Posted on 12/18/2025 3:06:22 PM PST by DFG
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.
One Facebook user went on to accuse Ahmed of selling out his life “for the safety of Jews,” with another slamming him for stopping the murderous actions of another Muslim man, Sajid Akram, one of the accused shooters.
“May God send you a disease that has no cure,” one the posts read.
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.
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He is NOT Muslim. He is a Maronite Christian
Yeah. And we have people here on Freerepublic who are claiming the man wasn’t a hero because... frankly, I don’t really understand why they feel that way.
Maybe they should look at who they are allying themselves with.
No, he’s Muslim. The information that he was some sort of Christian was based on mistaken identification days ago.
Accurate information has since emerged. He’s a Muslim who was born in Syria. He’s lived in Australia for about twenty years and became an Australian citizen a few years ago.
Claiming he’s something he’s not really isn’t helpful.
Thanks. I had only seen the former religion.
It sounds he was Australian first then muslim second. The crazies will target him.
i love “freedom of the press” but that kind of sicko hate-mongering IslamoNazi style publication(s) need to be stfu!
they lead to more and more mass murders by all of their incitement and slanders
That’s entirely understandable.
I figured that was the case because in many Old World cultures, your name reflects your religion, and he had a Muslim name.
Many years ago, we had a Pakistani pastor at our church whose last name was Peter. He said that he was offered a job in Pakistan with the state-run media service, but to accept it, he would have had to convert to Islam and take a Muslim name, so he chose to come here.
Yes.
He’s Muslim.
But he chose to leave a Muslim country and come here. He’s no fanatic.
It’s a minor thing but I heard his cousin (who was with him last Sunday) talking about them both walking past the Jewish Hanukkah celebration that was targeted, just before all of this happened.
He pointed out that these Jewish Australians offered these two obviously Arabic (and likely Muslim) men food from the party as they went past.
That’s the country I want Australia to be. Where people of good will get along as neighbours, whatever their faith.
There’s too many dangerous Muslims in the world. We should celebrate the ones who really do just want to live alongside everybody else.
Egad! They sound like certain FReepers here.
Palestinian murdered Bobby Kennedy, so they are not interested.
Thanks for reminding us! …So why do they call him a Muslim?
Because he is Muslim.
The initial reports that he was some sort of Christian were based on mistaken identity.
This was corrected days ago now, as more accurate information became available.
Unfortunately some people have still only seen the older information.
I guess he is one in reality.
“May God send you a disease that has no cure,”
Bill Clinton knows about that one.
Liberals of the West brought all the wars of the world to the West
Let’s hope nobody puts some actions to those words.
Muslims are not very tolerant of other muslims who don’t toe the line, much like leftists and democrats.
These people are sick. Further demonstration of why peace will never be possible with Palestinians, only containment.
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