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IBRAHIM HALAWA HAS said that he did not rip up his Irish passport while in Egypt and that he does not support the Muslim Brotherhood.
Appearing on RTÉ’s The Late Late Show, Halawa (21) – who spent over four years incarcerated in an Egyptian prison without being properly tried – denied having any support for the ousted Muslim Brotherhood.
“Of course I’m not with the Muslim Brotherhood, I don’t support the Muslim Brotherhood, I don’t support their ideology,” Halawa said.
“As a 17-year-old you don’t even know what a Muslim Brotherhood is. You don’t know what an organisation is basically other than a human rights organisation.
I was in prison with them of course. And I differ with them so much on a lot of points, so much points.
In his first media appearance since his return to Ireland last month, Halawa spoke about the time he spent in Egyptian prison and how he came to be there in the first place, as well as the efforts to bring him home to Ireland and the rumours that circulated about him and his family.
Addressing one rumour in particular, Halawa said that he never tore up his Irish passport while protesting in Egypt.
“I was actually in prison when I heard that rumour,” he said.
“There’s a few rumours about the same rumour – that I ripped my passport, that I burnt my passport, that I threw away my passport.
When questioned whether he had done any of these things to his passport, Halawa said:
“No. I didn’t. I was in prison when I heard the story. At the time there was an American citizen who… was in Isis in Syria who was ripping up his passport.
“They had a video and that was about the same time I heard the rumour. And I was just like – I’m not blonde, I don’t have blue eyes, and I’m definitely not in Syria with Isis.
“I was with the prosecution. He was like, ‘we need your passport for you to be treated as an Irish citizen, for you to get consular visits, for your family if they’re coming from Ireland and use their Irish identification.
So it’s with them and whoever said my Irish passport was torn up they would look so bad because I’m trying to get it back right now.
Being in Egypt
Halawa was born in the Coombe and grew up in Firhouse in Dublin.
His father, Sheikh Hussein Halawa, is the Imam of the Clonskeagh mosque in Dublin.
Ibrahim Halawa was arrested while taking part in anti-government protests in Cairo. The protests were against the removal of the country’s president – the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohamed Morsi the previous month.
By his own account, Halawa and his sisters had travelled to Egypt – where they had extended family – for a family holiday, and got caught up in the political turmoil.
“I didn’t know there was a political game going on in Egypt or nothing like that,” said Halawa, who said he had made a few friends while in Cairo.
He soon found himself speaking at a rally in support of the Muslim Brotherhood, where he said he spoke about being from Ireland and helping others.
Halawa said that two of his friends had been killed in political violence while he was there and that had motivated him to become more engaged in what was going on.
He said that he was returning to Ireland in two days when he joined another protest that was happening in the city.
“There was an Eminem concert that I wanted to go to at the time if anyone remembers that Eminem concert,” he said.
So I was going to go there as a normal kid back to a concert. But I was going back to a concert and my friends were going to graves. So I just had to give my opinion about that.
Halawa entered a mosque with two of his sisters as the protest became violent and police opened fire. It was there they were arrested and he would spent the next four years in prison.
In prison
Halawa described the harrowing conditions he endured while at prison, and how disheartened he was at the numerous postponements that occurred while he awaited trial.
“While you’re at the prison door you’re given a stick to batter you down,” he said.
Then you have to run then you find this very long two rows of soldiers. One on the right and one of the left and you have to run through because every soldier has a different weapon that he’s going to beat you with.
He said this is what they called “the party in prison”.
Halawa said that he went on a number of hunger strikes to protest and improve conditions at the prison.
In one instance, he described being beaten in front of his mother while she was visiting him. His mother had heard that he was sick and Halawa tried to reassure that he was okay.
“I was being dragged because time was over for the visit. So I grabbed onto the bars and I was like ‘mom I’m okay don’t worry’.
“They dragged me and my mom started screaming more… The guard was pulling me away from my mom and they started beating me up in front of her. And then my mom was screaming and I just want to resist.
You forget the pain of the beatings but you remember the pain of your mother
Halawa’s and his family thanked the efforts of Ireland’s diplomatic staff for helping to secure his release, as well as politicians like Sinn Féin MEP Lynn Boylan and others.
Halawa said that adjusting to normal life after prison was difficult. Now that he is home, he said he plans to go back to college and return to normal life.
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For a lad who was on hunger strike and fed rations previous to that. He’s looking fierce well.
@Hurt Stoogie: looking fierce well?? He looks closer to 41 than 21!
@Hurt Stoogie: The food is good in jail..
@Hurt Stoogie: you sound disappointed.
@Sorcha Ní Shúilleabháin: I,m 41 Sorcha I don’t feel that old lol
@Fiona deFreyne: Disappointed and bitter. Their outrage was a sheer delight tonight. Nice after seeing how unfairly vicious they’ve been to him.
@Sorcha Ní Shúilleabháin: That’s Tallaght for you!
You must check the place out, next time you’re down in Dublin. That Belfast beard must be getting you going?
@Stewart Sullivan: You’re not doing it right.
@Hurt Stoogie: I’m pretty sure the Egyptian Government wasn’t folly enough to let him go just like that, probably fed him a good bit towards the last few months…..
@Sorcha Ní Shúilleabháin: agree..
@Ahmed Lagha:
so you are saying the Egyptian government would try and hide what they done?
@Stephanie Coveney: *did
@Stephen Coveney: You know that the treatment in Egyptian prisons isn’t nowhere near humane right? The lad was definitely well pampered by the time he was sent back.
I’ve never seen a more prompted interview in my life .
You lads reckon you’d fare better as a 21yr old in front of 800k viewers?
@Diarmuid: I think he’s used to being on stage lad.
@Unpersoned: he’s used to being in a foreign prison for the last 4 years….
@Diarmuid: Ah don’t give me that. He was at Disneyland the entire time.
@Diarmuid: upstart.
In fairness he did perform well, I predict a long successful media career in RTÉ, paid for by our tv license fees.
@Diarmuid: ah come o will ya – he performed. His comment about being on hunger and his recovery after eating for a couple of days were ridiculous
Anyway expect the book and good luck to him. Disappointed he won’t go back to uni and wants to be a personality type.
But he will never return to Egypt? Let’s see him renounce his citizenship!!!
@lavbeer: He got a bit a bit confused when he said , he was back home in Egypt .
@Diarmuid: I’d doubt anyone will be watching TV in 10 years, never mind RTE
@Paddy Hayden: Did you see his hand? Looked really bad.
@Unpersoned:
you still here? a little boy that has acknowledged you have multiple accounts and have been banned because you were an assho!e. school on monday
@Stephanie Coveney: Yawn
@Paddy Hayden: look .. he is Irish born .. a very intelligent chap by all accounts.. but looks like we are getting a geldof rather than an engineer
Typical fawning from RTÉ! Would love to know how he can reconcile the video from inside the mosque where he vows to ‘defend the mosque to the last bullet’ with his assertions tonight. Oh wait that’s right it’s RTÉ.
@Matt Donovan: defending the sanctuary under threat seems not unreasonable but it may be a tall story.
@Fiona deFreyne: https://youtu.be/Y0T6p-hqosI
@Matt Donovan: I am no supporter of his family or their beliefs but all he said in that video is he wants to see the same rights people enjoy in Ireland shown in Egypt. Then he said this is not even about Islam. Both those things seem perfectly reasonable to me so not sure how that video can be used to put him down.
@Matt Donovan: lol you’re stupid. In the video he actually praises Ireland for the freedom we have in contrast to Egypt. He says he wants what’s happening in Ireland to happen there.
You’re understandably desperate after seeing how well he came across tonight :)
@TheJournalAsGaeilge: Bréagadóir agus Taqiyya.
@Monty Wuggy: Fair points. Don’t think he came across badly tonight. Very glad he clarified his opposition to the MB – still a dodgy enough story about a family holiday turning into a protest but look, protesting shouldn’t be illegal no matter what organisation you’re promoting/defending. It absolutely shouldn’t warrant years in prison without trial either.
Disappointed he wasn’t asked his opinion on his father’s absolutely disgraceful role in an extremist international Islamic movement based in Dublin. Then again, he’s not responsible for the actions or opinions of his father – it just would’ve been nice to hear what he thinks of it.
@Malachi: It would have been nice if any journalist put that question to the father at any point. But no.
@Malachi: Thanks, that’s sensible. I would say, it’s important to understand why so many Egyptians voted for the Brotherhood in huge numbers. They faced years of repression from Mubarak and during these times the Brotherhood engaged in social programs helping desperately poor Egyptians. I also believe the manner in which they were overthrown would only further radicalise people and make them believe that the only method to victory would be through violence. That being said, I do consider them to hold some pretty objectionable views and to have been involved in inexcusable acts.
His father does have several views that are pretty odious, but the story is about the hideous treatment Ibrahim was subjected to. I doubt I agree with Ibrahim on many political issues, but I consider him a victim of severe injustice and therefore am quite pleased to see him back home.
I think to consider him an extremist or potential terrorist because of what his father thinks is absurd.
@Liam Mac Roibin: Tá na Naitsithe ar ais, láidir agus ag cuireadh smacht ar an daonra…. Scrios siad mo ráiteas. Sin scannalach. Tá eagla orm bheith ag úsáid Béarla anois mar beidh na Naitsithe ag scriosadh gach rud a deir mé… Ní raibh mo ráiteas olc! “Is gall é. Tá sé ag insint bréaga” a dúirt mé. Sin é! Millteanach!
@Paul P O’Sullivan:
is that him?
@Monty Wuggy: “it’s important to understand why so many Egyptians voted for the Brotherhood in huge numbers”
It was a combination of backlash against Mubarak and the circumstances of the election. The real options given to the Egyptian people in 2012 were to vote for A) Ahmed Shafiq – former PM and a symbol of the old regime, or B) the well-oiled machine of the MB who formed the only alternative. Even so, the MB only narrowly won. It didn’t really reflect support for the MB, rather the dissatisfaction with the old regime leading to only one bad alternative.
“I think to consider him an extremist or potential terrorist because of what his father thinks is absurd”
Absolutely – if my father was Hussein Halawa I wouldn’t want to be prejudged because of him. I’d be repulsed at the thought of it, actually. I would’ve liked to see what his opinion is on his father’s extremism simply because I think Ibrahim probably disagrees with it – as you mentioned, he praised Ireland for the freedoms we have.
Hussein Halawa’s ECFR would say the West’s freedoms are an affront to Islam, I highly doubt Ibrahim would say the same.
@Diarmuid: Sorry im late. I got caught up in a political protest on my way here and ended up giving a speech to hundreds of people.
Happens to people all of the time
I have to give credit where credit is due because Ibrahim Halawa has just made a complete fool of Paul Murphy, Lynn Boylan and the rest. Paul Murphy and them were very vocal on the whole holiday angle, that was until the video emerged of him speaking at the rally. Then they changed their minds and said he was just there to peacefully protest, but Halawa is now going back to the ” I was just there to holiday” angle again.
Well done lad for helping to destroy what little ( if there ever was ) any credibility Paul Murphy,Lynn Boylan and the rest of those that couldn’t get the story straight had.
@Arnold Lane: he should accompany Halligan to north Korea. That would be a good deed, especially if he stayed there.
Eh he went on hunger strike so they’d paint his cell a different colour?
#priorities
#smellarat
@Theunpopularpopulist: petty and petulant comment from you.
@Fiona deFreyne: his words not mine.
How is that being petty?
Sorry it doesn’t fit your narrative.
The truth does have a habit sometimes of interfering with the nonsense being peddled by people like yourself with an agenda.
@Theunpopularpopulist: it is obvious that you are the one with an agenda and it is not an agenda of solidarity.
@Fiona deFreyne: I stated facts.
You stated your opinion.
Can’t see how stating facts represents an agenda.
Why don’t you counter my statement with a fact based argument?
Did he not say that?
Play the ball not the man.
@Fiona deFreyne: tony runs from numbers anyway
@Theunpopularpopulist:
as usual you use reported dialogue to slime a question.
We’ll simplify other request so?
Bobby Sands only wanted more colorful clothes? No, fake account, coward
Welcome home, young man!
@Dermot O’Shea: One of the most contrived interviews I’ve ever seen.
@Jamie Jj Tobin: you’re going to disbelieve him regardless of what he says…he was guilty with u lot until he was acquitted..now that he has been proven innocent you don’t like that either..
@Jamie Jj Tobin:
id love to deport any supporter of MB. but show me proof of where he ripped up his irish passport? there is multiple videos of random people all attributed to him. guess what, they have an agenda
@Stephen Coveney: ☆☆☆Tin Foil Hat Alert☆☆☆
More questions than answers
@Tedser: #prompted
@Tedser: And where would he have been had his side won.
For a family that love to sue everyone, I look forward to their defamation case against Mark Humphrys….(Hint : There won’t be one) .
@Arnold Lane: why would they give oxygen to that highly prejudiced individual?
@Fiona deFreyne: That’s funny Tony considering Mark Humphrys offered on numerous occasions on this every site for anyone to prove anything he said that was wrong.
You spend most of your life on this site Tony and I don’t seem to recall you refuting anything he posted on this site.
@Fiona deFreyne: Even Halawa had to try explain his reason for being on stage and on tv in the mosque , but badly I will say .
Mark Humphries never believed halawa destroyed the passport , he had a disclaimer about the suggestion .
@Arnold Lane: Mark Humphrys is an extremist who supports zionism and imperialism. He also reveres killers like Reagan and Churchill.
He’s hardly in a position to be judging others for their alleged extremism.
@Paddy Hayden: he said that it was likely that the passport had been torn up but there was no proof, but that it could be true and he was unwilling to say that it had not happened. He tried to have it both ways.
@Monty Wuggy: I am well aware of that, I mean it’s not a secret, he’s pretty open about it.
So now that we’ve got that out of the way, let’s get down to refuting his claims?
@Monty Wuggy: Killers like Churchill? If not for Churchill you’d be speaking German. And anyway, how come when it comes to this guy you talk of evidence, yet on the UCD 200 fake story you were on it like a fly on shit and fully convinced it happened without any evidence at all being produced then, or since. Your own prejudice is strong.
@Monty Wuggy: So who would you hold up as a hero , someone who has done something for humanity . I’ve heard your negativity , where’s your positivity
@Niall Sullivan: The Soviet made a bigger sacrifice defeating the Nazis. Does that suddenly mean we should forgot all the suffering and oppression they inflicted on people? No, and the same applies to Churchill and the British empire.
As for the UCD story, I found it quite plausible to believe considering similar cases have happened in other fraternities. I also note the person who made the initial claims stood by them. What I didn’t do was advocate that the men who were allegedly involved should be punished without due process. There’s legal and moral concepts. I choose to believe victims of rape and sexual harassment when they come forward while also understanding that the legal system must hold a heavy burden of proof before a conviction is made. Those positions aren’t incompatible.
@Paddy Hayden: I have many personal heroes: MLK, Edward Snowden, Chelsea Manning, Aaron Schwartz, Daniel Ellsberg, Erin Brockovich and Nelson Mandela to name a few. That doesn’t mean I agree with every position they held or actions they took.
@Fiona deFreyne: Wasn’t a hater or the likes but something not right with him , don’t think he is as innocent as he says, just seen the YouTube vids, he preaches to the masses,All his answers were well rehearsed , Tubridy was useless as usual
@Gerry Murphy: we are often misguided by our prejudices.
Doesn’t know anything about brotherhood but was speaking at 1 of their rallies doesn’t make sense.
I was wrong about Ibrahim Halawa , seems like a normal dude from Dublin and came across very well on the Late Late
@TheIrishInfidel: you clearly watched a different interview then I did.
Sure we all get caught up in political protests on the way out to “chill” at the cinema.
@Theunpopularpopulist: “As a 17-year-old you don’t even know what a Muslim Brotherhood is. “. Surely that was the time to ask him how his dad was and if he seen the primetime documentary about the mosque he grew up at
@Theunpopularpopulist:
Fair enough but after watching that do you really think he has a sinister streak or the minerals to incite a revolution? Nah. He is clearly not the monster that so many arseholes on here made him out to be.
@TheIrishDhimmi:
@JimmyMc: Interesting he went to Rockbrook, A catholic school. His fathers teachings must not weigh that heavily on the family
@Tweed Cap: You watch too many Guy Ritchie movies , no one suggested HE was a monster , It’s the ideology of islam which is the monster .
He claimed he knew nothing of Morsi , except he was democratically elected .
Did he know Morsi tried to draw up a constitution which would have removed democracy , did he know that the morsi government refused to sign a UN declaration on the rights of women to be protected from violence ?
@Paddy Hayden:
and too many thought he played the part of the villain. his way of thinking might still be repulsive to me but the accounts here behaved wrong in the factual way it was portrayed
He has the look of Bobby Sands alright after 60 days on a hunger protest!! Each to their own, but this case just showed up this country for what’s it’s worth!! We are on the money with what’s in the news, don’t mind the homeless who will die over the next three months or the sick children not getting the right medicine!!
Eanna O Cochlain, an innocent Irish citizen that is still in prison in the Philippines.
http://www.thejournal.ie/irish-government-refusing-help-cork-man-philippines-drugs-2996335-Oct2016/
The Journal owes this man an apology for publishing all the hate-filled/racist comments about him over the past 4 years.
@Diarmuid: not the journals fault in fairness. Their reporting was unbiased
@Diarmuid: the stories sure attracted the haters, like flies around……
@Diarmuid: Er no. Obviously its to adult for you to question the current narrative.
@Diarmuid: it’s called freedom of speech. Every democracy has one Incase you did not know? I do not support Ibrahim in any way whatsoever.
@Diarmuid: Cant believe I’ve somewhat agreed with the fabled Diarmuid for once =0
@Diarmuid: Well said:
Some of the smears made against him have been deplorable.
The people who are sceptical about his plight are just thick. Do they really think spending more than 4 years in an Egyptian prison under a tyrant is a picnic?
What Sisi has done since coming to power has been nothing short of a disgrace and the fact he’s supported by the US and European powers makes a mockery of their claims about supporting freedom.
The Rabba massacre has not been forgotten, and one day Sisi and his thugs will face justice for the violence they inflicted on innocent Egyptians.
But the good news is, justice has prevailed for Ibrahim. He’s home, safe and sound now and the racists who smear him are completely powerless in changing that. He was articulate tonight and spoke earnestly from the heart. He’s a credit to his family.
@Monty Wuggy:
Morsi was democratically-elected but that doesn’t mean he was democratic.
@Gerry Murphy: Yes.
@Ron North: So am a racist for disagreeing, Well done
@Ron North: How would you know Ron? By your own admission the other day you tried to Google the word “racism” and came up with the word “sphincter”.
@Gerry Murphy: You may disagree with him on various political issues.
Do you think that makes what he and many others were and are being subjected to in Egypt right?
The way people are talking you’d think it was him responsible for the Rabaa massacre and not the regime he was standing in opposition to.
@Gerry Murphy: You asked buddy, don’t throw your toys out of the pram when you get an answer. You should politely thank me for taking the time to respond and consider ways to improve yourself.
@Diarmuid: bit rich coming from you Diarmuid considering the history of sectarianism/racism in your Est Belfast neighbourhood. your 50 plus bannings from the Journal,alone speaks volumes.
@Ciarán Masterson: I never claimed the Brotherhood or Morsi were democratic or defenders of democracy. That doesn’t mean violently overthrowing a democratically elected government is justifiable.
@Arnold Lane: What happened was, I googled racism, your picture came up, and then when I did an image search with your picture I got results for sphincter. You should drop Google an email about that.
@Gerry Murphy: Of course you’re not Gerry. They’ll just call you a racist in an attempt to shut you up. They’re naivety is laughable.
locked up for 4 years with MB and still not radicalised???????????????
Pull the other one it’s got bells on it.
Funny seen people in the audience shaking their heads..
He found himself speaking at a rally in support of the Muslim Brotherhood
ok… look whatever we think of this guy (not a fan) can we all agree that the next time the journal posts a story about him that we just don’t read it and don’t comment. the only reason they keep posting about halawa is that it is click bait and earns them money. if we all ignore the stories they will go away
please journal, enough is enough
@Alan Nolan: I sort of semi agree , but it’s the only place to have an open debate .
@Paddy Hayden: ya i totally get that and i am a free speech absolutist – but i just can’t take anymore halawa stories!
It is a pity that so many lies were told about him on social media.
I accept that he is not a member of or supporter of Muslim Britherhood and I accept that he did not tear up his Orish passport.
@Fiona deFreyne: but his dad is a huge recruiter for the MB and you don’t think he was over there representing him? You’re so naive it’s unreal
@Fiona deFreyne: Sure. He just speaks at their rallies. Complete accident. It could happen to anyone. We all saw Forrest Gump, right?
@Nial D: I don’t know if the story about the father is true or false but I have never seen evidence. I would not be inclined to attribute any of that to the son, even if it is true, which I doubt.
@Fiona deFreyne: As a founding member of the Freudian society where I live , I found it interesting that having been back for a week or so , he still referred to being home in Egypt .
@Fiona deFreyne: so go look at the evidence. Read up. Nobody is pulling this out of imagination land. I saw the YouTube videos. As have thousands.
No one has pointed to any actual evidence, only to the Mak Humphreys nonsense , which is the opposite of evidence. – @Nial D:
@Fiona deFreyne: You’re just ignoring the evidence every time it’s brought up. Halawa’s father is an utterly rancid character.
Hussein Halawa is the general secretary of the European Centre of Fatwa and Research, headquartered in Clonskeagh. The ECFR is headed by Halawa’s colleague, the medieval MB-affiliated terror sympathising theocrat Yusuf Al-Qaradawi.
The ECFR itself is a disgusting anti-semitic organisation that promotes death for apostates, gays and has stated that Shariah is preferable to (and incompatible with) democracy. It is hosted and facilitated by the Islamic Cultural Centre of Ireland – also run by Mr. Halawa.
Nobody is making up these facts. I didn’t get them from any right-wing blog – everything I just said is absolutely true and I dare you to challenge any of it.
@Fiona deFreyne: No one has proved that his father is not a member of the radicals Muslim brotherhoods organisation. Just don’t want this country to end up like Sweden or parts of the UK. We are wide open.
@Gerry Murphy: the Muslim population in Ireland is a tiny percentage. No need to be so alarmist.
Muslims are a valuable contribution to Irish society.
@Malachi: Fiona, Diarmuid and Monty above are certain he was there for an Eminem concert.
@Malachi:
The father sent him to be educated in a catholic school. You seem to know a lot about him so why do you think that was?
@Tweed Cap: You read my comment detailing Hussein Halawa’s part in a movement pushing extremist anti-Jewish filth, anti-gay filth, the murder of apostates and promoting Islam over democracy and you think the fact that he sent his son to a Catholic school negates any of this? Come on. I don’t care where Ibrahim was sent to school and neither should you.
I don’t believe Ibrahim Halawa is a bad person. A misguided teen, maybe – a radical lunatic absolutely not. His father, however, is demonstrably associated with organisations and people that are vehemently opposed to everything that makes Western society function. Where he sent his son to school is totally immaterial.
@Fiona deFreyne: you crack me up Fiona. Surely you’re just trolling. He was on a stage supporting theMB!!
@Malachi: I’ll back you up on this stuff , let’s see who replies .
#Free Eanna o Cochlain
What an absolute squander of money and resources and now to add insult to injury he’s given a public platform, there are so many deserving cases in this country that that sort of money and resources would bring some ease to their daily misery not to mention the public platform, shameful truly shameful!…..
Indulging in Taqiyya perhaps?
@Fran Lonergan: Him and Tubs
@Unpersoned: They haven’t invented an Arabic word for what tubs was doing
Sorry there is an Arabic word , PROMPTING
@Paddy Hayden: Tubqiyya?
The Author must be on the MB Payroll because there is Savage Deleting of reasonable Comments going on
Well he said it so it must be true. That’s how it works right ?
What a horrible ordeal. Glad he is home safe with his family.
@Sorcha Ní Shúilleabháin: Is Gall é. Tá sé #NuachtBréige
He’s no Gael. He is #FakeNews!
@TheJournalAsGaeilge: “Is Gall é”… cén sórt ciníochas meánaoiseach é sin?
@TheJournalAsGaeilge: born in the Coombe Hospital.
@Diarmuid: níl sé ciníochas.
Chomh maith le sin, níl aon iontas ormsa. Cuireann na Naitsithe smacht ar na daonra. Scrios siad mo ráiteas! Scannalach! #NuachtBréige #Naitsithe
Whatever happened to “innocent until proven guilty” all these people saying he should be deported/citizenship revoked/still locked up are as bad as the crowd you’re accusing him of being part of.
@Kian: Sorry Kian , may I ask you this . Is your vision of Irish society the 4 women sitting in the front row covered in blankets , or the different expression of women sitting behind .
@Paddy Hayden: you’ve completely missed my point. Isis and their like will imprison and jail you without trial, based on rumour. Which is all many here and on twitter need to be convinced of his guilt. Therefore, they are alike. I’d love to see a future Ireland where all people are decent to each other…not likely
TAQIYYA.
Welcome home son of Ireland.what that poor man went through over there is shocking.i for one will be attending the family day out organised by Sinn fein on O’Connell street tomorrow from 12.30 to welcome home Ibrahim and will be there for the main event at 3.30 when he comes down on the open top bus.#welcomehomeibrahim
@Anthony Brennan: I’m not sure if that’s sarcasm or the actual truth .
@Anthony Brennan: ah the shinners. SF and The muslin brotherhood both support terror groups
@Anthony Brennan: Don’t forget to segregate the womenfolk
@Anthony Brennan: what father sends his son over to what seemed like a war zone
@Anthony Brennan: your an idiot
That interview certainly put paid to the vitriolic on line abuse he endured while he languished in that hellhole of an Egyptian prison for 4 years !!
Welcome home Ibrahim !
@judy burke: Eh , No it didn’t . And as I have said many times on here , the more he opens his mouth , the more angles to find out about the real goals of islamists .
Popcorn out for this one. Nom nom nom.
not saying it happened but why when you put in just his name on youtube does one of the options say his name with passport burning come up ,but no video[,try it] ,just put in his name only
Irish people had a reputation for fairness, open mindedness and empathy but these may not be a universal Irish characteristics.
I’ve changed my opinion, he seems a nice lad, a naive 17yo, did stupid stuff that in Ireland would be a youth liaison offense and back to school but he did 4 years in a shythole . I’ll buy the book though and good luck to him !
His safe release and return to Ireland has greatly incensed the haters.
@Fiona deFreyne: perhaps it did Tony, but let the haters hate. It’s the dishonesty that has incensed the rest of us.
SF really have taken him to heart….There is a certain irony in that…The organisation he was innocently on a platform for Muslim Brotherhood are engaged in a sectarian campaign to force Coptic Christians out of Egypt…The minority religious community in Egypt….
@Fiona deFreyne: Do you get paid by the hour, or by the word?
You’re a passionate advocate for Racism, Misogyny and anti-Semitism. I wonder if there’s a FÁS course for that?
@Fiona deFreyne: ….and the gullible are delighted.
All the racists crying during the week about how he wouldn’t be asked about the passport or the MB were proven wrong! Welcome home Ibrahim, dealt with the rumours like a man and put everyone back in their box
@Diarmuid: As long as they’re not right of center, Protestant or Jews?
Councillor Brian Murphy FG who lost the FG whip today fir only 12 month will be incensed by this news
So many racist hateful people in Ireland. I’m ashamed to be Irish!
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