Mahmoud Eissa

Overview

Mahmoud Eissa has spread hatred of Jews on social media.

Although Eissa claimed once to differentiate “between Jews and Zionists,” his tweets indicate otherwise.

In 2016, Eissa is affiliated with the Muslim Students Association (MSA) at UH (UH MSA)

Eissa is a student at University of Houston (UH), majoring in Engineering Technology. He previously studied at Lone Star College University Park (LSCUP), in Houston.

Hatred of Jews

On July 12, 2014, Eissa tweeted: “tell Omri to shut his Israeli Jewish a** up.”

On July 23, 2014, Eissa tweeted: “I mean it when I say I wish Hitler finished them off in the holocaust. I know there's a difference between Jews and Zionists.”

On July 31, 2014, Eissa tweeted: “Khaybar Khaybar ya yahood. Jayshu Muhammad sawfa ya3ood.” [Kahybar Khaybar oh Jews, the army of Mohammad will return].”

Eissa’s tweet referred to the early 7th century Battle of Khaybar, where the Prophet Mohammad — with his followers — massacred the Jews of that town and then enslaved the surviving women as “wives.”

The chant remains popular among militant Muslims worldwide and is often heard at anti-Israel rallies in the United States.

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.