Responding in a opinion piece for the New York Times, UCLA School of Law professor Khaled M. Abou El Fadl said the sermon had desecrated and defiled the podium of the prophet.
Akijibu katika kipande kidogo cha maoni katika gazeti la New York Times, Profesa katika shule ya Sheria ya UCLA, profesa Khaled M. Abou El Fadl alisema mawaidha yale yalinajisi na kuchafua misingi ya Mtume.