Hours after his son carried out a horrific massacre at an Orlando gay club, Seddique Mateen posted a video online sharing his own anti-gay views — and calling his son a "good kid."
"God will punish those involved in homosexuality," Seddique Mateen said in the video, speaking in Dari.
"It's not an issue that humans should deal with," he added.
Seddique Mateen posted a video online following Sunday's shooting.
(FACEBOOK)Seddique Mateen noted that his son Omar carried out the attack during the holy month of Ramadan.
"I'm extremely upset," he said in the video, which was later deleted.
Seddique Mateen said his son Omar was "well-educated," with a wife and son. The father claims he wasn't aware of his son's deadly intentions.
"I didn't know he had hatred in his heart," the father said.
In a separatevideo interview with the Washington Post, Seddique Mateen expressed sadness for the shooting and shared his sympathies to the victim's families.
"I wish I did know. If I did know, I would have stopped him," he said. "I know as much as you do at this point."
The videos follow an interview with NBC News when the father claimed the attack had nothing to do with religion — and that his son was enraged after seeing two men kissing in Miami months ago.
"They were kissing each other and touching each other and he said, 'Look at that. In front of my son they are doing that,'" Seddique Mateen said. "And then we were in the men's bathroom and men were kissing each other."
Seddique Mateen has posted dozens of hour-long episodes of a bizarre talk show — "Durand Jirga Show" — on YouTube between 2012 and 2015, with the show reportedly featuring anti-U.S. tirades.
The father also pretends to be the president of Afghanistan in some of the clips.
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