@SamsClub (a subsidiary of Walmart) donates $2,500 to Florida mosque named after Hamas 'military wing'
It was recently discovered that the popular American wholesaler Sam's Club, a subsidiary of Walmart,
donated $2,500 to a Tampa, Florida mosque named after Hamas' al-Qassam Brigades (Hat Tip:
Ellen S).
A
Florida Family Association supporter happened to look up at the wall
behind the checkout line at the Sam’s Club located at 2021 Brandon
Boulevard in Brandon, Florida. He saw a large photograph of a check
made out from Sam’s Club in the amount of $2,500 payable to the Islamic
Community of Tampa located in the top left prominent position on the
wall. Florida Family Association snapped a cellphone photograph. Photographs indicated that no other non-profit organization received more than $500.
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- The Islamic Community of Tampa is also known as the Al-Qassam mosque. The Military Wing of the Palestinian Hamas is called the Al-Qassam Brigade. InvestigativeProject.org reports “The
mosque, according to Sami Al-Arian, was named after Izzedin al-Qassam.
Al-Qassam, a Syrian killed fighting the British mandate in 1935, ‘is
the main source of inspiration for the Islamic Jihad movement’
Palestinian scholar Ziad Abu Amr wrote in his book, Islamic
Fundamentalism in the West Bank and Gaza. ‘The Islamic Jihad’s
supporters have elevated him almost to a saintly status.’”
- ...
- Sami Al-Arian was indicted in February 2003 on 17 counts under the Patriot Act for allegedly being the leader of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). In 2006, Al-Arian pleaded guilty
to one count of conspiring to make or receive contributions of funds,
goods or services for the benefit of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
and was sentenced to 57 months in prison.
- Sami Al-Arian refused to testify before a Federal Grand Jury regarding other Jihad activities. U.S. District Judge James Moody
ruled that Al-Arian must testify. A Virginia District Court held that
Sami Al-Arian had no legal basis to refuse to testify. The court held
him in civil contempt, and imprisoned him on November 16, 2006. Sami
Al-Arian was released from prison on June 27, 2014 after the United
States Department of Justice dropped charges.
Read the whole thing.
Labels: al-Qassam Brigades, CAIR, Florida, Islam, ISNA, Izzadin Kassam Brigades, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Sami al-Arian, Sharia law
Hamas celebrates victory in Gaza with rally in Ramallah
Hamas celebrated its great 'victory' in Gaza on Saturday with a
huge rally in Ramallah.
Thousands of local Arabs took part in the rally, which was organized by the Hamas movement in Ramallah in celebration of the hard-hit terrorist organization's supposed "victory" against Israel in Operation Protective Edge.
The rally, held in the Al-Bireh neighborhood of Ramallah, was
entitled "The Pledge of Allegiance and Victory." Hamas leaders and
parliamentarians in the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) from
different parts of Judea and Samaria took part in the celebration,
accompanied by leaders of other Palestinian Arab organizations.
Horse-mounted Hamas activists led the rally march, waving Hamas flags
and singing the praise of Hamas's "military wing," the Ezzedine
Al-Qassam Brigades.
Children also took part in the "festivities," parading models of the
rockets fired in massive barrages by Hamas terrorists at Israeli
civilian centers during the terror war, as well as pictures of senior Hamas leaders assassinated by the IDF in targeted airstrikes.
Khalil al-Haya, a senior Hamas leader in Gaza, gave a speech at the
rally via telephone in which he emphasized the right to "resistance"
against Israel.
The rally is particularly noteworthy because as mentioned above, it
occurred in the heart of the PA governmental center of Ramallah.
What could go wrong?
Labels: al-Qassam Brigades, Fatah, Hamas, Hamas-Fatah reconciliation, Palestinian Authority, Ramallah
Arabic television videos (with translation) of Hamas terror tunnels
This is a compilation of television reports on Hamas' terror tunnels, mostly from Qatar's al-Jazeera Arabic and Lebanon's al-Quds television. Note the reference to Shejaiya at the 3:50 mark.
Let's go to the videotape.
What they're not mentioning there is the tunnels that lead into Israel, although that's clearly implied at the end when they talk about freeing prisoners... obviously in exchange for kidnapped Israelis, God Forbid.
Labels: al-Qassam Brigades, Gaza, Hamas, Operation Protective Edge, Shejaiya, terror tunnels
Al-Qassam Brigades Twitter account suspended
For those of you who are on Twitter, you may be following one less account. Hamas' al-Qassam Brigades has announced that
its Twitter account has been suspended. As you might expect, they're whining about it.
The Qassam Brigades confirmed that they did not violate Twitter’s terms of service ever, asserting that reason behind the suspension is Twitter subordination to US government and “Israel” as usual.
Jewish-Christian incitation against the Qassam active account, so long exposed Israel’s war crimes and violations against the Palestinian civilians led to the suspension of the Qassam Twitter account.
The Qassam Brigases strongly condemned the act and asserted on right to freedom of speech and expression and media.
Boo. Hoo. Amazing that it's taken more than four years for this to happen.
Labels: al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas, Twitter
