He was apparently a moderate until he wasn’t. And there doesn’t seem to have been anyone around him who was able to convince him that true Islam was peaceful and benign, and that the Islamic State version was a twisted and hijacked misunderstanding of the real thing. Now, why is that?
“Doctor at Beersheba Hospital arrested for allegedly swearing allegiance to ISIS,” Times of Israel, August 22, 2024:
A doctor working at a hospital in Beersheba was arrested on charges that he swore allegiance to the Islamic State terror group and accessed its content online, the Israel Police and Shin Bet security agency said in a joint statement on Thursday.
Muhammad Azzam, 34, a specialist at Soroka Medical Center in the southern city, was found to have gory videos of executions on his phone, as well as instructions on preparing explosives and poisons….
In a statement on Thursday, Soroka said it was “shocked” by the development.
Azzam, a resident of Beersheba, originally from the northern Arab city of Nazareth, began showing interest in ISIS in 2014 and frequently accessed “extreme content” in the years that followed, the statement said.
According to the indictment against him, Azzam decided to join ISIS after the Hamas onslaught of October 7, and pledged allegiance to the group’s new leader, Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi.
Police said that the content found on his cellphone following his arrest included videos of executions, beheadings and images of dismembered bodies. There was also a folder titled “Explosives books” and another called “Preparing poisons” that included information on ricin and poisons prepared from rotten meat, according to the indictment.
Azzam is also said to have sent an acquaintance material showing atrocities committed on October 7 via WhatsApp, with prosecutors saying the tone of the conversation was of “laughter and showing joy.”
The indictment noted that on December 11, 2023, when wounded IDF soldiers were brought to Soroka, Azzam contacted a friend via WhatsApp and gave him details about the number of wounded and the extent of their injuries. Regarding one soldier, the acquaintance wrote that he hoped he would die soon to which Azzam responded “Ha ha, amen.”
Prosecutors said Azzam’s behavior showed he was a danger to the public, in particular due to his role as a doctor in a hospital, and sought his arrest….
JS says
Which basically shows that one cannot trust any of them.
Open eyes says
When my family dentist retired and a Muslim dentist bought the practice, I left and found a different dentist. I as a Christian will not knowingly be under the care of a Muslim doctor.
somehistory says
The ghoul is no “doctor.” He’s a murderer in waiting; waiting and preparing for his opportunity. Being a ‘doctor’ would give him access to many vulnerable people.
mozlums with any variation of the name of the fake prophet, mass-murdering psychopathic raper of children, lying sack of feculent worm debris, should automatically be suspected of a desire to imitate or even emulate the son of satan.
Israel should kick all of them out, take away any license to ‘practice’ anything, and put a number next to their name so they can be watched until they croak.
Steven says
But, but, but Israel is Apartheid! Just ask the Israeli (Beduin) recently freed from Hamass captivity.
James Lincoln says
Beersheba is in Israel.
NO muslims should ever be allowed again in Israel.
Never again.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
So what’s it that Isralis keep saying about their muslims being well assimilated in their society?
Simone Fields says
I follow a wonderful blogger called Jack Cohen who lives in Beer Sheva and he constantly mentions just how many of the local Bedouin Arabs work in the hospital there. This one is from Nazareth and probably not Bedouin. Not that I’m saying all Bedouins are ok.