Omar AbuShehadeh

Overview

Omar AbuShehadeh is a member of the Muslim Students Association (MSA) at UTK (UTK MSA).

AbuShehadeh is a student at the University of Tennessee Knoxville (UTK).

Promoting a Virulent Anti-Semite and Bigot for UTK MSA Leadership

On April 13, 2016, AbuShehadeh retweeted a campaign-promoting message from his close friend — and virulent anti-Semite — Mohamed Ali, who tweeted — "These are the faces you need leading your MSA #AliSarraj2016." The tweet featured a selfie of Ali and his running mate, promoting Ali’s run to become an MSA board member. Ali also ran for the position of UTK MSA Public Relations Head.

Ali’s many bigoted tweets include the following:

On August 29, 2012, Ali tweeted — "Had to write about a leader for DCL class. Wrote about Hitler. Cuz he's a boss."

On June 8, 2013, Ali tweeted — "I can spot a Jew like 90% of the time. No racial, I'm just saying."

On June 20, 2012, Ali tweeted — "@ArabHummus bahahahaha this sharmoota. Yel3an abu el yahood." [Translation — “Hahahaha this whore. Gd damn the Jews.”]

On July 31, 2013, Ali tweeted — "Make like a Jew and take control."

Attacking Exposers of Anti-Semitism and Bigotry in UTK MSA

In August 2016, Canary Mission alerted its followers to several anti-Semitic and bigoted tweets of Ali’s. The Algemeiner then exposed this material, calling attention to anti-Semitism and bigotry within members of UTK’s chapters of MSA and Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP). Fox News also covered the story.

On August 7, 2016, AbuShehadeh stated his displeasure with Canary Mission’s report tweeting — "HEY CANARY MISSION!!!!! F**K YOU."

Abu Shehadeh continued: "HAHAHAHHAHA THIS IS A DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO SILENCE THE PEOPLE FROM EXPOSING YOUR ASS" and then tweeted: “Put that on your profile.”

On August 9, 2016, AbuShehadeh, tweeted again, saying — "I've got more important things to do than argue with a flock of ignorant zionists."

UTK MSA

The social media feeds of the leadership and general membership of UTK MSA reveals that the organization is fraught with virulent anti-Semites, Hitler and Nazi sympathizers, homophobes and bigots. These individuals propagate Jew-hatred, often — but not always— under the guise of attacking "Israelis" and “Zionists.”

Aspiring UTK MSA Leaders - Praising Hitler and Promoting Jew-Hatred

Fellow UTK MSA member, Eyad Hijer, on July 17, 2014 tweeted to a Jewish person — "‘...I already hate you. You dirty filthy Jew. All your people do is f**ed s**t up. Wish hitler was still around to show you guys."

On December 27, 2015 — in response to a tweet that read : "The most morally army in the world, the Israeli army Leave A Comment !" — Hijer tweeted: “This is why I hate Jews.”

On April 20, 2014, Hesham Annamer — a 2016 nominee for the position of UTK MSA Board Member— tweeted: "Hitler had alot of great ideas. We need a guy like that in the white house."

On March 15, 2014, Ali tweeted: "Im gonna put #PeaceInTheMiddleEast, #ThotNation, &#FreePalestine at the end of my senior quote. The last 1 as a f**k u 2 the Jewish teachers."

Stori Nuri — a co-president of UTK MSA and president of SJP UTK on January 22, 2015, tweeted — "‘Jew test: throw a pen and if they pick it up they're a Jew’!"

On June 21, 2013, fellow UTK MSA member Afeef Youssef Kamah tweeted a meme featuring an anti-Semitic caricature of a Jew with a big, hooked nose. The meme, known as the "Happy Merchant," originally appeared in a racist and anti-Semitic piece promoting a world without Jews and Blacks — comparing them, respectively, to rats and cockroaches. Youssef Kamah tweeted the meme along with the comment — “@jayomarion @AbdelRahmanM OHH WE ARE FRIENDS…”

Aspiring UTK MSA Leaders - Propagating Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theories

On July 27, 2012, fellow UTK MSA member, Mohamed Ali, who ran for the position of UTK MSA Public Relations Head, tweeted: — "Zion or Zionism, is the belief that Jews are the rightful inhabitants or Israel/Palestine. Lol Illuminati."

On July 5, 2014, Ali tweeted — "When it comes down to it, Israel is the world's super power, not the USA. They control everything behind the curtains...they control so much from the film industry to franchises to pentagon communications to Wall Street to White House lobbies."

On the same day, Ali tweeted — "I'm not surprised. America d**krides Israel so hard. They're scared. Israel controls them."

On June 17, 2013, Ali tweeted — "I feel like all the current problems in the world are linked to the U.S, Israel, & all their d**kriding countries- most of Europe."

Ebad Hussain, the 2016-2017 treasurer of UTK MSA tweeted, on August 9, 2014— "In America you can criticize God, but you cannot criticize Israel. To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you cannot criticize."

Aspiring UTK MSA Leaders - Spreading Hatred of Israel and Zionists

Stori Nuri — a co-president of UTK MSA and president of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at UTK. (SJP UTK) — tweeted on April 6, 2016: "Your daily reminder that Israel is a piece of s**t."

On April 7, 2015, Mohamed Ali — who ran for the position of UTK MSA Public Relations Head — tweeted — "I feel so incredibly irritable right now. No idea why...Just feel like kicking a Zionist tbh."

UTK MSA Tayseer Seminary Liaison - Comparing Israel to Nazis

On July 21, 2014, Tayseer Seminary’s 2016 liaison to UTK MSA, Abdalla Husain — who serves to link MSA with other community efforts in Knoxville — compared Israel to Nazis, tweeting — "Like father like son. Germany in the 30s and 40s is Israel now."

UTK MSA Members - Spreading Homophobia

On March 8, 2014, Hesham Annamer — a 2016 nominee running for the position of board member of UTK MSA, tweeted — "My little brother was facetiming one of his little fag friends & i was talking. Dude was like ‘who's that in the background?’"

On May 9. 2013, Eyad Hijer, a fellow UTK MSA member, tweeted — "‘@ogmcphee: @eyadhijer @iammusick I'd call him daddy’ of course you would you faggot."

UTK MSA Member - Spreading Anti-Black Racism

On October 15, 2014, UTK MSA member Eyad Hijer tweeted a quote from fellow UTK student Jesse West that read: "...Everyone pray for my sister. Nothing's wrong with her, she just likes black guys."

UTK MSA Leader - Demonizing White People

On March 9, 2012, Sonya Hadjerioua, a 2016 executive board member of UTK MSA, tweeted — "When I think of green eyes I think of white ppl and when I think of white ppl think of HITLER @ayat0315."

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

Facebook:https://Facebook/omar.abushehadeh

Twitter:https://twitter.com/OmarAbu49