Advertisement oopStory continues belowThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Subscribe $0.50/week Advertisement 2AdvertisementThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article contentAlbanna was a proponent of “jihad of the sword,” and called upon Muslims around the world to rise up and wage a holy war against colonial powers and non-believers. Yet he was being held up as a “pioneer” who worked to revive political Islam and an example that young Muslims should emulate by Khaled Al-Qazzaz, who
also served as a senior aid to President Morsi, at last week’s MAC convention. And this is not the only problematic guest who has been invited to speak at a MAC conference.Article contentIn 2022, my colleague Terry Glavin, along with numerous Jewish organizations, called out MAC for inviting Mohammed Rateb Al Nabulsi, who has defended using the death penalty against gay people, Muhammad al-Shinqiti, who called slain Arab-Israeli police officer Amir Khoury a traitor for being a Christian after he died in a terror attack,
and Jamal Badawi, who claimed suicide bombings were heroic acts, to speak.Article contentIts 2023 convention featured speakers with a history of supporting violence against women, denying the Jewish people’s history in the Land of Israel, questioning the loyalty of diaspora Jews and comparing the Jewish state to Nazi Germany. In 2025, its lineup included people who celebrated the October 7 massacre and called for “jihad in Palestine.” This year, the convention’s keynote speaker, Anas Altikriti, wasn’t even allowed into the country due to his ties
with Hamas.Article contentArticle contentIn total, B’nai Brith Canada said it had “identified 11 scheduled speakers or participants” at this year’s conference “with documented links to five organizations that have been criminally prosecuted, terrorist-designated or formally cited by foreign governments in connection with Hamas, the Muslim Brotherhood or other extremist activity.” So many of the guest speakers had connections to the Brotherhood that Michal Cotler-Wunsh, CEO of the International Legal Forum, dubbed it “the Muslim Brotherhood conference.”Article contentDespite its insistence on inviting antisemites and terrorist supporters
to speak at its conventions year after year, including one this year who preached the virtues of the Muslim Brotherhood to high school students, and concerns raised by the CRA over its youth programming, last year alone, MAC and its regional chapters received $20,000 from the federal government to support “exhibitions and conferences” and over $666,000 for youth summer jobs programs.Article contentIt’s important to note than MAC fiercely denies having links to terrorism or engaging in any financial wrongdoing. But it does seem to have
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So basically they’re saying they invited terrorists? That seems like a big deal.
Wait MAC is some kind of museum?? Or a mosque thing?? I’m confused but if Jewish groups are calling it out then maybe it’s real bad. Also all these names flying around… can’t keep track.
I don’t get how they’re “questioning loyalty” and “comparing to Nazis” like that’s even the same category. Plus half these articles always leave out what was actually said on stage, like who cares who the keynote was if it was just a talk. Feels like everyone’s trying to smear someone.
This is why I don’t trust these charity conferences. They bring in one “pioneer” type speaker and suddenly it’s connected to Hamas or jihad talk or whatever, and then everyone acts surprised. Also the part about not allowing the keynote into the country… like okay so the government KNEW. Why keep giving these groups a platform at all? It’s just messy politics dressed up as religion.