Sunshine is the best medicine.
[IsraelTimes] Heshmat Khalifa of Islamic Relief Worldwide sorry for anti-Semitic posts; also praised Hamas, the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood, as ’purest resistance movement in modern history,’ termed Egypt’s Sissi ’Zionist pimp’.A trustee and former top official in the UK’s largest Moslem charity has resigned after The Times reported Friday that he had posted anti-Semitic comments on social media.
The newspaper found posts from 2014 and 2015 in which Islamic Relief Worldwide
...the “charity” arm of the Muslim Brotherhood in Britain, it has received millions of pounds from the British government’s Department for International Development and six-figure sums from the Obama government, while Israel and the UAE have banned it for forwarding funds to Hamas...
’s Heshmat Khalifa said the Jews were "grandchildren of monkeys and pigs," a common refrain among anti-Semitic Moslems, based on controversial Koranic verse.In other posts he called Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi a "Zionist Pimp" for his support of Israel, as well as a "Zionist pig," a "Zionist traitor" and a "Zionist criminal."
He also called the Hamas terror organization, responsible for thousands of deaths of Israeli civilians, "the purest resistance movement in modern history."
Muslim Brotherhood organizations appreciate one another properly...
Based in Birmingham, Islamic Relief Worldwide has branches in 40 countries and is one of the largest Islamic charities in the world. Following The Times’ revelation of the comments, Khalifa stepped down from his posts as trustee as well as chairman of Islamic Relief Australia and director of offices in Germany and South Africa.Egyptian-born Khalifa, 63, has been a British citizen since 2005. He told the paper he regretted his comments, saying they were "my expressions of frustration with the political regime, rather than beliefs that I hold."
He added: "I did not intend to insult the Jewish community and neither do I hold views which are antisemitic. I have dedicated much of my life’s work to promoting tolerance and freedom of religion and beliefs."
IWR said it "sincerely regrets any offense caused" and stressed that Khalifa’s posts "contravene the values and principles of Islamic Relief Worldwide."
The Charity Commission for England and Wales said it was launching a probe into the matter.
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