Israeli authorities have charged the imam of a mosque in Nazareth, Nazim Mahmoud Salim, with inciting violence against Pope Benedict during his 2009 visit to Israel and supporting al Qaeda. Salim is accused of preaching "an ideological world view identical to that of global jihad" in his sermons over the past decade and publishing materials supporting al Qaeda. He is also quoted from a 2009 sermon saying "the pope prepares himself at the gate of the Vatican and at the head of a crusade against the Islamic world...we will expel the pope from Nazareth." Salim remains in custody until the legal proceedings conclude.