If you live near to, or are a student at a university you might be interested in knowing that the Three Stooges are touring college campuses nationwide, but before you get your hopes up just know that it’s not the three stooges that you might be familiar with.
We’re talking about the three stooges of the Christian Right: Walid Shoebat, Kamal Saleem and Zachariah Anani.
These three aren’t comedic geniuses in the usual sense but rather are funny in the same way that televangelists who steal money from gullible viewers searching for a cure to their ills give you fits of laughter while at the same time making you feel sick to your stomach. You know its a charade, a concocted myth but you watch to see the theatrics of the show and the usual ‘planted’ caller who declares how the televangelist’s powers cured them of their incurable disease.
So now we have another group of individuals using and abusing Christianity in the name of profit. Former New York Times Middle East Bureau Chief and expert on Christian Fundamentalism Chris Hedges describes them to a tee:
These self-described former Muslim terrorists are regularly trotted out at Christian colleges—a few days ago they were at the Air Force Academy—to spew racist filth about Islam on behalf of groups such as Focus on the Family. It is a clever tactic. Curly, Larry and Mo, who all say they are born-again Christians, engage in hate speech and assure us it comes from personal experience. They tell their audiences that the only way to deal with one-fifth of the world’s population is by converting or eradicating all Muslims.Their cant is broadcast regularly on Fox News, including the Bill O’Reilly and Neil Cavuto shows, as well as on numerous Christian radio and television programs. Shoebat, who has written a book called “Why We Want to Kill You,” promises in his lectures to explain the numerous similarities between radical Muslims and the Nazis, how “Muslim terrorists” invaded America 30 years ago and how “perseverance, recruitment and hate” have fueled attacks by Muslims. (emphasis added)
In fact their tour isn’t simply limited to Christian colleges but extends to colleges and universities that have no affiliation with religion. As noted above they have spoken at the Air Force Academy and most recently (minus Anani) at Western Michigan University.
The fundamentally obvious question that seems to escape people is, “If these guys really are ‘ex-terrorists’ why are they allowed to roam free, campus to campus, lecture hall to lecture hall without being monitored or questioned by the FBI?” The logic of a lot of their supporters in answering this concludes that: if a terrorist repents and accepts Christianity they should be spared prosecution for any crimes committed beforehand.
The looniness in the case of these stooges doesn’t require a great deal of research but can be gleaned from their own words as the best material for their hilarity comes from their own mouths.
For instance, Zachariah Anani claim’s in his biography posted on Shoebat’s hate-site that:
“Every time I killed someone and two or three fighters witnessed it, they would give me a point on my chart. I carried 223 points.”Even his comrades feared him. “Although we had a sense of loyalty to each other,” he says, “we were ready to take out enemies or friends.” When a fanatical Muslim joined his regiment and began knocking on doors to wake the others for prayer at 3 A.M., Anani warned him: “I don’t want to pray. Don’t come and wake me.” When he heard the knock early the next morning, Anani picked up his gun, shot him, and went back to sleep.
LoonWatchers, we can’t make this stuff up!
According to his own admission he has killed at least 223 people and that’s only in those cases in which there were two or three witnesses. You’d think the FBI, CIA and Homeland Security would be all over this murderer but no one knows who he is or what he’s talking about. Also, what kind of insane and pathological individual non-chalantly shoots someone and then simply goes back to sleep; Anani it seems!
The other two stooges are just as bad if not worse in attempting to sell their outlandish and fantastical stories.
Kamal Saleem and Walid Shoebat
Kamal Saleem claim’s to be the descendant of someone called the “The Grand Wazir of Islam,” which Hedges points out is ”a title and a position that do not exist in the Arab world.” It can be further noted that the religion of Islam has no clerical hierarchy similar to the Catholic Church with defined positions such as the Pope, Bishops, Priests, etc. Kamal’s blooper in his bio is either a result of an ignorance of Islam and its structure or an attempt to manipulate the ignorance of his audience.
Shoebat may be the most outlandish of them all, he is also the most well known. He has in the past equated Islam with “Satanism” and “Nazism.” He also stated in front of an audience at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee that ”Palestinians keep Jewish testicles and breasts in jars.”
He claim’s to have planted a bomb at Bank Leumi in Bethlehem but his story has been debunked by several sources including the Jerusalem Post and Shoebat’s own family members. Bank Leumi itself states that they have no record of a bomb attack for the time period asserted by Shoebat.
Simon Altaf, a former Muslim and a convert to Christianity was a close friend of Shoebat and along with him co-authored a book titled This is our Eden, This is our End. Altaf states that,
Walid wanted to be an ex-Terrorist to make money, pure and simple.
In the end the goal is to make money off of these speaking engagements, television appearances, and Church gatherings. This is an easy sell, after 9/11 many Americans were rightly afraid of another terrorist attack; in this climate Anti-Muslim and Islamophobic sentiment grew making it a ripe time for someone to capitalize on the growing fear and paranoia in the country.
These three stooges hit on the jack pot and saw that there was a cottage industry developing to bash Muslims and Islam and so jumped on the bandwagon, taking their loony lies and hate-caravan all the way to the bank.
April 17th, 2009 at 9:37 pm
I’m laughing so hard at this piece, and people actually take this snake-oil salesman seriously?
I am particularly having a hard time believing Anani is a real person and not some sort of fictional character, but his statement is as chilling as it is absurd.
Me thinks Ananni overcompensateth just a lil too much here? LOLL
April 18th, 2009 at 10:16 pm
Shoebat resembles either Mo or Shemp. These guys should have restraining orders on them that they wont be allowed in 500 feet of any college due to the emotional scars they might leave on children.
April 22nd, 2009 at 2:39 pm
Garibaldi,
A much appreciated article. It highlights the absurdity of the extreme right-wing and the depressing reality that these guy’s are nothing but con-artists who are using Christianity as their gimmick to prey upon people.
This is another good expose though it focuses solely on Walid Shoebat. It is from the Jerusalem Post:
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1206632362598&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FPrinter
–Robin–
May 27th, 2009 at 9:36 pm
Hey thanx for the posting I just had a regular reader of my blog freak out on me and tell me I’m anti-american and I need to read saleems book to get a clue, I found your site in short order and confirmed my suspicions of the kind of crap he is reading.
June 4th, 2009 at 10:12 pm
You DO need to read Saleems book you Idiot and You DO need to GET A CLUE!!
The article posted here is SOOO Off base in its facts I am Laughing!!
These Gentlemen Are the Real Deal… ” Why are the allowed to walk around free with out being questioned by the F.B.I.?” uh DUH they Have been AND because their Former acts of terror were not on US soil And did not Kill Americans,,, uh DUH!! Not a punishable crime in the US…
WAKE UP GET A CLUE!!!!!!!!
June 23rd, 2009 at 10:18 pm
“When a fanatical Muslim joined his regiment and began knocking on doors to wake the others for prayer at 3 A.M., Anani warned him: “I don’t want to pray. Don’t come and wake me.” When he heard the knock early the next morning, Anani picked up his gun, shot him, and went back to sleep.”
So Anani didn’t pray the 5 obligatory prayers when he was a muslim? And we are to believe that a Fanatical Muslim terrorist would kill someone for trying to wake them up to pray fajr?
July 9th, 2009 at 7:55 am
I suspect that Mr. Garibaldi who wrote this article is afraid of Christianity. He is obviously Pro-muslim and probably a muslim himself. That would explain his desire to discredit three decent men. Oh, and quoting the NY times? C’mon can’t you do better than that? The NY Times has been Pro-muslim for years now and you really can’t believe much of what you read in that rag.
Try reading Kamal Saleem’s boob “Blood of Lambs”. It will open your eyes.
July 14th, 2009 at 10:52 am
So the Jerusalem Post is Pro-Muslim as well?? interesting
July 14th, 2009 at 11:17 am
“Try reading Kamal Saleem’s boob “Blood of Lambs”. It will open your eyes.” Jo Harris, how about you open your eyes and learn how to type!
August 4th, 2009 at 10:07 am
I believe you guys are the stooges.
August 6th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vizier
Do your research.
August 8th, 2009 at 11:52 am
RC,
Did you even read the article you linked after you did your great “reasearch?” It points out what is obvious, Vizier (Wazir in Arabic) is a political position, it is not as Kamal Saleem wants people to believe some position of Islamic clergy. Clergy status, such as in Catholicism and other denominations does NOT exist amongst the majority of Muslims. Even amongst the Shia’ there is no such thing as “Grand Vizier of Islam.”
The notion is ridiculous, and you should disabuse yourself of it as quickly as possible, because you don’t want to look dumb. Kamal is playing on the ignorance of his audience and picked up on a catch phrase that he can sell that sounds both ominous and high.
August 10th, 2009 at 9:45 pm
The usual tactics to defame people trying to tell the truth to the rest of the world. The fact is that the Muslims will discredit just about anyone who dares to tell the facts about what is going on in the Islamic world and what Islam is really all about.
So you can keep on defaming the good work of people like Shoebat, but it is not going to do you any good since the cat is out of the bag and everyone knows that Islam is another name for terrorism.
August 13th, 2009 at 11:33 pm
Roman,
I would like to point out that Islam is not a religion of terrorism, it is in fact a religion of peace. To take a minority of any group and define the whole group by their actions is simply illogical and inaccurate.
Even if people like Shoebat are ‘doing good work’ in your opinion and are telling the truth, they speak only of their own actions and experiences and their interpretation of life, as individuals, not of the pure, true teachings of Islam.
Should you base any religion on people who are practicing incorrectly, or should you look at the religious teachings in essence? In other words, if you really want to find the truth and you are not biased, would you look at biased and imperfect sources? The correct answer is no, you would look at the original sources, without bias, and with an open-mind. In this case the Quran and the authentic Hadith (sayings of the Prophet Muhammad) are the best sources, if you are not biased. The proof is in the pudding.
If you want to see Islam for what it really is, I challenge you to try reading a biography about the Prophet Muhammad (may peace be upon him) and not to read from sources who are biased and have ulterior agendas. You will find that the Prophet Muhammad was the most beautiful person in ethics, morals, and actions to ever live on this earth.
May peace be upon you.
September 15th, 2009 at 9:03 pm
I actually happen to know Kamal Saleem personally, he was my neighbor for a time. He had originally been the owner of a small IT company for several years before he had ever become famous. He told us the exact same story he tells every one else for his “sales pitches” in the privacy of our living room. My dad actually suggested that he tell his story to other people. just to inform them. Then he lost his IT company and was unemployed for a number of years. Then he decided that he might tell his story. so in a way, yes he is trying to make money, that’s what business men do. they have to pay the bills somehow. But I can certify that his statements are 100% true.
September 22nd, 2009 at 2:49 am
Shoebat actually came to my school, it was one of the most traumatizing things that ever happened on our campus.
The guy straight up said that Palestinians make wudu (ablutions before prayer) with Jewish blood.
He then went on to yabber jibberish in Arabic claiming that he was quoting the Qur’an. When one of the Arabic professors stood up and told him that what he was translating was completely different than what he had said, he went on to call her a “Hamas supporter.”
He then went on about how the Palestinians were responsible for the Holocaust, that the Muslims control the White House, that the media is actually Pro-Palestinian (LOL), and that he had killed several innocent Israeli babies in a bank banking (a bombing that even the Jerusalam Post has said NEVER happened).
Anyway, good job on exposing these douche bags further. I mean its already nice to see that “real” academics treat these guys like toxic waste and stay faaaaaaaaar away.
September 22nd, 2009 at 3:10 pm
Walid Shoebat is just a paid propogandist, by the Zionist right wing. He has a Canadian Muslim hater called Brad Kostynuik, who propogates his material all over the internet.
Brad is featured on various websites, like Palestinian mothers, Al Aqsa Martyrs, Ummah.com and others.
More about Brad Kostynuik can be learned below.
Exposing Zionist extremists, smearers of Obama like Canadian Brad Kostynuik AKA “Wharold”
http://www.palestinianmothers.com/profiles/blogs/exposing-zionist-extremists
http://www.ummah.com/forum/showthread.php?t=223836
Brad Kostynuik a secret Canadian Islamophobe insults Prophet and desecrates
November 16th, 2009 at 11:17 pm
http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2008/04/10/walid-shoebat-ex-plo-terrorist-muslim-apostate-evangelical-convert-arab-zionistand-now-charlatan/
Shoebat is clearly a fraud. If he was speaking the truth about his alleged involvement with terrorists, he would never have been allowed to immigrate the the United States.
December 1st, 2009 at 6:45 pm
Eileen Fleming, the tv reporter who interviewed Mordchai Vananu, the Israeli nuclear whistleblower, has been threated with a lawsuit by Walid Shoebatt after she wrote a series showing him for the fraud he is
Shoebatt did not follow through on his threat. More can be read at her website, We Were Wide Awake, where she writes about the Israeli occupation of the Palestinians
http://www.wearewideawake.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=795&Itemid=197
Mordechai Vananu was so disgusted by the occupation that he converted to Christiantiy after he was released from jail in Israel.
Eileen knows Walid Shoebat and his cronies for what they are. Good for Eileen. Walid Shoebatt lied about his being a terrorist.
The funniest thing? ISRAEL REFUSED HIM A VISA.
December 3rd, 2009 at 3:37 pm
These fools are pathetic.
February 23rd, 2010 at 4:17 pm
Here, I read an article by someone named Garibaldi, whom I’ve never heard of, lambasting some other people that I’ve read about but do not know. You can say what you like about the religion of peace, but what I do know is that we’re missing two prominent buildings in downtown Manhattan. Methinks Loonwatch needs a mirror to watch.
March 9th, 2010 at 11:57 am
Great stitch up job by the ill informed author.
You should seriously listen to what they say.
They have something you don’t…credibility.
March 9th, 2010 at 12:16 pm
the truth hurts some people, hence they are forced to ridicule others.
http://go.to/islamhistory
March 16th, 2010 at 10:32 pm
Vin you are hypocrite because when muslims refute anti-muslim bigots like you with the truth, you ridicule them. We aren’t ridiculing Shoebat and others, we are doing what you claim to be doing to us: exposing them to the truth.
March 29th, 2010 at 1:27 am
good point Vin, I love how ignorant muslims and Anti-Christians will always find ways to distort the truth and ridicule people that aren’t the same as them.
@Robaby, you sound like a Leftist twerp still suckling at the teat of your Liberal Community College prof. keep spouting the nonsense you are, eventually you MIGHT believe yourself.
April 11th, 2010 at 10:20 pm
It really is of NO Consequence if these three men are 100% valid or not. The irrefutable facts are that ISLAM HAS ALWAYS been spread by the edge of the sword. All of you ignorant little LIBERAL twits that grew up on Liberal Revisionist History need to research the actual history of ISLAM. From it’s conception it has been about murder, it has always been about murder and it continues to this day (if you happen to actually discover what is going on in the world today). Islam plans (and will succeed) to take over Europe, Africa and will be in a position to manipulate the United nations when it does (it does a pretty good job of that already)
If you want to see the fate of Europe study the history of Lebanon from 1947 to 1990. What happened in Lebanon WILL happen in Europe.Islam has already figured out that they can take Europe WITHOUT firing a shot. Unfortunately for Europe Islam loves the spilling of blood so much that they don’t want to wait until they BREED their way into dominance. So the terror will continue. by the way.. some of the first people they will behead are you idiot liberals….
May 19th, 2010 at 4:37 pm
@Richard Carpenter (AKA the fourth stooge):
So your supposed (argument) is that you have “irrefutable facts” that Islam has always been spread by “the edge of the sword” and that since its inception it’s always been about (murder), and you also refer to Islam as a living breathing entity that wants to take over the world by breeding and multiplying and spreading into the air like a virus…
And you’re perfectly right, we all know that since the inception of Islam Muhammad just drew his might sword and single-handedly fought all of Quraish and beheaded all who opposed him, and then rode off onto his meta-Buraq and flew high in the air, bombing everything underneath him, yeah Islam is a religion of swords, guns, and especially bombs… And I can’t possibly find any verse in the Quran that completely blows your argument out of the water… oh wait…
May 19th, 2010 at 4:43 pm
@Vin:
Are you high?
May 19th, 2010 at 4:52 pm
People…. there should be an uproar against those who perpetuate lies about the Palestinians, people like Walid Shoebat are dangerous, these lies have to be stopped! Ablution in Jewish blood? Palestinians responsible for the Holocaust? Jars of Israeli testicles and breasts? WHAT THE HELL IS THIS? THIS IS LIKE LYING TO THE 10th DEGREE!!
May 19th, 2010 at 10:21 pm
Yes Omar, it’s all bullshit. But most people by now know they’re liars. Those that still believe them are a special breed of people that can not be reasoned with. So don’t even bother.
June 25th, 2010 at 10:22 am
Shalom,
Please just correct your article in that you state: “Simon Altaf, a former Muslim and a convert to Christianity”.
I am a covert to messianic or netzarim Judaism and not Christianity. Thank you.
Blessings in the Holy One
Rabbi Simon
June 25th, 2010 at 10:51 am
Simon Altaf: I am a covert to messianic or netzarim Judaism and not Christianity
No difference there. Messianic Judaism is simply some evangelicals pretending to be Jews in order to win converts from among the real Jews. The same is true of Messianic Muslims and other silly Christian groups.
July 5th, 2010 at 3:57 pm
Walid Shoebat keeps saying and denouncing that the Palestinians fighters resisting the Zionist occupation just like to kill unarmed and docile azkeNAZIs.He also tells to all his audience that those Palestinians are using some Qoranic verses where it s praised to kill Jews and this will allow them to knock at the heaven door with a jewish skull. I have read the whole Qoran and couldnt find this verse. Please Walid Shoebat or someone else have the decensy to clarify this allegations.
July 5th, 2010 at 7:11 pm
be that as it maywether theyalll ne larrry curly and or mo the point behind all this crap is islam killed lots of americans when they did the twin towers now they want to build a 14 storye mosgue on ground zero trypical muslim shite u bomb it pissss on it like adog then build on it addding insult to injury and islam wins another one or am i a loooon as well u guys dont seee it lolmebbbe some on should listen to a dopey ex plo person because their lives could never ever be like ure western lives let me tell u
July 18th, 2010 at 11:20 pm
“these self-described former Muslim terrorists are regularly trotted out at Christian colleges—a few days ago they were at the Air Force Academy—to spew racist filth about Islam on behalf of groups such as Focus on the Family. ”
I really don’t get it. Islam is NOT a race.
July 26th, 2010 at 4:34 am
Injustices of the Zionist hatred against Palestinians and the IDF forces injustices.
http://www.abrahamic-faith.com/injustice.html
August 3rd, 2010 at 4:00 pm
this is a laugh for you from me
You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.
August 10th, 2010 at 4:26 am
I have a question. What is the difference between the muslum god and the christion god? Are they the same god or not? And why are peole so sure of what they believe? Is it possible that no body is 100% correct. So why does every religion pretend that it is 100% correct? Is it a sin for me to ask this? If so, I appologize.
September 1st, 2010 at 11:08 pm
It is disturbing that even after the facts are mentioned, hateful-mongers leave irrational, fictional comments here. God help us all.
September 10th, 2010 at 1:26 pm
My dad was in the PLO. They never did things the way Shoebat describes them. He’s a fake and a dishonor to the REAL Palestinian freedom fighters.
September 10th, 2010 at 1:35 pm
“auriel Says:
July 5th, 2010 at 7:11 pm
be that as it maywether theyalll ne larrry curly and or mo the point behind all this crap is islam killed lots of americans when they did the twin towers now they want to build a 14 storye mosgue on ground zero trypical muslim shite u bomb it pissss on it like adog then build on it addding insult to injury and islam wins another one or am i a loooon as well u guys dont seee it lolmebbbe some on should listen to a dopey ex plo person because their lives could never ever be like ure western lives let me tell u”
What is this gibberish? Are you even human? Loon, maybe. Stupid beyond belief, you betcha. Get off your mom’s computer. Your Internet time is up little baby.
September 24th, 2010 at 11:08 pm
Kamal Saleem said recently that he studied in AL Azhar Acharif in Beyrouth Lebanon!!!!!!!! LOOOOL.. I didn’t know that Al Azhar moved from Egypt LOL!
November 5th, 2010 at 12:57 am
Thank you for posting this stuff. Next time he tries to make an appearance, I’ll be ready in the audience to ask him a few questions during the Q&A
December 13th, 2010 at 11:31 am
@ Tug
No need to be apolegetic bro, its not a sin to ask? In fact questions are welcomed by most world faiths. The difference between the concept of God in Christianity and the concept of God in Islam is that Islam stricly maintains that God (or Allah) is One and Absouloute and is seperate from his creation. Where as most Christian denominations belive in the Trinity (Father, Son and Holy Spirit) , meaing that God is three seperate coequal enteties in one. Basicaly asserting that Jesus (pbuh) is God incarnate.
Most World religions derive doctrine out of their religious scriptures. The Bible in the case of Christianity and the Quran in the Case of Islam. The firm belife of an idividual is a process of establishing or beliving that the Holy Book they derive their doctrine from is the Word of God and has been not been changed. Hence one who belives that the Bible is completley the word of God will belive that all of the teachings derived from it are correct and indesputible.
I hope this answers your question i would give you a longer reply but I’m in a hurry. Feel free to post some more question and i will do my best to clarify.
Peace be with you
July 13th, 2011 at 8:42 pm
Lol, first off, if any of these guys were legit PRACTICING MUSLIMS they never would have commit acts of terrorism, and they would have known that Islam in no way condones such acts of harm against people – especially not against a MUSLIM to make the gentleman pray morning prayer! And Grand Wazir? We have no such thing. These guys are LIARS, and are using Islam to make lots of money… I am SO glad that people can be ignorant as to not see right through it and claim these facts to be fake – are you serious? You know damn straight ANY terrorist from ANY country would not be allowed to the United States or would be denied citizenship here, let alone any right to speak. If you think this is NOT true, check your fact books you idiots, they barely let non English speaking people gather citizenships, why would they let an ex-terrorist? I’m SO sure he’s an ex-terrorist… and if HE IS – why the HECK are you letting him SPEAK AT YOUR SCHOOL?!!!!! You dont think he will turn back to Islam and blow you up? Does that make sense? Get out of here with this baloney, he’s a fake and a disgrace to both Islam and Christianity – neither religion deserves the ignorance either of these men proclaim. If you were a TRUE CHristian who respected Jesus or a Muslim who knows Islam by the heart, you would condem this behavior too.
August 31st, 2011 at 1:42 am
About time… Waleed Shoebat BUSTED on Anderson Cooper’s AC360…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSO-uZ9NLZg&feature=watch_response
October 25th, 2011 at 9:14 pm
I have checked out what is available on Mr. Shoebat, and it does seem that he “has some ‘splainin’ to do,” as the old phrase goes. A legitimate ex-Muslim terrorist has also come out and named Shoebat for what he apparently is.
The other two gentlemen I am not aware of. But yes, I would be suspicious of a “Muslim” who said he shot someone for trying to wake him up for morning prayers. The time and the attitude don’t sound right.
But what sort of a site is “Loonwatch,” anyway? Your style of writing is just as hateful as the people you castigate.