Here is a message from Imran Firasat, the ex-Muslim in Spain who previously had been slated for deportation to a Muslim country, where he would face certain death:
After Spain revoked my asylum and issued an expulsion order only because I produced a documentary on Prophet Muhammad´s life, in June 2014 I left Spain and went to Norway for seeking asylum but the so called human rights-respecting land of the Nobel Peace Prize “Norway” cowardly sent me back to Spain, ignoring my request for protection.
On 28th July 2014 on my arrival to Spain, the Spanish authorities detained me for extraditing me to Indonesia over false and religiously motivated charges which were fabricated in order to take me to an Islamic territory, shut my mouth forever and punish me for revealing the hidden facts about Islam and Muhammad. In order to get me extradited from Spain, the Indonesian Islamic police convicted me in absence during a rapid and illegal judicial process, without informing me of the charges and without giving me a fair trial or right to defence.
Despite that during the extradition trial in Spain my lawyer proved all the lies, irregularities and contradictions committed by the Islamically-influenced Indonesian authorities, the Spanish judiciary blindly approved my extradition, ignoring all my arguments and proofs as for them it was not a matter of following the law but it was an opportunity to get rid of me as the government of Spain considers me a threat for the national security due to my opinions on Islam.
The judges didn´t care that for expressing my views publicly on Islam I have received several death threats from the Indonesian radical Islamic groups. The judges didn´t even take into consideration the fact of my conversion from Islam to Christianity, which is a serious crime of apostasy punished by death according to the Islamic Sharia law. They didn´t want to see the fact that after writing about Islam for 10 years, producing various videos on Islam and appearing in international media with my picture and real name, how could I stay alive and be protected in an Islamic country like Indonesia, which is the home of biggest Muslim population on earth?
On the one hand, the director of prison in Spain kept me in solitary confinement for the reasons of my safety and physical integrity, saying that my life was under threat from 150 Muslim prisoners (only 150!), and on the other hand the Spanish judiciary approved my extradition to an Islamic country, where I would be surrounded by millions of Muslims who consider me the enemy of Islam and any Jihadist or radical Muslim would kill me inside the prison, considering it his religious duty of eliminating infidels, apostates and blasphemers.
The Spanish penal code, constitution, asylum law and many international human rights conventions signed and ratified by Spain, such as: “European Convention on Human Rights, International Covenant on Political & Civil Rights, International Convention against Torture” do not allow Spain to deport or extradite someone to a country where the person would be subject to torture and death but in my case the Spanish judiciary closed its eyes and gave the green signal for sending me to my certain death. It was purely a political decision which was taken due to the pressure and fear of Islamism.
Looking at the sky from behind the bars of prison, I used to ask myself that the punishment for freedom of expression should be so cruel that someone loses his life? Why can Muslims kill people whenever and wherever they want, but I do not even have the right to protest against that just because they will respond with the violence and intimidate the Western governments who then persecute us and deprive us from our most valuable right of freedom of expression?
My lawyer appealed against the decision of the Spanish High Court´s Judges. But neither me nor my lawyer were expecting justice as the things were moving in such a political way that I finally prepared my mind that now I am going to be sent to Indonesia where the Islamists will brutally torture and kill me due to my opposition towards various aspects of Islam which I consider incompatible to the democracy and laws of our free modern world.
But the Lord Jesus Christ heard the prayers of people around the world. I am free now. Just a month ago the Spanish High Court approved my extradition and there was no chance to change that decision through an appeal, but my appeal was dramatically accepted by the Spanish judges. They rectified the mistake of the previous judges and ordered my immediate release, refusing my extradition to Indonesia.
I had lost all the hopes and was waiting to be put on a plane anytime, which was of course end of my life and also of my family. But the miracle took place. Lord Jesus Christ sent his angels to protect me. Last week on Friday at 7 pm I was given the notification of my freedom, which was a big surprise for me and my lawyers.
I am still too tired, traumatized and confused. I still can´t believe that after facing so much suffering finally I am free, while just few days ago I was on the brink of being sent to my death. Spain has persecuted me politically a lot. But as a true Christian I must forgive. The Spanish authorities always knew that the charges against me are false and that eventually I won´t be extradited but they still tortured me for 4 and half months. May Lord Jesus Christ forgive them.
Although my extradition is refused but I am still at risk in Spain, as the expulsion order is still valid and after coming out of the prison I was taken to the police station by police who were waiting for me at the entrance of prison. According to them, the expulsion order is a different thing which has nothing to do with my extradition´s refusal and they will execute my expulsion to Pakistan if I do not leave Spain voluntarily.
I don´t know for how long I will have to face all this. I don´t know what is going to happen in near future? But despite all the suffering I have faced I still do not feel guilty of anything as I believe that by speaking the truth about Islam, its prophet and its violent ideology I simply warned and helped the world, and above that I exercised my right of freedom of expression which is the most valuable part of our western society. Islam cannot snatch it from us by intimidating us through the violence. If for this good cause I may have to be imprisoned once again, I would do that happily as for me it is better to suffer and die rather than submitting and surrendering to Islam and live like a coward.
Thank you so much for all your help, support and prayers. Without your help I was not able to defeat the Islamic conspiracy. God bless you all.
Yours sincerely IMRAN FIRASAT
David Woolmer says
I had always believed that Spain had been a Christian country for many hundreds of years even before the Spanish Inquisition. I find it really sad that it has so obviously been indoctrinated by Islam that a true Christian has ben treated in such a manner!
martinR says
Norway has gone the same way as UK and others, now so afraid of the reaction of Islamic immigrants they’ve lost all neutrality and courage.
This man is being sent to certain execution, really sad.
Jack Gordon says
I lived in Span for several years many decades ago; it was a very agreeable and attractive country then, Christian to its core. I have refused to return there lately because of the kind of thing you read in this article. Mohammedans have reconquered the country all but de jure. The lunacy of the 1960s took some time to reach Spain thanks to the Franco government, but when it finally arrived it quickly triumphed. Young Spaniards now believe essentially in nothing and the Mohammedan heresy has free reign due to that fact. Like the rest of Europe, it is now rotten fruit that need not be picked; it will fall to the ground of its own dead weight. A great civilization disappears forever. There is little hope of recovering it short of a great miracle. Santiago Matamoros, ¿dónde estás ahora cuando tanto te necesitamos ?
voegelinian says
Good post; I would only quibble with your Spanish question to the great Saint: it should probably use the formal Usted form of the verb — “está”.
mortimer says
Spain is tragically (and very likely legally) wrong about this issue. A conscientious objector to theocratic fascism should be protected by democratic countries. This man is not calling for violent revolution, but an analysis of facts and ethics. Firasat is a cultural philosopher, rather than a religious one. His main critique is that Islam creates a dysfunctional society. Who can argue in any provable manner that Islam creates high-functioning societies or that anyone wants to go to an Islamic country for its admirable way of life? Thousands flee Islamic countries every day for Western Europe, North America and Australia. Why?
Huck Folder says
When I thought I came up with the portmanteau word SINISLAM combining the SINister of leftardism water-carriers for mo, with the evil of ISLAM, I checked that on Google. The first citation was, and still is “Mundo sin Islam” – world without islam – (paradise) – the blog of Imran Firasat. That should mean that his is the most visited for that name.
One thing I don’t understand, The UK had tried for years to return vitriolic hate-mongers pur sang emulators of mo, to islamist countries and they were blocked by the congenital IDIOTS of the European courts who said that there lives would be in danger. Is this not TRULY the case here, and tenfold worse?
John Pare says
You are certainly welcome in my opinion to come to Canada. We currently still enjoy the freedoms you mention but with a growing Islamic presence and influence, someone with your knowledge, experience and calibre would be instrumental in preserving the Judeo-Christian principles of our society.
duh_swami says
It is better to sacrifice a human to Allah, rather than face his wrath…Shame on you Spain…
Edison says
@duh_swammi,
“It is better to sacrifice a human to Allah, rather than face his wrath…”
A real peaceful god you’ve got there swammi, I didn’t realize Muslims were into human sacrifice.
But not surprising though.
voegelinian says
duh swami is being sarcastic; he’s a longtime commenter at Jihad Watch, not a Muslim.
Uncle Vladdi says
Whenever a Judeo-Christian feels depressed (probably because of liberal propaganda in society) and contemplates suicide, he knows he’s been told he’ll go to HELL for it.
In islam, on the other hand, muslims know that, if and when they feel depressed and suicidal, all they have to do is attack some unsuspecting, RANDOM “infidels,” and their sick version of a god will automatically welcome them into it’s highest HEAVEN, with special added bonuses for their family members, too!
The human sacrifice of others is the main tenet of the koranimals’ forced “faith!”
Muslims are told to sacrifice “infidels” to protect them selves from their “god’s” wrath!
;-(
terry says
Imran’s courage and faith are source of inspiration and motivation for many people. It’s refreshing to see this kind of people, albeit they are relatively few in their numbers, here in the west, this later filled with cowards, hypocrites, extreme pleasure and comfort seekers, with avoid-pain-at-all-cost mentality, whose senses are, more and more, distracted and fooled by the latest material possessions.
I pray for him and his family.
Joe Shmo says
This person is a hero. I’m always gratified to read about people who risk so much to expose the truth and I’m going to learn more about him and his work. It’s still depressing and very worrying that free speech is so eroded in western countries. Thankfully Spain didn’t send him to his death, but that should be the least they should be doing!
Ayatrollah says
So he still does not have a country? Pbuh knows best
Bob says
Seek asylum in the U.S. Specifically come to Texas….Hell if our president can grant asylum to 5 million or so illegal aliens…I would think a person of your caliber would be more than welcome here…I would welcome you anyway.
Shmooviyet says
Welcomed here by you, by me, by many. But by B.O.?
Arthur says
The easiest path might be to leave out a few facts. Just report,
1. Imram Firasat was born a faithful moderate Muslim in a Muslim country
2. He is an artist
3. He is being persecuted in Spain for his religious beliefs by an intolerant Christian-majority nation
4. He would be happy to immigrate to the US and help citizens understand the Religion of Peace
Coolio says
Imran is a hero of freedom, and we don’t want him to become yet another martyr.
His movie, The Innocent Prophet, is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dbeY1lpLyQ
I hope he goes on to make many more movies and continue to raise consciousness regarding Islam.
Truth says
Spain and Norway have become nations of cowards, afraid to confront terrorist Muslims and defend freedom of speech.
Wellington says
Perhaps this brave young man could immigrate to America or Canada. As an American myself, I would welcome such an immigrant.
Kerry Hooks says
Me too! How can we get him to America? I would let him stay with me if he can get here.
Steven Alcock says
i have tremendous respect for this gentleman. Freedom of speech has been enshrined for centuries in our way of life. The tragedy is that it is now being denied due to the fear of a violent response from the adherents of Islam. Basically our politicians are cowards. Dietrich Bonhoeffer the German pastor,hung by the Nazis, said silence in the face of evil is evil itself. The only solution is for more and more people to speak the truth—they can’t kill us all.
Angemon says
Spain borders with France and Portugal. Maybe he could apply for refugee status in one of them?
Semeru says
The snag is, he is still red flagged by Interpol so where-ever he goes he isl stiill liable to be hauled of to Indonesia
Angemon says
Semeru posted:
“The snag is, he is still red flagged by Interpol so where-ever[sic] he goes he isl[sic] stiill[sic] liable to be hauled of[sic] to Indonesia”
Spanish authorities refused to extradite Firasat to Indonesia due to his refugee status in Spain.
FatherJon says
I’m still puzzled. Why is Indonesia an option? It is a secular Muslim society, so far, but has pockets of radical Islamists who would do him harm. He’s a Pakistani, why did he choose Indonesia?
Angemon says
FatherJon posted:
“I’m still puzzled. Why is Indonesia an option?”
Indonesia has a warrant on him for murder, and that’s an interesting story on its own. In 2010, while Firasat was living in Indonesia, he was arrested for “blasphemy”and deported on July 7. He returned to Spain, where he lived from 2004 to 2008. Shortly afterward, Spanish authorities arrested him at the behest of Interpol and Indonesia. Indonesia claimed that on June 10, 2010, Firasat committed a murder in Indonesia, and that he had been judged and convicted on July 16, 2010. This is the interesting part. It means that the indonesians had custody of Firasat after his supposed murder, never charged him, and deported him 9 days before judging and convicting him.The Spanish authorities ultimately rejected extradition, but now that his status as a refugee has been revoked extradition is now a possibility.
Semeru says
Bullsitt, It was in 2010 that Spain refused to send him to Indonesia because Indonesia has the death penalty for murder. It is since then that he status as a refugee has been revoke.
He was not extradited on human rights issues
Angemon says
Semeru posted:
“Bullsitt[sic], It[sic] was in 2010 that Spain refused to send him to Indonesia because Indonesia has the death penalty for murder. It is since then that he[sic] status as a refugee has been revoke.[sic]
He was not extradited on human rights issues”
Huh, do you even think before posting? You claim that he wasn’t deported back in 2010 because he faced the death penalty. However, Indonesia still has the death penalty for murder. That hasn’t changed. What did change was Firasat’s status – he’s no longer considered a refugee, so extradition is now an option.
FatherJon says
From my reading, Firasat is even more of a refugee now than he was before. His secure status in Spain was removed and his fate is now back in limbo. It’s not as if he committed some heinous crime that might reasonable jeopardise his asylum status, he merely spoke his mind about a religion that repulses every sane and sensible human being.
Angemon says
FatherJon posted:
“From my reading, Firasat is even more of a refugee now than he was before. His secure status in Spain was removed and his fate is now back in limbo.”
Unfortunately, yours is not the reading of Spanish authorities. Exactly 2 years ago today (December 21st 2012) the Spanish Interior Minister issued an order to deport Firasat, alleging that his criticism of islam posed a security to Spanish national security. I don’t know the man, I can’t say if he’s a nice person or an unpleasant SOB. What I do know is that he’s being persecuted for freely speaking his mind. His opinions are not a danger to national security, he’s not asking for an intifada or an uprising of any kind. The threats to national security come from muslims who don’t like what he has to say. What the Spanish government is doing is letting everyone know that violence, or the threat of violence, works. It’s self-enforcing sharia. Under sharia, criticizing muhammad or the quran is punishable by death, so muslims and non-muslims alike don’t do it. The martyrs of Cordoba must be rolling in their graves.
http://libro.uca.edu/martyrs/cm2.htm
FatherJon says
There must be more to this story. I can’t see the Spaniards being so close-minded, afraid or callous. They’ve no reason to love Muslims any more than other European countries.
Is there another account of the Spanish judiciary or government position on this?
Lucía Martínez says
Thank you Father Jon for the only intelligent comment I have read on this post. I have just sent a copy of the article to the Ministry of Justice and if they do not answer it I will be more than happy to do it. It is obvious that none of the participants in this post know anything about Spain, spanish justice, spanish judges, international law or spanish prisons.
Arthur says
I did get the sense that there might be some key missing details that were impacting the decision…hard to know anything for sure at this distance.
Truth Seeker says
Now Westerners went away from Jesus and in the process of submitting to Islam. It is nothing but suicide.
Ferdinand (@StFerdinandIII) says
Spain led the counter Moslem Crusade and had basically eradicated the filth called Islam by 1250. St. Ferdinand III’s entire life was devoted to expelling the Muhammadans in the 13th century.
Now the Euros and Spanish import the same savage cult, appease it, fund it, and even support it.
Hard to believe.
Firsat is a great person, and yes Christ did save his soul and his physical body.
Think about Malta Firsat – they don’t abide Islam on the island and tightly control all immigration.
Angemon says
Ferdinand posted:
“Spain led the counter Moslem Crusade and had basically eradicated the filth called Islam by 1250.”
Ferdinand, that’s incorrect. While Portugal finished its Reconquista around that time (I believe Algarve was conquered back in 1249), Spain (which was unified in a single empire in the 15th century, IIRC) had a muslim emirate in Granada until 1492, when the moors were expelled. Even after that, muslims were allowed in Spain until the early 17th century, when the king signed the order to convert or leave.
FatherJon says
Well, I’m still waiting to read any world wide condemnation of Spain! There only seems to be a Facebook page devoted to supporting Firsat which I’d urge people to join and add their protests.
https://www.facebook.com/AtheistRepublic/posts/661477337272462
It just seems contrary to all the fine words about ‘human rights’ boasted by the UN and the European Courts at Strasbourg, that an apparently genuine case like Firsat’s just gets ignored. Heaven knows there are so many shonky claims of persecution that get the rubber stamp from these judicial institutions. Why doesn’t Firsat’s get at least the same attention?
FatherJon says
Pakistan/Indonesia….I’m lost on this one. But at least he seems to have other international players on his side –
http://www.legal-project.org/4298/imran-firasat-get-international-support
Angemon says
FatherJon posted:
“Pakistan/Indonesia….I’m lost on this one.”
He’s pakistani but received death threats for converting to christianity. According to the Spanish Supreme Court, they can’t deport him to a country where there is danger to his life or freedom. Instead,Spanish authorities are pushing for Firasat to be extradited to Indonesia – where he was deported from in 2010 on charges of “blasphemy” and is now wanted for murder, a crime that bears the death penalty.
FatherJon says
Angemon: Thanks for the clarification. Indonesia has started executing criminals since last year after a moratorium on the death penalty. The new President Jokowi is on record as saying he will not grant clemency to drug smugglers now on death row. I truly don’t think that apostates are in danger there, but one never knows. After all the publicity surrounding Firasat it’s likely that some of the dangerously obsessed Islamists in Indonesia might clamour for him to be put to death. Either way, his life is likely to be a lot more precarious than living in Spain.
Semeru says
Firstly Firasat was not deported for blasphemy, but immigration violations.
http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/4911/imran-firasat-deportation.
Any one arrested for Blasphemy face maximun of five years, and those that have been sentenced.have not been tortured. There are two case of Americans being arrested
Firasat has claimed he faced death, also he claims that he has already been sentenced to 15 years.
Firasat also claimed he faces the death penalty. how can he face the death penalty when he has been, according to firasat been sentenced
Firasat claims he was sentenced to 15 years July 16, just a few days after the arrest of his mistress/accomplice Triana was captured. Wow, only a few to interrogate the suspuspect, and hold the trail
There is no way he could bribe the police as he claims. Remember the police are also moslem, and do not take kindly to blasphemy.
One very important fact, he lived at the time in Tangerang, where the Police and Islamists are thick as thieves
Nearly every that is featured on the CJM blogs is from letters from Fiasat, how many of Jihad watching have even attempted to look at alternative sources.
Firasat claims to have fled Spain to Indonesia, which two years earlier it was unsafe for him, because of threats from. Yet the media claimed
They took flight leaving a trail of victims and debts behind. Imran Firasat and Jenny Setiawan, political refugees in Cantabria who need to answer before a court in relation to the case filed by their business partners from Santander, have abandoned the flat they were living in and also the city. And the lawyer for the accusers has now asked the judge for a search and capture order covering all the national territory. For the many Cantabrians who threw themselves into helping them because of their hard personal history, the Pakistani and the Indonesian must have been a great disappointment.
Firasat and Setiawan succeeded in gaining temporary authorisation to reside in Cantabria in view of their exceptional circumstances: marriage between a Muslim and a Buddhist is punished by both religions, which prevented them from returning to either of their countries of origin. Having arrived in this region from Germany, Firasat moved like a fish in water between institutions and communication media. He even organised an internet campaign to support his cause.
Having achieved their goal of regularising their stateless situation, the pair opened a catering business in the Grupo Amaro in Santander, called ‘Kebabish’. Under this name they formed a company with two Cantabrian couples who quarrelled with them in relation to business-related crimes approximately one month ago: after opening three premises (the Grupo Amaro one, another in Menéndez Pelayo and a third in Marqués de la Hermida), the young man and his wife sold them without the knowledge of their business partners. This gave rise to the complaint for document falsification and administrative fraud.
One of the accusers had also rented a home to them. Because they stopped paying the rent a few months ago, an eviction process has been started.
These were not the only “irregularities” committed by the political refugees. Maite Calderón, owner of a signage company, has also filed a complaint with the police after observing that the Pakistani had given her a cheque without any funds for an amount just below 600 euros. The businesswoman says it is not the money that bothers her (“I don’t expect to get it back”) but the “tremendous disappointment”. “The personal deception hurts me. When he gave me the cheque dated February, he was already preparing his flight”.
Calderón – who had no previous knowledge of the history of the immigrants through the media – is aware that the young man “had a wide circle of people who were supporting him. He offered to make all of them partners in his business. Now it’s clear his only aim was to rip them off”.
She doesn’t think it will be easy to find him. “It would be a stroke of luck”, she notes. A fortune for all those who have been left unpaid, she indicates, “because there were also people, like bar suppliers, that he has left owing”.
The family that support him in his business projects have it worst. A few days ago they learned that they will have to pay the bank the amount they guaranteed for him and they are very upset.
And the local government also have knowledge of the couple, who got a grant to start their business which these sources put at almost 5,000 euros with specific conditions that, if not fulfilled, would mean it had to be returned.
For this reason an investigation has been opened, as has been confirmed by the ex-partners of the Pakistani and the first to accuse him in the situation, who are moving heaven and earth to find him.
These persons add that, among the victims, is a former employee and the compatriot to whom he sold the premises in Menéndez Pelayo. It seems the man who convinced so many people of his painful family situation will have to give many explanations. But for that, he first has to stick his neck out.
Translated by Cheradenine Zakalwe @ Islam vs Europe
http://www.eldiariomontanes.es/20080224/cantabria/firasat-levanta-vuelo-20080224.html
When he arrived in Indonesia he opens 8 kebab restaurants.Were did the money come from. It was very bad move, as Indonesians do not like Kebabs and kebab outlets are closing all the time.
One more thing. Firast has a clean police record, the only reason for this is because it is his wife Jenny Setiawan who is SL’ legal representative of the Kebab restaurants.
http://legislacion.derecho.com/notificacion-14-noviembre-2008-ayuntamiento-de-santander-1434197
Jihad watchers should look at others sources than than Firasats
http://islamversuseurope.blogspot.com/2012/12/does-imran-firasat-have-shady-past.html
http://islamversuseurope.blogspot.com/2013/02/even-more-on-imran-firasats-past.html
Angemon says
Unfortunately for your copy/paste hack job of a tirade, Firasat is not facing deportation for his “shady” past, he’s facing deportation for criticizing islam. Did you even read the link before posting it?
http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/4911/imran-firasat-deportation
“On December 21, 2012, Spanish Interior Minister Jorge Fernández Díaz issued an order to deport Firasat, based on Article 44 of the Law on Asylum and Protection, which allows the state to revoke the refugee status of “persons who constitute a threat to Spanish security.” The deportation order stated that Firasat constituted a “persistent source of problems due to his constant threats against the Koran and Islam in general.”
So much so that there are judges in Spain warning against it:
“Warning of potential trouble ahead for the exercise of free speech in Spain, two judges—Manuel Campos and Isabella Perelló—dissented from the majority opinion. They signed a statement in which they asked whether the source of the danger to national security is in the actions of Firasat, or in the reactions of Islamic fundamentalists. They wrote:
“The pernicious effects against national security do not strictly derive from the conduct of the refugee, but rather from the violent reactions of third persons.””
Oh, another thing from that link:
“ In July 2010, Indonesian authorities deported Firasat for an alleged immigration violation (his family stayed behind in Indonesia), but a few days after he returned to Spain, Indonesian police said Firasat was a fugitive from justice and filed an international arrest warrant with Interpol. At the time, Spanish authorities refused to extradite Firasat due to his refugee status in Spain.“
FatherJon says
Seems to me that lobbyists should now be turning their attention to President Jokowi of Indonesia to review the case against Firasat. That should change things up the line to Spain.
Jokowi had a good and honest reputation as Governor of Jakarta, so there’s hope that he’d be as favourable as President.
FactFinder says
The Western World, fight war for financial benefits, for oil and other benefits. The Western World have be adulterated by the fundamentalists of the Islamic WORLD and become Cowards, There is noting good about them and there will never be any good. Read through HISTORY and one would understand on what foundations each nation was built and what it is today. The worst is yet to come, it is happening and can be seen the mass MURDER by these so call people that claim they follow a religion of TOLERANCE!
Moshe Akiva says
This really is a horrible story and I feel sorry for this man.
I would suggest to him – if not too late – the come to Canada. Currently we have a prime minister here who has guts and balls. It takes a while to go through the refugee claim, but at least now they give the claimant a work permit almost right away.