Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.) Responds to Al-Faraeen and Tawfiq Okasha

Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.) seeks to respond to the anti-Jewish hate promoted by Al-Faraeen and Tawfiq Okasha

We have seen such anti-Jewish hate before both in the United States of America and around the world.

Despite the vast documentation of the Holocaust (in every language including Arabic), including photographs and video, there will still be some, like Al-Faraeen and Tawfiq Okasha, who will continue to question it.   Despite nearly 90 years of proof that the apocryphal “Protocols of Elders of Zion” are a forgery, it has continued to be promoted by the likes of Adolf Hitler, as well as many others who hate Jews.  Modern day refutations of the “Protocols of Elders of Zion” have been provided by the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s Dr. Steven Jacobs.

Whether such Holocaust Denial is promoted by the likes of British “white nationalist” Nick Griffin who called the Holocaust the “Holohoax,” , or is mocked by white supremacist David Duke as “the device of… Zionist murder,” or is questioned by Al-Faraeen and Tawfiq Okasha as to whether the Holocaust ever happened, the objective remains the same – hatred against Jews.  Whether promotion of the apocryphal “Protocols of the Elders of Zion” is done by the Neo-Nazi Stormfront group, promoted on white supremacist David Duke’s web site, or broadcast on international television programs as fact by Tawfiq Okasha and Al-Faraeen, the objective remains the same – hatred against Jews.

Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.) stands uncategorically and unreservedly against HATE.  We believe that you cannot hate your fellow human beings and support our universal human rights. We believe that Love will Win over Hate.

Even though we realize that we are not really addressing a factual argument, as the proof that the Holocaust happened and the proof that the “Protocols of Elders of Zion” are a fake has been readily available to the world for many, many years, we believe that there is a need to continue to speak out against such Holocaust denial and anti-Jewish hate embodied in the promotion of the “Protocols.”  We do so also in urging that those who promote such anti-Jewish hate will find inspiration to love their fellow human beings and drop the burden of such hate from their hearts.

We recognize that such anti-Jewish hate does not appear only in one nationality or amongst one religion.  In March 2004, R.E.A.L.’s Jeffrey Imm traveled to Wooster College to speak to individuals that hosted a speaker that also defended the “Protocols of Elders of Zion.”  Jeffrey Imm joined Simon Wiesenthal Centers Dr. Steven Jacobs there, who spoke to Wooster College from his book “Dismantling the Big Lie” on why the “Protocols of Elders of Zion” are false.

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R.E.A.L.’s specific response to Al-Faraeen and Tawfiq Okasha is as follows:

Al-Faraeen and Tawfiq Okasha on Protocols of Elders of Zion

... and claims the apocryphal "Protocols of Elders of Zion" are "the documents we have"
... and claims the apocryphal "Protocols of Elders of Zion" are "the documents we have"

In response to the statements by Al-Faraeen and Tawfiq Okasha on the “Protocols of Elders of Zion,” we urge them to review the 1921 refutation of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion by the London Times.

Mr. Okasha claims that the “Protocols” are “the documents that we have.” We urge Mr. Okasha to learn how to use the Internet to find other documents, such as the 1921 London Times research that refuted the “Protocols” nearly 90 years ago.  The web page with the 1921 London Times research is also available in Google translation in Arabic. Moreover, R.E.A.L.’s entire website is available in Google translation in Arabic.

Furthermore, we urge Al-Faraeen and Tawfiq Okasha to review the book “Dismantling the Big Lie” by Simon Wiesenthal Foundation’s Dr. Steven Jacobs.  This book by Dr. Jacobs book remains one of the most comprehensive refutations of the “Protocols of the Elders of Zion,” and is available for free download in Arabic.   Tawfiq Okasha claims to seek dialogue.  We urge him to broadcast a refutation to the “Protocols of the Elders of Zion” based on this information which is available in English and in Arabic.

Al-Faraeen and Tawfiq Okasha on Holocaust Denial

Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.) also seeks to respond to the Holocaust Denial stated by Al-Faraeen and Tawfiq Okasha.  We invite the viewers of Al-Faraeen to view this introduction to the Holocaust (in Arabic) from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Al-Faraeen’s Tawfiq Okasha asks for photographic proof of the Holocaust, which he will then broadcast on Al-Faraeen.

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Once again, we respectfully urge Mr. Okasha to become familiar with resources available to the world via the Internet.

Regarding Tawfiq Okasha request for photographs, we recommend that he review the following photographs on the Internet from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum for broadcast on Al-Faraeen, per his statements:
Photographs of Holocaust Corpses
Photographs of the Holocaust Crematoria
Photographs of the Holocaust Gas Chambers
Photographs of the Holocaust Killing Centers
Photographs of the Auschwitz Concentration Camp
Photographs of the Chelmno Concentration Camp
Photographs of the Dachau Concentration Camp
Photographs of the Buchenwald Concentration Camp
Photographs of the Belzec Concentration Camp
Photographs of the Sobibor Concentration Camp
Photographs of the Treblinka Concentration Camp
USHMM on Holocaust Gassing Operations
USHMM on Killing Centers

Al-Faraeen’s Tawfiq Okasha also asks for video proof of the Holocaust, which he will then broadcast on Al-Faraeen.

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Yet again, we respectfully urge Mr. Okasha to become familiar with resources available to the world via the Internet.

In addition, R.E.A.L. recommends that Al-Faraeen review the following film and video:
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum – Film and Video Archive
Video “Death Mills” Associated with Nazi Atrocities at Poland; Belsen, Germany; Buchenwald, Germany; Dachau, Germany; Gardelegen, Germany; Leipzig, Germany; Mauthausen, Austria; Nordhausen, Germany
Video of Nazi Death Camps – The Crime of the Century – Buchenwald
March of Time — outtakes — Buchenwald Concentration Camp
Concentration camp atrocities
Dachau crematorium and museum
Auschwitz liberated
Videos Associated with Holocaust Crematoria
Videos Associated with Holocaust Gas Chambers
Videos Associated with Holocaust Death Camps
Videos Associated with Nazi Holocaust Atrocities
Videos Associated with Dachau
Videos Associated with the Auschwitz
Videos Associated with the Buchenwald
Videos Associated with the Nazi Concentration Camps

We believe that it is not enough to simply dismiss those who hate as caricatures, and not to take hate seriously.

We believe that it is necessary to respond to mass movements that seek to promote hatred against any of our fellow human beings, as part of our defense of our universal human rights.

We believe that “Never Again” begins with our love for our fellow human beings and being consistently Responsible for Equality And Liberty.

We believe that Love Wins.

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Saudi Arabia: Rape victim might be lashed 100 times

Saudi Arabia: Rape victim might be lashed 100 times
— AsiaNews.it:
“A woman jailed after being raped could be lashed 100 times. Camille, an invented name, is a 35- year-old immigrant from the Philippines who has been in a Saudi jail since September 2009.  As a result of her rape, she became pregnant, but miscarried because of harsh prison life.”
— “According to her mother, she is scheduled to go before the judges who could impose 100 lashes.”

Buffalo Beheading Case: Muzzammil Hassan Attorney to Claim Murder of Wife “Was Justified”

This posting provides updates in the trial of Muzzammil Hassan, who beheaded his Muslim wife, Aasiya Zubair Hassan, in February 2009, after she filed for divorce.  The case has been seen by many to be an “honor killing.” The latest reports state that Muzzammil Hassan is claiming that he was abused and was a “battered husband,” who murdered his wife in self-defense.  His attorney seeks to use this and a psychiatric defense in his March 2010 trial.  The judge stated today that he would reject an “emotional-disturbance defense,” and the prosecutor noted that Muzzammil Hassan beheaded Aasiya Hassan after she filed for divorce.

Aasiya Zubair Hassan - Suspected Victim of "Honor Killing" in Buffalo, NY
Aasiya Zubair Hassan - Victim of Suspected "Honor Killing" in Buffalo, NY

Buffalo News reports: Judge rejects planned defense, delays in beheading case
— “The judge in Muzzammil S. ‘Mo’ Hassan’s murder case today barred his new attorney from using an emotional-disturbance defense and said he would only grant the jailed businessman further delays in his trial based solely ‘in the interests of justice.'”
— “Hassan is accused of beheading his estranged wife, Aasiya Zubair Hassan, 37, last February.”
— “Hassan’s new defense attorney, Frank M. Bogulski, today told reporters that he is ‘confident’ he can get an acquittal for Hassan on an unprecedented defense combining psychiatric elements and justification based on claims Hassan was ‘a battered’ spouse who was verbally abused and humiliated by his wife.”
— “Homicide Prosecutor Colleen Curtin Gable, though, noted that Aasiya Zubair Hassan was beheaded about a week after she began formal divorce proceedings.”
— “And Gable today won her months-old motion to bar a psychiatric defense.”
— “The judge told Bogulski he can make motions in coming months seeking permission to reinstate a psychiatric defense but as of now, such a defense claiming Hassan was emotionally out of control when he killed his wife ‘is precluded.’ ”

WIVB reports:
— “An Orchard Park TV executive accused of beheading his wife now claims he was the victim.”
— “An attorney for Muzzamil Hassan said the Bridges TV co-owner was the victim of years of domestic abuse.”
— “His wife, Aasiya was found beheaded at the TV studios back in February.”
— “Hassan’s attorney plans to argue that his client was battered past his breaking point, and that the killing was justified.”
— “Hassan’s attorney will have to present evidence of a psychiatric defense by the time the trial resumes in March.”

Related Reports:

October 30, 2009: Buffalo Beheading “Honor Killing” Trial: Muzzammil S. “Mo” Hassan “gets more time to pay for psychiatric expert”
August 8, 2009: Man accused of killing wife to get mental examination — Lawyers may seek insanity defense
March 7, 2009: NY NOW President Stands by Statement on Killings
February 17, 2009: Buffalo: Possibility of ‘honor killing’ mulled in Orchard Park slaying

Muzzammil S. "Mo" Hassan -- Accused of Honor Killing Beheading of Wife Aasiya Zuair Hassan
Muzzammil S. "Mo" Hassan -- Accused of Honor Killing Beheading of Wife Aasiya Zuair Hassan

Egyptian Television Al-Faraeen Owner Defends “Protocols of Elders of Zion,” Denies Holocaust

Egyptian television station Al-Faraeen owner Tawfiq Okasha defended the anti-Jewish propaganda broadcast on Al-Faraeen in a message broadcast and translated by MEMRI.  Al-Faraeen’s Tawfiq Okasha questioned the historical fact of the Holocaust, and also defended Al-Faraeen’s broadcasts broadcasts promoting the apocryphal “Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion” as a fact that Jews had a global conspiracy to rule the world.

(The apocryphal Protocols of the Elders of Zion were promoted in Adolf Hitler’s book, Mein Kampf. Yet despite repeated proof of this apocryphal hate document as a forgery, and detailed renunciation of this by Jewish organizations in Englishas well as in Arabic – such hate continues to be globally promoted.)

In a television broadcast on January 17, 2010, Tawfiq Okasha stated that “I would like to say to the Jews: You talk about the Holocaust and about many other things. Do you have any video footage of this? Do you have any pictures of this? … Ever since I was born, I’ve been hearing about the Holocaust, but I haven’t seen any films of it. Send me films, and I will show them to public opinion, and we will be able to talk about this… There’s nothing to it.”

Tawfiq Okasha also stated: “You said that we had talked about The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, and that these protocols are humiliating to the Jews. Well, these are the documents we have. You are invited to start a dialogue with us, and deny that the Jews have anything to do with these protocols.”

According to MEMRI, “Al-Faraeen TV is broadcast by the Atlantic Bird 4A satellite, which is owned by the France-based Eutelsat company. Since 2006, Eutelsat has been partnering with Nilesat in the operation of this satellite. Atlantic Bird 4A can be received in the Middle East, North Africa, and southern Europe.”  “On December 20, 2009, Tawfiq Okasha announced on the air that Al-Faraeen TV had signed a cooperation agreement with Germany’s state TV network, to take effect January 2010.”

On January 11, 2010, the Simon Wiesenthal Center called for a “ban of Violent Extemismi Egyptian TV Al Faraeen on French Eutelsat and German ARD Network.”

Al-Faraeen owner Tawfiq Okasha’s Broadcast (Video)

Al-Faraeen's Tawfiq Okasha Defends its Broadcasts on the Apocryphal "Protocols of the Elders of Zion"
Al-Faraeen's Tawfiq Okasha Defends its Broadcasts on the Apocryphal "Protocols of the Elders of Zion"
... and claims the apocryphal "Protocols of Elders of Zion" are "the documents we have"
... and claims the apocryphal "Protocols of Elders of Zion" are "the documents we have"

Al-Faraeen Video (with MEMRI translation) Claiming the Apocryphal “Protocols of Elders of Zion” Are Factual

Al-Faraeen Broadcast Defending the Apocryphal "Protocols of Elders of Zion" as Fact (Photos: Clip from MEMRI Video)
Al-Faraeen Broadcast Defending the Apocryphal "Protocols of Elders of Zion" as Fact (Photos: Clip from MEMRI Video)

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Al-Faraeen owner Tawfiq Okasha’s Broadcast (Video)

Tawfiq Okasha also questions the Holocaust…

Egyptian Television Al-Faraeen Owner Tawfiq Okasha Questions Holocaust (Photos: Clips from MEMRI Video)
Egyptian Television Al-Faraeen Owner Tawfiq Okasha Questions Holocaust (Photos: Clips from MEMRI Video)

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See Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.)’s Response — Providing Such Information

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Resources:

R.E.A.L.: Egyptian Televison Al-Faraeen Leader Defends “Protocols of Elders of Zion,” Denies Holocaust

Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.) Responds to Al-Faraeen and Tawfiq Okasha

January 17 2010: MEMRI: “Al-Faraeen TV’s Tawfiq Okasha Reaction to MEMRI: If You Sentence Us to Death – We Will Die as Martyrs for the Sake of Allah; MEMRI Has an Office in Al-Jazeera TV Headquarters in Qatar”
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January 11, 2009 – Jerusalem Post: Wiesenthal Center urges German, French TV to remove ‘anti-Semitic’ Egyptian station
January 8, 2010 – MEMRI: “Anti-American, Antisemitic Egyptian TV Channel Announces Collaboration with German State TV”
Video:  MEMRI on Al-Fareen TV – “‘The Protocols of the Elders of Zion’ and Jewish Control of the World”

Egypt: Voice of the Copts – “Application into UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights”

Voice of the Copts reports regarding Egyptian Christian Convert Mr. Mohammed Bishoy Hegazy
European Centre for Law and Justice submitted application into UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights “seeking judgment against the Egyptian government for refusing to recognize the fact that Mr. Mohammed Bishoy Hegazy and his family members are Christians converted from Islam”

Egyptian Christian Convert Mohamed Hegazy (Photo: Voice of the Copts)
Egyptian Christian Convert Mohamed Hegazy (Photo: Voice of the Copts)

Egypt: U.S. Ambassador in Cairo Calls for Egypt Legislation on Copts

Al Masry al Youm and MEMRI have reported on a meeting between U.S. Ambassador to Cairo Margaret Scobey and Coptic Church Patriarch Shinoda, where the recent terrorist attack against Coptic Christians in Nag Hammadi was discussed.  The reports do not mention any specific concerns by the U.S. government about the killings and abductions of Copts, other than “discussion” on the Nag Hammadi terror attack. The reports did state that “U.S. Ambassador to Cairo Margaret Scobey promised that the U.S. administration would compel the Egyptian government to pass legislation for the Coptic minority, such as a law arranging for church construction, or even top posts and allocation of seats for Copts in parliament.”

MEMRI: Egypt: U.S. Ambassador in Cairo: We’ll Act To Help The Copts
MEMRI reports: “During a meeting with Coptic Church Patriarch Shinoda, U.S. Ambassador to Cairo Margaret Scobey promised that the U.S. administration would compel the Egyptian government to pass legislation for the Coptic minority, such as a law arranging for church construction, or even top posts and allocation of seats for Copts in parliament.”
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— Al Masry al Youm: “According to a source at the papal office, Scobey and Shenouda also discussed the 7 January shooting incident in the Upper Egyptian city of Naga Hammadi, in which six Coptic Christians and one Muslim were killed.”

Margaret Scobey, U.S. Ambassador to Egypt (Photo: U.S. Cairo Embassy)
Margaret Scobey, U.S. Ambassador to Egypt (Photo: U.S. Cairo Embassy)

Saudi Arabia: 80-year-old Saudi man marries 12-year-old girl, courts to “review”

Saudi Arabia: 80-year-old Saudi man reportedly marries 12-year-old girl

Saudi Girl, 12, Married Off to 80-Year-Old Man
— “‘She was raped and they took her to the hospital after the wedding night,’ Wajiha Al-Huwaidar, a Saudi journalist who has been banned from reporting by the government told The Media Line.”

Saudi Arabia: “Saudi court to examine 12-year-old’s marriage case”

“No religious justification for child marriage: Saudi cleric”
— AFP reports:
“The case of Aisha, known to Muslims as ‘The Mother of Believers,’ is often used by Saudi judges and clerics to justify child marriages.”
— “The government’s Human Rights Commission said it was following the Buraidah case, which is currently being weighed by a local court.”

Saudi Gazette: “Board of Ulema member rebukes minor marriage”
— Saudi Gazette
: “According to Sheikh Al-Mane’, when Abu Bakr was contemplating marrying off his daughter he was unable to find anyone better than the Prophet”

— Previous Related Reports:
August 29, 2009: 10-Year-Old Saudi Child Bride Turned Back Over to 80-Year-Old Husband

June 26, 2009: Saudi Arabia: Child Marriage Not Prohibited Under “Sharia Law”

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