A Jordanian imam has prompted outrage by quoting an anti-Semitic verse that calls for Jewish people to be killed during a sermon at a Montreal mosque, a report said Thursday.

The cleric, Sheikh Muhammad bin Musa Al Nasr, is believed to have been invited as a guest to the Dar Al-Arqam Mosque in the Canadian city's Saint-Michel neighborhood in December, CBC reported.

A Jewish advocacy group lodged a police complaint Monday against the imam, who quoted a verse stating: 'O Muslim, O servant of Allah, O Muslim, O servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him,' according to a translation verified by the outlet.

The larger Muslim community has condemned the use of the verse and has called on the mosque to apologize.

Jordanian imam Sheikh Muhammad bin Musa Al Nasr (pictured) has prompted outrage by quoting an anti-Semitic verse during a sermon at a Montreal mosque, a report said Thursday

Bin Musa Al Nasr visited the Dar Al-Arqam Mosque on December 23, the network reported, and quoted the verse from a hadith, a religious text that recounts and interprets the Prophet Muhammad's actions.

Muslim scholars hold hadiths as second to the Quran.

This particular verse refers to the end of times and describes how trees and stones will ask Muslims to kill Jewish people hidden behind them.

Jewish advocacy group B'nai Brith Canada filed a police complaint with the hate crimes unit Monday in Montreal.

'This is inciting violence, and this is inciting radicalization,' regional director Harvey Levine told CBC.

Meanwhile, the president of the Muslim Council of Montreal, questioned why the cleric was invited and has urged the mosque to apologize, pointing out that it was not represented by his organization.

The cleric, Sheikh Muhammad bin Musa Al Nasr, is believed to have been invited as a guest to the Dar Al-Arqam Mosque in Montreal (pictured) in December

Another imam, Ziad Asali, firmly condemned the use of the verse.

'I do not understand how this person was invited to come and give a sermon and spread this hatred in Montreal against any community,' he told CBC.

'To use the themes of the Prophet to spread hatred is actually something that is disrespectful towards the Prophet himself.'

Asali also spoke out against any mosque spreading extremist messages.

'These people, not only do they show hatred towards non-Muslims, they even show hatred to us Muslims,' he added.