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Muslim Savior of Holocaust Jews

CAIRO – Delving into untold stories of the Holocaust, a new film is shedding the light on heroism of Muslims who risked their lives to rescue Jews from the Nazi brutality.

“This film is an event,” Benjamin Stora, France’s pre-eminent historian on North Africa, told The New York Times.

“Much has been written about Muslim collaboration with the Nazis. But it has not been widely known that Muslims helped Jews.”

The film, “Free Man”, traces the heroism of the founder of the Grand Mosque of Paris in saving Jews from the Nazis.

It tells the story of Algerian-born Kaddour Benghabrit who rescued Jews in France from the Nazi brutality.
Benghabrit provided shelter and Muslim identification documents to scores of Jews to help them escape arrest by Nazi troops.

He also used the Grand Mosque of Paris to shelter more than 100 Jews from persecution.

Despite hiding Jews inside, Benghabrit used to give mosque tours to German officers and their wives to deceive them.

The movie premiered this week in France after four years of travel and research. It is also to be released in the Netherlands, Switzerland and Belgium.

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One account came from Albert Assouline, a North African Jew who escaped from a German prison camp.
Assouline said that more than 1,700 resistance fighters, including Jews, found refuge in the mosque’s underground caverns, and that the imam provided many Jews with certificates of Muslim identity.
The film comes almost five years after Robert Satloff, director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, revealed in his 2006 book, “Among the Righteous,” stories of Arabs who saved Jews during the Holocaust.

The book included a chapter on the Grand Mosque of Paris.

..Another children’s book “The Grand Mosque of Paris: A Story of How Muslims Saved Jews During the Holocaust,” published in 2007, also highlighted the mosque’s role.

Ferroukhi, the director, urges the France government to take the film about the Muslim heroism to schools.
“It pays homage to the people of our history who have been invisible,” he said.

“It shows another reality, that Muslims and Jews existed in peace. We have to remember that — with pride.”

Bethsmum wrote:What's gone wrong since?

As far as I can see Muslims won't be happy until Jews are exterminated.

But hey! Lets big up the Muslims during the Holocaust

Berrin wrote:The only thing that has ever gone wrong since is that once what was being condemned by the jews(holocaust) is now being repeated by themselves against the Muslims! who had nothing to do with their extermination that was originated by the christian Europe..

Bethsmum wrote:

Berrin wrote:The only thing that has ever gone wrong since is that once what was being condemned by the jews(holocaust) is now being repeated by themselves against the Muslims! who had nothing to do with their extermination that was originated by the christian Europe..

A holocaust against the Muslims? Now that would be funny if it wasn't sick!

You should give yourself a reality check and visit Auschwitz, Belsen or Dachau.

You should be ashamed of yourself.

Berrin wrote:That's how arrogant,bigoted and malice they are. Throughout history that's how they've been described and it is their ingrained characteristics. Look at yourself for example..You are no different.

Berrin wrote:What you don't realize is that Palestinians are currently homeless at their own homeland and yes being put through covert genocide.
If jews had enough courage, in no time, they too would exterminate them until none left. That's how arrogant,bigoted and malice they are. Throughout history that's how they've been described and it is their ingrained characteristics. Look at yourself for example..You are no different.

shafique wrote:This thread is about Muslims saving Jews during the Holocaust. I trust you read the OP and understood what was said.

shafique wrote:FD the spin never stops with you, does it? BM polluted this thread first in her reply.

shafique wrote:You either have a very faulty memory or are just very twisted and bitter.

shafique wrote:FD the spin never stops with you, does it?

As for allegations of anti-semitism - You either have a very faulty memory or are just very twisted and bitter.

You misquote Karmi and then try to make out I'm anti-semitic for pointing out your misquote, and now you think you're being clever by alleging I'm anti-semitic by spinning previous discussions and not actually linking to them.

I consider anti-semitism to be a sign of anti-semitism and disagreed with you that a photo of Hezbollah fighters giving the salute outweighed the categoric statement by Jewish Rabbis and Hezbollah itself that it was not anti-Semitic - but rather against Israel's illegal actions (Hezbollah was, after all, set up to fight Israel's invasion and occupation of Lebanon).

shafique wrote:

Flying Dutchman wrote:OK, so according to you a nazi salute is not a clear sign of anti-semitism. Don't understand why you have to discuss it further. Your statement is chrystal clear.

In general terms, I'd say it is a fascist sign and if possible I'd check with the group giving the sign what their beliefs are before I automatically label them anti-semitic. If there are Jewish Rabbis who tell me that they aren't, then I'd probably take the Rabbi's verdict into account rather than agreeing with your premise that despite saying they aren't anti-Semitic, Hezbollah must be 'because they use a roman salute'.

shafique wrote:Thanks, people can now see the discussion that took place and why I sided with the Rabbis who said that Hezbollah are not anti-semitic.

shafique wrote:The rabbis clearly stated that Hezbollah are not anti-semitic. I agree with them.

You failed. Again.

Cheers,
Shafique