Rifaz Bhuiyan

Overview

Rifaz Bhuiyan is the secretary and sole listed Executive Board Member of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at the University of Texas Arlington (UT Arlington), per the university’s MavOrgs website. Bhuiyan is also a member of the Muslim Students Association (MSA) at UT Arlington (MSA UT Arlington).

Bhuiyan is a senior at UT Arlington, majoring in Business Administration and Management.

Bhuiyan claims to be an adviser at Asian Textile, in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

UT Arlington Pro-Palestinian Students’ Legitimizing Classic Anti-Semitism

Canary Mission investigated anti-Semitism at UT Arlington — and discovered social media postings by UT students that were replete with hatred of Jews, praise for Hitler, threats of violence against Jews and calls for another Holocaust. Anti-Semitic postings came from members of student activist groups, like UT Arlington’s SJP and MSA chapters and from UT Arlington students who had no official group affiliation. Examples of such social media posts are set forth below:

SJP and MSA UT Arlington - Anti-Jewish Social Media Posts

On July 2, 2014, SJP and MSA UT Arlington member, Heba Asi — who is a cousin of an operative for Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), Mohammed Assi — attacked visibly Orthodox Jews, tweeting: "It's not the Israeli soldier that are doing all the kidnapping it's the rabis [sic] and the Jews in pig tails lol." Asi then added: “@heyitstam_ yeah. Lol but I call them Abraham Lincoln with pigs tails on their heads lol.” She continued: “@heyitstam_ haha I can't deal with how ugly they are” Asi ended with: “@heyitstam_ I hope they all burn in hell.”

On August 12, 2014, Asi tweeted: "@saddoof we always go on air canada or luftansa its not bad but the yahood [Jews] make it disgusting."

Earlier that day, Asi had tweeted: "@FerociousFeras lol maybe i hate them because everytime ive been on one it was to and from palestine so it was full of yahood [Jews]."

On February 23, 2013, Asi tweeted: "@Dino94 hahaha calling a palestinian a Jew is like calling a black person the N word!"

On November 19, 2014, Ahmad Hajmahmoud — an SJP and MSA UT Arlington member who slaughters and dismembers small animals — tweeted: "Falasteen ibladnah! O el yahood eklabnah! [Palestine is our land and the Jews are our dogs]."

On September 17, 2014, Hajmahmoud tweeted: "@Hammy_Dan i dont talk to yahood [Jews]."

On January 10, 2015, Hajmahmoud tweeted: "@helenbaklawa your a yahoodi. Thats why."

On November 23, 2014, Hajmahmoud tweeted: "@dylan_million yahoodi [Jew] ass nigga."

On January 2, 2014, Ismail Said Aboukar — an SJP and MSA UT Arlington member — tweeted: "Jewish people are ass."

On January 1, 2014, Aboukar tweeted: "im pretty sure jews have always been hated by everyone ever.

On November 14, 2012, Aboukar tweeted: "The world would be soooo much better without jews man."

On July 26, 2014, Aboukar tweeted: "@CullenCody all the major corporations that run the US are owned by Jewish people. How do you not know this?"

On July 13, 2014, Aboukar tweeted: "Jews vs nazi. And I bet the Zionist have this game rigged to where the Jews win."

On May 14, 2013, Mariam Ghanem — an SJP UT Arlington student activist — tweeted: "@hadoolehh93 Yeah well if something I attempted you best BELIEVE Mariam will f**k a yahoodi [Jew] up! Including the ones ‘not involved’.

On the same day, Ghanem tweeted: "@hadoolehh93 like this yahoodi [Jew] in my class that sits next to me! Wallah baferjik ya hmar [I swear I'll show you, you donkey]!!"* *

On June 22, 2013, Ghanem tweeted: "@HeyThereSuzi: Can he plz sing falesteen ibladna wal yahood ichlabna [Palestine is our land and the Jews are our dogs]. ””

SJP and MSA UT Arlington - Supporting Terror Organizations

On July 31, 2014, the 2016 SJP UT Arlington vice president — Dana Amar — tweeted: "Hamas are freedom fighters. Not terrorists."

On July 30, 2014, SJP and MSA UT Arlington member and the cousin of an operative for Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) Mohammed Assi — Heba Asi — tweeted: "I'm all for the destruction of the Zionist state Israel and 100% pro hamas."

On July 31, 2014, Asi tweeted: "Any one who isn't pro hamas has either never been to Palestine, uneducated, or a Zionist."

SJP and MSA UT Arlington - Equating Israel with Nazi Germany

On July 31, 2014, SJP UTA 2015 Officer — Elhaum Langroodi — tweeted: "@BatulAboukar guess she's never heard of Hitler or Netanyahu or any other terrorist."

On July 2, 2014, SJP and MSA UT Arlington member, Heba Asi -- tweeted: "Natenyahu = Hitler @BarackObama @netanyahu @cnn @FOXTV."

On the same day, Asi tweeted: "Saying you like Hitler is like saying you like Israeli. They're not any different."

On March 19, 2015, Asi tweeted: "‘@netanyahu: Every family, soldier, citizen, Jewish or not are important to me!We will form a strong government to work for them.’ #OkHitler."

On May 16, 2012, Asi tweeted: "Theres a holocaust happening in palestine and other middle eastern countrys and i dont see anyone feeling sypathetic about it[sic]."

On May 24, 2013, Asi tweeted: "The only difference from the holocaust is that they have identification cards not tatoos."

On May 16, 2012, Asi tweeted: "@LittleLulu21 lol yeah everytime i hear about how sad the holocaust i freak because in palestine its [sic] way worse than the holocaust."

On July 7, 2014, Mariam Ghanem — an SJP UT Arlington student activist — tweeted: "As ironic as it sounds, Israeli Zionists treat Palestinians (regardless of religion) the same way the Nazis treated Jews in Germany #PT."

On July 2, 2014, Ghanem tweeted a cartoon of a Nazi soldier next to a Jewish child in concentration camp and an Israeli soldier standing next to a Palestinian child with the caption "Same shit different people." Ghanem commented: “@hanansalemxo: Just let this sink in. #FreePalestine”

SJP and MSA UT Arlington - Demonizing Israel

On July 3, 2015, SJP and MSA UT Arlington member, Heba Asi — tweeted: "Israel is mad they haven't been able to wipe out GazaStrip like they did the other occupied lands. Stop the genocide or stop playing victim."

On August 21, 2014, Ahmad Hajmahmoud — an SJP and MSA UT Arlington member who also slaughters and dismembers animals — tweeted a photo of an Israeli flag fixed to the end of a mop handle, cleaning a floor. Hajmahmoud wrote: "My brother accidentally peed on the floor”

On July 12, 2014, Hajmahmoud tweeted: "#FreePalestine from the terrorist Zionist."

On August 5, 2014, Ismail Said Aboukar — an SJP and MSA UT Arlington member — tweeted a doctored photo of two smiling female Israeli soldiers purportedly holding signs that read: "We kill children." The original image of the soldiers signs had no text and the soldiers were holding Israeli flags.

On July 26, 2014, Aboukar tweeted: "@CullenCody Israel owns the United States financially."

On July 23, 2014, Mariam Ghanem — an SJP UT Arlington student activist — m tweeted a cartoon depicting an Israeli soldier holding a Palestinian baby upside down by one leg, aiming a gun at him.

On July 3, 2015, commenting on a tweet that read:"Jerusalem is one of the oldest cities in the world— it has been destroyed twice, besieged 23 times, and attacked 52 times.” Ghanem tweeted: "All thanks to those damned Israeli Zionist.”

On June 23, 2016, Ghanem tweeted: "I think it's so funny when Israelis try and justify the existence of ‘Israel’. FYI, it doesn't exist.”

SJP and MSA UT Arlington - Hatred of Israel

On March 19, 2015, SJP and MSA UT Arlington member, Heba Asi promoted a protest opposing former Israeli President Shimon Peres. She tweeted: "Everyone please come out and support those who have been terrorized and murdered by the state of Israel and this man."

On July 2, 2014, Asi tweeted: "Israel kills anyone who isn't Jewish. So Christians and Muslims are being harmed by Israel."

On November 14, 2012, Asi tweeted: "I love how the US is pretty much Israel's dogs. Whenever the Zionist say jump, the US jumps like cowards."

On November 14, 2012, Asi tweeted: "I hope anyone who is for the zionist acts in palestine, burn in hell!"

SJP and MSA UT Arlington Student Activist - Promoting Violence

On April 20, 2015, Ahmad Hajmahmoud — an SJP and MSA UT Arlington member who slaughters and dismembers small animals — tweeted a photo of himself posing with an assault rifle next to a picture of the Golden Dome in Jerusalem.

On April 27, 2015, Hajmahmoud tweeted an image of tattooed arms — with an assault rifle on one arm and the Palestinian flag on the other. He commented with the emoji’s: “”

On May 26, 2015, Hajmahmoud tweeted: "Inshallah they open the borders to palestine so the arabs can raid israel.. Ya rab."

SJP and MSA UT Arlington - Denying and Calling for Another Holocaust

On May 16, 2012, SJP and MSA UT Arlington member, Heba Asi — tweeted: "I honestly dont feel that sypathetic about the holocaust..#SorryNotSorry."

On February 26, 2013, Ismail Said Aboukar — an SJP and MSA UT Arlington member — tweeted: "#LiesToldInSchool the holocaust."

On September 10, 2012, Mariam Ghanem — an SJP UT Arlington student activist — tweeted: "Lol let's stuff some Jews in the oven."

On January 7, 2013, Ghanem tweeted:"‘@DictatorHitler: J.O.L.O - Jews Only Live Once’ lolacaust."

UT Arlington Student and BDS Activist - Threatening Anti-Jewish Violence

On July 10, 2014, Tareq Abdallah — UT Arlington student and BDS activist — tweeted: "I swear if I Jew gets within 5 feet from me at the protest and says a word, straight murder."

On July 9, 2014, Abdallah tweeted: "Gimme an AK and drop me off in gaza, I promise I'll go on a killing spree, f**k Jews."

On November 14, 2012, Abdallah tweeted: "I wish some Jew would talk s**t about Palestine....then I'd have a reason to whoop his ass."

UT Arlington Student and BDS Activist - Praising Hitler

On July 8, 2014, Tareq Abdallah — UT Arlington student and BDS activist — tweeted: “Hitler you my mf nigga ”

On July 4, 2014, Abdallah tweeted: "Hitler is considered palestinian in my books."

On July 6, 2014, Abdallah tweeted: "Where tf is Hitler at."

UT Arlington Students - Anti-Jewish Social Media Posts

On November 20, 2014, Tareq Abdallah — UT Arlington student and BDS activist — tweeted: "F**k you jews who took my classes."

On August 28, 2014, Abdallah tweeted: "If you could witness any historical moment, which one would it be? — Holocaust."

On August 13, 2014, Abdallah tweeted: "@islamisisevilny @Kurdyy y'all are stingy af and Jew supporters, and y'all call yallselfs Muslims supporting Israel killing Palestinians."

On August 11, 2014, Abdallah tweeted: "F**k Jews."

On November 24, 2013, Abdallah tweeted: "Whoever said all Jews arnt bad people lied."

On October 28, 2012, Abdallah tweeted: "#ToMyFutureSon dont be cheap its a sign ur turning into a jew."

On November 24, 2013, Yazen Barakat — a UT Arlington student — tweeted: "F**k Jews."

On July 18, 2014, Barakat tweeted: "‘@kaseeslagle: I swear MiddleEast is gonna be the reason for World War 3.’ Its the damn jews man #FreePalestine."

On January 26, 2014, Barakat tweeted: "‘@YoSoyDalia: Best account on twitter --------> @TraditionalJews follow!’ Why would someone follow a Jew lol."

SJP UT Arlington - Delegitimizing Israel

On September 4, 2014, SJP UT Arlington held a ‘March for Palestine,’ to protest Israel’s Operation Protective Edge (OPE). The march was co-organized with Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) at UT Arlington.

Israel commenced OPE in July 2014, in order to stop rocket attacks targeting Israeli civilians and to destroy Hamas attack tunnels.

Reverend Craig Hunter, of Denton, Ohio’s Trinity Presbyterian Church, spoke at the march. Hunter omitted that Israel’s security barrier was built as a non-violent counter to Palestinian terror — and went on to accuse Israel of "state terrorism." Hunter also claimed that “the root problem is Zionism” and equated Israel to Apartheid South Africa — saying: “Israel has no right to a Jewish State where Palestinians live.”

Protesters marched chanting: "No more war crimes! No more Apartheid! No more genocide! Free, free Palestine!"

At the conclusion of the march, the president of SDS — Jenny Nguyen — promoted BDS. Nguyen urged students to start a divestment campaign at UT Arlington and invoked Leila Khaled as a role model — mentioning with a smile "that airline hijacking thing." Khaled was a leading member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), who participated in the hijacking of TWA Flight 840 in 1969 and El Al Flight 219 in 1970.

In a 2014 interview, Khaled opined that the Palestinian second intifada failed because it was not violent enough.

SJP UT Arlington has promoted written and online propaganda material — accusing Israel of practicing apartheid — produced by the controversial website If Americans Knew (IAK) founded by anti-Israel agitator Alison Weir. Weir is notorious for writing an article that endorsed a Swedish newspaper’s blood libel — claiming Israel harvested Palestinian organs.

On November 17, 2016, SJP UT Arlington aired a documentary narrated by Weir, titled "Occupation 101."

SJP UT Arlington - Portraying an Attempted Murderer as A Victim

On October 8, 2015, SJP UT Arlington shared a video on Facebook titled: "GRAPHIC: The execution of Fadi Aloun, October 3rd 2015."

Fadi Aloun (often spelled Aloon) was shot by Israeli security forces — after he stabbed a 15-year old Israeli boy in his chest and back. Several hours before the attack, Aloun posted "Either martyrdom or victory" on his Facebook page.

The text accompanying the video described the outraged Israelis at the scene as creating a "Nazi like atmosphere."

SJP UT Arlington - Defending a Terrorist

On November 25, 2014, SJP UT Arlington promoted an event on Facebook supporting Rasmea Odeh.

Odeh was a key military operative with the terrorist group the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). In 1969, Odeh masterminded a PFLP bombing that killed two college students in a Jerusalem supermarket. Odeh also attempted to bomb the British consulate.

Odeh confessed, in a highly detailed account, the day following her arrest. In a 2004 documentary, one of Odeh’s co-conspirators directly implicated her as the mastermind.

In 1970, an Israeli court tried and convicted Odeh for her involvement in both bombings and sentenced her to life imprisonment. However, Odeh was released 10 years later, in a prisoner swap and emigrated to the United States.

In November 2014, a Michigan federal jury convicted Odeh for immigration fraud, because she failed to disclose her prior conviction and life sentence on her immigration application.

In February of 2016, Odeh’s immigration fraud case was sent back to the district court, to examine whether trauma-related, repressed memories, contributed to Odeh’s failure to disclose her prior conviction.

Promoting BDS

On December 29, 2014, SJP UT Arlington shared a video on Facebook demonizing Israel, in order to promote support for BDS.

SJP UT Arlington’s introduction to the video stated: "Next semester we will work towards encouraging the UTA campus to divest from Israeli funding [sic.] products, starting with Sabra Hummus!" On December 5, 2014, SJP UT Arlington shared a poster on Facebook calling to boycott Sabra.

SJP UT Arlington - Demonizing U.S. Israel Relations

On October 16, 2014, SJP UT Arlington hosted a talk by Josh Ruebner — the Policy Director for the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR), formerly the U.S. Campaign to End the Occupation (ETO).

In a March 4, 2013 article, Ruebner described supporters of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) as "Israel-first" citizen lobbyists — implying they put Israel's interests before those of the United States.

On October 22, 2014, SJP UT Arlington promoted on Facebook two demonstrations scheduled for November 2nd and 3rd of 2014, attacking AIPAC for holding its National Summit in Dallas.

The event-organizers for the November 2, 2014, demonstration titled the event: "AIPAC: You Are Not Welcome In Dallas, Texas. Get Out!" The Facebook announcement of the demonstration claimed: “AIPAC manipulates and influences our political system to support the crimes of settler colonial apartheid Israel against the Palestinian people.” The text went on to say “the people of DFW do not welcome AIPAC in our city and to demand an end to American support to settler colonial apartheid Israel.”

On September 10, 2014, SJP UT Arlington posted on Facebook two images of Tel Aviv and of Detroit. The Tel Aviv photo, portrayed a sparkling metropolis and was captioned: "$3 billion annually," The photo of Detroit, showed its most dilapidated section and was captioned: “U.S. aid to Detroit:” — implying that U.S. taxpayers’ money is squandered on foreign aid to Israel, at the expense of U.S. citizens.

SJP

SJP is a student organization engaged in anti-Israel activity on North American college and university campuses.

The first chapter of SJP was founded in 2001 at the University of California at Berkeley by Professor Hatem Bazian. Bazian has spread classic anti-Semitism, reportedly promoted religious anti-Semitism and defended the Hamas terror group. In 2004, Bazian called for “intifada” in America.

SJP organizes anti-Israel campaigns, including running annual Israel Apartheid Weeks, often in collaboration with Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) and Muslim Students Association (MSA) campus chapters.

SJP has been a major force in pushing the anti-Semitic Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement on campuses. Chapters have initiated dozens of BDS resolutions in student governments, which have been proposed on or around Jewish holidays, a time when many Jewish students are off-campus.

SJP activists have reportedly physically assaulted, intimidated and harassed Jewish students, disrupted pro-Israel campus events and demonized pro-Israel campus organizations.

Chapters have often endorsed and campaigned for numerous terrorists and whitewashed terrorism.

BDS

The Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement was founded by Omar Barghouti in 2005 to challenge “international support for Israeli apartheid and settler-colonialism.” BDS is an allegedly “Palestinian-led movement,” although leading BDS activists have admitted [00:01:01] this is not true.

One of the demands of BDS includes [point 3] what is generally known as the “right of return,” a demand discredited as a way to eliminate Israel. Barghouti said the “right of return” is a means to “end Israel’s existence as a Jewish state.”

Barghouti has said that BDS “aims to turn Israel into a pariah state, as South Africa once was.”

In his activism, Barghouti has also said [00:05:55] regarding Israel: “Definitely, most definitely, we oppose a Jewish state in any part of Palestine. No…rational Palestinian, not a sellout Palestinian, will ever accept a Jewish state in Palestine.”

The movement has been linked to numerous terrorist organizations and received a public endorsement from Hamas in 2017.

BDS initiatives include calling on institutions and individuals to divest from Israeli-affiliated companies, promoting academic and cultural boycotts of Israel, and organizing anti-Israel rallies, protests and campaigns.

The movement’s most notable achievement has been the infiltration of university campuses through lobbying for “BDS resolutions.” In these cases, student governments and student groups, backed by their own anti-Israel members and affiliates, have proposed resolutions on some form of boycott of, or divestment from, Israel and Israeli-affiliated entities.

Boycott resolutions, although non-binding, have been passed by student governments on numerous North American campuses.

BDS activity is often aggressive and disruptive. It has been noted that universities that pass BDS resolutions see a marked increase in anti-Semitic incidents on campus. On one campus, when the student government debated a BDS resolution, reports emerged of violent threats against those opposing it.