Mosab Yousef on Ground Zero Mosque Video

Mosab Yousef, the man who broke away from Hamas, where his father is one of the co-founders, who made it to U.S. and beat back our government trying to deport him as a terrorist...is speaking out on the Ground Zero Mosque.

You may remember, as Mosab's Immigration Court hearing neared, many bloggers began telling his incredible story, and a focused website was set up. One of those bloggers was Nice Deb. When I visited her Ten Buck Friday post today, I found this video of Mosab interviewed by Fox News' David Asman. Listen to the passion in Mosab's voice as he explains why he is against this victory trophy mosque.

Mosab Hassan Yousef on Ground Zero Mosque (videi)

Mosab Yousef's Political Asylum: Mosab Writes of His Day in Court

Many of us rejoiced as the news that Mosab Hassan Yousef had his day in court and was granted political asylum. Two questions: Is DHS paying Mosab's legal bills, and why did not a single Democrat sign Congressman Doug Lamborn's letter of support? Today, Mosab tells the story.

Gonen ben Itzhak and Mosab Yousef

By Mosab Hassan Yousef
Dated July 1, 2010
Political Asylum Granted!

Honestly, I am still in shock. I was sitting beside my attorney, focused on how I would answer the questions that were coming. Gonen ben Itzhak, my dear friend and former Shin Bet handler, had flown in from Israel to testify on my behalf and waited with a security guard in the empty courtroom next door.

Judge Rico Bartolomei was entering into the record all the documents and motions that had been introduced since my last hearing, getting everybody on the same page before we started.

That done, he called for Gonen.

That’s when DHS senior attorney Kerri Calcador dropped the bombshell. The Department of Homeland Security, she said, no longer opposes the asylum petition of Mosab Hassan Yousef.

No one in the courtroom could get hold of what had just happened. Not me, not the judge, not my attorney. We were prepared for several hours of testimony and defense. But 15 minutes after we walked into the courtroom, it was over.

There was nothing left to do. Judge Bartolomei granted me political asylum, pending a routine background check, rose and left the courtroom. Then the security guards efficiently led all of us out of the courtroom, down the halls, through the razor-wired fences and out into the parking lot, where a crowd of well-wishers applauded and cheered and network cameras rolled.

As we drove home through San Diego, we thanked God for his grace and for all those he used to make this happen.

For countless people around the world who prayed for me.

For FOX News, which is a lot more than just a conservative voice. Over the past year and a half, I have come to know and respect the professionals at FOX who have become much more to me than reporters, producers and camera crews. They are good people who had the courage to cover a story that others rejected and/or did not understand. Special thanks to chief correspondent Jonathan Hunt.

For U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO), who circulated a letter through the House of Representatives that was co-sponsored by 21 other congressmen, asking DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano to give “full consideration . . . to Mr. Yousef’s views and conduct in recent years, particularly his cooperation with Shin Bet at significant risk to his own safety and life.” Signatories include Representatives Frank Wolf (VA), Trent Franks (AZ), Cynthia Lummis (WY), Bill Posey (FL), Kenny Marchant (TX), John Kline (MN), John Shadegg (AZ), Joe Wilson (SC), Daniel Lungren (CA), John Boozman (AK), Michele Bachmann (MN), Marsha Blackburn (TN), Bill Shuster (PA), Joseph Pitts (PA), Lynn Jenkins (KS), Rob Bishop (UT), Jeff Fortenberry (NE), Dan Rohrabacher (CA), Robert Aderholt (AL), Mike Pence (IN) and Aaron Schock (IL).

For Tzachi Hanegbi, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee of The Knesset (Israeli Parliament), MK Einat Wilf and other committee members for their very kind letter thanking me for my “actions to strengthen the security of Israeli citizens and Palestinian residents from 1998 to 2007.”

For the wisdom and integrity of DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano.

I am especially grateful to Sarah Stern, president of the Endowment for Middle Eastern Truth. Today’s blessings would not have happened without her and this amazing organization.
End Mosab's story

Read about his book Son of Hamas

Asylum Granted for Son of Hamas Mosab Yousef

This news just in - Mosab Hassan Yousef has been granted political asylum in the U.S. When he got to court, the good news was DHS dropped their objections.

Gonen Ben-Itzhak and Mosab Yousef

Mosab, many in America are celebrating with you tonight. 
God Bless

SAN DIEGO — The son of a Hamas founder who became a Christian and an Israeli spy will be granted U.S. asylum after he passes a routine background check, an immigration judge ruled Wednesday. Mosab Hassan Yousef got the news during a 15-minute deportation hearing after a U.S. Department of Homeland Security attorney said the government was dropping its objections. The agency denied Yousef's asylum request in February 2009, arguing that he had been involved in terrorism and was a threat to the United States.

Attorney Kerri Calcador gave no explanation for the government's change of heart. 

The immigration judge, Rico Bartolomei, ruled that Yousef will be allowed to remain in the United States after he is fingerprinted and passes a routine background check. 

Yousef, who has been living in San Diego, was cheered by supporters as he left the hearing. He said he loves living in California, wants to become a U.S. citizen and hopes to pursue a master's degree in history and geography. "

I will keep fighting the ideology that is behind terrorists because I know how they think," he said outside the courtroom. Yousef, 32, said he could not explain the government's abrupt decision, but said authorities may have had second thoughts after reviewing his case more closely. 

 "For 10 years, he fought terrorism in secret, hiding what he was doing and who he was," his attorney, Steven Seick, wrote in a court filing. "He deserves a safe place away from violence and fear." 

Read the story at The State.com  via Uncoverage on Twitter Photo Credit Denis Poroy/AP

Others spreading the news:
 James at Reaganite Republican
Ran at Si Vis Pacem

Congress Signs Letter Supporting Mosab Yousef - No Democrat Signatures

Congressman Doug Lamborn (R-CO) released his letter to Department of Homeland Security in support of Mosab Yousef this evening with 22 final co-signers. Not a single Democrat signed the letter.

Doug Lamborn

In this Daily Caller post, they asked Lamborn if he thought the letter would be effective in the DHS Immigration court tomorrow. His answer is sobering and shows the trepidation those of us familiar with Mosab's case are feeling about his dangerous situation. He is at the the mercy of Homeland Security. The final signers - not a single Democrat among them. Maybe Congressman Lamborn didn't ask a single Democrat to sign???

Final 22 co-signers:

Rep. Trent Franks, Arizona Republican

Rep. Mike Pence, Indiana Republican

Rep. Frank Wolf, Virginia Republican

Rep. Joseph Pitts, Pennsylvania Republican

Rep. Rob Bishop, Utah Republican

Rep. Bill Posey, Florida Republican

Rep. John Shadegg, Arizona Republican

Rep. John Kline, Minnesota Republican

Rep. Cynthia Lummis, Wyoming Republican

Rep. Kenny Marchant, Texas Republican

Rep. Aaron Schock, Illinois Republican

Rep. Michele Bachmann, Minnesota Republican

Rep. Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee Republican

Rep. Bill Shuster, Pennsylvania Republican

Rep. Lynn Jenkins, Kansas Republican

Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, Nebraska Republican

Rep. Robert Aderholt, Alabama Republican

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, California Republican

Rep. John Boozman, Arkansas Republican

Rep. Joe Wilson, South Carolina Republican

Rep. Dan Lungren, California Republican

Read the details of Mosab's journey as he has sought political asylum in the U.S. since January 2007 at Save Mosab Yousef. It is an incredible story of courage and faith.

Obama Admin Actively Working with Hamas: Musa Abu Marzook the Hamas-Obama Connection?

News is out that the Obama administrative is actively working with Hamas, and specifically with exiled Hamas official in Damascus. That person is likely Musa Abu Marzook. Marzook was a darling of Jeremiah Wright during the time the Obama family attended Wright's Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago. In fact, Wright reprinted a Marzook manifesto in one of his Sunday bulletins. Marzook, also known as Mousa Abu Marzook (Marzouk, Marzouq, Marzuq) is a founder of the precursor to CAIR, and the Deputy Chief of Hamas' political bureau which is based in Damascus. He was directly involved with The Holy Land Foundation which provided funding for Hamas with the help of the U.S. Treasury.  Marzook is American educated and had permanent residency status here. He is a force to be reckoned with.

Musa Abu Marzook

Knowing that the U.S. is perhaps now working with Hamas, brings another possible revelation: as you know, many of us have been advocating for the Department of Homeland Security to grant Palestinian Mosab Yousef political asylum, rather than deporting him. His deportation hearing is tomorrow (June 30th) in a San Diego court. The question has been, why would DHS even think of deporting this young man, especially when his own people (Hamas) have called for his death, and knowing that Yousef saved many lives in Israel, including the life of Shimon Perez. The answer is likely due to the cozy nature of the Hamas-Obama Administration relationship.

From Reaganite Republican:

It surely doesn't help they've been secretly meeting with Hamas leadership for months, either- could this morally-warped and strategically-incompetent administration be offering-up the life of Mosab Yousef in their greasy, Chicago-style wheeling and dealing?

Yousef, in some of his writings, made the point that DHS is "embarrassed" at his presence in the U.S. because he, the son of a Hamas founder, applied for and received a visa to come to the U.S. Something we might think DHS would not allow without knowing about it and sanctioning it. Until he went to the DHS office, they didn't know he was in the country. This is what Mosab believes is behind his immigration hearing.

It must go much deeper than that. Administration officials have tried to silence Hamas, but if you are familiar with Islamic braggadocio, you know that dog won't hunt. TheBlogProf has the details of the YNet report on the Administration connection to terrorism, along with the quotes. Bob Belvedere at The Camp of the Saints [where I first read of the Hamas-Obama co-habitation] has the story about the possible impact on Mosab Yousef, and a report on the help of our legislators to help Mosab Yousef stay in the U.S.  Actually Bob points out the first place he saw the story of the connection was at Reaganite Republican. Same for me, but I must admit I completely missed the story, which I choose as the outrage of the last 18 months.

Related and Background:
Jeremiah Wright Says MLK Wrong to advocate non-violence. Is this a call for violence?

The Meat: Jeremiah Wright Publishes CAIR Founder's Manifesto

Transcription of "Hamas' stand" on Jeremiah Wright's "Pastor's Page"

Jeremiah Wright Connects with the Hamas Charter

Mosab Yousef's Israeli Shin-Bet Handler in US for Court Hearing

Mr. Yousef’s Shin-Bet handler has been known to Americans as only “G,” until now. Captain Ghonim appeared in Washington, D.C. Wednesday night, June 24th, at an event honoring Mosab, and will attend court on Wednesday morning.

Mosab Hassan Yousef (Joseph in America)

From NewsMax:

An Israeli intelligence officer who spent more than 10 years as the secret handler of a top agent inside the Hamas terrorist organization has come out of the shadows for the first time, revealing his identity at a Washington, D.C., event on Wednesday where his former agent was honored… 

Yousef introduced Ghonim Wednesday night as “a great brother, a true friend, a family member. He was a man of his word.” 

It wasn’t for ego or applause. Indeed, the man identified as “Captain Ghonim” could face jail time back in Israel for having broken his cover. 

So why did he do it? 

To speak to the character of Mosab Hassan Yousef, the son of a top Hamas leader, whom the pro-Israel Endowment for Middle East Truth honored in the Senate Caucus Room.
“Mosab is not a terrorist,” Ghonim told the audience. “I have known him for more than 10 years.” 

Ghonim said he plans to go to the court in San Diego where an immigration judge has threatened to deport Yousef back to the Palestinian territories on grounds that he was a member of a terrorist organization and had taken part in terrorist operations. 

“Mosab prevented killing. He prevented violence,” Ghonim said. “Mosab, I will be with you in this trial and I will tell the truth.”

This is such excellent news. This “event” was in Washington, D.C. Wouldn’t it be interesting to know who is “honoring” this brave young man? Read the entire story at NewsMax.

Mosab's court date is next Wednesday, June 30th at 8 a.m. Keep the prayers winging. This article is cross-posted from the Save Mosab Yousef website where you can find indepth background on this story.

The Courage of Mosab Yousef

This post is from the Save Mosab Yousef website. The author is Bob Belvedere, the Humble Dispatcher Extraordinaire at The Camp of the Saints. Mosab talks about his family, and among the many things I have read about him, this was my first time to see this. Bob's comment at the end is one of those 'Amen' moments. I doubt that any of us have come close to being where Mosab is in his life, and maybe even his spiritual journey.

The Courage of Mosab Yousef
by Bob Belvedere, The Camp of the Saints
Originally published June 16, 2010

One of the reasons I got involved with this effort to publicize the case of Mr. Yousef is because of the strength he found within himself to do what was right despite of the awful consequences to himself and his family.  He was able to see that his duty to truth and justice far outweighed any personal considerations of comfort or happiness.

Here is part of his own account of what he has suffered:

Try to remember how you felt whenever your mother or father told you how proud they were of you when you accomplished some little thing, won an award, graduated from school, got a good job or a raise. Now imagine that your picture is on the front page of the newspaper, along with a story exposing all of your secret sins in agonizing detail. Imagine your shame and embarrassment, how your family would look at you then, how your friends, neighbors and coworkers would treat you. 

And that is small, compared with the fear and guilt and shame heaped upon Muslims by their god. The god of the Qur’an is not tolerant, understanding or forgiving. He hates furiously and punishes without mercy everyone who crosses his red lines. 

The shame my decision to go public has brought on my family can never be scrubbed clean. I broke their hearts and ruined their lives. Who will marry my sisters now? How can my brothers return to their schools? 

And why? Because of me. I cannot help feeling like Israel’s King David who cried out, “My guilt has overwhelmed me like a burden too heavy to bear.” 

My family has already suffered so much. Why did I have to be responsible for piling on even worse suffering? 

But I did not feel that I really had a choice. More than 1.6 billion Muslims live sincerely and ignorantly in the pitch darkness of Islam. And I was in a unique position to set many of them free. Son of Hamas was my shot, and I had to take it, no matter what the cost.
So what have I gotten out of writing a bestseller? 

The U.S. government has rejected my plea for political asylum, saying that I was connected with a terrorist organization, even though I was never a member of Hamas. I can never become a citizen, and if I leave the country, I cannot return. 

Because I became a Christian and helped to save Israeli and Palestinian lives, I am condemned to death by the Qur’an and its god, making it the duty of every good Muslim to kill me. 

By going public, I put the lives of my mother, brothers and sisters at extreme risk. They still live in the West Bank, which is ruled by the Fatah faction of the PLO. Fatah hates Hamas because it killed many of its members in Gaza after the 2006 elections. What if Fatah members, afraid that I will reveal more secrets about them, go out of control and start shooting at my parents’ house? 

Even Christians in the Middle East are tainted because of me. Now, every Muslim will accuse them of collaborating with Israel, threatening their lives.

Mosab Yousef will never know much in the way of Earthly happiness – certainly not as much as we Americans and citizens of The West do and have the potential to enjoy.  However, because of the service he has performed for the freedom-loving peoples of Israel and, by extension, the freedom-loving peoples of Western Civilization, he deserves to get whatever happiness is possible.

He deserves to stay in The United States Of America and to eventually become a citizen.  He asks only these two things.  He does not ask for a government handout.  We can take comfort that he has been embraced by a loving God and be assured that when he passes on he will be greeted in the Kingdom Of Heaven with the words ‘Well done, good and faithful servant, well done’.  But there will be no comfort for us if we don’t fight for this good and brave man.

Please write to your representatives in the Congress.  If you are a friend or acquaintance of any member of the media [mainstream or new], please write to them; they have the power to get the word out, to put the pressure on those who will be deciding Mr. Yousef’s fate.

UPDATE on 17JUN2010 at 0805…
Over at No Sheeples Here, Carol has featured this posting in her IN THE SPOTLIGHT sidebar.  It’s a fitting tribute to Mr. Yousef who is certainly no sheeple.  Thank you, Carol.

Linked by Matt at Conservative Hideout - Thanks@

Mosab Yousef Conversion from Islam to Christianity Video

Dark Skies Blog has the full series of the Fox News Special Report, Escape from Hamas. The series features Palestinian Mosab Yousef, the son of a Hamas founder, an undercover agent for Israel's Shin-Bet, and in the video below, Mosab explains how a chance meeting with a tourist in Jerusalem started him on a long journey of study, and eventual conversion.

Mosab Yousef

Mosab lives in San Diego now. He is seeking political asylum. After about 3-1/2 years, the Department of Homeland Security says they believe he is a national security threat. You can find all the information about his coming Immigration court date, which may lead to his deportation on June 30th at Save Mosab Yousef.

This video is quite a story. For those of us who believe we understand the grace of Jesus Christ, it is difficult to contemplate what this very young man went through.

Visit Dark Skies Blog for the entire 6 videos. The following is No. 5.



Mosab Yousef on His Conversion from Islam to Christianity (video)
Little Miss Attila linked the SaveMosabYousef website - Thank You!
Carol at No Sheeples Here linked the SaveMosabYousef website - Thank you Carol!

New Blog: Save Mosab Yousef

Many of you know the story of Mosab Hassan Yousef. Homeland Security believes Yousef is a national security threat. He is scheduled for a deportation hearing in a San Diego Homeland Security court on June 30, 2010.

Mosab Hassan Yousef

We hope the new blog, Save Mosab Yousef, will put focus on his plight, give the public the details of his story, and ultimately provide the support he needs for his court hearing.

Our plan is to contact members of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security, Rep. Duncan Hunter (D-CA), selected members of Congress and the press.

The "we" in this effort is Bob at The Camp of the Saints, Karen at The Lonely Conservative, and Maggie at Maggie's Notebook.

We are not associated in any way with, and receive no funds from, any non-profit or profit organization, or individuals.  We do not know Mr. Yousef. We have had no contact with him, but are undertaking this endeavour on our own. We are lobbying for his life. We hope to keep Mosab in the U.S. and out of the Middle East, where he will face certain death.

Our open letters and emails will be posted on the blog. We hope you will utilize them, and work any connections you have. Please visit Save Mosab Yousef for details. We welcome your comments and suggestions.

Articles at Save Mosab Yousef:


Introductory article: Keep Mosab Yousef in the U.S.

Q: Is Mosab Yousef Anti-Israel? A: No

The Editors of the WSJ: ‘This is Bizarre’

Steven Givler on Mosab Yousef

Friends of Save Mosab Yousef: Part 1

Mosab Yousef’s Conversion from Islam to Christianity (Video)

Homeland In-Security by Mosab Yousef (Mosab's adventures with Homeland Seccurity)

Open Letter to Congressman Duncan Hunter (San Diego)

Wall Street Journal interview: Muslims Need to be Liberated from their God

Sean Hannity Interview with Mosab Yousef (Video)













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