Mar. 10, 2026

Fadi Kablawi

Fadi Kablawi is an imam and dentist who celebrated Hamas terrorism, promoted antisemitism and called for Israel’s destruction while giving a sermon at a November 2023 prayer service.

Kablawi made his remarks in the wake of a series of Hamas terror atrocities and war crimes against Israeli civilians, including mass murder, torture, rape, beheadings and kidnappings, which were executed on October 7, 2023.

The Hamas terror attacks left over 1,200 Israelis dead, hundreds kidnapped and thousands wounded. Israel retaliated with a war called “Swords of Iron.”

Hamas has been designated as a terrorist organization by the U.S., Canada, European Union, Israel and other countries. It is a branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, has promoted antisemitism on religious grounds, and has called for a global caliphate and the destruction of the State of Israel.

Founded in 1987, it has killed thousands of Israeli civilians in mass shootings and suicide bombings. Hamas has kidnapped children, families and the elderly, holding them hostage in Gaza. It has desecrated [slide 7] dead bodies and launched numerous rocket attacks against Israeli civilians.

In 2017, Kablawi was arrested [00:00:31] after being accused of Medicaid fraud.

In a November 24, 2023 sermon, Kablawi celebrated [00:00:16] Hamas terrorism, promoted [00:00:28] antisemitism multiple times [00:02:40] and called for [00:02:49] Israel’s destruction. He gave the sermon at the Masjid As Sunnah An Nabawiyyah Miami mosque in North Miami, Florida, where he served as imam.

In the sermon, Kablawi said [00:00:16], referring to the Hamas October 7, 2023, terror attacks: “When we say Gaza has revived the heart of the ummah [Muslim nation], we are not exaggerating.”

Kablawi then referred [00:00:28] to the Jews, saying: “[It is] time for us to start…believing in Allah's words about these people. They will never, ever fulfill their agreement with you.”

Kablawi then said [00:01:22]: “We, as Muslims, need to keep our mind and our eyes toward the prize…From the River to the Sea…We want the whole Muslim world free. Not only Palestine. We want Egypt free. We want Jordan…Syria…Morocco free…Pakistan…Bangladesh…Dagestan…Chechnya free. We want every Muslim land: Malaysia, Indonesia…Saudi Arabia and the Gulf. All these lands must be freed and back to the deen [religion] of Muhammad. That is the real freedom.”

“From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be Free!” is a chant used [00:02:47] to call for the elimination of the State of Israel. It has also been employed by Hamas leader Khaled Mashal to call for the replacement of Israel with an Islamic state. In April 2024, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution condemning the chant as antisemitic.

Kablawi continued [00:02:25]: "The real freedom for a Muslim is when the Sharia of Allah is established the way Allah wants. And…that is freedom for mankind, for humanity.”

Kablawi later prayed [00:02:40] in Arabic: “Oh Allah, support our brothers in Palestine against the tyrannical Jews!…support our brothers in Gaza against the tyrannical Jews!”

Immediately afterward, Kablawi said [00:02:49], also in Arabic: “Oh Allah, bring annihilation upon the Zionists…shake the ground under their feet…shatter their unity, disperse their gathering, and make their hearts quake.”