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Egyptian Former Movie Actor: ‘Islam is a Religion of Love, Peace and Coexistence That is Being Bullied by Macron’

Nov 26, 2020 8:00 am By Samir A. Zedan 23 Comments

A former movie actor is promoting Islamic jihad terrorism to Egyptian TV audiences by means of an anti-France campaign riddled fallacies and myths.

In this Arabic-language video (the segment concluding at 5:28), Wajdi al-Arabi mixes historic events with fictions to propagate Islamic jihad, using bellicose rhetoric in a modern TV setting.

Once a well-known actor in Egyptian cinema, Wajdi al-Arabi turned into a member and staunch supporter of jihad terrorism after joining the Muslim Brotherhood. Later, he attacked other movie actors, accusing them of spreading immorality and destroying the Islamic community in Egypt and the Arab world.

After he disavowed his previous movie works, he began promoting Islamic Da’wa and guidance movies, which would lay down a new approach to the movie industry in an imminent religious state.

When the Egyptian army toppled the Muslim Brotherhood President Mohamed Morsi in June 2013, al-Arabi began to show anger and a jihadist tendency, which before then had not been evident in his personality.

His involvement with religious extremism began at the end of the 1980s, after a visit to Saudi Arabia and frequent meetings with the late sheikh Muhammad Metwally al-Shaarawy in Cairo. His sister stated in a television interview that he started demanding that she wear the veil, otherwise he would consider her an infidel if had she refused.

His Islamic strictness and fanaticism also were portrayed in his marital relationship and through his veiled three-year-old daughter, who appeared in Fitna, a 2008 short film by Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders, in which she was seen calling Jews the children of apes and pigs, as is mentioned in the Qur’an (2:63-65; 5:59-60; 7:166).

During the protests that took place in Egypt in what was known as the Rabaa sit-in which followed the ouster of Mohamed Morsi in 2013, al-Arabi was seen on the podium, standing among the leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood. He was filmed carrying his shroud on his hand, and wearing a t-shirt on which he wrote “a martyr project,” as a sign that he did not fear death for the sake of the terrorist group.

After the arrest of a large number of Muslim Brotherhood leaders following the end of the Brotherhood’s short reign in Egypt, a decision was taken by the terrorist group to resort again to forming an armed organization and establishing an intelligence apparatus. This apparatus aimed to carry out jihad terrorist operations inside Egypt in order to overthrow the regime and reinstall the Brotherhood in power.

Dozens of terrorist operations were planned and carried out in Egypt; among them was an attempt to assassinate the Deputy Attorney General of Egypt. In that case, Wajdi al-Arabi was sentenced to life imprisonment in absentia.

Recently, al-Arabi appeared on a TV program broadcast from Turkey, accusing French President Emmanuel Macron of insulting the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad. In the video, al-Arabi says that France has declared war on Islam and has closed more than 70 mosques under the “pretext of belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood.”

As he is talking about what he calls the “peaceful nature” of the Muslim Brotherhood movement, he spews hate speech, encouraging murder and lauding Hitler’s burning of the Jews.

“Islam is a religion of love, peace, justice and coexistence that is being subjected to bullying by Macron, who closed Muslim-owned shops for the simple reason that they belong to Muslims,” al-Arabi adds.

Al-Arabi in the video downplays the danger of the existence of more than 8,000 Muslims in France who are associated with terrorism. “This number does not represent half a percent of the Muslim population in France. Why would they subject the entire five million Muslims of France to scrutiny?”

Al-Arabi referred to the terrorist attack in Vienna, in which four people were killed and other 22 injured, as “the incident.” “The Austrian government should not have used that incident as a justification for the security steps taken against some of the extremist Islamic associations.”

Fancifully, al-Arabi charges that on many occasions, “an extreme right-wing, or an extreme Christian member” carries out terrorist acts in order to accuse Muslims of standing behind them. “Many of those crimes later turn out to be a terrorist act by a Catholic or an Orthodox terrorist.”

Samir A. Zedan is a former Senior Counter-Terrorism Analyst at the US Department of State, and a former Development Outreach and Communication specialist at USAID/Iraq. He is a free-lance journalist published and with assignments in major media outlets in the Palestinian Areas, Israel, Jordan, Iraq and Europe.

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  1. Haviette Libertin says

    Nov 26, 2020 at 8:04 am

    Of course the abuser claims to be the victim…

    Reply
  2. Antiislamicman says

    Nov 26, 2020 at 8:10 am

    Surah 9:29 says something very very different.

    Who’s right, this guy or the false prophet Muhammad?

    Reply
    • mortimer says

      Nov 26, 2020 at 10:04 am

      Good point (‘who’s right?’). Obviously, Wajdi al-Arabi is abrogating the 164 jihad verses in the Koran. He does not have the right to do so.

      Reply
  3. Michael Copeland says

    Nov 26, 2020 at 8:27 am

    Al Baghdadi said it differently:
    “Islam was never a religion of peace. Islam is the religion of fighting.”
    https://egyptianstreets.com/2015/05/15/isis-leader-declares-islam-was-never-a-religion-of-peace-islam-is-the-religion-of-fighting/
    Baghdadi was not a film actor, but he had a PhD in Koranic studies.

    Reply
    • gravenimage says

      Nov 26, 2020 at 9:41 pm

      Yep.

      Reply
  4. Michael Copeland says

    Nov 26, 2020 at 8:34 am

    TRANSLATIONS
    Love……..love the muslim, hate the kuffar – http://www.muslimsagainstvoting
    Peace……Peace is when the whole world is muslim – Syed Qutb
    Co-existence……merciful to each other ..but violent to kuffar – Erdogan

    Reply
    • gravenimage says

      Nov 26, 2020 at 9:42 pm

      Spot on, Michael.

      Reply
  5. Goofy says

    Nov 26, 2020 at 9:31 am

    Can we please have some references to Koran verses?

    Reply
    • mortimer says

      Nov 26, 2020 at 10:15 am

      REFERENCES AND QUOTES ABOUT HATE FROM ISLAM’S TOP AUTHORITIES:

      The Koran’s 164 Jihad Verses: K 2:178-179, 190-191, 193-194, 216-218, 244; 3:121-126, 140-143, 146, 152-158, 165-167,169, 172-173, 195; 4:71-72, 74-077, 84, 89-91, 94-95,100-104; 5:33, 35, 82; 8:1, 5, 7, 9-10, 12, 15-17, 39-48, 57-60, 65-75; 9:5, 12-14, 16, 19-20, 24-26, 29, 36, 38-39, 41, 44, 52, 73, 81, 83, 86, 88, 92, 111, 120, 122-123; 16:110; 22:39, 58, 78; 24:53, 55; 25:52; 29:6, 69; 33:15, 18, 20, 23, 25-27, 50; 42:39; 47:4, 20, 35; 48:15-24; 49:15; 59:2, 5-8, 14; 60:9; 61:4, 11, 13; 63:4; 64:14; 66:9; 73:20; 76:8.

      Reward for Killing Apostates
      “So, wherever you find them, kill them, for whoever kills them shall have reward on the Day of Resurrection”
      – Bukhari, Volume 9, Book 84, Number 64

      Disagree with Mohammed – Ethnic Cleansing of Arabia
      “After today there will no longer be two religions existing in Arabia. I descended by Allah with the sword in my hand, and my wealth will come from the shadow of my sword. And the one who will disagree with me will be humiliated and persecuted.” (Ibn Hisham, The Life of Muhammad, 3rd ed., pt. 6, vol. 3 (Beirut, Lebanon: Dar-al-Jil, 1998), p. 8, author’s translation)

      K.28:86 Do not support the disbelievers (kafirs) in any way.

      -Imam Abdul-Latif ibn Abdur-Rahman Rahimullah said, “It is not possible for someone to realize Tawheed (Islamic faith) and act upon it, and yet not be HOSTILE against the mushrikeen (i.e. wrong worshippers). So anyone who isn’t HOSTILE against the mushrikeen, then it cannot be said that he acts upon Tawheed nor that he realizes it.” [ad-Durar as-Saniyyah 8/167]

      – “The Muslim should regard the Kuffaar as ENEMIES and HATE them because of their kufr (wrong belief), just as he hates their kufr (disbelief) itself.” – from Umar Sulayman ‘Abd-Allaah al-Ashqar, “Belief in Allah”

      -“The doctrine of al Walaa wal Baraa is the REAL IMAGE for the actual practice of this faith.” – source “Al Walaa wal Baraa According to the Aqeedah of the Salaf”, by Sheikh Muhammad Saeed al Qatani, authoritative Saudi Sharia lawyer and imam at the Abu Bakr and Al Furqan Mosques in Mecca.

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      • gravenimage says

        Nov 26, 2020 at 9:45 pm

        Thank you, Mortimer.

        Reply
    • mortimer says

      Nov 26, 2020 at 10:26 am

      3:31-32 Surely, Allah does not love the disbelievers (kafirs).
      30:45 Surely, He does not love the disbelievers (kafirs).
      2.276 Allah does not love every disbelieving (kafir) sinner.

      Reply
  6. tim gallagher says

    Nov 26, 2020 at 3:31 pm

    When Muslims say that islam is a religion of peace (apart from being complete bullshit and propaganda) they surely only mean that when everyone has eventually given up and submitted and become a Muslim, then there will be peace. Of course, it is total bullshit. Islam is the the opposite of peace. It is a violent, murderous ideology and always has been and always will be. As for this lying propagandist in this report, saying there is “love” in islam, what a sick joke. The concept of love doesn’t exist in Islam, this barbaric throwback of an ideology. Any idea of love and this vile, hate filled ideology called Islam are mutually exclusive. Just as in the western world, a lot of actors make completely moronic statements, this Muslim actor seems to be the same type of imbecile with his bullshit statement. Actors should stick to the lines in movie scripts that they are meant to memorise and deliver. They often seem to know nothing about any other subject.

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  7. James Lincoln says

    Nov 26, 2020 at 3:52 pm

    So Wajdi al-Arabi says that islam is being bullied by macron.

    This is nonsensical.

    One individual can bully another *individual or group of individuals*, but it is impossible to *bully* an idea, political /religious ideology, etc.

    Reply
    • gravenimage says

      Nov 26, 2020 at 9:46 pm

      Yes–this is nothing but projection.

      Reply
  8. DavidR says

    Nov 26, 2020 at 4:36 pm

    The analogy to bullying isn’t totally off the mark. Muhammad was bullied in Mecca before he decided to stage his over revenge and murder his bullies, their friends, family members, distant family members, various tribes, hundreds of Jews, boys with some pubic hair, Christians, polytheists, the mailman, poets, and anybody who had something he wanted. The president of Turkey has also decided that avarice is the emotion to go with.

    Reply
    • gravenimage says

      Nov 26, 2020 at 9:47 pm

      Refusing to embrace evil beliefs is not really bullying.

      Reply
  9. gravenimage says

    Nov 26, 2020 at 6:02 pm

    Egyptian Former Movie Actor: ‘Islam is a Religion of Love, Peace and Coexistence That is Being Bullied by Macron’
    …………………….

    Of course! What’s more indicative of Love, Peace, and Coexistence than beheading people who dare question Islam? sarc/off

    Reply
  10. David M says

    Nov 26, 2020 at 8:24 pm

    You should have described this clown as a “former movie actor, now full time bullshit artist.” His acting training helps him push the false narrative of Islam being a religion of peace.

    Reply
  11. Isaac Marshall says

    Nov 27, 2020 at 7:27 am

    Ideas can be bullied?

    Reply
    • gravenimage says

      Nov 28, 2020 at 12:32 am

      Good point, Isaac.

      Reply
  12. security says

    Nov 29, 2020 at 2:21 pm

    Islam can not coexist with non-Muslims, it is stated in Aal-Imraan 110 “You [true believers in Islamic Monotheism, and real followers of Prophet Muhammad SAW and his Sunnah (legal ways, etc.)] are the best of peoples ever raised up for mankind….” Muslims are not equal to non-Muslims, Quran sees non-Muslims as animal, yes animals and this is not my own opinion but it is written in the book that Muslims consider as the final book given by God. Muslims will only coexist with others after they accept Islam and say the Shahadatin “no God but Allah and Muhammed is his prophet” then coexist MIGHT start. But wait AS A NEW MUSLIM you must belong on one of the many sects of Islam. Different sects in Islam don’t coexist they have been killing each other for centuries.
    In short Islam does not coexist with others and it does not coexist with itself. Complicated, yes it is

    Reply

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