A Malian Muslim by detrimentum 2015/01/16 06:12
The Muslim who risked his life at a Paris
kosher market to save seven Jews:
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
personally thanked him. French politicians called for him to be awarded France’s highest honor. And
now, just days after a deadly terrorist attack hit a
Parisian kosher store, he was dubbed the “Malian
Muslim,†the man who risked everything to save
the lives of some Jews.
As French authorities stitched together the details
of what transpired during last week’s days of
terror, a cast of villains and heroes emerged. There
were the French police officers who died during
the attack on French magazine Charlie Hebdo, and
the female officer an Islamist militant gunned down in southern Paris. Then there was the owner
of a printing plant who distracted gunmen while a 26-year-old colleague escaped. And finally —
perhaps most incredibly — there’s the Malian
Muslim.
On Friday afternoon, as a string of terror attacks
roiled France, 24-year-old Mali citizen Lassana
Bathily was at work in the underground
stockroom of a kosher market named Hyper
Cacher near the Porte de Vincennes in eastern
Paris. He heard gunman Amedy Coulibaly enter the store and open fire, killing four customers, it was
later learned. Then, according to witnesses interviewed by the Associated Press and accounts in French media, Bathily ushered more than a
dozen customers downstairs. He then killed the
lights and turned off the stockroom’s freezer.
“We were locked in there,†the Muslim man told French channel BFMTV, as the New York Times reported. “I told them to calm down, not make any noise, or else if he hears that we’re there, he can
come down and kill us.â€
So the customers shivered inside the freezer for
hours. “We’re very afraid, and we’re very cold,â€
one woman told a friend in a phone call that
evening around 5 p.m., reported The Washington Post’s Griff Witte. “Tell the police to hurry.†But someone had to get word to the police. The
shop was barricaded with metal blinds, and
Coulibaly bragged to cops he had already killed four people and was planning on shooting more.
So Bathily came up with a plan. He said they could
get out through a fire escape to speak to police.
According to Bathily, he asked others to come with
him, but they declined, worried the gunman would
hear them.
Bathily slipped out of the basement and walked
out of the building to meet police, who initially
thought he was perhaps an accomplice. They
ordered him to lie down and put his hands behind
his head. The moment’s drama was captured by
French television station Europe 1: Bathily spent the next 90 minutes in cuffs before he managed to convince authorities he was who
he said he was. He told the cops he wasn’t alone.
There were more than a dozen other hostages
locked inside the store’s freezer. And what’s more,
he said, he had something that could help French
forces break into the kosher mart: a key to unlock the supermarket’s metal blinds. That key and
information about the store’s layout he provided
to police would prove invaluable, police officials told the Associated Press. They could barge through the market’s front door without putting
the hostages in more danger, he told them.
And that’s exactly what the police did, soon killing
the gunman. Following the melee, praise for the Malian Muslim’s
heroics came from all quarters. “They were saved
thanks to the Muslim employee of the
supermarket,†Albert Guigui, the chief rabbi of
Brussels and a relative of one of the hostages, told the Sunday Times. “He pushed them towards the
back of the shop and down the cellar. It’s thanks
to him that they were saved.†One of Bathily’s
former co-workers got the newly minted hero on
the phone an hour after the hostage crisis ended,
and was in awe of his friend. “The guy was so courageous,†Mohammed Amine, 33, told the Associated Press.
Bathily was more taciturn about what he did. When
the hostages finally emerged from the basement,
he told French media, they thanked him. “They
congratulated me,†the New York Times quoted him saying. “They said, ‘Really, thanks for thinking
of all these ideas.’ I said, ‘It’s nothing. It’s life.’ â€
:P
The Muslim who risked his life at a Paris
kosher market to save seven Jews:
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
personally thanked him. French politicians called for him to be awarded France’s highest honor. And
now, just days after a deadly terrorist attack hit a
Parisian kosher store, he was dubbed the “Malian
Muslim,†the man who risked everything to save
the lives of some Jews.
As French authorities stitched together the details
of what transpired during last week’s days of
terror, a cast of villains and heroes emerged. There
were the French police officers who died during
the attack on French magazine Charlie Hebdo, and
the female officer an Islamist militant gunned down in southern Paris. Then there was the owner
of a printing plant who distracted gunmen while a 26-year-old colleague escaped. And finally —
perhaps most incredibly — there’s the Malian
Muslim.
On Friday afternoon, as a string of terror attacks
roiled France, 24-year-old Mali citizen Lassana
Bathily was at work in the underground
stockroom of a kosher market named Hyper
Cacher near the Porte de Vincennes in eastern
Paris. He heard gunman Amedy Coulibaly enter the store and open fire, killing four customers, it was
later learned. Then, according to witnesses interviewed by the Associated Press and accounts in French media, Bathily ushered more than a
dozen customers downstairs. He then killed the
lights and turned off the stockroom’s freezer.
“We were locked in there,†the Muslim man told French channel BFMTV, as the New York Times reported. “I told them to calm down, not make any noise, or else if he hears that we’re there, he can
come down and kill us.â€
So the customers shivered inside the freezer for
hours. “We’re very afraid, and we’re very cold,â€
one woman told a friend in a phone call that
evening around 5 p.m., reported The Washington Post’s Griff Witte. “Tell the police to hurry.†But someone had to get word to the police. The
shop was barricaded with metal blinds, and
Coulibaly bragged to cops he had already killed four people and was planning on shooting more.
So Bathily came up with a plan. He said they could
get out through a fire escape to speak to police.
According to Bathily, he asked others to come with
him, but they declined, worried the gunman would
hear them.
Bathily slipped out of the basement and walked
out of the building to meet police, who initially
thought he was perhaps an accomplice. They
ordered him to lie down and put his hands behind
his head. The moment’s drama was captured by
French television station Europe 1: Bathily spent the next 90 minutes in cuffs before he managed to convince authorities he was who
he said he was. He told the cops he wasn’t alone.
There were more than a dozen other hostages
locked inside the store’s freezer. And what’s more,
he said, he had something that could help French
forces break into the kosher mart: a key to unlock the supermarket’s metal blinds. That key and
information about the store’s layout he provided
to police would prove invaluable, police officials told the Associated Press. They could barge through the market’s front door without putting
the hostages in more danger, he told them.
And that’s exactly what the police did, soon killing
the gunman. Following the melee, praise for the Malian Muslim’s
heroics came from all quarters. “They were saved
thanks to the Muslim employee of the
supermarket,†Albert Guigui, the chief rabbi of
Brussels and a relative of one of the hostages, told the Sunday Times. “He pushed them towards the
back of the shop and down the cellar. It’s thanks
to him that they were saved.†One of Bathily’s
former co-workers got the newly minted hero on
the phone an hour after the hostage crisis ended,
and was in awe of his friend. “The guy was so courageous,†Mohammed Amine, 33, told the Associated Press.
Bathily was more taciturn about what he did. When
the hostages finally emerged from the basement,
he told French media, they thanked him. “They
congratulated me,†the New York Times quoted him saying. “They said, ‘Really, thanks for thinking
of all these ideas.’ I said, ‘It’s nothing. It’s life.’ â€
:P
haris 2015/01/16 10:29
Proud of this guy, saving any innocent life is as though he has saved whole of humanity, and this is real Islam. thanks for sharing another part of this story.
Proud of this guy, saving any innocent life is as though he has saved whole of humanity, and this is real Islam. thanks for sharing another part of this story.
ladyme 2015/01/16 22:21
Yeah really nice to hear a positive story about a muslim. I'm glad the gunman himself has been forced to sleep . Karma for posting this buddy
Yeah really nice to hear a positive story about a muslim. I'm glad the gunman himself has been forced to sleep . Karma for posting this buddy
latrine 2015/01/18 16:52
Quote: _SaMuRaI_: a true Muslim never help jews you may know! he may be Muslim by religion but he is not brainwashed by island and Quran thats why I said he is a human 
ok ..1st..how does an island brainwash ppl? There after i will inform the world that any muslim that helps any other religous order will now be clasified as human...they will enquire as to what were they befor humans , but will come back to u for that answer
_LeGoLaS_ 2015/01/18 16:54
Quote: latrine: ok ..1st..how does an island brainwash ppl? There after i will inform the world that any muslim that helps any other religous order will now be clasified as human...they will enquire as to what were they befor humans , but will come back to u for that answer
Islam !
latrine 2015/01/18 19:14
Where i live , there is a muslim orginastion that helps underprivliged ppl of all relgious denominations with food , jobs , homes etc will inform them that they no longer muslims but now humans....oh hell..im no longer muslim cause i help poor non muslims too..at least im human again ...big plus that hey
Where i live , there is a muslim orginastion that helps underprivliged ppl of all relgious denominations with food , jobs , homes etc will inform them that they no longer muslims but now humans....oh hell..im no longer muslim cause i help poor non muslims too..at least im human again ...big plus that hey
_LeGoLaS_ 2015/01/19 01:57
Quote: latrine: Where i live , there is a muslim orginastion that helps underprivliged ppl of all relgious denominations with food , jobs , homes etc will inform them that they no longer muslims but now humans....oh hell..im no longer muslim cause i help poor non muslims too..at least im human again ...big plus that hey
typical Muslim :-D when Muslim terrorist kill thousands of people for allah you will say they're not Muslim they have nothing to do with Islam and they're the biggest enemy of islam
Xiao Zen 2015/01/20 15:57
To be fair however this is a common feature of fanaticism, regardless of religious, ideological or political background.
Quote: latrine: 
but isn't that what u want us to say?
This is not the case, no. Not all fanatics claim religion and the mind of a fanatic cannot abide grey area's or uncertainty. Everything must either be (figuratively speaking) black or white. Muslims that do not commit violent acts against the world at large do not fit the narrative. What he / they want you and yours to say is that all Muslim's are the same and that you all intend or support violence. It will thus make things strictly black or white, eliminate doubt and justify their hate.
but isn't that what u want us to say?To be fair however this is a common feature of fanaticism, regardless of religious, ideological or political background.
detrimentum 2015/01/21 20:38
You are a nice human.... So....
Quote: latrine: Where i live , there is a muslim orginastion that helps underprivliged ppl of all relgious denominations with food , jobs , homes etc will inform them that they no longer muslims but now humans....oh hell..im no longer muslim cause i help poor non muslims too..at least im human again ...big plus that hey
You are a nice human.... So....
but u a prettier human
Dr.SusuSwamy 2015/01/26 11:12
Sicikular media why you believe when a mullah saves someone's life? Its a conspiracy
Sicikular media why you believe when a mullah saves someone's life? Its a conspiracy
haris 2015/01/28 20:47
If this man has saved few innocent lives then he has done a job which muslims are supposed to do. As explained in Quran, Allah says if any muslim saves an innocent life, its as though he has saved whole of humanity.
Quote: outlaw: Just be consistent. This guy is a good muslim. The attackers are bad muslims. Or don't use the word muslim at all. People who say the terrorists are just assholes and this guy is a true muslim are being as biased as those who say terrorists are true muslims and this guy is a good human. Admit that religion can produce good humans as well as assholes and move on.
As a muslim, with 100 percent surety i can say that a practicing muslim is always a good human. cant blame religion if i happens to be a criminal? it will be my fault an not religion. If this man has saved few innocent lives then he has done a job which muslims are supposed to do. As explained in Quran, Allah says if any muslim saves an innocent life, its as though he has saved whole of humanity.
haris 2015/02/03 17:02
This will answer and clear all your doubts, insha Allah.
Before engaging in battles, the Prophet Muhammad (Sal Allahu alaihi Wa sallam) instructed his soldiers:
1. “Do not kill any child, any woman, or any elder or sick person.â€
(Sunan Abu Dawud)
2. “Do not practice treachery or mutilation.(Al-Muwatta)
3. Do not uproot or burn palms or cut down fruitful trees.(Al-Muwatta)
4. Do not slaughter a sheep or a cow or a camel, except for food.â€(Al-Muwatta)
5. “If one fights his brother, [he must] avoid striking the face, for God created him in the image of Adam.â€(Sahih Bukhari, Sahih Muslim)
6. “Do not kill the monks in monasteries, and do not kill those sitting in places of worship.(Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal)
7. “Do not destroy the villages and towns, do not spoil the cultivated fields and gardens, and do not slaughter the cattle.â€(Sahih Bukhari; Sunan Abu Dawud)
8. “Do not wish for an encounter with the enemy; pray to God to grant you security; but when you [are forced to] encounter them, exercise patience.â€(Sahih Muslim)
9. “No one may punish with fire except the Lord of Fire.â€(Sunan Abu Dawud).
10. “Accustom yourselves to do good if people do good, and to not do wrong even if they commit evil.â€(Al-Tirmidhi)
11. It is forbidden in Islam to kill the innocent.
12. It is forbidden in Islam to kill emissaries,ambassadors, and diplomats; hence it is forbidden to kill journalists and aid workers.
13. Jihad in Islam is defensive war. It is not permissible without the right cause, the right purpose and without the right rules of conduct.
14. It is forbidden in Islam to declare people non-Muslim unless he (or she) openly declares disbelief.
Quote: outlaw: What are the circumstances under which a life may not be considered "innocent"?
This will answer and clear all your doubts, insha Allah.
Before engaging in battles, the Prophet Muhammad (Sal Allahu alaihi Wa sallam) instructed his soldiers:
1. “Do not kill any child, any woman, or any elder or sick person.â€
(Sunan Abu Dawud)
2. “Do not practice treachery or mutilation.(Al-Muwatta)
3. Do not uproot or burn palms or cut down fruitful trees.(Al-Muwatta)
4. Do not slaughter a sheep or a cow or a camel, except for food.â€(Al-Muwatta)
5. “If one fights his brother, [he must] avoid striking the face, for God created him in the image of Adam.â€(Sahih Bukhari, Sahih Muslim)
6. “Do not kill the monks in monasteries, and do not kill those sitting in places of worship.(Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal)
7. “Do not destroy the villages and towns, do not spoil the cultivated fields and gardens, and do not slaughter the cattle.â€(Sahih Bukhari; Sunan Abu Dawud)
8. “Do not wish for an encounter with the enemy; pray to God to grant you security; but when you [are forced to] encounter them, exercise patience.â€(Sahih Muslim)
9. “No one may punish with fire except the Lord of Fire.â€(Sunan Abu Dawud).
10. “Accustom yourselves to do good if people do good, and to not do wrong even if they commit evil.â€(Al-Tirmidhi)
11. It is forbidden in Islam to kill the innocent.
12. It is forbidden in Islam to kill emissaries,ambassadors, and diplomats; hence it is forbidden to kill journalists and aid workers.
13. Jihad in Islam is defensive war. It is not permissible without the right cause, the right purpose and without the right rules of conduct.
14. It is forbidden in Islam to declare people non-Muslim unless he (or she) openly declares disbelief.
haris 2015/02/03 17:08
Quote: outlaw: AYAT al-Ma`idah 5:32
On account of [his deed], We decreed to the Children of Israel that if anyone kills a person- unless in retribution for murder or spreading corruption in the land- it is as if he kills all mankind, while if any saves a life it is as if he saves the lives of all mankind. Our messengers came to them with clear signs, but many of them continued to commit excesses in the land.
AYAT al-Ma`idah 5:33
Those who wage war against God and His Messenger and strive to spread corruption in the land should be punished by death, crucifixion, the amputation of an alternate hand and foot, or banishment from the land: a disgrace for them in this world, and then a terrible punishment in the Hereafter,
[Abdul Haleem translations]
What qualifies as spreading "corruption in the land" Haris?
I have explained on these two ayahs atleast 20times here on 2wap, if not more. please go through that or read explainations of these ayahs from Tafseer ibn katheer.
On account of [his deed], We decreed to the Children of Israel that if anyone kills a person- unless in retribution for murder or spreading corruption in the land- it is as if he kills all mankind, while if any saves a life it is as if he saves the lives of all mankind. Our messengers came to them with clear signs, but many of them continued to commit excesses in the land.
AYAT al-Ma`idah 5:33
Those who wage war against God and His Messenger and strive to spread corruption in the land should be punished by death, crucifixion, the amputation of an alternate hand and foot, or banishment from the land: a disgrace for them in this world, and then a terrible punishment in the Hereafter,
[Abdul Haleem translations]
What qualifies as spreading "corruption in the land" Haris?
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