He did the right thing. Should he be rewarded for it?
Muslim Bondi Beach hero who disarmed terrorist branded a ‘traitor’ in Arab media for saving Jewish lives
He stopped holy warriors in their jihad from killing Jews.
That makes him a mushrik. He is no longer one of the ummah, the nation of believers. Siding with the enemy makes him one of them.
The heroic Syrian-Australian man who disarmed one of the terrorists firing at a crowd of Hanukkah revelers at Australia’s Bondi Beach has been slammed as a traitor by many Palestinian commenters for saving Jewish lives, according to a new report.
After the West Bank-based Ramallah News outlet shared a story about the life-saving actions taken by Ahmed al Ahmed, 43, many of the outlet’s readers trashed the Muslim hero and prayed that he would not recover from his serious injuries, according to an analysis by the Israeli-based Palestinian Media Watch (PMW).
While Ahmed’s heroism served as a “feel-good story” for most of the world, shining a light on the tragic events of Sunday’s massacre, at least 75% of more than 1,000 comments on the Ramallah News post were hostile, Ahron Shapiro, an Australian and senior researcher for PMW, told The Australian.
“I wish (the bullet) hit your heart,” one commenter said.
“May Allah not heal you,” another person wrote.
Many posts echoed calls for Ahmed to die and suffer eternal damnation for his actions, with others going so far as to question his faith and label him “an atheist” who only stopped the gunman for financial reward.
Others also opted to spread unfounded conspiracy theories that the mass shooting in Australia was orchestrated by Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency.
Of the more than 1,000 comments on the story, only 20% were supportive of Ahmed, calling him a hero who stood by the true guidance of Islam to defend his fellow man.
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Despite the slew of hateful and antisemitic statements in the Ramallah News comment section, the Palestinian Authority condemned the Bondi Beach shooting as a horrific act of “extremism and terrorism.”
The PA statement, however, did not acknowledge that the victims of the shooting were Jewish people celebrating Hanukkah.
Ahmed told reporters on Tuesday that he did not regret his actions when he ran towards Akram and wrestled a rifle away from him, leaving his left arm wounded from gunfire.
People from all across the world have rallied around Ahmed for his heroism, with more than $1.5 million raised for the father-of-two who owns a local tobacco shop.
