He was brought as a guest imam to assist with Ramadan services, a practice at the Al Aqsa mosque for many years, according to Samir Salah, a community activist and member of the Philadelphia Arab American Assocation.
Quickly, however, the mosque leaders and Gohorab had a falling out over his views, according to Arab community leaders. After a short time, the mosque "severed ties" with Gohorab, said to Shukri Khorchid, a mosque director.
"He's been very outspoken," said Samir Salah, a community leader. "He was too much for the Al Aqsa, politically, and very conservative in religious views. You could call him radical."
Salah added, "People who go to that mosque say that he is anti-Western. And he was anti the war in Iraq."
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