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US Muslim leaders attend “Islamophobia” conference of Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader who screamed “Death to Israel”

Apr 10, 2018 3:21 pm By Robert Spencer

Here are the intrepid Bedier and Bazian claiming victim status even when they are victimizers — they want to do something to help accused serial rapist Tariq Ramadan, and retail “Palestinian” victimhood rhetoric with a man who screamed “Death to Israel.” They never have any shortage of chutzpah.

“Hatem and Ahmed’s Ironic Islamophobia Adventure,” IPT News, April 10, 2018:

Bigotry is awful – and the purveyors of hatred and discrimination need to be confronted and isolated.

But what happens when those who lament bigotry consistently engage in their own prejudice and animus? What if they do it in concert with a member of a designated terrorist organization who has called for the absolute destruction of a nation?

Ahmed Bedier and Hatem Bazian had to go to Istanbul to find out.

They were among 25 irony-challenged participants at last weekend’s “Contextualizing Islamophobia: Its Impact on Culture and Global Politics” conference organized by the Center for Islam and Global Affairs (CIGA). Center director Sami Al-Arian served on the Majlis Shura, or board of directors, for the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorist group.

In separate gatherings during the early 1990s, Al-Arian called for “death to Israel” and accepted an introduction during a fundraiser as the head of “the active arm of the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine,” which rejects any peaceful settlement to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Only “the jihad solution and the martyrdom style” can liberate Palestine, the group’s bylaws say.

Four years later, he wrote a letter trumpeting a PIJ double suicide bombing that killed 21 Israelis, saying it “is the best guide and witness to what the believing few can do in the face of Arab and Islamic collapse at the heels of the Zionist enemy…”

“I call upon you to try to extend true support of the jihad effort in Palestine so that operations such as these can continue…” he added.

That’s the man who organized a conference about “Islamophobia,” which is defined as an irrational fear or hatred of Islam and/or Muslims.

“Unfortunately,” Al-Arian wrote in an op-ed prior to the conference, “Islamophobia has unleashed a lucrative industry led by dangerous interest groups with extremist political, social, and economic agendas. If unchecked, it threatens perpetual wars and destruction causing immeasurable pain and suffering.”

The same can be said for radical Islamist ideology which peddles in Jew-hatred and covets a globe dominated by Quranic doctrine.

We see that immeasurable pain and suffering Al-Arian described in Gaza, where Hamas chooses to divert resources that can rebuild the densely-populated coastal territory in favor of preparing for perpetual war and destruction by building an arsenal and digging tunnels for terrorists to sneak into Israel and try to slaughter civilians.

We see it in the thousands of dead Muslims in Syria, Libya, Iraq and anywhere that Islamic State, al-Qaida and other terrorists try to live by the letter of Muhammad’s law.

That’s not the problem facing Muslims, conference participants seemed to agree. Supporters of Israel are the problem.

Al-Arian lists Bedier, a former chapter director and fundraiser for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), among the “renowned scholars” participating in the conference. Bedier is quick to toss out “dual loyalty” smears against Americans who publicly support Israel.

Bazian is one of the leading advocates for the anti-Semitic Boycott, Divest and Sanctions (BDS) movement targeting Israel. He was forced to apologize in December after retweeting an anti-Semitic image of a Jewish man bragging, “I Is chosen,” and saying, “I can now kill, rape, smuggle organs & steal the land of Palestinians.”

Part of the conference focused on France’s rape investigation into celebrity Islamist Tariq Ramadan, an Oxford University professor and grandson of Muslim Brotherhood founder Hassan al-Banna.

“We, as Muslims, need to do something for him,” said Mehmet Gormez, former head of Turkey’s religious authority.

In their remarks, Bazian and Bedier reportedly claimed “Islamophobia” is pushed by people who want to keep Muslims marginalized and politically weakened.

They chose to attend Al-Arian’s conference just weeks after he spent an hour on a radio show hosted by a conspiracy theorist who sees the 9/11 attacks – and virtually any act of terrorism committed by Muslims – as “false flag” operations for which Zionists ultimately are responsible. Al-Arian was well aware of his host’s baseless, anti-Semitic views because he’d heard some of them during a previous appearance in 2016.

But antipathy toward Jews is ingrained in Al-Arian’s psyche.

PIJ bylaws, which weren’t yet publicly known when Al-Arian possessed them, call for jihad to create “a state of terror, instability and panic in the souls of the Zionists” and demand “a psychological barrier between the Jews and the Muslim Palestinian people and the creation of a conviction that the coexistence is impossible…”

Not many people would fly 5,000 miles to participate in a conference led by someone who endorsed such violent, hateful objectives. Hatem Bazian and Ahmed Bedier just did.

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Filed Under: "Islamophobia", claiming victim status, Featured, Islamic antisemitism, Turkey, War is deceit Tagged With: Ahmed Bedier, Hatem Bazian, Sami Al-Arian


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  1. mortimer says

    Apr 10, 2018 at 3:51 pm

    WHAT IS IT CALLED WHEN ONE ANALYZES POLITICAL ISLAM?

    How about ? …. POLITICAL SCIENCE OF POLITICAL ISLAM or Islamo-analysis or Islamo-realism or Islamo-common-sense or Islamo-rationalityor Islamo-perceptiveness or Islamo-discernment or Islamo-threat-awareness Islamo-identification Islamo-detection Islamo-exposure Islamo-unmasking Islamo-demystification Islamo-diagnosis Islamo-discernment Islamo-perception Islamo-interpretation Islamo-scrutiny Islamo-inquiry Islamo-surveillance Islamo-review Islamo-sifting Islamo-auditing Islamo-probing Islamo-fact-finding Islamo-delving Islamo-insight Islamo-consciousness Islamo-education Islamo- comprehension, etc.

    • Andy says

      Apr 10, 2018 at 4:10 pm

      I Hate Islam!

      Stop Political Correctness!!!

      Old time rock and roll now deemed hopelessly politically incorrect

      • Andy says

        Apr 10, 2018 at 4:23 pm

        Watch it before you-tube censors it as hate speech.

        Stop Political Correctness.

        • Andy says

          Apr 10, 2018 at 5:41 pm

          Now, If you complain about Islam. You are considered FAR RIGHT!

        • HugoHackenbush says

          Apr 10, 2018 at 9:51 pm

          And before they delete these gems; watch them: “Popeye Meets Sinbad The Sailor”, “Popeye Meets Ali Baba And The 40 Thieves”, Popeye as Aladdin, “Laurel and Hardy Join the Foreign Legion”. All great, all hysterical, all highly creative and all UTTERLY politically incorrect. Maybe they will exhume the Fleischers and behead them for the Popeye cartoons.

        • jihad3tracker says

          Apr 11, 2018 at 3:42 am

          HELLO AGAIN ANDY —- Thank you hugely for comments and videos here on JW.

          I do not have enough spare time to respond to every one of them, but they are all appreciated.

        • Andy says

          Apr 11, 2018 at 3:20 pm

          My pleasure jihad3tracker, Thank you for your insightful comments and thank you Mr. Spencer for allowing me to post you-tube video and to add my two cents worth of commentaries.

          All the best to all! Keep on fighting the good fight!

        • gravenimage says

          Apr 11, 2018 at 4:55 pm

          Hugo, my favorite is Porky Pig taking on Jihadists, way back in 1941:

        • Andy says

          Apr 11, 2018 at 7:08 pm

          Thanks grave,

          for the porky pig cartoon.

          I love all those ole time Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig and gang cartoons and I do think I have all of them. I think there is 7 or 8 volumes that came out over the years on dvd and I purchased all of them.

  2. Ibrahim itace muhammed says

    Apr 10, 2018 at 4:40 pm

    The bold step taken by this American is commendable.May Allah protect him against evil machinations of apartheid evil united states establishmets under savage mad devil Trump.
    That jihad group is truely fighting valid jihad as the circumstances in palestine warrant resort to jîhad in the form of military confrontation.All muslims shall do the same.

    • Andy says

      Apr 10, 2018 at 4:43 pm

      This song is dedicated to Ibrahim itace muhammed – enjoy!!!

      Ahab the Arab

      • Andy says

        Apr 10, 2018 at 4:47 pm

        This was an encore!

    • HugoHackenbush says

      Apr 10, 2018 at 9:58 pm

      Here you go Ibrahim, drawings (that move) of living things, drawn by infidels :

      https://youtu.be/QIwUpvf2jXY

      https://youtu.be/miw_Jw7j2sE

      https://youtu.be/Sv7IH291KBo

      Popeye is the quintessential American, as conceived by the children of Jewish immigrants.

      • Andy says

        Apr 11, 2018 at 3:22 pm

        Thank you HugoHackenbush for the videos!

        • HugoHackenbush says

          Apr 11, 2018 at 6:30 pm

          Get the DVD set. The cartoons are fabulous on a big screen.
          https://www.amazon.com/Popeye-Sailor-1933-1938-Complete-First/dp/B000P296AS/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1523485678&sr=8-2&keywords=popeye+dvd

        • Andy says

          Apr 11, 2018 at 7:05 pm

          Thanks Hugo

          I have that Popeye set.I totally agree with you. It is great! I love all the ole time cartoons and believe it or not I have quite a big collection of them. My daughter (I have paintings by her hung up, in the home) was a good artist in her own drawings and I encouraged her to pursue a career but she loved her country more and wanted to serve the country.

          She is currently serving in the Armed Forces as well as my Son In Law,

    • gravenimage says

      Apr 11, 2018 at 4:57 pm

      These Jihadists aren’t Americans–they are just Muslims who are using the United States as base from which to wage Jihad.

      And Ibrahim itace muhammed’s other reference is to his wanting to see civilized Israel destroyed and the genocide of the Jews.

      • Andy says

        Apr 11, 2018 at 7:19 pm

        Ibrahim itace muhammed is just full of hate as well as his so called holy book-the koran.

        Muslims are so brainwashed and bathed in hate from birth. Only the blood and love of Christ can redeem them as well as all mankind.

        We are living in very perilous times.

        Matthew 24:22
        KJ21
        And unless those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved; but for the elect’s sake, those days shall be shortened.

        https://www.biblegateway.com/verse/en/Matthew%2024:22

        Perilous Times – the Complete Movie

  3. Japetto Danatelli says

    Apr 10, 2018 at 4:48 pm

    This islamic snake is just one more example of what lying hypocrites muslims can be on the matter. They demand the utmost respect and tolerance from us, but in the next breath they spew hateful religious bias—or worse—in return. They clap and cheer when our innocent civilians die but then whine like babies because we have the nerve to talk about it. These are not a nice people. Oh sure, they act and talk nice when they have to, but their hearts are for allah and muhammad who were themselves bigoted haters that terrorized for religion. I’m a slow learner I admit, but even I can connect these dots.

    In their remarks, Bazian and Bedier reportedly claimed “Islamophobia” is pushed by people who want to keep Muslims marginalized and politically weakened.

    No, it’s not “islamophobia” that is causing the “marginalization” of muslims. It’s the murder and terror and rape and dangerous enclaves and welfare suckage and the impugning of our freedoms that does that, and their piggy religion is what drives them to do it. And let me go further and say, I don’t want them “marginalized” I want them out of the West completely. Because I know they are never, n-e-v-e-r, NEVER, going to assimilate or even respect our way of life. They will always be the poor muslim victims that can’t be free until they dominate the rest of us for their sick and demonic religion. They don’t even respect us enough to hide their hypocritical contempt for us. Their bigotry and hatred is unabashed, they are not at all embarrassed to be caught acting far worse than they accuse us of being. In short, they are bullies just as are the leftists helping them. They’re conducting a war where our people get raped, murdered, silenced, and robbed in every way. And in return we give them rationality, aid, and tolerance. If we were an animal in the wild we would have been eaten a long time ago. Nature does not favor weakness, our raped kids and murdered citizens are proof of that.

    If we won’t defend our own good morals and ideals then we are encouraging the bad ones. If we don’t defend our Judeo-Christian heritage then we support islam’s evil agenda of world domination for their retarded demon. It’s not evil to defend ourselves, it’s evil not to.

  4. Ibrahim itace muhammed says

    Apr 10, 2018 at 5:44 pm

    japetto, you are just an idiot mithraist Christian bigot possessed by the Satan (holy spirit). you mean this American muslim has no right to show concern about neonazi hate campaigns against muslims in the West, especially in the apartheid evil united states, líke the one at JW that causes marginalisations and harrassments of Muslims ?

    • Andy says

      Apr 10, 2018 at 5:48 pm

      To Ibrahim itace muhammed

      FU

      • Japetto Danatelli says

        Apr 10, 2018 at 5:55 pm

        He’s a troll, I just ignore him.

        • Lydia Church says

          Apr 10, 2018 at 9:57 pm

          Yes, I just step right over that dung pile.

          It is the same ‘cut and paste’ pile of dung every time too, like he can’t find anything intelligent to say, only evil and lies so obvious it is enough to roll your eyes over. And everyone knows it.

          He can’t give real sources to support his claims nor can he refute the true claims against islam in action. He just keeps grasping at straws.

          All the evil false things he says are only true about himself and islam.
          He is probably demon possessed too by now. Let him go back to his blood thirsty pagan moon god and worship him by having an orgy.

          By the way, demons are very blood thirsty. Once they enter a body they seek after blood. We see that with satanists, other occultists, muslims, and other evil groups. That stuff is real.

    • Salah says

      Apr 10, 2018 at 8:45 pm

      “japetto, you are just an idiot mithraist Christian bigot possessed by the Satan…”

      Do you really want to know who was possessed by Satan?

      Muhammad’s mental condition was a matter of concern since his childhood. His wet nurse thought he was demon possessed…

      Sira, Ibn Hisham (arabic) / السيرة النبوية لإبن هشام
      قالت : أفتخوفت عليه الشيطان ؟ قالت : قلت نعم

      Translation:

      Sira, Ibn Hisham (english) p.6
      When she (Muhammad’s mother) asked if I feared a demon possessed him, I replied that I did.

      http://crossmuslims.blogspot.ca/2011/10/muhammad-and-satan_24.html

      • Ibrahim itace muhammed says

        Apr 11, 2018 at 2:54 am

        Salah you lied. There is nothing in Ibn Hisham sira to suggest that prophet muhammad was demon possessed. the story was concocted by orientalists relying on insult charge made by wife of Abu jahl that It was demon that prophet muhammad saw at Ghar Hira not Archangel Gabriel. Any enemy can frame such lies. But is It reliable ?

        • Salah says

          Apr 11, 2018 at 6:25 am

          Al-Qurtubi (arabic) 242/19 / تفسير القرطبي

          يريد بالشيطان الأبيض الذى كان يأتى النبي .. يريد أن يفتنه

          Translation:

          By the demon called Al-Abyad (the White One), he was referring to the one that used to come to the Prophet (pbuh) in the form of Gabriel (the angel) wanting to seduce him.

          http://crossmuslims.blogspot.ca/2011/10/muhammad-and-satan_24.html

          I’m not lying, Ibrahim. I’m just reading your “holy” books, you know, the ones you never read yourself.

    • gravenimage says

      Apr 11, 2018 at 5:06 pm

      Ibrahim itace muhammed wrote:

      japetto, you are just an idiot mithraist Christian bigot possessed by the Satan (holy spirit). you mean this American muslim has no right to show concern about neonazi hate campaigns against muslims in the West, especially in the apartheid evil united states, líke the one at JW that causes marginalisations and harrassments of Muslims ?
      ……………………………..

      For Ibrahim itace muhammed, openly noting that Muslims want to oppress and murder us is “neonazi hate campaigns”.

      Also, note his demand that no one be allowed to reply to his vicious claptrap here.

      He thinks that Jihad Watch should be forced to serve as a platform for his Muslim supremacy.

  5. j_not_a says

    Apr 10, 2018 at 6:35 pm

    Here is what I have to say to those at that pathetic conference “DEATH TO ISLAM-O-PHONEY-A”!!!

  6. Ren says

    Apr 10, 2018 at 7:47 pm

    Muslim leaders attend “Islamophobia” conference but they have no clue as to why people hate islam.

    • Lydia Church says

      Apr 10, 2018 at 9:51 pm

      He needs to attend a Judophobia conference!

  7. Salah says

    Apr 10, 2018 at 10:23 pm

    Breaking News:

    Egypt military court sentences 36 people to death over deadly 2017 church bombings

    http://www.copts-united.com/English/Details.php?I=2124&A=34505

    • gravenimage says

      Apr 11, 2018 at 5:08 pm

      This is surprising–Al Sisi has been doing little to protect Christians. Thanks for the link, Salah.

  8. mortimer says

    Apr 10, 2018 at 10:39 pm

    This entire Islamophobia conference is an exercise in PSYCHOLOGICAL PROJECTION … the ideation of ACCUSING ONE’S OPPONENTS of what one is guilty of.

    The Muslims accuse kafirs and Jewish kafirs in particular of doing all the things which are NORMATIVE PARTS OF JIHAD.

    Note that in their vicious PROJECTIONS, that it is NEVER CALLED CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY when Muslims do it.

    • mortimer says

      Apr 10, 2018 at 10:41 pm

      CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY are DECREED by Allah in the Koran. But Muslims are too SELF-HYPNOTIZED to see it. Muslims wake out of your trance in three … one … two … and … THREE !

      Wake out of your Islamic trance and NEVER RETURN TO IT.

    • gravenimage says

      Apr 11, 2018 at 5:14 pm

      Yes, Mortimer–this is all projection.

  9. AP says

    Apr 11, 2018 at 6:11 am

    Joke of the day! Islamophobia!

  10. FYI says

    Apr 11, 2018 at 6:59 am

    Islamic supremacist ideology=religious Nazism.

  11. Yitz says

    Apr 11, 2018 at 9:50 am

    The pity is that a billion muslams think like ibraham

  12. gravenimage says

    Apr 11, 2018 at 4:51 pm

    US Muslim leaders attend “Islamophobia” conference of Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader who screamed “Death to Israel”
    ……………………………

    Well, that pretty much sums it up…

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