IMAM DISHES SOME HOLY BALONEY
The New York Post ^ | March 11, 2006 | By NILES LATHEM and JOHN MAZOR
March 11, 2006 -- The city's Muslim prison chaplain suspended for making extremist remarks compared himself to Jesus, Moses and Mohammed yesterday in an indignant defense of his actions to worshippers at his mosque. The sermon came a day after Mayor Bloomberg placed the ex-con preacher on administrative leave from his $76,000-a-year job as chief of ministerial services at the Department of Correction.
Imam Umar Abdul-Jalil struck a defiant and angry tone during prayers at his Masjidus Sabur mosque in Harlem. In his hour-long address, Abdul-Jalil slammed "slander-mongers and hatemongers [who] come looking for controversy."
"I'm willing to bet that if Moses, Jesus and the Prophet Mohammed were living in this time, in this world, they would probably put them in jail, saying they were sowing dissention and creating sedition," Abdul-Jalil said.
"Whatever you see written, I can bet my soul on it that it's nothing but lies and fabrications, innuendo and an attempt to slander somebody's character, and people's attempt to try and pull African-Americans into some of this political foolishness," added Abdul-Jalil, who plans a press conference tomorrow.
Bloomberg and other top city officials continued to wrestle with what to do about Abdul-Jalil, a 56-year-old father of three who has been working in the city prison system since 1993 and was promoted to head minister in 2004
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