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The Republican candidate seeking Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr.'s seat in Congress produced what he says are anti-Israel statements uttered by a cleric leading one of the state's largest mosques, whom the congressman has supported in his fight against deportation.
On Friday, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach released English translations of mosque lectures in Arabic by Mohammed Qatanani, imam of the Islamic Center of Passaic County, which he contends contain anti-Israel messages.
He called on Qatanani, a Palestinian, to explain the statements. If he will not, he challenged Pascrell to disavow the imam, who federal prosecutors assert is affiliated with Hamas.