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Ray Mustafa
Ray Mustafa denied Hamas terror atrocities and spread hatred of Israel as a speaker at two anti-Israel rallies in October 2023. Mustafa also spoke at another rally in support of Hamas in late 2023.
Mustafa also compared Israel to Nazi Germany, expressed support for terrorists and spread hatred of Israel.
Mustafa’s activism occurred in the wake of Hamas terror atrocities against Israeli civilians, including mass murder, torture, rape, beheadings and kidnappings, which were executed on October 7, 2023. The attacks left over 1,200 Israelis dead, hundreds kidnapped and thousands wounded. Israel retaliated with a war called “Swords of Iron.”
On October 15, 2023, eight days after Hamas murdered 1,200 Israeli citizens, Mustafa denied [00:12:35] Hamas war crimes as a speaker at a rally and march titled: “Philly Stands with Gaza.” The event was organized by the Philly Palestine Coalition (PPC) and held in Rittenhouse Square Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
At the rally, Mustafa said [00:12:35]: “[Israel] had to invent the fake story about Hamas beheading children so they could prepare the world for what they’re going to do to the people in the Gaza Strip.”
Denial of the Hamas war crimes of October 7, 2023, among anti-Israel activists has been likened to Holocaust denial among neo-Nazis.
Hamas terrorists murdered Israeli Jewish babies during its October 7, 2023, terror attacks. Some of the babies were beheaded and some were murdered in front of their parents.
Mustafa also said [00:12:54] at the rally: “We have not seen one picture of any Israeli child that was killed. We did not hear one story of any woman that came up and said that she was raped. They are the rapists! They are the killers!” Expose them!”
On October 7, 2023, Hamas raped both women and men. Some were raped and murdered or mutilated. Hamas terrorists said they were given explicit orders to carry out those atrocities on both live victims and corpses.
On October 28, 2023, Mustafa spread [00:16:21] hatred of Israel as a speaker [00:26:05] at a pro-Hamas rally and march organized by PPC. The event was held at Philadelphia City Hall.
At the rally, Mustafa said [00:16:21]: “We know who the terrorists are, we know who the evil people are, we know what they are doing. For 75 years they have been doing to Palestine what they’re doing in Gaza today. Since 1948 till right now.”
The modern State of Israel was founded 75 years earlier, in 1948.
Mustafa shouted [00:26:05] as protesters cheered: “There will be no peace in Palestine until this Zionist colonial state is taken apart and [Israeli prime minister] Benjamin Netanyahu and the rest of those Western Zionist European bloodthirsty warmongers go back to Europe!…”
One way that anti-Israel activists spread anti-Semitism is to claim [00:06:46] that Jews, particularly Ashkenazi Jews, do not descend from the ancient Israelites. This claim alleges that Jews are white Europeans who lack a connection to the Land of Israel.
On October 28, 2023, the Philly Palestine Coalition (PPC) held a rally at Philadelphia City Hall calling for an immediate ceasefire between Israel and the Hamas terror group. Hamas committed multiple war crimes against Israeli civilians on October 7, 2023, including the murder of approximately 1,200 Israelis. Israel declared war immediately.
Speakers at the rally led chants supporting terrorism and calling for Israel’s destruction.
One speaker led [00:09:55] the pro-terror chant: “Free, free Palestine! Free, free Palestine! There is only one solution! Intifada, revolution! There is only one solution! Intifada, revolution!”
Speakers said [00:04:10] that beyond a ceasefire, they wanted “liberation,” meaning “ending the siege on Gaza, ending the occupation and decolonizing Palestine from the River to The Sea.” Rally-goers chanted [00:00:02], in Arabic: “From the River to The Sea, Palestine is Arab!” Both chants are a call for the destruction of Israel.
On October 30, 2023, Mustafa wrote on Instagram: “#Gaza is a concentration camp” and: “This is a #Holocaust.”
The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) highlights as one possible contemporary example of anti-Semitism: “Drawing comparisons of contemporary Israeli policy to that of the Nazis.” The U.S. State Department adopted the IHRA’s working definition of anti-Semitism in 2016. Over 40 countries have adopted the definition as well.
Mustafa reposted on X an October 23, 2023, X post that said: “...Zionists are modern day Nazis. Gaza is a modern day genocide. Being carried out by the progeny of those who survived the Nazi genocide…”
Mustafa reposted a November 2, 2023 X post that said: “...#ZionismIsTerrorism #ZionismIsNazism.”
On October 7, 2023, the day Hamas invaded Israel, targeting thousands of Israeli civilians for murder, torture and kidnapping, Mustafa posted on X: “10-7 -23 a day to be remembered in #Palestinian history…
On November 12, 2023, Mustafa posted on Instagram a photo of PLO military commander Khalil Ibrahim al-Wazir.
Khalil Ibrahim al-Wazir, also known as Abu Jihad – "Father of Jihad" – planned multiple attacks inside Israel against both civilian and military targets. Al-Wazir was a co-founder of Fatah, top aide of the PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat and eventually the commander of Fatah's armed wing al-Asifa.
On November 10, 2023, Mustafa posted on Facebook and Instagram a photo of PLO founder Yasser Arafat.
Yasser Arafat was the former leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and is known by some as the “father of modern terrorism.” Under Arafat, the goal of the PLO was the violent destruction of Israel.
On November 13, 2023, Mustafa shared on Instagram a TikTok video from a 1978 interview between Arafat and a British journalist. In the video, Arafat referred [00:00:05] to Israel as the “baby” of the Western media and accused [00:00:17] Israel of “organized terrorism.”
The video Mustafa shared was captioned: “WORDS FROM 1978” and “STILL RELEVANT TODAY.”
On January 1, 2024, Mustafa promoted on TikTok PFLP terrorist Ghassan Kanafani.
Kanafani was a leading member and spokesperson for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) during the terrorist organization’s early years. Kanafani announced the PFLP’s responsibility for the Lod Airport Massacre of May 1972 and was linked to the airport attackers. The attack killed 26 people and wounded 80 others.
On October 12, 2023, Mustafa was quoted in an article as saying: “Judaism is a religion. Zionism is an ideology…Zionism was created to take over and eradicate and exterminate the Palestinian people.”
Mustafa was featured in a October 29, 2023 video in which he was interviewed at an anti-Israel rally the day before. He claimed [00:00:35] during the interview that Israel’s military response to the October 7 Hamas massacre was a “genocide.”
Mustafa also said [00:01:39]: “All of our United States senators and congressmen and all our elected officials, they are all Zionist bootlickers…Their time is gonna come.”
On October 31, 2023, Mustafa posted on Instagram a photo depicting the outline of the map of Israel. The image included the words: “A THIEF NEVER BECOMES AN OWNER,” a quote attributed to Malaysian politician Khalid Ibrabim.
Mustafa wrote: “It will always be Palestine
#freepalestine.”
As of December 2023, Mustafa, who also goes by Ribhi Mustafa, reportedly was a small-business owner who “operates a small, non-ethnic grocery store” in Philadelphia.
As of March 2024, Mustafa was affiliated with the Philadelphia chapter of the Council On American Islamic Relations (CAIR Philly) and Philadelphia Palestinian Americans, an online forum and community organization in Philadelphia that organized and promoted anti-Israel rallies in the wake of Israel’s war with Hamas.
As of July 2024, Mustafa went by the username “Rmustafa” and the handle “r1mustafa” on Instagram. As of the same date, Mustafa went by the username “Abujihad1” and the handle “@1Abujihad” on X.
Also as of July 2024, Mustafa went by the username “Ray Sunshine” and the handle “ribhi.mustafa” on Facebook. As of the same date, Mustafa went by the username “Ray Sunshine” and the handle “@raysunshine23” on TikTok.
As of the same date, Mustafa wrote on X that he was located in Philadelphia.
