Back in 2015, Nezar Hamze and I debated about Muhammad cartoons and the freedom of speech on Newsmax, with the nakedly biased Ed Berliner, who should have been working for MSNBC, working hard to make up for Hamze’s rhetorical deficiencies. Here’s the video:
In light of his positions in that discussion, the information in this article is not surprising.
“Dangerous Incitement From the South Florida Muslim Federation,” by Dexter Van Zile, Algemeiner, May 20, 2021 (thanks to Henry):
The South Florida Muslim Federation and its Executive Director, Nezar Hamze, have some decisions to make.
Are they going to do the hard work of promoting peace and human rights in the Middle East? Or are the organization and its leaders going to foment hostility towards Israel and American Jews?
Is the organization going to increase peace between various ethnic and religious groups in the US? Or is it going to undermine the already tenuous bonds of comity in America through acts of public incitement and demonization?
Right now, things don’t look too good for the organization, headquartered in Coral Springs, Florida.
If you go to the organization’s website, you’ll find that it is linking to and promoting videos of various anti-Israel protest rallies that took place in downtown Miami this past weekend.
And not only did the South Florida Muslim Federation promote the videos of the rallies, they also promoted the rallies themselves.
One video, taken by someone who goes by the name Daniyal Hasan and posted on Facebook, shows protesters gathered at Bayfront Park on Saturday, May 15, 2021.
In the video, protesters can be heard chanting, “Netanyahu, You Can’t Hide, We Charge You With Genocide,” “From the River to the Sea, Palestine Will Be Free!” and “Israel, What Do You Say? How Many Kids Have You Killed Today.”
At about eight and a half minutes into the video, which can be seen on Facebook here, a keffiyeh-wearing protester is shown displaying a sign that reads “ISRAEL = NAZI/They Are Committing Genocide.”
These are not messages offered by people intent on promoting Palestinian rights; instead, they are lies geared towards inciting hostility against Israel, and also its supporters in the US.
These are messages offered not by people intent on achieving self-determination for Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, but on destroying the Jewish state (“From the River to the Sea”), or totally inverting history to compare Israel to the Nazis.
The president of the South Florida Muslim Federation’s executive committee, Samir Kakli, recently authored a letter to the editor that was published in the Miami Herald and reprinted in the Palm Beach Post, which described the text as “a joint statement by the Imams across South Florida.”
In the letter, Kakli and his fellow leaders complain that Palestinian dignity has been attacked during the recent round of conflict in the Holy Land.
Kakli writes that he hopes and prays “that all Americans — Jews, Christians, Muslims and others — come together to work for a just solution to this conflict and bring dignity to every man, woman, and child in Jerusalem, and the entire region, regardless of faith.”
It’s a laughable proclamation coming from a man who leads an organization that uses its webpage and organizational power to promote such ugly incitement against the Jewish state in the streets of Miami, where protesters falsely accuse Israel of genocide, call for the destruction of the Jewish state, and equate it with the Nazi regime….
commonsense says
Wow. Hamze describes Muhammed as tolerant, encouraging free speech. Hamze must know perfectly well that this is grotesquely false – what a God damned liar! Robert’s informed response, citing Asma bint Marwan et al., unfortunately, was indistinct, because Berliner or Hamze was yapping while Robert was replying and because there was no time left for Robert to elaborate.
alberto gorinalberto_ says
they try since 1948 did t work we survived
Walter Sieruk says
That Muslim Federation is overruled by none other than God. For God views Israel as “His special treasure.” Psalm 135:4. [N.K.J.V.]
john smith says
Two against one here from start to finish, and as much as both men tried to talk over him, they couldn’t defeat him, as Robert had truth on his side.
Infidel says
Seriously, the Newsmax host was that bad? Is even Right wing media co-opted? How is OANN: haven’t seen much from them on jihad (not counting Israel)
livingengine says
CAIR’s Zainab Chaudry accusing Israel of “genocide of sorts”.
https://youtu.be/UaX1E3v63A8?t=145
The poor “sorts”. Haven’t they suffered enough?
livingengine says
Nezar Hamze and Ryan Mauro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr8Rc_TZ6z4
gravenimage says
Thanks for that link.
gravenimage says
South Florida Muslim Federation promotes videos advocating the total destruction of Israel
………….
Just hideous–but this should not surprise.
Nezar Hamze is a nasty piece of work.
The worst thing is that this thug is Deputy Sheriff of Broward County.
He’s used his position to lie about Muslims and Jihad terror:
“When it comes to negative stereotypes, I feel your pain — twice!”
https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-ed/article243612912.html
OLD GUY says
Sounds more like the South Florida CARTEL than a religious group. The more I see and read about Islam the more it looks and acts like a CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION, hell bent on POWER and control.
Andrew Blackadder says
Somebody draws a cartoon, somebody shoots at the cartoonist.. conclusion….cartoonist bad… shooter justified.
Notice how Mr Berliner talks over Robert but not over the muslim prick.
Some years ago an “Artist” in the USA, I think NYC, made an image of Jesus in a bowl of urine, I didnt see the artist being on anybodies hit list, he was called out as an insulting asshole, but nobody tried to kill him.
How strange it seems these days that those who are offended by my opinions are more important than my opinions.
muslims just dont have a sense of humor, they need to watch Monty Python and learn to laugh at their own stupidity… though I aint gonna hold by breath on that idea….
Andrew Blackadder says
If i suggest to a muslim fellow that I believe his religion seems very violent, and he then turns around and attacks me very violently for saying this, then my question becomes…
Is he being a good muslim by doing so ?.