Shouldn’t Fishel Benkhald be showered with displays of Islamic tolerance? H.R. McMaster and Pope Francis need to go to Pakistan and explain to the Pakistanis how they’re misunderstanding their peaceful, tolerant religion.
The Qur’an depicts the Jews as inveterately evil and bent on destroying the well-being of the Muslims. They are the strongest of all people in enmity toward the Muslims (5:82); they fabricate things and falsely ascribe them to Allah (2:79; 3:75, 3:181); they claim that Allah’s power is limited (5:64); they love to listen to lies (5:41); they disobey Allah and never observe his commands (5:13). They are disputing and quarreling (2:247); hiding the truth and misleading people (3:78); staging rebellion against the prophets and rejecting their guidance (2:55); being hypocritical (2:14, 2:44); giving preference to their own interests over the teachings of Muhammad (2:87); wishing evil for people and trying to mislead them (2:109); feeling pain when others are happy or fortunate (3:120); being arrogant about their being Allah’s beloved people (5:18); devouring people’s wealth by subterfuge (4:161); slandering the true religion and being cursed by Allah (4:46); killing the prophets (2:61); being merciless and heartless (2:74); never keeping their promises or fulfilling their words (2:100); being unrestrained in committing sins (5:79); being cowardly (59:13-14); being miserly (4:53); being transformed into apes and pigs for breaking the Sabbath (2:63-65; 5:59-60; 7:166); and more. They are under Allah’s curse (9:30), and Muslims should wage war against them and subjugate them under Islamic hegemony (9:29).
“Pakistan’s ‘last Jew’ Fishel Benkhald complains of anti-Semitism,” by Sattar Khan, DW, November 22, 2017 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
Fishel Benkhald tells DW he has faced immense social discrimination in Pakistan following his registration of Jewish faith, but he will continue to raise voice for the rights of religious minorities in the country.
Dubbed “Pakistan’s last Jew,” Fishel Benkhald, a resident of the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, was originally registered as a Muslim and was named Faisal Khalid. After several months of bureaucratic struggle and paperwork, he was finally recognized by the Islamic country’s authorities as a Jew in March this year.
Benkhald: ‘It is my religious right to visit the holy sites in Israel.’
Benkhald claims he was born to a Muslim father and a Jewish mother. The South Asian country’s National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) usually does not entertain requests for changing religion on the basis of mother’s faith. But the unprecedented decision by authorities to change his religion on the national identity card made the 29-year-old ecstatic. But since then he has been facing hostility in Pakistan, Benkhald told DW.
“When my landlord learnt about my Jewish identity, he asked me to vacate the apartment where I had been living for months,” Benkhald said. “Obviously, he did not tell me why he took that decision, but I could sense it was because of my new religious status,” he added.
Benkhald lives in Karachi’s middle-class neighborhood, Korangi, and works in the mineral ore supply business.
“I rented another apartment in the same area because my children’s school was in the vicinity. But I had to vacate that place as well, as the new landlord also learnt about my Jewish identity,” Benkhald said.
Benkhald noted that his mother and father had met in Karachi and had a love marriage. He claims his maternal grandparents were Jews. “My father was a secular Muslim and he had no objection to my mother’s faith. My mother never practiced Islam; however she was registered as a Muslim. In her heart, she was always a Jew. She taught me many things about Judaism.”
Disowned by society and relatives
According to Pakistani media reports, there are about 745 registered Jewish families living in Pakistan. At the time of Pakistan’s independence from British rule in 1947, the number of Jews, as well as those of Christians and Hindus, was much higher. But the Islamization of the country, especially since the 1980s, forced the members of religious minorities to either convert to Islam or flee the country.
Islamic extremism has increased manifold in Pakistan in the past few years, and religious hardliners often fan anti-Semitic sentiment that is mostly aimed at Israel. Benkhald said he experiences anti-Semitism on a regular basis.
“The society’s attitude toward me changed completely after I got myself registered as a Jew,” Benkhald told DW.
“Even my four brothers disowned me and declared me an apostate,” he said….
jihad3tracker says
ROBERT MENTIONED HOW FAMOUS ISLAM IS FOR ITS “TOLERANCE” — and that reminds me to Barry Hussein Obama lecturing us in David Wood’s 2012 video, “Three Stages Of Jihad”.
Watch until the very end, because he tosses in a 4th stage — due to the vast cluelessness most Westernized American Muslims have about jihad.
I recommended it to all JW readers a couple of days ago, but this 24:50 item from Dr. Wood is so terrific, and we probably have some spare time today, so please fit it in to your holiday festivities.
kabooooooooooooooooooooom says
David Wood is another key member of the anti-jihad resistance. Salut David!
jihad3tracker says
HELLO KABOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM —– Notice that I spelled your name correctly, with 21 “o”s.
David has made many superb videos, using extensive citations from the Qur’an and Sunnah to establish his contentions. If you and other JW readers here have not yet seen this one, I give it a top-notch five star rating: “Muhammad — the White Prophet with Black Slaves”.
About 10 very amusing minutes. Loaded with contempt for NOT-YET-BORN dark skin humans eventually arriving on our planet, who will be fooled into believing this liar + thief + murderer was one of them.
gravenimage says
David Wood is a treasure and a great hero of the Counter Jihad.
Linde Barrera says
In my opinion, this gentleman, Fishel Benkhald, would be better off making aliyah to Israel with his family.
gravenimage says
Agreed, Linde. There is no future for Jews or any other Infidels in Pakistan.
Infidel says
His life is in Xtreme danger… he should get out of there asap and migrate to the West or israel.
ElderlyZionist says
He’s been denounced as an apostate. He’s a dead man walking.
Tim says
It’s amazing that the landlords new he was Jewish. How did they know?
Ciudadano says
“Christians in countries such as Iraq and Syria the emergency help they needed as genocide got underway. If Christian organizations and other institutions had not filled the gap, the Christian presence could already have disappeared in Iraq”
http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/human-life-and-dignity/global-issues/middle-east/christians-in-the-middle-east/upload/Persecuted-and-Forgotten-2017.pdf
Sarah says
Honestly, does he want a pat on the back? He’s clearly fought tooth and nail to get himself recognized as a Jew – in an Islamic nation. And now he complains about discrimination.
Yes yes yes, he deserves the right to be safe. He deserves the right to be Jewish and to live in Pakistan without the hate and discrimination etc. But the reality is, he’s in a nation that is Islamic and he has chosen to identify as their worst enemy, as far as they see it.
He’s an idiot. If he is in fact, of Jewish heritage then he needs to buggar off to Israel to live. Although I can’t help but wonder if his insistence on being counted as Jewish – along with this attention seeking to be recognized as one, isn’t part of some Muslim ploy of some sort.
I don’t trust him. he’s either shifty as anything – or he is dumber than a box of rocks. Either way, it doesn’t look good for him.
mortimer says
May the Good Lord watch over Fishel Benkhald.
gravenimage says
Islamic Republic of Pakistan’s “last Jew” “experiences anti-Semitism on a regular basis”
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I don’t think he is the last one, but there are not many left. Most of the Jews in Pakistan fled to India or Israel in 1948.
There was a single Synagogue in the country–in Karachi, which is supposed to be a “moderate” city by Pakistani standards–but it was torn down in 1988 to make way for a shopping plaza by order of General Zia-ul-Haq. What prompted this was a request by the Jewish community to be able to make repairs to the building. Of course, this is not allowed under Shari’ah.
The only reason there was a Synagogue there in the first place was because it was built under the British Raj.
Most of the Karachi Jews now live in Ramla, Israel; Mumbai, India; and Toronto, Canada.
Ibrahim itace muhammed says
Satan (Holy Spirit) worshiper Gravenimage, Muslims are being assaulted while praying in your evil United States by kicking them at the back and pouring impure substance on their bodies as disclosed in a video clip virel in the YouTube. you are ok with that
Ernie says
Really ? You are being delusional at best ! The views you’re presenting here don’t reflect reality , ” Ibrahim itace muhammed “. Muslims are only victims of their own ideology and of each other . The Dar al-islam is so retarded in so many ways due to ” islam “. STOP BLAMING OTHERS FOR YOUR MISERY .
Carolyne says
When you see someone with his butt sticking up in the air and he is mumbling mumbo-jumbo to some nonexistent being one is sorely tempted to give him a swift kick in said butt. However, assaulting someone is illegal and I have never heard of a case of this kind.
And since when was camel urine considered impure? It’s a favorite drink of Muslims. ,
LR says
Ibrahim,
IF this is true, of course it would not be OK., and it is against our laws to physically assault someone except for self defense.
Now, when have you condemned the slaughter of ‘infidels’ or, apostates, by evil murderous Muslims, eh? How about all those poor girls who have been ‘honour killed’? Will you condemn honour killing?
Ibrahim itace muhammed says
LR, honor killing is wrong according to Sharia. No Muslim is allowed to take law into his hand. If any individual feels aggrieved he should file a complaint before Sharia Court to bring the culprit to justice
Robert_k says
Even Muammar Gaddafi couldn’t reveal his Jewish ancestry due to anti-Semitism.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/gaddafi-killed-anyone-who-discovered-his-mother-was-jewish-claims-aide/
Muammar Gaddafi, Libya’s deposed leader, ordered his ambassador to Italy killed for revealing that his mother was Jewish, Gaddafi’s chief of protocol claimed in an interview.
Nouri Mismari served at Gaddafi’s side from 1997 to 2010. In an extensive five-part interview with Ghassan Cherbel, the editor of the influential London-based daily Al-Hayat, published as Gaddafi’s government officials go on trial in Misrata this week, Mismari portrayed his former boss as a sadistic, ruthless and power-hungry leader.
Kepha says
No kidding? I always thought that Qaddafi looked as if he might’ve been the natural son of Harpo Marx. [sarc].
LR says
…”Mismari portrayed his former boss as a sadistic, ruthless and power-hungry leader.”….
Well, I’ll be…I never would have thunk…
Yitz says
Where is the tolerant left who hate discrimination.they dont seem to b e taking up his situation
JOHN FORBES says
DESPITE THE OBVIOUS LEVELS OF UTTER ABUSE OF PEOPLE OF MINORITIES IN ISLAMIC COUNTRIES THE WESTERN GOVERNMENTS STUBBORNLY STATE & AT LEAST SEEM TO BELIEVE THAT THEIR MUSLIMS ARE EDUCATED & WILL BEHAVE DIFFERENTLY & THE COWARDS INSIST THAT THEIR POPULATIONS BELIEVE & STATE THE SAME.
TREATMENT OF JEWS IN FRANCE IS A CASE IN POINT & THE FRENCH ARE HIDING MUCH OF THIS. THE REFUSAL TO EVEN NAME THE PROBLEM MAKES IT HARDER & HARDER LATER BUT MAYBE IN FRANCE BECAUSE OF THE DEMOGRAPHICS THERE WILL BE – NO LATER & THE REPUBLIC WILL JUST FADE AWAY!
I ACTUALLY BELIEVE THAT THIS WILL HAPPEN TO FRANCE, UK, BELGIUM & HOLLAND, SWEDEN & DENMARK & NORWAY & CANADA & MAYBE AUSTRALIA AS WELL OVER TIME.
THE SAME PATTERNS ARE THERE AS WELL AS A STUBBORN REFUSAL TO CONFRONT OR EVEN NAME THE ENEMY – ISLAM & THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD.
THERE HAS BEEN PEACE FOR A COMPLETE GENERATION & NOW THERE IS THE FIRMLY HELD BELIEF THAT WE CAN ALL IGNORE HISTORY & OUR MUSLIMS WILL BEHAVE VERY DIFFERENTLY! A HORRIBLE ILLUSION & A DEADLY ONE!
YET THE BOMBERS & ATTACKERS IN WESTERN CITIES ARE EDUCATED MANY HOLD UNIVERSITY DEGREES BUT STILL THE ILLUSION CONTINUES.
THE ENTIRE MESS POINTS TO CIVIL STRIFE ON A MASSIVE SCALE!