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This Ex-Hostage's Story Stunned Me

I was amazed by what Hamas told this young Israeli just before releasing him after 2 years in captivity 

Anita and I returned Monday after spending eight days in Israel. I’ve been to the Holy Land more than 32 times, but this visit was very emotional.

And that’s because we came face to face with the horror of October 7.

Along with some 1,000 believers from around the world, we listened to incredible accounts from released hostages at a Jerusalem memorial ceremony on the third anniversary of the worst attack on the Jewish people since the Holocaust.

Bar Kupershstein, 24, survived more than two years of starvation and torture deep in Hamas tunnels. Standing next to his grandfather, a Holocaust survivor, Bar said that before his release on Oct. 13, 2025, the Hamas terrorists told him:

When you are released and go back to Israel, be prepared. We will do another October 7. And next time we will hit Israel even harder.


That, my friend, is the true face of Islam and its ruthless, draconian moral code: Sharia law.

Demand Congress VOTE YES on the Preserving a Sharia-Free America Act, H.R. 5722 and S. 3009.

In the verse of the sword — a favorite of Osama Bin Laden — the Quran tells all Muslims, “Slay the unbelievers wherever you find them” (Surah 9:5). That’s not a metaphor, but an edict to go and kill.

Despite that, we’re told Islam is a religion of peace, and the ideas Muhammad spread are gaining ground in our nation. Muslim politicians are winning local, state, and federal elections. The imposition of Sharia won’t be far behind, unless we force Congress to act now.

Nova Music Festival monument

While in Israel, we also visited the Nova Music Festival memorial, where Hamas monsters fulfilled their Sharia duty to torture, rape, kill, and take hostages.

Our hearts ached as we walked past large posters of the beautiful young people whom Hamas mercilessly murdered early on the morning of October 7.

Up to 20 minutes by car away from the festival, Israeli flags marked the place where Hamas terrorists and Gaza civilians slaughtered those trying to escape.

It’s beyond words to be standing where a hellish massacre took place and to look in the faces of the victims. All young. All happy. All with bright futures ahead. And all cut down.

Many of us wept as we walked among the posters.

It was stunning to see ex-hostage Noa Argamani on stage as Friends of Zion founder Mike Evans honored her and other returned hostages. She had not come back to the site since the day Hamas kidnapped her on a motorcycle as she screamed and reached out for help.

That moment, caught on video, went worldwide. For many, it’s one of the most heart-stabbing images from that horrific time.

But it’s also one more facet of brutal Islamic Sharia . . . which Muslims want to impose on America.

I am asking you to send as many faxes as possible to Congress, demanding that Congress VOTE YES on the Preserving a Sharia-Free America Act, H.R. 5722 and S. 3009.

And this may stun you as much as it did me. Sharia law, which calls for decapitating apostates, amputating thieves, and whipping those who drink alcoholic beverages, is gaining acceptance here in the U.S.

A recent Rasmussen Reports survey found that more than 4 in 10 voters, aged 18-24, view Sharia law positively. And 27% of voters under 30 would support a community living under Sharia.

Sadly, these Sharia-friendly young adults most certainly don’t understand what Hamas did to Israel on October 7. Nor do they recognize the agenda driving Muslims like . . .

  • Adil Chaerkaoui, a Montreal imam who urges Muslims to get ready for “hunting season” and to practice shooting with sniper rifles. In an X post, he quotes a saying attributed to Muhammad, “Shoot, O sons of Ishmael, for your father was an archer. Shoot. . . .”

  • Usama Abdulghani, a Dearborn, Michigan, imam who recently celebrated the slaughter of some 1,200 Jews and others, by labeling the October 7 attack a “glorious success” in which “daring commandos” triumphed in storming the “Zionist strongholds.”

Working together, you and I can defeat the movement to impose Sharia in our nation. Take action now by faxing Congress demanding they STOP SHARIA by passing the Preserving a Sharia-Free America Act!

As you do, please consider making a generous single donation or even a modest recurring monthly donation to our ministry. Your much-needed gift now will help make our voice even louder across America and on Capitol Hill.

As a special thank-you, every recurring monthly donation of 15 dollars or more will receive a printed copy of our explosive Patriot’s Handbook on Sharia’s Threat to American Culture.

Mat Staver
Chairman
Christians in Defense of Israel


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Sources:‌ 

“Dearborn Imam: 9/11 Was a Big Lie.” MEMRI TV. Accessed October 15, 2026. Memri.org/tv/dearborn-shiite-imam-abdulghani-9-11-big-lie-made-up-apologies-shameful-islam-supreme. 

Hart, Dan. “American Academia Is Stoking Support for Sharia Law Among Young People, Experts Say.” The Washington Stand, October 13, 2026. Washingtonstand.com/article/american-academia-is-stoking-support-for-sharia-law-among-young-people-experts-say.‌ 

“Montreal Imam: It’s Hunting Season, ‘Sharpen Your Sniping’” MEMRI, September 22, 2026. Memri.org/reports/montreal-islamist-imam-adil-charkaoui-who-regularly-calls-martyrdom-shedding-blood-allah.

‌Spencer, Robert. “THE MOST IMPORTANT SURA: Robert Spencer’s Blogging the Qur’an: Sura 9, ‘Repentance.’” PJ Media, June 2, 2015. Pjmedia.com/robert-spencer/2015/06/02/the-most-important-sura-robert-spencers-blogging-the-quran-sura-9-repentance-n6290.