Posted on 12/21/2025 5:08:34 AM PST by jonatron
An emotional meeting took place at a Sydney hospital between Rabbi Mendel Kastel, the brother-in-law of Rabbi Eli Schlanger, who was murdered in a terrorist attack in the city, and Ahmed al-Ahmad, the Syrian Muslim citizen who courageously intervened and neutralized one of the terrorists during the attack.
Al-Ahmad’s attorney, Sam Issa, also attended the meeting, which was reported by Kan News.
Speaking to Ahmed at his hospital bedside, Rabbi Kastel expressed his gratitude. “Thank you-not only for saving lives, but for your courage,” he said. “The fact that you come from a non-Jewish background, from a Muslim background, makes this especially meaningful. Thank you very much.”
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Ahmed was visibly moved by the gesture. “We are all human beings, and saving lives is what matters,” he said. “I went out with my cousin to buy something and get a haircut, but God sent me to save lives.”
(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...
There can be no doubt that there are decent,respectable moslems in this world.
Which matters not one bit on the question of the unacceptability of the murderous and anti-freedom totalitarian political ideology.
Mohammed didn’t send him
Indeed. Dr Zhoudi Jasser is awesome.
President Trump should put him in his cabinet🙏
Only when the convert and start owning dogs and eat pork maybe I would trust one.
They are taught to lie and deceive infidels.
One can never trust a Muslim.
No such thing as a respectable Muslims
The Muslim in question is a Maronite Christian. Not even a Mohammedan background though he grew up in a Mohammedan milieu.
Actually...I had heard that he was a Christian. But I took this headline to mean that what I had heard was incorrect.
They all do. Some just refrain from participating in the slaying of infidels. They all believe in the Koran and the Haditha which enjoin jihad. They are to live peacefully when among infidels who are stronger but that ends when their numbers increase to about 10̀% and gets progressively deadlier as that %age increases.
They all do. Some just refrain from participating in the slaying of infidels. They all believe in the Koran and the Haditha which enjoin jihad. They are to live peacefully when among infidels who are stronger but that deteriorates when their numbers increase to about 10̀% and gets progressively deadlier as that %age increases. They live peacefully in my town where they are a couple of ̀ % but in Minneapolis it is different where the Mohammedans are a much higher portion.
More of this display of humanity and I might change my mind concerning Muslims. I must say this man Ahmed is a real hero, and I wish more of them were like him. Unfortunately, most of them are not.
Except he didn’t stop the attacker. He let him go kill more Jews.
A good indicator of decent people is how they treat or would treat dogs.
yes, he is a Maronite Christian from Lebanon.
Not true. That turned out to be a different guy.
Except he didn’t stop the attacker. He let him go kill more Jews.
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Not going to bust his chops over this one.
The rifle was empty. That’s the moment Ahmed chose to tackle the shooter.
I don’t know much about Australian law but disabling the shooter - rifle as club - may have got him arrested for assaulting the shooter.
Ahmed displayed a LOT of nerve / gumption for what he did. Detractors should shut up and go home.
I’ve seen the video.
All groups contain good and bad. Just like all groups descend from groups who were slaves and enslaved.
A tell, tho, is what the leaders of those groups say, especially in public.
As nice as a good feel this story may bring, remember. Ahmed is still a follower of the “religion” that commands him to kill all infidels. Especially Jews. It is wonderful what he did. But Islam still has no place anywhere in civilized society.
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