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Miss Iraq and her family forced to flee Iraq after getting death threats over her selfie with Miss Israel

Dec 15, 2017 11:08 am By Robert Spencer

So much for that celebrated Islamic tolerance.

“Miss Iraq forced to flee country over Instagram photo alongside Miss Israel,” by Benjamin Brown, Fox News, December 15, 2017:

So much for diplomacy by selfie.

Miss Iraq, Sarah Idan, and her family had to flee their homeland after receiving death threats over a photo she posted online last month.

Why? Because Idan posed with Miss Israel, Adar Gandelsman, at a Miss Universe International Beauty Pageant, the Times of Israel reported.

Idan came under fire for posting the photo to Instagram, captioned, “Peace and Love from Miss Iraq and Miss Israel,” in addition to modeling a bikini.

“The two of those things together caused a mess for her back home where people made threats against her and her family that if she didn’t return home and take down the photos, they would remove her (Miss Iraq) title, that they would kill her,” Adar Gandelsman told Israeli TV, the paper reported.

In another Instagram post, Idan apologized to those who thought the photo was “harmful to the Palestinian cause,” clarifying that it was not a political statement, but instead meant to “express hope and desire for peace between the two countries,” the paper reported.

She added, it “does not signal support for the government of Israel and does not mean I agree or accept its policies in the Arab homeland.”…

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Filed Under: death threats, Featured, Iraq, Islamic antisemitism, Islamic bigotry and intolerance Tagged With: Adar Gandelsman, Miss Iraq, Miss Israel, Sarah Idan


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  1. Pete says

    Dec 15, 2017 at 11:29 am

    Next they will want to kill her because she wore a bikini

    Gotta love that peace loving Islamic military doctrine….err I mean religion

    • mortimer says

      Dec 15, 2017 at 2:22 pm

      Hatred of Jews is more important than INTERNATIONAL HARMONY and LOVE BETWEEN HUMANITY!

      Muslims love to HATE… but HATE is an ESSENTIAL DOCTRINE of Islam: Al Walaa wal Baraa… look it up.

      A pious Muslim must HATE ‘for the sake of Allah’. Allah hates Jews, so all pious Muslims must hate them too.

      Muslims who loves Jews, Christians and other dirty kafirs are considered to have apostasized.

  2. Infidel says

    Dec 15, 2017 at 12:11 pm

    As a Hindu I do not hate anyone. But I have some Questions…I’m ready to enter mosque but Muslim is not ready to enter temple. I eagerly wait for Biryani during Eid but Muslim refuses to eat my temple Prasadam. I’m ready to discuss the flaws of my Hindu religion but he does not utter a single word against Tripe-Talaq, Polygamy, halaala etc. I often say SALAAM MALEKUM to Muslims but NEVER says Jai Shree Ram or Namaskar to any Hindu. I always talk about Hindu Muslim unity but he only talks about Muslim rights. I talk about development policies of the Govt but all the time he only complains against the Govt and says it has done nothing for him. My religion taught me to RESPECT EVERYONE irrespective of his faith. He says that all those who are not Muslims are Khafir and will go to hell???

    • Westman says

      Dec 15, 2017 at 1:13 pm

      The Gods of other religions want their followers to reach their full potentials and instruct them to respect the peaceful of other faiths.

      The Islam “god” wants all humans to be slaves who worship him and he(we)(it) speaks incessantly in the Qur’an about the sadistic tortures waiting for anyone who doesn’t worship him(we)(it).

      You can’t expect the willing followers of a tyrant to be tolerant. Intolerance for the spiritually-free is a core doctrine of Islam and why it will never reach its goal of world governance.

      • Terry Gain says

        Dec 15, 2017 at 8:54 pm

        The God of Islam is a malignant narcissist who commands the faithful to kill unbelievers in order to prove their love for him and in return promises a paradise of carnal pleasure – to Men. So not just a narcissist but also a misogynist. This is God as imagined by a 13 year old boy with one thing on his mind.

    • mortimer says

      Dec 15, 2017 at 3:41 pm

      Reply to Infidel: Please look up “AL WALAA WAL BARAA”.

      https://ahlehadith.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/alwalaalbarafawzaan.pdf

      • Infidel says

        Dec 15, 2017 at 11:22 pm

        Yes.. this is my experience talking to Muslims here too…The Koran says CLEARLY that the WORST OF MUSLIMS ARE BETTER THAN THE BEST OF KHAFIRS… And thanks for the vdeo..will share it for sure..

    • gravenimage says

      Dec 15, 2017 at 6:45 pm

      Infidel, Muslims will only enter Temples to desecrate them or murder the Hindu worshippers there.

  3. Jack Holan says

    Dec 15, 2017 at 12:14 pm

    The crime is borne by the the non-responsive Iraqi Government the backward Society of the Region and the intolerant Religion of Islam and her Imams. This. Poor woman and her family forced to leave home essentially for an indefinite period of time over a picture with another female contestant. So, when leaders of Iraq promise the West they will make Peace with Israel but want to be rewarded with cash aid military training and technology DONT BELIEVE THEM. THEY ARE INCAPABLE OF DOING SO.

    • Andy says

      Dec 15, 2017 at 2:37 pm

      Never go as maid in islamic countries. Islam is barbaric

      • Aloha Akbar says

        Dec 15, 2017 at 5:07 pm

        Thanks for the link Andy.
        Poor girls, their desperation being exploited by the middle east.
        No compassion from those backward 7th century monsters.
        Why is this not made mainstream in the media???
        Are their campaigns in those poor countries to warn the girls not to go to middle eastern countries?
        What about the UN having a say in this? Oh… that’s right they’re mostly middle easterners now :0

      • gravenimage says

        Dec 15, 2017 at 6:58 pm

        Yes, this is terrible, Andy. All pious Muslims believe they can treat Infidels as slaves. Thanks fpor the link.

  4. Charles says

    Dec 15, 2017 at 12:16 pm

    No surprise here!
    THIS IS very islamic!
    Death threats to your neighbors, strangers, children! No one is SAFE!

  5. Paul N Silas says

    Dec 15, 2017 at 12:30 pm

    Dam Her! Who does she think she is having a picture taken with a dirty-stinking Israeli !!! (sarcasm)

    I am certain that old Mo himself is totally pissed off, while burning in the fires of hell.

    (Hot enough for you Mo?, fire sulfur, and brimstone be upon you!)

  6. mike9a says

    Dec 15, 2017 at 12:58 pm

    Any success in life, being that beauty contest (not really success through hard work, but God given proportional bones) is NOT welcome in religion of pieces.

    • gravenimage says

      Dec 15, 2017 at 7:10 pm

      True, Mike. Beauty contests are a bit silly, but still too close to actual objective achievement for pious Muslims to be able to stand them.

      That, and allowing women to walk around without the requisite Hefty bag, of course.

  7. Bill says

    Dec 15, 2017 at 1:02 pm

    It is most fortunate that she and her family escaped. But if any family or friends remain behind, they are likely in very serious trouble.

  8. Leondegrance2 says

    Dec 15, 2017 at 1:45 pm

    Well I’m shocked. I was sure the bastion of good will and understanding that is known as the Islamic world would have no problem with her actions and certainly would not threaten her and her family with death. In a pig’s eye.

  9. CRUSADER says

    Dec 15, 2017 at 2:09 pm

    Shows that True Beauty can extend beyond what is just skin deep….

  10. CRUSADER says

    Dec 15, 2017 at 2:11 pm

    The last time the glamour world honored Miss Israel in becoming Miss Universe was in 1976.

    How the world opinion has changed since those days.

    May they rise again, especially with a beauty pageant exec in the Oval Office to help Israel’s standing.

    • Aloha Akbar says

      Dec 15, 2017 at 5:10 pm

      There are some very beautiful Israeli girls, I would like to see more of them too 🙂

  11. seabird says

    Dec 15, 2017 at 2:13 pm

    About 4,500 American soldiers killed, 35,000 injured and $3 trillion wasted on Sharia-based Jew and Christian hating Iraq.
    We basically handed that country over to the Iranians and China ended-up with most of the oil contracts.
    We should not be arming, training or fighting for any of these countries.
    We’re tired of losing, Mr President.

    • gravenimage says

      Dec 15, 2017 at 7:13 pm

      Spot on, seabird.

    • CRUSADER says

      Dec 15, 2017 at 8:19 pm

      True cost of nation’s treasure, brought to the taxpayers of USA by our own Government policymakers and treasury takers….

      We spend, and our enemies and opponents just say “thanks!”….as they cock-block us from the bar….

      What schmucks we Americans are! What a bunch of Dhimmies have led us down the rabbit hole!!!!!

    • MTMLA says

      Dec 19, 2017 at 8:50 am

      Thanks to Mr Bush. He opened the Pandora’s box. Now he’s comfortable and safe in his ranch with 24/7 security that we pay for it…He started the whole thing and affirmed/ lied that Islam is a religion of peace while protecting his buddies the Saudis, who were responsible for 9/11 and had 15 of his nationals among the 19 jihadis.And he classified the 28 pages that pointed to the Saudis involvement in the attack…Now he and his dad are friends with the Clintons and Obama while bashing Trump…He and Jimmy Carter started this whole mess.The others just kept adding to it. The result is the nightmare we have now which got much worse with the Muslim in chief, B. Hussein O.

  12. Eric says

    Dec 15, 2017 at 2:52 pm

    Two beautiful women that I cannot tell one from another by ethnicity. The only difference between them is that one is from a country where the religion preaches jihad against infidels; the other is not.

    Eric

    • Terry Gain says

      Dec 15, 2017 at 9:03 pm

      The other is from a country whose contribution to civilization is out of all proportion to its numbers.

  13. Champ says

    Dec 15, 2017 at 5:54 pm

    The unholy quran is replete with anti-semitism, so it stands to reason that this evil outcome would occur. Although I should choose my words more carefully regarding islam & company, since there’s nothing about this evil ideology that embraces any “reason” whatsoever. Essentially islam defies *all* reason and basic common sense, and islam is wholly evil.

    • gravenimage says

      Dec 15, 2017 at 6:33 pm

      Spot on, Champ.

  14. gravenimage says

    Dec 15, 2017 at 6:39 pm

    Miss Iraq and her family forced to flee Iraq after getting death threats over her selfie with Miss Israel
    …………………………

    Well, I’m sadly not surprised.Just glad she and her family got out before she was murdered.

    More:

    In another Instagram post, Idan apologized to those who thought the photo was “harmful to the Palestinian cause,” clarifying that it was not a political statement, but instead meant to “express hope and desire for peace between the two countries”
    …………………………

    Can’t have that! Doesn’t Sarah Idan understand that all good Muslims want Israel destroyed?

  15. mortimer says

    Dec 15, 2017 at 7:17 pm

    Miss Iraq, Sarah Idan, and her family have paid the price for her moral courage.

    It takes great courage to be a beauty contestant from an Islamic country!

  16. jewdog says

    Dec 15, 2017 at 7:52 pm

    Maybe if we sink another trillion in that rat hole they’ll let her be.

  17. CRUSADER says

    Dec 15, 2017 at 8:19 pm

    We dig our own graves.

    Indeed, “KnightFall”….

  18. tgusa says

    Dec 16, 2017 at 1:43 am

    If you prefer to make friends rather than enemies in this world below is a time tested wise old western males perspective in just a few words.

    Never Judge a book by its cover.

    That saying pertains to people as well as books.

  19. nicholas tesdorf says

    Dec 16, 2017 at 3:01 am

    Iraq’s loss is the West;s gain!. There is no Beauty in Islam.

  20. Ewha1 says

    Dec 16, 2017 at 6:39 am

    But this can’t be true as I’ve been repeatedly told that Iraq is now all but like any secular Western country. Tolerance now reigns supreme:

  21. Ibrahim itace muhammed says

    Dec 16, 2017 at 7:19 am

    It is Zionist Isis making the threat, because the Jewish lady opposes brutal Zionism. Islam never said a Muslim shall never have friendly relationship with Jews. In fact the Quran explicitly stated that Allah does not forbid for you having friendly relationship with unbelievers who do not fighting you or send you away from your homes(like what evil fascist Zionists are currently doing to Palestinians killing them and demolishing their houses while they are still inside). many Muslims are married to indigenous jewish ladies in the middleast. I’m related to Jews because my grand grandmother from mother side was a Jew. I associate with these Jewish relations with love and kindness even though some of them are still judaists, not Muslims.

    • Bazza says

      Dec 16, 2017 at 8:12 am

      Excellent piece of Islamic propaganda Ibrahim! Sadly (For you!) we know the truth and will continue to be Islamaphobic in bringing it to your filthy attention!

    • gravenimage says

      Dec 16, 2017 at 11:54 pm

      The grotesque Ibrahim itace muhammed wrote:

      It is Zionist Isis making the threat, because the Jewish lady opposes brutal Zionism.
      …………………………

      What an idiot. The Israeli beauty is in no danger, just the Muslim from her coreligionists. Nice try, creep.

      More:

      Islam never said a Muslim shall never have friendly relationship with Jews. In fact the Quran explicitly stated that Allah does not forbid for you having friendly relationship with unbelievers who do not fighting you or send you away from your homes(like what evil fascist Zionists are currently doing to Palestinians killing them and demolishing their houses while they are still inside).
      …………………………

      What a load of Taqiyya. Here’s what Islam *actually* has to say:

      Quran (5:51) – “O you who believe! do not take the Jews and the Christians for friends; they are friends of each other; and whoever amongst you takes them for a friend, then surely he is one of them; surely Allah does not guide the unjust people.”

      More:

      many Muslims are married to indigenous jewish ladies in the middleast. I’m related to Jews because my grand grandmother from mother side was a Jew. I associate with these Jewish relations with love and kindness even though some of them are still judaists, not Muslims.
      …………………………

      Note that Muslim men can marry Jewish or Christian women, but this does not work the other way. This is because Muslims regard their wives as little better than slaves, so Muslims can, of course, abuse Infidels as much as they want.

      And Ibrahim itace muhammed says that the loves his Jewish relatives–interestingly, the first time has ever mentioned anything loving.

      Yet, he has also affirmed that he plans on committing genocide against the Jews, per Islamic scripture. So I suppose this “love” he has for these Jewish victims will not prevent his murdering them. *Ugh*.

  22. Bazza says

    Dec 16, 2017 at 8:10 am

    One thing regarding Islam we tend to forget or ignore regularly? A barbaric cult (Islam, Nazism,Communism etc.) can only gain a foothold in Western civilisation if it’s permitted to get that foothold. Who knows (I don’t!) why Western Europe, America etc.from around the mid 1990’s onward, not only agreed, but actively welcomed and invited these evil people into our countries!
    London UK is a typical example. Native Brits. were encouraged to leave London en masse by the promise of superior homes, better living and work conditions, and resettled in areas some 30 – 50 miles away from the city! When that operation began, the government immediately embarked an an almost entirely muslim immigration program! Nobody, in government or otherwise, explained why this massive migration was permitted to happen but happen it did, with zero explanation and in fact, a flat out denial that it was a deliberate policy!
    Today, London is a majority muslim city! Some 67% of current day Londoners, are muslims, they even have their own muslim mayor, MPs and other elected positions? They were welcomed with open arms, despite the small amount of voices raised in horror! Inside of 20 years, Brits now experience the ignominy of things like Sharia Law courts, no-go areas throughout the country! Hate toward these vile invaders is at an all time high but, never forget, it was government action that made it happen and that same action applies to Western Europe, the USA and Canada! I truly shudder and fear, what kind of world my grandchildren will inherit! It’s certainly not one I wish to have any part of!

    • gravenimage says

      Dec 17, 2017 at 12:04 am

      The figures I can find show London to be a little over 12% Muslim–still a horrific figure, of course.

      “In the 2011 census Office for National Statistics, the proportion of Muslims in London had risen to 12.4% of the population (40% of England’s Muslims). In the boroughs of Newham and Tower Hamlets, the percentages of Muslims were over 30%.”

      Where do you find the figure to be 67%?

      • tgusa says

        Dec 17, 2017 at 2:00 am

        London has passed the well known 10% danger zone figure. Things will only get worse from here on out.

  23. Paddy Mac says

    Dec 16, 2017 at 10:27 am

    Strange, the two women look like sisters.

    • gravenimage says

      Dec 17, 2017 at 12:08 am

      That is because the savagery of Islam is not about ethnicity or race, but about ideology.

  24. Deano says

    Dec 16, 2017 at 12:45 pm

    Her courage is in short supply throughout the nations of Islam. May God protect her and her family.

  25. patriotliz says

    Dec 16, 2017 at 8:57 pm

    How in the Islamic world can any female be able to even enter a beauty contest?

    • gravenimage says

      Dec 17, 2017 at 12:09 am

      She was already considered a bad Muslim.

  26. Kepha says

    Dec 16, 2017 at 10:05 pm

    I’ve read of a Kuwaiti journalist who called Israel a “legitimate state” on TV; and two Kuwaiti MP’s who defended trade with Israel. I personally ran into a Saudi from the Hashimi clan who was rethinking attitudes about Israel after encountering Israelis on a US campus. Now Miss Iraq, Sarah Idan, engaged in human interaction with an Israeli. Maybe there is hope for a Mideast peace. It may not come as quickly as I, a former US foreign service officer, would like, but maybe we can dare to hope for more.

    In the meantime, keep the proverbial powder dry…

  27. Ibrahim itace muhammed says

    Dec 17, 2017 at 9:26 am

    Satan (Holy Spirit) worshiper Gravenimage, you misconceived Quran 5:51.The term”Auliya”doesn’t mean friends within the context. It means alliance with hostile unbelievers like Jews and Christians against Muslims ,exactly like what evil Saudi Royal family are doing allying with Evil United States and evil Zionist state of Israel against other muslim nations. As for friendly relationship with non-hostile unbelievers, Allah says”Laa yanhakum anniladhina lam yuqatiluukum walam yakhrujuukum min diyarikum (Allah does not forbid for you friendly relationship with those who do not fight you or drive you away from your homes).

  28. Schrödinger says

    Dec 17, 2017 at 10:21 am

    Both are very pretty, indeed beautiful.

    The same certainly cannot be said about Islam. Virtually everything about it is morally repugnant, indeed downright hideous. Miss Iraq though doesn’t represent Islam. She embodies the desire to discard it — particularly when in her bikini!

    It also needs admitting there remain aspects to Jewish law, hence Judaism, hardly concordant with modern sensibilities either. Nevertheless, unlike Islam, modern Judaism is largely compatible with this contemporary world. And as Heinz-Christian Strache, leader of the Austrian Freedom Party, a member of the conservative, incoming Austrian coalition government states, “if one defines the Judeo-Christian West, then Israel represents a kind of border. If Israel fails, Europe fails. And if Europe fails, Israel fails.” He certainly has his finger on the pulse of this ailing patient called Europe, for whom a remedy can hopefully still be effected in time.

    BTW, Merry Xmas & Happy Hanukkah Ibrahim itace muhammad. Try and cheer up a bit.

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