Imran Firasat is a Pakistani ex-Muslim who collaborated with Terry Jones on the movie The Innocent Prophet (watch it here). The Spanish government recently revoked his status as a political refugee in Spain, and he is due to be deported to Pakistan, where he will face the death penalty for blasphemy. There is currently a push to persuade the Canadian government to grant him and his family political asylum.
Mr. Firasat was interviewed recently on Alerta Digital TV. The video below shows the third part of the interview, and includes segments in English of a statement by Terry Jones. Previously: Part 1, Part 2.
Many thanks to our Spanish correspondent Hermes for the translation, and to Vlad Tepes for the subtitling:
Transcript:
00:01 | So I want to say that I don’t understand why refugee status was once granted to me | |
00:07 | and has now been revoked for the same reason: for criticizing Islam, and I assure readers of | |
00:13 | Alerta Digital, those watching the program, that I have never done anything illegal | |
00:19 | against Islam; I have always told the government about my activities | |
00:25 | through legal petitions, and I have all official papers about that, | |
00:31 | about the film I was intending to make. So I told them about all this 3 months in advance, | |
00:37 | by email, that I would like to make a film in order to show everybody the real face of | |
00:43 | Mohammed, and I humbly called for an appointment to show them the film, | |
00:49 | for them to tell me whether there’s something offensive to anyone in the film, | |
00:55 | and all is in conformity with the Spanish laws, but I received no answer, | |
01:01 | but in the end, when an Islamic organization in Madrid filed a complaint, | |
01:07 | they became active, and they told me that my film | |
01:13 | can be dangerous to Spain. — Now Imran, from Florida, we have a connection | |
01:19 | through YouTube with a person who wanted to appear tonight in order | |
01:25 | to give you his support. He is a friend of yours, Pastor Terry Jones, another symbol of | |
01:31 | the fight against Islamic fanaticism in the world, a pastor who was banned | |
01:37 | from entering Spain by the same Interior Minister who wants to expel you. | |
01:43 | Pastor Jones was very interested in appearing on this program, which he usually follows, | |
01:50 | as you told me — Yes. Mr. Terry Jones | |
01:55 | is a very good fellow, no matter what is said about him, but for me he is a brave fellow, | |
02:01 | who speaks the truth, fights for the truth. Maybe some of you do not agree with some of his | |
02:07 | views, but regarding Islam, I agree 100% with him, and | |
02:13 | he is also grateful to Alerta Digital for drawing attention to my case… | |
02:19 | – So here is his direct testimony through YouTube. | |
02:24 | ||
02:53 | What Mr. Terry Jones is saying is that if they stop us in this way, | |
02:59 | then we lose our fundamental liberties, our human rights, | |
03:06 | but first and foremost our freedom of speech, and if we lose that, | |
03:12 | then we find ourselves in a dictatorship, so | |
03:18 | they must make clear whether this country is under dictatorship, or give us total liberty, | |
03:24 | but double moral, double standard, that is not fair. Well, they tell me that | |
03:30 | I am a danger to Spain for criticizing Islam, and not because of having committed a crime, | |
03:36 | but if it had been a Spaniard… — Excuse me, let | |
03:42 | us watch the video. Let’s watch it in full… | |
03:48 | It would be good if people could see the video of the Pastor in full. | |
03:54 | Now let’s watch it, and then we’ll comment on it. | |
04:00 | ||
07:07 | Pastor Jones speaks clearly: it is not just about Imran Firasat’s freedom, but that of us all; | |
07:12 | if today it is taken away from him, then tomorrow | |
07:16 | it will be taken away from us. There’s a lot at stake. | |
07:20 | As I said before, I am a foreigner, so it is easy for them to | |
07:25 | deport me, revoke my status, but what would have happened if I had been a Spaniard? | |
07:30 | Would they take away his citizenship? Would they | |
07:34 | persecute him? No, he would be put on trial. So let them | |
07:37 | put me on trial. They will not find anything about my having violated Spanish law, | |
07:43 | and if they stop me now, well, it is not about me, but about everybody. If they stop me | |
07:49 | from criticizing Islam, tomorrow they will stop you from criticizing President Rajoy, | |
07:55 | or the king, and nothing will be allowed to be | |
07:58 | criticized. But Jesus is allowed to be criticized, | |
08:01 | everybody is allowed to insult our God, but Mohammed cannot be criticized. Is this justice? | |
08:07 | – Yes, we’ll talk later about Mohammed, but in order for you to know | |
08:12 | that hundreds of thousands of euros of tax money, | |
08:16 | which thanks to this Partido Popular government, | |
08:19 | that self-proclaimed ‘Christian’, are made to flow to the mosques of this country, | |
08:25 | I’ll reveal some data as an exclusive info for all readers of Alerta Digital. The money | |
08:31 | which is taken away from impoverished Spaniards, and which these villains in Rajoy’s gang | |
08:37 | give to the mosques, so that there the believers can be indoctrinated | |
08:43 | into hatred, crime, and to hate anybody who does not share their way of thinking | |
08:49 | This is a short list of the funds which Rajoy’s government gives to some Islamic centers | |
08:55 | in our country. I assure you that the following is not even 10% of | |
09:01 | all funds being given to Islamic centers. Now listen: | |
09:07 | Islamic Center of Torrent — Valencia County: 3000 euros | |
09:13 | Islamic Board of Madrid — Collado Villalba: 2200 euros | |
09:19 | Islamic Center of Albacete: 2000 euros. Again: money given by the | |
09:25 | Partido Popular government from all of your pockets. | |
09:31 | Aval Islamic Center: 4500 euros | |
09:37 | Muslim Women’s Association of Vall D’uxó — Valencia county: 4500 euros | |
09:44 | Religious Islamic Center of Asturias — Altahuí mosque: 1500 euros | |
09:53 | Islamic Center Colonia Sant Jordi: 1500 euros | |
09:58 | Almassora Islamic Center: 1680 euros | |
10:04 | Islamic Community of Prat de Llobregat: 3000 euros | |
10:08 | Islamic Community Al-Ándalus in Altura (town): 3000 euros | |
10:13 | Islamic Community of Onda — Valencia county: 2000 euros | |
10:20 | Islamic Community ‘Villanueva de Castellón’ brotherhood: 3000 euros | |
10:25 | Islamic Community ‘Noor’: 1950 euros | |
10:28 | Islamic Community of Alaquás: 1680 euros | |
10:33 | Again, data referring to subsidies give | |
10:39 | by the Partido Popular government, official subsidies | |
10:45 | which are not even the 10% of all subsidies, and meanwhile Spaniards are committing suicide, | |
10:51 | over not being able to pay their mortgages, and 6 million jobless, | |
10:57 | and meanwhile our most talented ones have to look for a job | |
11:03 | in other countries of the EU. And this villain Mariano Rajoy taking away | |
11:09 | money from our pockets, the money which goes to the Islamic associations of our country. | |
11:15 | An absolutely clear picture of what happens in this country. | |
11:21 | Of what the Spanish democracy is. Of what we have been turned into by the | |
11:27 | state represented by these genuine criminals, a true moral sewer. | |
11:33 | What can these Islamic associations contribute to the | |
11:38 | Spanish community, to the social and economic | |
11:42 | progress, to the cultural and spiritual development | |
11:45 | of the Spaniards that could justify the handover of these funds by part of the government | |
11:51 | of Mariano Rajoy? This is an outrage! You told me before that | |
11:57 | they are preparing to build in Barcelona the biggest mosque | |
12:03 | of Europe . — Yes, the Muslims of Barcelona are planning to build | |
12:09 | a mosque more huge and nicer than the Sagrada Familia, | |
12:15 | but… I… I am not against Muslims, | |
12:21 | I’ve never said that Muslims are bad, or criminals. I’ve said that | |
12:27 | it is the ideology they follow which is bad, and this has to be taught to them, | |
12:33 | any they must be asked to change it. Their ideology | |
12:39 | is to fight, to make jihad, or to use any | |
12:45 | trick to take over the world. I’ve seen in many newspapers where Muslims | |
12:51 | leave comments, that they will soon conquer Spain again, | |
12:57 | we will turn Spain again into Al-Ándalus. So please understand | |
13:03 | that not all Muslims, but many of them are planning to conquer Spain again, | |
13:09 | join the political life of the country, and after that persecute | |
13:15 | those who talk about Islam. — They are succeeding | |
13:18 | with the help of these treasonous politicians. | |
13:21 | Yes, why do they have to give thousands of euros in funds to those Islamic centers? | |
13:27 | How do they contribute to society? Here we have almost no food, | |
13:33 | we cannot pay our mortgages, but those Islamic associations | |
13:39 | receive so much in funds. — The worst is that they are using our laws, in Spain, | |
13:45 | and in Europe, in order to enforce theirs upon us, when the demographic factor turns decisive, | |
13:51 | in order not to depend on us. — Yes, applying Sharia in order to punish anybody who | |
13:57 | goes against Islam. So we are losing the Europe we had, | |
14:03 | our values, our rights. So I repeat again that | |
14:08 | I don’t know whether I will be killed after leaving | |
14:12 | the studios, because I receive so many threats, | |
14:16 | that Islamists will kill me and my family, but please, do you think of your future? |