Reverend Majed El Shafri is an author, human rights activist, and founder of One Free World International. He is also a survivor of religious persecution and torture. He now devotes his life to fighting for others who are also being persecuted for their faith.
00:00:00.000If we do not protect our nation, if we cannot protect our freedom, if we cannot protect our economy, I promise you, we will not be, Canada, the world, we will not be able to help anymore.
00:00:15.400We will not be able to help the refugees, we will not be able to help the minorities, we will not be able to create a civilization because you cannot give what you have.
00:00:30.000It's such a pleasure to introduce you to our special guest speaker, Reverend Majed El Shafi.
00:00:37.240Majed is an author, human rights activist, and the founder of One Free World International.
00:00:42.820He is also a survivor of religious persecution and torture.
00:00:48.160He now devotes his life to fighting for others who are also being persecuted for their faith.
00:00:54.220Majed, welcome to the Empower Hour. We're so glad you can join us.
00:00:58.220Thank you. It's a pleasure. Thank you so much, Heather. Thank you.
00:01:02.420Thank you, Heather. Well, welcome, my friend. How are you doing?
00:01:06.800I am getting old. You are getting younger. You and Heather are getting younger, and I'm the only one getting older in this concept.
00:01:16.160Okay. Well, you're still looking good. The camera is not giving you away. So it's all good.
00:01:22.620Well, it's really good to have you on the show. I know that you're a very busy man, and I know that you only have a limited time with us.
00:01:35.000So I really want to dig in. Can you give our viewers an update of what your week looks like since this horrific attack has taken place against the people, the citizens of Israel?
00:01:48.460Well, to start with, before even this attack occurred, we have to just put a few principles in place and a few strong foundations within the discussion.
00:02:02.820You know, Tanya, when you are looking at the articles and the TV propaganda and the shows of the Nazis in the old days during the Second World War,
00:02:19.880you found that the same speeches being given today, the same exact speeches coming from many of the Arab Muslim countries,
00:02:28.920and Muslim countries in general, not just Arab Muslim countries, and instead of Jew, they say Israel, is the same anti-Semitism, is the same statement, is the same anger, is the same hatred.
00:02:43.000But instead of saying it's Jew, they would say Israel.
00:02:47.460We have to understand that today we are seeing a new level or a new shape of anti-Semitism.
00:02:53.360It's exactly the same, but just replacing one word by another.
00:02:58.540Just to make something very clear from the beginning of the show, Israel have the right to exist, and Israel have the right to defend itself.
00:03:07.860So you are free to criticize Israel as you wish.
00:03:13.440The Jewish people is Jewish people like every people.
00:03:15.700But, and you can criticize them, you can disagree with them, you can say that this is not correct, or that's correct, anything you want, that's fine.
00:03:25.360That's democracy, that's the freedom of expression.
00:03:29.980But with two main foundations, oh, this will be the new anti-Semitism that we see today, which is Israel have the right to exist, and Israel have the right to defend itself.
00:03:41.640After these two foundations, you are free to discuss anything, but you have to have these two foundations in the conversation, in order to know that you are not in this new wave of anti-Semitism, the moderate way of anti-Semitism that we see today, certainly.
00:03:56.940Yeah, no, I'm glad that you've clarified that as well, because the world is very much being propagandized by the media.
00:04:06.220They have for many years when it comes to the Jewish people.
00:04:11.300I think throughout history, they are called the chosen people of God, and he has a very special plan.
00:04:20.040They've been under severe attack for as long as I can ever remember, and it's always been a matter of generally defending themselves, going on the defense once they've been attacked.
00:04:33.740And so, somehow, I see again, we see, I think in my lifetime, the most horrific, violent attack I've ever seen against humanity.
00:04:48.120And then at the same time, when there is a response, we have seen what's been happening in the streets of Canada to rise up in defense of those atrocities.
00:05:00.840And, you know, then the media, CBC News, etc., try to manipulate the headlines in order to take away what the initial tragedy was and what the appropriate response and fair response to that is.
00:05:18.840In reality, we have to understand that this was the worst attack on Israel 50 years ago since Yom Kippur, and it's happened exactly in the same Yom Kippur day.
00:05:32.500The Yom Kippur war happened in October 6th.
00:05:36.840So, in the end, as the Jewish community and Israel ending Sukkot and starting Simcha Torah, which is a religious holiday within the Jewish belief, this attack occurred.
00:05:51.340And the sad thing, you see, if it's man to man, five by five, you know, army to army, soldier to soldier, I understand it's a war.
00:06:02.760But when we're talking about killing a civilian, when we're talking about killing more than 1,300 civilians, when we're talking about kidnapping more than 100, well, it's estimated almost 199 people today is being kidnapped.
00:06:20.920Children, children, babies, elderly ladies, elderly men, to massacre, and it's the same way because we experienced this with ISIS.
00:06:34.860We saw the same level of slaughter, the same level of savages, you know, with ISIS.
00:06:44.220There is absolutely no difference between Hamas and ISIS, absolutely no difference.
00:06:49.240And that's what I need the people to understand.
00:06:53.080And I tell all the demonstrators, the pro-Palestinian demonstrators, you have the right to demonstrate in peace, absolutely.
00:07:03.520But please be aware, and we are not against the Palestinian people.
00:07:06.860I just want to make sure of something very important, that not me and not Tanya, not the people that were, we don't hate, we are believers.
00:07:17.960As much as I pray for Israel, as much as I pray for the peace of Jerusalem, I pray for the salvation of the Palestinian people, absolutely.
00:08:35.180Because Hamas, after all, is backed by Iran, supported by Iran.
00:08:40.000So we know, and I know, and you know, that not all Hamas are Palestinians and not all Palestinians are Hamas.
00:08:46.180But if you looked equally to the West Bank and you found that they are in a better condition, they are more, you know, electricity, food, crossing, making business and so on.
00:09:01.160But the question that I have to ask for the people, the extremism and the pro-Palestinians that are going out in the street, allow me to use this program to ask you one very important question.
00:09:14.260What about Hamas treatment to the minorities?
00:11:28.880You have the privilege to be in a country that offers you free democracy and to celebrate such horrendous events because you choose victimhood over victory.
00:11:41.260And that's something that I see throughout the rising concerns within the Islamic community across Canada is they choose victimhood in order to advance their agenda.
00:11:52.460And if we look at, one thing I want to ask is when you were talking about the West Bank, the Palestinians, I understand that the Palestinians that live in the West Bank, even there's many that even have jobs in Israel where they've peacefully been able to work and then, you know, have that privilege of doing that as well.
00:12:20.880I'm not saying that Fath is better in many ways, but Fath made a peace agreement with Israel, and I think they respected this peace agreement to the best of their ability.
00:12:31.720From time to time, there would be an extremist element, and Israel will have to defend itself at some point.
00:12:37.640So, but in general, the difference between Gaza and Hamas and West Bank and Fath is being very clear.
00:14:04.540Now we are going to support Hamas and you are upset about what's happening to them.
00:14:09.940Why are you not talking and saying, where are the rights for the LGBT community?
00:14:14.340It's very important that we remember we are here to fight for every right.
00:14:19.160But if you are a minority, if you are a woman, if you are an LGBT community, we'd love to see you, that you have your own rights respected as a human being.
00:14:28.800But don't remain silent and put your hands in a terrorist's hands.
00:14:34.820You know, and people could consider this as about culture or the color of somebody's skin and, you know, religion, etc.
00:14:42.240But when we take a look at, you know, back at Hitler's time and the Nazis, great atrocities were happening and the world responded then as well.
00:14:52.460And where there are atrocities, the world is going to respond against the evil.
00:14:56.660What took place in Israel to the Jewish people was evil and they have a right to respond to it.
00:15:02.780And when you were talking about Bethlehem, Egypt, so many, we could go over so many countries within the Middle East Asia where the Muslims have come in and they've subjugated and conquered.
00:15:14.020And they did it brutally with bloodshed as they are today.
00:15:18.780This is historical ever since, you know, Old Testament times.
00:15:22.660And are people aware, I mean, they talk about, you know, that, what is the term right now that the Palestinians are saying the Israels have, you know, taken this land.
00:15:35.020But, you know, people need to understand that this land belonged to the Christians and Jews way before the Muslims came along.
00:15:42.440And there was a war and, you know, Israel or the section of Gaza was taken, then Judea and Judea was, I'm just going to my notes for a second because I was looking into, you know, a lot of this and researching it.
00:16:01.660And I really have to encourage people to go ahead.
00:16:31.980And so can you speak into that about the land that is in dispute for so many years?
00:16:39.320What's the importance of this land and, again, the subjugation and the conqueror of Muslims into Christian nations and brutally doing that?
00:16:48.000I mean, you've experienced that firsthand yourself, Majed.
00:16:50.760I need to speak with you, and I need to remind everybody watching us that I'm Egyptian.
00:17:56.660Even in the Koran, indicate that the Jewish people lived in this land.
00:18:02.220These are the original people of the land.
00:18:04.120And with my own due respect, when you are talking to me about a land, even if it was even bigger than that, it was not this small little square.
00:18:16.200You can go from one side to Israel to another side in Israel in four or five hours' drive.
00:18:29.620The land of the Jewish people was way bigger than that.
00:18:32.260They just want this small little piece to live in.
00:18:36.080And you tell me that it belongs to the Palestinians.
00:18:38.780Show me one time in the history there was a country that's called Palestine.
00:18:44.760Just show me one time in the history, one time, and any period, that there was a state or a country that's called Palestine.
00:18:53.260It just was created now because Israel made peace with Palestine, and they called it the Palestinian Authority.
00:19:00.860But with my own respect, to come to tell me that this is not a Jewish land, even today, you know, Tanya, even today, when you know what the name of the English, the people that dig in the sand and they found like an old stuff, like what they call them.
00:19:17.060You know, you know, when you take to look at historical artifacts.
00:19:54.940So with my own due respect, even when we're looking at the history, every day they discover a new place, or this was King David Palace, or this was this, or that.
00:20:06.860Don't tell me that this land does not belong to the Jews, because that's actually their land.
00:20:11.500And if anything, the Palestinians and the Arabs, with my own respect, the ones that try to take it from them, and I'm seeing this as an Egyptian.
00:20:19.620And, you know, because the word I was trying to think about a moment ago as well was, you know, they say that Israel is occupying that land, but it's Israel's land.
00:20:31.160Historically, it's Israel's land, and the Islamists have constantly come in and tried to conquer it and take that land.
00:20:36.460And the Palestinians, you know, I know that some people, you know, will rent their house and it doesn't go well, or they have a property and a house that they're not living in, and people will come in and they're squatters and they have certain rights to be squatters.
00:20:51.140And, you know, Palestinians may be highly offended by using that kind of analogy, but I don't know how else to describe this.
00:20:59.560People really don't understand the history of where the Palestinians are living and the land that they're on right now.
00:21:06.900And just to go back a little bit, when you were talking about Hamas, the Palestinians, I forget how many years, what, eight years ago?
00:22:17.640It is confusing for the whole world, but it goes down to the religion, Tanya.
00:22:22.900I will not be politically correct about it, with my own due respect.
00:22:26.160When you have Islam telling you that in the end of time, all the Muslims have to kill all the Jews, and the Jews will hide behind a tree, and even the tree will talk to the Muslims and tell them, come, kill this Jew behind me.
00:22:55.620When you say they are pigs and monkeys, you know, and remember, the first sign of a genocide is demonizing the group.
00:23:08.160So, when you have in the religion they are calling the pigs and monkeys, this is very serious, because you are demonizing them, which means that you are making them easier to kill.
00:23:21.660So, you know, so if they are human, oh, we cannot kill, but now they are just pigs and monkeys, it's okay, you are just killing an animal.
00:23:30.600And that's the problem that we are facing right now.
00:23:36.700Now, the prime minister can stand up and say, oh, remember who we are, we're Canadians, we're fun, we're nice, we're supposed to coexist together.
00:23:45.000You can do whatever you want as a liberal prime minister that he cannot even protect our economy or our young people from marijuana or protect our country from extremism.
00:23:57.540Again, as a failure prime minister, as you are, you have, if you really want to fight this, you have to be not politically correct.
00:24:06.320Politically correctness is the very cancer in our Canadian fabric.
00:25:21.100Book Haram, Abu Sayyaf group will come up.
00:25:23.200But we have to fight an ideology with the facts, with making the people understand and knowing the facts, re-indicating the public and explain to them the truth and showing them the fact.
00:27:36.220And it's not to insult the individual person, but I'm calling out to moderate Muslims, how can you support a faith where your own book calls on you to hate me and to murder Jews and to lie and to deceive?
00:27:53.080And I just can't wrap my head around this.
00:27:55.640And one historical fact is, is that Islam and the West have never, ever been able to coexist for this very reason, because they always have the objective to conquer and to subjugate.
00:28:09.480And that's exactly what's going on in Canada right now, right under everybody's noses.
00:28:13.960And we're trying to provide you that information.
00:28:17.200We need to shut down multiculturalism.
00:28:19.680And then we need to do what Sweden or Switzerland is doing and began to close down every single mosque that is tied to terrorism.
00:28:27.080And those are bold statements to make.
00:28:29.800And if we, we have a right to protect our borders and we have a right to protect our citizens and our sovereignty.
00:28:35.200With a Muslim, moderate Muslim, one second, please, my apology.
00:28:46.360With a Muslim, with a moderate Muslims, you have to understand that the moderate Muslims, and I actually know many of them, and there is many organizations that Muslim organizations that actually standing with Israel and standing against radical Islam.
00:30:05.180Because this danger, after they are done with the Jews, and after they are done with the Christians, and after they are done, you are next.
00:31:49.060We don't hear exactly how many people know that.
00:31:53.080How many people know that Karabakh as of January 1st does not exist anymore because January 1st of this coming January officially it will be gone because Azerbaijan, Turkey took over, killing all the Christians, taking all of them.
00:32:08.040You know, this is my point is that Muslims want world domination.
00:32:13.420And as we naively let them into our nation, the last time you were on this show, it just sticks and stuck in my head, is that you said with all the Palestinians, because now Biden apparently said he's going to bring in 2 million Palestinians.
00:32:26.260And it's like, that is not going to be good, you know, for America.
00:32:30.800I'm sure Trudeau is going to start victimizing them and bringing them in.
00:32:34.280But on the show last time, you said it would be much more advantageous for Palestinians to go to Qatar, Turkey, you know, an Islamic nation where they share the same culture.
00:32:44.540And there is no doubt, and it's already proving true in Canada, that we've opened this door and we actually need to shut it because of the risk of violence and increasing violence everywhere that they go.
00:32:58.920And that the plan of the Muslim Brotherhood, who has political entryism into all levels of our government, are taking it over from within, passing Islamophobia motions, just strategically getting themselves.
00:33:10.660They're very, very patient when they come in to take over a nation.
00:33:14.080Now, you were, like you say, born in Egypt into a Muslim family.
00:33:19.360You were brought up Muslim, and at the age of 18, you became a Christian.
00:33:23.140And in the action that we sent out, and we encourage people, if you want to know the bio and the history of Majed, you can go into the description when we launch this video and, you know, hear about how you were tortured and, you know, nearly pronounced dead, but you escaped.
00:33:40.380You came to Canada because of you converting from Islam to Christianity.
00:33:44.380And now 80%, I believe, of your work is rescuing Christians from Islamic countries.
00:34:43.420That's the next subject I was going to speak to you about.
00:34:47.660Netanyahu is a very, very corrupt person.
00:34:51.120The changes that he was doing, the laws and the regulations that he was doing there, he was dividing his nation only for his own benefit.
00:34:59.480He was trying to, he was trying not to go to prison, so he was changing some laws and regulations.
00:35:06.140Even the Israelis was going outside in the street demonstrating against him.
00:35:09.660The reason that Hamas, I believe one of the reasons that Hamas succeeded, because he was choosing a government, was a handicapped government, was not able to protect Israel, and above all, divided his nation.
00:35:24.140And when you have a divided nation, it's very easy to conquer, it's very easy to hit.
00:35:29.500Netanyahu, as a prime minister, as a failure prime minister, he was elected on one promise, and one promise only.
00:39:55.140And he always said, you know, the lighthouse on shore is a beacon of hope to the sailors at sea.
00:40:00.680And I always saw Canada as a beacon of hope.
00:40:03.140But that's only when our policies were strong.
00:40:06.220You know, that you came to Canada, you would almost want to kiss the ground when you got here.
00:40:10.220You'd be so grateful for the gift of living in a country that offered this kind of freedom and democracy.
00:40:16.640But Trudeau is taking, you know, treasonous acts against us, you know, by broadening everything so far and allowing others to come into government.
00:40:26.120You have fought the Canadian government for the Ogun Koya family, the Christian family that escaped Boko Haram and a threat in Nigeria.
00:41:00.080So we're going to Israel to support the Israeli nation, the Jewish nation in this time of need.
00:41:07.680We're going to visit the south, the borders with Gaza.
00:41:13.180We're going to help the people, the survivors, the families of the hostages.
00:41:18.640We're going to the crisis center to be able to provide them with the support and the need, the support that they need.
00:41:26.240The soldiers and their families rebuilding the south of Israel after the destruction.
00:41:33.300We are going there this coming Sunday.
00:41:36.080And for everybody that listened to us, One Free World International cannot do this without you, without your prayers, number one, and your contribution.
00:41:43.860So we thank you in advance for your support.
00:41:47.600So, Terenzio, would you please bring the One Free World International page up?
00:41:52.920This is, you know, Majed has been in this fight on the front line for people, like I say, that are facing persecution and immense atrocities.
00:42:01.700There's the atrocities, there's the donate button.
00:42:07.600It isn't just Christians, like he says, that if it is a humanitarian situation where somebody is being treated so violently, One Free World is there to help.
00:42:18.200And so we would like all of you, as you see this, $5, $25, $10, whatever you can donate to help Majed and his team on the front line.
00:42:28.860And you can imagine if this was Canada and our country was attacked in such a way, if there were families where our loved ones were kidnapped, we would need support.
00:42:40.900Again, we would not donate to any United Nations organization, but One Free World International with Majed is a trusted organization who will put every dollar towards protecting and helping and assisting, you know, the Jewish people who have experienced this, as I say, atrocity.
00:43:01.840So, Majed, thank you so much for coming on.
00:43:56.220And, you know, I'm actually going to look forward as well to you coming back and giving us, you know, a report once you find out more of the details.
00:44:03.480I want to think the best, you know, maybe of Netanyahu and his leadership and what the Israelis are doing.
00:44:09.160I'm going to play a news clip now for everybody.
00:44:11.700Stay around because I think it's really, really important to undo the media's view of what the agenda of what they're giving and the view.
00:44:56.060So, yeah, these are some hard issues to take on.
00:44:59.120I've said that many people often may have a knee-jerk reaction on some of the topics that Action for Canada takes on because we've been in this military psychological warfare and with our government, our media and the globalists, you know, sort of controlling the messaging throughout time.
00:45:19.540And especially in Western Christian nations, I almost want to say to groom us to, you know, accept the decline of our nation and the destruction of it and to think that we don't have a right to protect our borders.
00:45:33.280And really, you know, the report that we've given tonight, I say with the greatest amount of respect towards the Muslim community in Canada, you're either with us or against us.
00:45:42.160And if you're against us, why are you here other than to try to take over?
00:45:48.780And when we see what the Muslim Brotherhood's plan is, they've laid it clearly out.
00:46:03.340Political entry is a means that they get into key positions of government.
00:46:08.300And they are effectively doing that to weaken our ability to fight against them.
00:46:13.220And that was Motion M-103, the Islamophobia motion, which was tabled by Ikra Khalid.
00:46:19.160And she is one of the ones that has been reported that allegedly was tied to taking government funding and funding extremism.
00:46:28.840And so that case, like I say, hasn't gone forward.
00:46:32.020And if they're innocent, they're, you know, that this should be investigated and Canadians should be able to know.
00:46:39.280And our security, you know, relies on this kind of information and the RCMP being freed up in order to do their job.
00:46:46.740And right now we can see that the federal government and Justin Trudeau is controlling them.
00:46:51.460We've seen the ties that are reported in mainstream media of Trudeau's ties to and support for, for example, Calistani Sikhs or possibly extremist Hinduism in Canada.
00:47:03.560We don't know because we're not being told the truth.
00:47:06.480But we do know that there's a thread here because CESIS themselves and other reports have come out from government leaders,
00:47:13.120such as David McGintree in a report that came out in 2019 saying that Canada was under such extreme threat that our actual Charter of Rights and Freedoms are at risk in our sovereignty.
00:47:25.920That's the actual report after doing a thorough investigation about foreign interference.
00:47:31.940So don't take my word for it and don't, you know, criticize me for being critical because you don't like what I'm saying.
00:47:39.060I've done my research and I'm asking you, if you're going to criticize me, make sure you go into the work and do your research.
00:47:44.980Please do that. And I say that respectfully.
00:47:47.200I'm in a fight. We're in a fight for the very existence of our nation and the future of our children.
00:47:52.520OK, it's just so subtle and hard to see.
00:47:55.240I debated whether or not I was going to play this video, but it is a news report where an Israeli official was was being interviewed regarding the attacks against that hospital.
00:48:07.400And he handled himself so amazingly well.
00:48:10.620But it shows you how vicious this reporter was just trying to get a story out of it and supporting Hamas and their actions and trying to degrade Israel for the fact that they do have to respond.
00:48:24.540Even as Christians, the Lord didn't say throughout history that we should just be waltzed straight over.
00:48:31.460Otherwise, there would be no Christian nation left in this world.
00:48:34.780We have a duty and a right to protect our citizens and Israel has a right to protect themselves.
00:48:40.620And this is an ongoing threat that needs to be addressed.
00:48:43.620And I like what Majed said, you know, that what about the Palestinian people?
00:48:47.280Are they not concerned about the fact that Hamas intentionally uses their children and their women as human shields?
00:48:54.320Does that does that not tie a note with you at all?
00:48:57.840Does that not hit a core within you to say this is extremely wrong and let's help get the Palestinians out of that region so that, you know, Israel can do what they need to to take down Hamas and put an end to this tyranny?
00:49:13.200Okay, so Terenzio, let's bring that video up, please.
00:49:23.700And we'll just, it's 12 minutes, I'll determine, but let's just watch this for a moment.
00:49:27.900And I want you to really see, this is the media worldwide, and this has been consistent for many decades as to how they report on Israel and the Jewish people.
00:49:43.200Well, I'm joined now from Tel Aviv by Mark Regev, senior advisor to the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and a former Israeli ambassador to the UK.
00:49:58.760We're the whole time gathering more information.
00:50:01.960And now the highest probability appears to be that this was an Islamic jihad rocket.
00:50:07.380And as crazy as that sounds, the statistics are clear.
00:50:12.660In past rounds of fighting, some 33% of Islamic jihad rockets that were fired into Israel fell short and landed in Gaza.
00:50:22.380Now, our intelligence is reporting to us that there was Islamic jihad fire, which was over the vicinity of the hospital.
00:50:31.080And apparently a rocket malfunctioned and hit the hospital.
00:50:33.660We had such documented case in the last round of fighting, I think it was in 2021, where everyone said, Israeli atrocity, we hit a target, we killed an innocent family.
00:50:44.760And in the end, we could prove with a video that it was their rocket that was launched and we actually saw the rocket land.
00:50:52.240Now, of course, in Gaza, there is no independent civil society.
00:51:58.480But if the paper is being lit, to use your metaphor, by a lie, by Hamas propaganda, blaming Israel for something that it didn't do, surely you should be saying that.
00:52:11.920And we should be trying to make the world understand that Hamas, which has no qualms about killing brutally innocent Israelis, has few qualms about lying.
00:52:21.340Why would they admit that it was a terrorist missile that killed their own people?
00:52:26.100But it's our job, and I would say it's your job in the media, to get to the truth and not to parrot just the Hamas position.
00:52:33.420Israel, Israel is responsible for everything that goes wrong.
00:52:36.360I mean, obviously, Hamas will say that.
00:52:37.960Well, how quickly can you prove that it wasn't you if it wasn't?
00:52:42.880The point is that people in places like Ramallah, in fact, across the Middle East, will blame Israel, and therefore, I put it to you, that your proof may come too late.
00:52:53.960I mean, there are people across the entire Middle East who are willing to believe the worst things about Israel and about Jews.
00:52:59.120They have all sorts of stereotypes, yes, but surely responsible people must hold off judgment until the facts are in, and I urge you to do the same.
00:53:09.980Even before this incident, we heard from the World Health Organization today that 2,800 people in Gaza had lost their lives.