Wednesday, May 08, 2019

Fwd: IPT Exclusive: MAS Lied About School in Jihad Video Being a "Separate Entity"


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Subject: IPT Exclusive: MAS Lied About School in Jihad Video Being a "Separate Entity"
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IPT Exclusive: MAS Lied About School in Jihad Video Being a "Separate Entity"

by Steven Emerson
IPT News
May 8, 2019

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 The Muslim American Society (MAS) Philadelphia chapter had a clear message after a shocking video showed up on its Facebook page last month showing school children lip-syncing to a pro-jihad song that called for beheading and torturing Israelis.

We have nothing to do with it, MAS-Philadelphia said in a statement condemning the video's content.

Even though the school is called MAS Leaders Academy, and even though it was among many school videos posted on MAS social media outlets, the statement described it as "a separate entity renting space from MAS Philadelphia."

Pennsylvania corporate records tell another story.

MAS-Philadelphia has existed at least since 2003, records obtained by the Investigative Project on Terrorism show. But it filed new articles of incorporation April 25 under the name Muslim American Society of Phila, Inc.

Those records and the Leaders Academy corporate records were filed by the same person, an accountant named Amro Azazi. MAS-Philadelphia and the Leaders Academy share the same mailing address. They also share at least two officers. Naser Khatib and Jehad Salem are listed on last month's MAS filing, the records show. And they were listed on the Leaders Academy's 2017 corporate records.

MAS-Philadelphia incorporators from articles filed April 25.

The names listed in 2017 as Leaders Academy incorporators.

Khatib was listed as treasurer in the MAS-Philadelphia 2003 corporate record.

In addition, Rimah Hasan, another person listed on the MAS Leaders Academy articles of incorporation, self identifies as a past MAS employee on her Facebook page.

 

 

MAS' desire to distance itself from the video is understandable. First reported by the IPT, it showed "Ummah Day" videos featuring elementary school aged Leaders Academy students. Ummah generally refers to the overall Muslim community. The children lip-synced to a song which included verses saying, "The blood of the martyrs is calling us." Elsewhere, the children continued acting out the song with light choreography, even when it promised Israelis that revolutionaries would "chop off their heads ... and we will subject them to eternal torture."

The song was produced by "Birds of Paradise," which makes popular children's songs, which often carry disturbing messages about martyrdom for Palestine.

The video's appearance on MAS social media pages was another fluke, the MAS-Philadelphia statement said.

"Unfortunately, the video from the school was uploaded to the chapter's Facebook page without verifying the content of the video for appropriateness and making sure it conforms to our hate-free policy and values. The chapter will take further steps in assuring strict adherence to publishing and posting policies."

MAS, meanwhile, is acting like it has something to hide. Not only did it take down the Ummah Day video, it took down all MAS Leaders Academy videos, including a graduation ceremony. The entire MAS-Philadelphia Facebook page was down Wednesday.

MAS was formed by Muslim Brotherhood members in the United States, who debated whether to be open or secretive about their affiliation, the Chicago Tribune reported in 2004, after interviewing MAS founders. The Brotherhood, based in Egypt, is devoted to Israel's destruction. The original Hamas charter acknowledges that it was created by the Brotherhood to be "of the links in the Chain of Jihad in the confrontation with the Zionist invasion."

In that light, the songs in the Ummah Day video are not wildly out of step with a Brotherhood-linked group.

As we noted Monday, pro-jihad rhetoric – especially involving Palestinians – has been repeatedly invoked by MAS officials and speakers at its conferences. Past president Esam Omeish praised "our Brothers and Sisters in [Palestine] ..." during a 2000 speech, for "you have known that the Jihad way is the way to liberate your land."

This came during the height of the second intifada, which was dominated by a wave of suicide bombings targeting Israeli civilians.

Years later, MAS hosted radical Egyptian cleric Ragheb Elsergany at its annual conference co-organized by the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) after Elsergany told a previous conference that it's a duty "for all Muslims to liberate all of Palestine from the North to the South, from Al Quds to the sea, it's a duty for all Muslims to liberate one complete full land of Palestine. It's not just about liberating Al Quds. It's all occupied!"

This history becomes even more relevant when MAS seems to be actively misleading the public about MAS Leaders Academy being "a separate entity."

MAS leaders need to do more than condemn the Birds of Paradise song performed by schoolchildren at the Ummah Day event. They should restore all the videos to determine whether this really was a failure by one staffer, whom they claim was fired.

Research Analyst Teri Blumenfeld contributed to this report

Related Topics: Muslim American Society (MAS)  |  Steven Emerson, MAS Leaders Academy, indoctrination, Birds of Paradise, Ummah Day, anti-Semitism, Esam Omeish, Ragheb Elsergany

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Tuesday, May 07, 2019

Fwd: Letter to Rav Porush re:IDF from Shmuel Koenig


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Dear MK Porush, amvsh

The ideas expressed in Shmuel Koenig's  email below re: the necessity of a Jewish army is one that is consistent with Torah.   A majority of Jews, Chareidi, Dati Leumi, modern Orthodox and secular all agree with Israel's need for an IDF especially when under intense rocket attack. 

Why when there have been mass demonstrations against a Chareidi Draft, hundreds of thousands of G-d fearing Jews mobilized,  this distinction of a having a Machanecha Kadosh is not made? At these rallies, the Govt of Israel is slandered by allegations that the army uproots Yiddishkeit with Pritzus etc and that justifies no participation in the army altogether.

Will we throw the baby out with the bathwater?

The massacre of Har Nof could have been greatly reduced without a 7 minute wait till a Druze officer came on the scene.

The Gerrer Chosid from Ashdod was hit no different than other innocent civilians.

Pritzus in the army was not at fault. Amalek on the other hand probably was.

Re:  Sanhedrin.   The time has come to use our Gevura to initiate change in the Israel Judicial System to one that is respectful of Hebraic Law, Torah Shebichtav and Torah Shebaal Peh as per the Resolution of the Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah in Marienbad in 1937.

The present Israel Supreme Court is corrupt, self perpetuating and hostile to Torah with a leftist progressive agenda.


On Tue, May 7, 2019, 8:46 AM Shmuel Koenig <shmuelkoenig@verizon.net> wrote:
Dear Rabbi Porush,
 
Moshe Rabbeinu said "haacheichim yelchu lamilchama v'atem teshvu po ?
 
There is no mitzva in the torah not to have an army.
 
We need an army.
 
However, the army has to be "machanecha kadosh"
 
If we join the army and unite all of klal yisrael, it will bring a bracha on all the people.
 
When we negotiate with likud, we should not oppose joining the army; however we should demand that it be kadosh.
 
Members of the moetzet gedolai hatorah Rabbi Aaron Feldman and Rabbi Shmuel Kamenetsky support this idea.
 
Please bring it up with  the rabbonim in eretz yisrael.
 
Also, we should have a sanhedrin.
 
With best wishes for the geula,
Shmuel Koenig

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Fwd: Ilhan Omar -- Hamas Loyalist?


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Peace comes at a great price.  Please join PJTN today in praying for Israel.

Once again in the world, as through the centuries, the Jewish people find themselves with no "safe haven" from the rage of anti-Semitism.

In America, gunshots threaten our Jewish brethren in synagogues as they gather to pray.  In Israel, a barrage of over 700 rockets rained down this weekend from Gaza, destroying lives, homes and any hope of lasting peace.

Many friends across America—both Christians and Jews, have been in touch with me over the past few days to express their concerns and fears over what we see unfolding.  I could only re-assure them that PJTN stands as an anchor in this unrelenting storm. 

We are veterans in the war on anti-Semitism in all its vile, insidious and violent forms.  We stand as media "Watchmen on the wall" exposing the political faces and forces within America and around the globe who have turned a blind eye on our Jewish brethren.  Or even worse, they are still guilty of calling Israel the "aggressors" and "occupiers" as Israel seeks to live in peace in the land God has given them in order to fulfill their God-given mission. 

Shockingly, in addressing the weekend rocket attacks, Ilhan Omar tweeted: How many more protestors must be shot, rockets must be fired and little kids must be killed until this endless cycle of violence ends?  The status quo of occupation and humanitarian crisis in Gaza is unsustainable.  Only real justice can bring about security and lasting peace.

Real justice?  For who Ilhan? Hamas, The Muslim Brotherhood terrorist organization?

Once again, as she has consistently done, Omar's loyalty to the Hamas terrorists is obvious.  Like Hamas, the Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR, her anti-Semitic sympathies are with the militants of Gaza who initiated the rocket attacks against Israeli civilians, homes and schools. 

As the evidence continues to mount, Ilhan Omar is a collaborator with the terrorists bent on Israel's destruction making her unfit to serve as a representative in the U.S. Congress.  

I am contacting you today to ask you to please go to PJTN's website, as tens of thousands of concerned Americans have already done, and join us in the call for her removal from Congress.

In closing, I am traveling to Washington, D.C. today, May 7th, to represent YOUR VOICE in calling for Omar's removal from Congress at the JEXIT Rally at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC… between 11:00 AM and 4:00 PM on the grounds of the Capitol.

JEXIT is a "unifying show of solidarity between Jews, Christians and minorities," that is calling for the censure and exit of Jewish Democrats, from the Democrat party over blatant anti-Semitism and increased policy attacks on Jews by members of the Democrat Party without repercussion.

As seen in recent headlines, anti-Semitism is rising in the U.S. at an alarming rate.  The urgency and need for change must be heard in Washington now!

I invite you to join thousands of Americans from across the U.S. at the Capitol tomorrow to lend your support at the JEXIT Rally.  

Finally, on behalf of our Jewish brethren and the State of Israel, I want to personally thank you for all you do and your continued financial support at this critical time in history.

I covet your prayers.

 

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