UIC Muslim student sparks row, calls America ‘Cancer’ in viral video; leave then, says netizens

Mohammad Nusairat, a Muslim student from the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) class of 2025, has sparked controversy after a video of him delivering a sermon on May 3, 2024, went viral on social media.
In the video, Nusairat referred to America, the American government, secularism, democracy, and capitalism as “cancers that have spread their illness all over the world.”
“America is the cancer.America, the American government, secularism, democracy, capitalism, these are cancers that have spread their illness all over the world – in America and in the Middle East. In America, over here, people have the freedom to – again, as I’ve said before – commit zina [fornication] but when you speak up, it’s a problem,” Nusairat said in the video.

Nusairat, who is pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Data Science with a Concentration in Computer Science at UIC, claimed that Muslims are tired of the American government and democracy, and they desire a new way of life. His speech has drawn significant criticism on social media, with many users suggesting he should leave the country if he holds such views.
In the same video, another individual named Musab Kazi, during a Friday sermon at the UIC MSA on April 26, 2024, stated that the liberation of Palestine will not be achieved through the efforts of America, congressmen, or senators, but rather by the Muslim nation. Kazi referred to the “Muslims of strength” present in the room as being capable of saving Masjid Al-Aqsa from the hands of the “oppressors.”