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Faces of Muslim ‘Abandon Biden’ movement accused of wife beating, Hamas links
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A campaign calling on Muslim-Americans to
oppose President Biden’s re-election bid over his support for Israel’s invasion of the Gaza Strip
includes men accused of spousal abuse and ties to the Hamas terror group, as well as one advocate of whipping as a form of punishment, The Post has learned.
The leaders of the “Abandon Biden” movement piled onto a Hampton Inn stage
Saturday in Dearborn, Mich., to slam the 81-year-old commander-in-chief for not forcing Israel to halt its incursion in response to the murders of 1,200 people — including 33 Americans — on Oct. 7.
Among the group was
Hassan Shibly, whose ex-wife Imane Sadrati alleged “violent” physical abuse in a GoFundMe post, leading to Shibly’s resignation as chairman of the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ Florida chapter. His alleged misconduct was the subject of
an NPR investigation in 2021.
Shibly also faced abuse claims from a second woman, Kyla McRoberts, who told NPR “he stole my self-worth” — at one point cutting off her ponytail while she slept as punishment for her posting a photo of herself not wearing a hijab.
Another speaker, Khalid Turaani, was sanctioned by Israel in 2020 for serving as a board member of the group IPALESTINE, which the Israel government alleged “belongs to Hamas.” The sanctions forbade financial transfers to Turaani.
Tom Facchine, another speaker, last month publicly defended lashings as punishment under Islamic law, or sharia — saying it was more humane than prison.
“If I get 70 lashes for something, I walk home to my children and to my wife and I’m done,” Facchine said
“What happens here if I’m a felon? I’m locked away for years. My children are punished for it. My wife is punished for it, my family is punished for it,” he went on.
“Which system is barbaric again? … sharia is much more merciful, it is much more flexible, and it is a much more humane system of law than anything the world has ever seen.”
Still another anti-Biden activist, Hazim Nasaredden,
wrote on Facebook one day after the Oct. 7 attack, using the Hamas code for the assault: “[Operation] Al-Aqsa Storm is the inevitable consequence of continued Israeli oppression of the free men and women of Gaza, the illegal demolition of peoples homes in Jerusalem, and the relentless attacks on the sanctity of Masjid Al-Aqsa.
“I stand with my fellow brothers and sisters who continue to fight for the freedom of all Palestinians and more importantly the freeing of Masjid Al-Aqsa for every Muslim around the world,” he added.
In 2021, Nasaredden
tweeted, “In A Free And Fair Elections [sic] In Palestine, The Resistance Movement (HAMAS) Would Not Only Control Gaza, But The West Bank As Well.”
A pro-Biden Democratic operative pointed out the extensive personal baggage of the event’s featured speakers.
Polling indicates there is indeed
growing pullback from Biden among Arab and Muslim Americans, but the Democratic operative said that the leaders on stage are not credible political voices.
“Beltway reporters are so eager to turn a protest in someone’s living room into a big problem for Joe Biden they don’t bother doing just the basic homework — and then you get a situation like this,” he said.
Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY), an outspoken defender of Israel, added: “The handful of insular events we’ve seen — some of which have unfortunately crossed into the territory of antisemitism — are short-sighted and pale in comparison to the work being done [by Biden] to bring Americans home.”
Shibly told The Post that he denies abuse allegations made against him by his ex-wife and by McRoberts, claiming: “NPR did me dirty.”
“Seeing the response [to the Abandon Biden movement] by those diehard Biden supporters is utterly disgusting and it’s also hypocritical because Biden himself has allegations against him — you know, there’s plenty out there. But it seems like these allegations are only given weight depending on the person’s political stance,” he added.
Shibly said that he considered suing the public radio outlet, though he did not do so within the two-year timeframe typically required by state law.[/S]