"באונר"א מלמדים ילדים להרוג יהודים": המשפיען הסעודי לואי א-שריף מטיף לשלום – ולא מתחרט

I was brought up with lots of bad ideas about Jews and I I used to believe in all of these ideas. You know who is the mother organization of all radical Islam? The Muslim Brotherhood. It teaches kids not to hate Jews to hate Jews first and then to kill Jews. So radical Islam is so dangerous. I do know people who were killed in October 7 and they were very small and Hamas has to be destroyed. My rituals as Muslims are only in Makkah and Medina. Ala they have they have another name for you know it is mak you you call it mikdash. No it's mis and it's not Jewish habibi. You took you took my name

you know like like radical Islam and radical ideologies. They are so good in stealing identities. I get lots of threats. We are doing this fight and Hashem knows that we are doing it for good purpose. Do I have regrets for standing for peace between Muslims and Jews and Arabs and Israelis? Zero fests. Fest regrets. Good morning. Morning. So I was born and raised in um a very traditional family. Uh the school at that time it was like uh lots of things negative about um Jews and Christians and others as well. Now things I I have to say that things in Saudi or education in Saudi and in the Gulf

States or most of the Arab states as well is very progressive. is is is doing much better than it was in late '9s. So this is something that has to be credited. Um so I was uh a very uh different person from what I am right now. I was brought up with lots of bad ideas about Jews until I I traveled to France 2010 and lived with a Jewish family by coincidence and lots of things changed. That was 15 years ago. So when you live with uh many people who hate Jews still in the Arab world, they hate Jews because they haven't met a Jew in their life or they don't have friends that are Jewish. So yes,

of course. So I remember when I was a child we uh my family was not um was not anti-Jewish. But I do remember in school we were taught so many uh bad ideas about Jews honestly that Jews are the enemies of Islam, Jews are the enemies of Muslims. Jews and Muslims can never be friends. Israel is a cancer in the Middle East. And I I used to believe in all of these ideas uh until like until I went to France. Many of my ideas about Jews changed. But my ideas about Israel that it's apartheite, it's um against Muslims. It's it's a very criminal state remained until 2016. But 2016 I got to know many

Israelis, Arab Israelis who told me different things about Israel who told me that there are Muslims in Israel. There are mosques in Israel. There are not the things that you know. I blame Al Jazzer and so many uh media channels that are very anti-Semitic for the reason why many people in the Arab world are radicalized. This is the truth that no no one wants to talk about. So that moment was um in Paris when I started to have a dialogue with the family and then I started to learn from the source. you started to learn Judaism from the source. And I do remember we had lots of questions going

back and forth about Jews, about Jews in the Quran, Jews in the Arab world, Jews in Israel. So that was the pivotal moment in France. I'm still in touch with the family. Unfortunately, the family uh left France and they are living now in uh in Israel. um they left France because of anti anti-shimute in 2018 but I'm of course I'm in touch with them but they are so social media shy but uh of course I'm in good touch with them they are amazing people and this is why the French Jews are so special to my heartlam Mhm. Islam Bigl there are two Islams. There is spiritual Islam. You pray, you fast,

you be a good person and there is radical Islam. Those people who leave Islam and convert to other faiths in my opinion they they they hate radical Islam which I hate as well. Yes. But I'll tell you, yes, they hate radical Islam, but they think that the only way is to leave Islam in full. I disagree with that. I don't believe that we should leave Islam in full. I believe Islam has so many beautiful things, but there is radical Islam that we should stand against. Radical Islam that tells you you should hate Muslim, you should hate Jews, you should hate Christians, you should hate, you should

hate, you should hate. And I used to believe in that when I was a kid. I used to hate a lot. But spiritual Islam is a very beautiful religion and so many good things. There are so many shared values between Islam and Judaism. We can build on that. So, um, those who hate radical Islam should, as you said, should stand against radical Islam rather than just leave the faith. And but I I'll be very honest. I respect everyone's decision who wants to leave Islam, who wants to convert, who wants to convert to other faiths, who wants to convert to Islam. I respect all faiths. But I'm just saying that

we are 1.8 billion Muslims. The solution is not to tell the Muslims who are young and who are radicalized you should leave Islam entirely. No, we should we should do reform in Islam like 911. Yes, I know. So, there are radical Jews, radical Christians, radical Buddhists, but they don't make, as you say, you don't make lots of noise when it comes to uh explosions and everything like that. Yeah. So, radical Islam is is very problematic because it it believes in it's the majority. It's the most of the No, no, not not I I would I would not say most of Islam, but I would say I would say a very

loud voice in Islam. Don't forget what is the biggest Muslim country in the world? Indonesia. Indonesia. Islam came to Indonesia not by sword, not by conquests, not by armies, by trade. Yes, Islam is simple. Islam is very simple. People can accept it. But violent Islam or militant Islam is so dangerous. Not dangerous to Jews and Christians only. Dangerous also to Muslims who don't who don't agree with it. So this is why I believe the religious leaders of of Islam, they need to sit on a table and say, "We have a problem. We need to solve it. We need to fight against radical Islam." No, they're

not doing that. But this is okay. But this is why we need to have more and more people to people. This is why when so many of my Israeli friends come to the UAE, to Abu Dhabi, to Dubai and and they tell me this is not the Islam that I know. Islam in UAE is very peaceful, is very tolerant, is very calm. Voila. Yeah. Uh and I remember one of my friends uh he came to mosque in Abu Dhabi and he said, I'll be I'll be very honest with you. I hate mosques. is hate. Yes. So when I see mosque and when I see how beautiful it is, I I say there are Muslims we we we don't see. So this is why this is why

this is why we need the Abraham Accords to have more people-to-people relations to get more people to see each other, to live with each other, to experience. I believe you. Okay. In the Middle East. Okay. shake it. Shalom. So this radical Islam, as you said, it's not only a danger to the Jews in Israel, but it's also a danger to the Arab states and to Arabs who are living in in the Middle East. There are two solutions. There is the security solution and there is the theological solution. The theological as I told you the scholars of Islam need to understand that there is a problem. Islam

radical Islam is making a big problem not only in the Middle East but also in Europe and in America. Many people are complaining that Muslim immigrants are not going to Europe or America to assimilate. They want to dominate and they want to take over societies. So Muslim scholars have to deal with that. But in my opinion to defeat radical Islam, you need to have more peace in the region. You need to encourage more peace agreements. You need to have more uh modernity. You need to have more I don't want to say secular society because I'm not a very secular person, but I would say societies that

are uh deattached from the radical views of of any faith, especially of Islam because radical Islam is so dangerous. And and I want to tell you one thing. Radical Islam, you know, you know who is the mother organization of all radical Islam? The Muslim Brotherhood. And the Muslim Brotherhood, unfortunately, they are banned in the UAE, in Saudi Arabia, in many moderate Arab states. And they are welcomed in Europe, in America, in Canada, in Australia. And it's so disappointing that people do not really see the danger of this uh of this organization. In Hebrew we say let's talk. Do you know what

this mean? Let's talk. Let's let's jump to the point. Yes. Okay. So, in my opinion, I would tell you honestly, uh I I do know people who were killed in October 7 and they were very small like left Israelis who came to me on social media. They say, "Oh, Lu, I have Palestinian friends and they were killed at the end of the day by the Gazins." So, what Israel should do first of all, uh listen, there is no right or wrong in this matter. So the hostages families want their hostages back and Israel doesn't want to be blackmailed by Hamas to get the to get the hostages back and and it wants to

destroy Hamas and I I understand that of course and Hamas has to be destroyed. Hamas on October 7, they killed children, women and and uh and elderly. There is no dictionary in the world that defines resistance in kidnapping toddlers like Ariel and uh and this is not resistance. And by the way, this is not spiritual Islam. Spiritual Islam will never tell you to kidnap uh kids. Radical Islam might tell you so. I don't know. But radical Islam, they say, "Yeah, we have these. This is allowed in in our religion, in their religion, not my religion. Not my Islam. Not the Islam that I know but in in

Islam Islam Islam Islam spiritual Islam doesn't allow even in war you should not target women and children but radical Islam Hamas and Islamic jihad and everything everything is allowed you should kill Jews women children pregnant any and radical Islam if if you and I were in the battle and Hamas wants to kill one of us first they will kill me first by the way and then they will kill you. So radical Islam is so dangerous. So what Israel should do, of course, to get the hostages back, but I'm not I'm not in a position to tell the Israeli government what to do. But I'm just saying my opinion.

Um and also the Palestinians have to have a leadership if they really want to have permanent peace. A if they really want Yeah. If if they really want, they have to have a leadership that would say, "We are a new leadership in in the in the Palestinian territories. We believe in peace. We believe in prosperity. We believe in uh in recognizing the Jewish state. We will live side by side with Israel. We will stop teaching our kids to hate Jews because I read honor curricula. It's disastrous. Honora, it teaches kids not to hate Jews, to hate Jews first and then to kill Jews. Sure. Um Ala is

actually a very uh it's a sacred place in Islam, but it's not as Mecca and Medina in my opinion, in my belief. My rituals as Muslims are only in Mecca and Medina only. I did I did I did Omar I did everything is a very symbolic sacred place but it's not as Makkah and Medina important than Mecca and Medina. Of course this is what Hamas's idea is and this is what radical Islam idea is to to make a equal to Mecca and Medina which is not true. And by the way, I want to say one thing Hamas are called. It's it's very it's very ironic that uh that Hamas and radical Islam they say we we have to

protect they have they have another name for you know what is Bal Makis and you know what Bal Makdash the Jewish temple so radical Islam because it's so ignorant because radical Islam and radical Islamists are so ignorant they repeat the word makus and they think that it's it's a mosque be mak is the temple it's Exactant. Exactly. And this is like the Jewish temple. If they were honestly, you know what? I blame who? I blame Moshe. Moshe Dian when he when he took the power. He said, "No, I don't want to make it the Vatican. Take the key. Take the key." This is a problem. So if you have if you

have leaders in Israel and you have Muslim leaders who say let's say for example sane leaders would say you know what this is this is a very sacred place for both of our people let's share it let's make a very nice uh collaboration or sharing but unfortunately radical Islam doesn't believe in sharing it believes I want to take it I want to take it and I want to steal the name I want to use you call it beta mikdash no it's bism And it's not Jewish. You took you took my name, you know, like like radical Islam and radical ideologies. They are so good in stealing identities. I get lots of threats

online only online. Only online. But I want to tell you one thing. Uh I stood for a mission for peace. I'm not against the Palestinian people. I'm not against any people. I'm not against any faith. I'm not against any religion. I'm against the radicals. You know why? Because I was one day on the other side. And I saw it and I said, "Thank you so much. Goodbye. I'm not going to come back again." When you when you defeat radical ideas with knowledge, with facts, with the truth, you say to yourself, "It is worth it. It is worth the fight." And my favorite hero of peace was killed because of

peace. My favorite hero of peace is Anorat, Egyptian president. He was a true hero of peace and he paid his life for it. And I know that one day I will die. All of us will die one day. But do I have regrets for standing for peace between Muslims and Jews and Arabs and Israelis? Zero eS regrets. Inshallah. Inshallah. Inshallah. But we need to have more work. This is why we need to more work. And radical Islam. naked uh Muslim Brotherhood, not only war in in the ba in the battlefield, but also theological war, wars on campuses, US campuses. I I was making lots of tours, speaking tours with many

of my fellow Arab peace activists in in in America. So many campuses are radicalized. Colombia, Rhode Island University, in Providence, so many. So we need to do the good fight. But I want you to understand, we are doing this fight and Hashem knows that we are doing it for good purpose. We want to bring the children of Abraham together. But Hamas and radical Islam, they don't want to they they want to fight, not to bring peace, to annihilate Israel, to annihilate Jews. They believe that day of judgment will not come until Jews and Muslims fight. and they believe in an apocalyptic apocalypse

where millions are on both sides. This is the mission of radical Islam and and Hamas. Our mission is to fight the good fight to bring more people to peace.