Overview
Hamzah Al-Shurafa has spread hatred of Jews on social media and demonized Israel.
Al-Shurafa was a
member of the
Muslim Students Association (MSA) at Texas Tech University (Texas Tech) and was
added to the Texas Tech MSA Facebook group on April 13, 2012. On November 27, 2015, Al-Shurafa
wrote on Twitter “I went to Texas Tech.”
As of June 22, 2017 Al-Shurafa’s LikedIn profile
said he studied at University of Texas, Dallas (UTD) for a BSc in Geospatial Information Sciences (GIS) from 2013 - 2015 and was employed a GIS Coordinator/Specialist with Atmos Energy since May, 2016.
Anti-Jewish Social Media Posts
On December 23, 2016, Al-Shurafa
tweeted: “Roses are red. Violets are blue.Allah yil3an. il Yahood [Allah curse the Jews].”
On October 20, 2013, Al-Shurafa
tweeted: “One time I found out that my lab partner was jewish. So I ignored his texts, did the lab by myself and told the TA that he didn't help.”
On September 18, 2013, Al-Shurafa
tweeted: “A Jewish boy asks his dad for 40 dollars. The dad replies ‘30 dollars?! What do you need 20 dollars for? Here's 10’ and hands him a 5.”
On August 16, 2013, Al-Shurafa
tweeted: “‘Hi my name is David, I'll be your waiter today.’ Baba: ‘Hamzah go pick another waiter, this one's Jewish.’ #EatingOutWithPalestinians.”
On April 2, 2013, Al-Shurafa
tweeted: “This girl was talking about how all leaders love their people. A guy in the back of the class says so did Hitler. Not gonna lie, I giggled.”
Demonizing Israel
On October 17, 2015, Al-Shurafa
tweeted: “The Zionists Who Cried Knife: A story about the murder of innocent Palestinians.” The tweet featured photos of violet militantsvarious terrorists whose attacks were interrupted by had been shot by Israeli security forces for attempting to stab Israelis.
In October 2015, there was an upsurge in violence across Israel incited by Palestinian political and religious leaders. The wave of stabbings, known as the “Knife Intifada,” was characterized by young Palestinians throughout the country stabbing and attempting to stab Israeli civilians.
Another photo in Al-Shurafa’s tweet featured 20 year old
Basel Bessam Sidr — a Palestinian from Hebron who
rushed at Israeli police officers, attempting to stab them, before being shot.
MSA
The MSA was established by members of the Muslim Brotherhood in January 1963 at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, with the goal of "spreading Islam as students in North America." A 2004 FBI investigation uncovered an internal Muslim Brotherhood document in which a brotherhood leader identified the MSA as "one of our organizations."
The MSA reportedly has “nearly 600 chapters” located in the United States and Canada, and is “the most visible and influential Islamic student organization in North America,” boasting conferences, special events, publications, websites and other activities.
The organization includes a number of previous chapter presidents with explicit links to terrorist groups. Included are al-Qaeda cleric Anwar al-Awlaki (Colorado State University), Somali al-Shabaab militant leader Omar Shafik Hammami (University of South Alabama) and Pakistani Taliban recruiter Ramy Zamzam of the MSA's Washington, D.C. council.
Social Media and Weblinks
