Ibrahim Halawa radio interview.

Ralf and Florian

He appeared on Corks Red FM today with his sister Fatima to be interviewed by Neil Prendeville. If he thought he was in for an easy ride ala Tubridy he was mistaken. Starts at 41.46.

http://www.redfm.ie/on-air/podcasts/neil-prendeville-on-redfm/episode/november-24th-2017/?autoplay=1

road_high

Ralf and Florian wrote: »

He appeared on Corks Red FM today with his sister Fatima to be interviewed by Neil Prendeville. If he thought he was in for an easy ride ala Tubridy he was mistaken. Starts at 41.46.

http://www.redfm.ie/on-air/podcasts/...17/?autoplay=1

In fairness to Neil Pender he’s been on this story for a while now, asking the real questions beyond the cosy love in that has been portrayed across much of the media.

Jim Bob Scratcher

Are you listening Tubridy ? That's how an interview is done, ya gombeen

Ralf and Florian

road_high wrote: »

In fairness to Neil Pender he’s been on this story for a while now, asking the real questions beyond the cosy love in that has been portrayed across much of the media.

Yeah, you could tell he'd done his homework. Really caught the pair of them off guard.

Beechwoodspark

Hopefully the clowns in Montrose take note but I'm not hopeful.

The_Valeyard

For those of us who are pretending to work,

Whats the jist of it?

road_high

The_Valeyard wrote: »

For those of us who are pretending to work,

Whats the jist of it?

Pinning him down on the active protests he was involved and for how long.

Ralf and Florian

The_Valeyard wrote: »

For those of us who are pretending to work,

Whats the jist of it?

Called him out on the "I was just coming out of the cinema" story, about the Muslim Brotherhood link, why he was in Eqypt. Gave him enough rope. Halawa lost his cool and struggled throughout. The sister tried to rescue him but she fared almost as badly.

road_high

Also questioned him closely on Sharia Law.

Odhinn

road_high wrote: »

Also questioned him closely on Sharia Law.

Why, did he write it?

road_high

Why he was wearing a Palestinian headband on stage too. It’s clear he’s researched this and in great detail.
Good man Neil!

road_high

Odhinn wrote: »

Why, did he write it?

Did I say he wrote it? But it’s clear he supports it from that interview which is very telling.

Ipso

Odhinn wrote: »

Why, did he write it?

Really?

Beechwoodspark

Ralf and Florian wrote: »

Called him out on the "I was just coming out of the cinema" story, about the Muslim Brotherhood link, why he was in Eqypt. Gave him enough rope. Halawa lost his cool and struggled throughout. The sister tried to rescue him but she fared almost as badly.

Out of all of them the sister comes across as a complete and utter psycho

road_high

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Out of all of them the sister comes across as a complete and utter psycho

They just wanted selected to answer questions. Anything more probing they went nuts. He’s as bad as her.

Surprised they keep going on air because its doing them far more damage than good.

mfceiling

No point even going on about this.

You'll be branded racist etc.

end of the road

road_high wrote: »

Did I say he wrote it? But it’s clear he supports it from that interview which is very telling.

well, it's actually not.

darkdubh

end of the road wrote: »

well, it's actually not.

He does. If you listen to the interview he speaks in defence of Sharia Law early on.

road_high

end of the road wrote: »

well, it's actually not.

He said in the interview he follows it- defended Sharia saying it's misrepresented and doesn't mean he believes in pushing people off cliffs for example (repeated that a few times). Clear to me he follows Sharia in some form or other.

Ipso

road_high wrote: »

He said in the interview he follows it- defended Sharia saying it's misrepresented and doesn't mean he believes in pushing people off cliffs for example (repeated that a few times). Clear to me he follows Sharia in some form or other.

In fairness Sharia law isn't all about decapitating people, it covers things like basic criminal law and business transactions. Certain aspects of it can also be practiced and still be within the bounds of common law.
If he said he supports it, he should be asked to what extent and as he is residing in, is a citizen of and had support for his release come from a "secular" country he needs to make clear whether or not he considers the law of the country of his citizenship to supersede Sharia Law.

Tipperary animal lover

road_high wrote: »

He said in the interview he follows it- defended Sharia saying it's misrepresented and doesn't mean he believes in pushing people off cliffs for example (repeated that a few times). Clear to me he follows Sharia in some form or other.

Hey road high, just a heads up your wasting your time arguing with other poster, it'll just go around in circles and finally the thread will be closed, that's what he's trying to do as he has done on other threads.

Galwayguy35

Have to say I was very impressed with the questions asked by the interviewer, he was on Matt Coopers show earlier on in the week and it was a very soft interview.

I don't trust Halawa and I think he is very cagey about letting his guard down and saying what he really thinks but I'm also beginning to think that he's only in the ha'penny place when it comes to those sisters of his.

road_high

Ibrahim comes across a little...dim. The way he speaks is dreadful, he'd better if he said less in fact rather than shouting around in circles as he tends to. I get that he's young and possibly uneducated (been in prsion for 4 years).

road_high

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

Have to say I was very impressed with the questions asked by the interviewer, he was on Matt Coopers show earlier on in the week and it was a very soft interview.

I don't trust Halawa and I think he is very cagey about letting his guard down and saying what he really thinks but I'm also beginning to think that he's only in the ha'penny place when it comes to those sisters of his.

Not in that interview...given enough rope he'll hang himself seamlessly.

Stheno

road_high wrote: »

Ibrahim comes across a little...dim. The way he speaks is dreadful, he'd better if he said less in fact rather than shouting around in circles as he tends to. I get that he's young and possibly uneducated (been in prsion for 4 years).

His spoken English is very poor for someone who grew up here his grammar especially

Rubberchikken

Gutted i missed this. Prenderville is a great interviewer when need be. Glad he didn't take the same soft technique the national broadcaster and others have taken.
Wouldn't trust this halawa guy as far as I'd throw him and the nonsense soft attention paid to him and his family will come back to bite someday

Odhinn

road_high wrote: »

He said in the interview he follows it- defended Sharia saying it's misrepresented and doesn't mean he believes in pushing people off cliffs for example (repeated that a few times). Clear to me he follows Sharia in some form or other.

Good god no!!!!!!!!!

Sonics2k

Stheno wrote: »

His spoken English is very poor for someone who grew up here his grammar especially

I'm no fan of the lad, but a quick run through a number of Irish peoples facebook pages and you'd never think they were raised going by the shocking language and grammar skills.

road_high

Rubberchikken wrote: »

Gutted i missed this. Prenderville is a great interviewer when need be. Glad he didn't take the same soft technique the national broadcaster and others have taken.
Wouldn't trust this halawa guy as far as I'd throw him and the nonsense soft attention paid to him and his family will come back to bite someday

You can catch it online. Link in first post.

road_high

Sonics2k wrote: »

I'm no fan of the lad, but a quick run through a number of Irish peoples facebook pages and you'd never think they were raised going by the shocking language and grammar skills.

Yes but I doubt they are speaking in such a high profile manner discussing such controversial issues and links as Halawa. Are they?

SnakePlissken

end of the road wrote: »

road_high wrote: »

Did I say he wrote it? But it’s clear he supports it from that interview which is very telling.

well, it's actually not.

And here we go again.

Ipso

Before the round about ensues can people post transcripts or other proof on what he said about his support or not of Sharia law.

SnakePlissken

Sonics2k wrote: »

Stheno wrote: »

His spoken English is very poor for someone who grew up here his grammar especially

I'm no fan of the lad, but a quick run through a number of Irish peoples facebook pages and you'd never think they were raised going by the shocking language and grammar skills.

Exactly, there's one particular poster on here who doesn't know the correct spelling of Muslim/Moslem

Anastasia_

I think his reaction to Neil's questions (i.e. becoming enraged) speaks volumes.

Gatling

SnakePlissken wrote: »

Exactly, there's one particular poster on here who doesn't know the correct spelling of Muslim/Moslem

Actually both are correct Moslem / Muslim

It's exactly the same

_Kaiser_

Listening to this now and Ibrahim starts off with the same angle he did on the Late Late - all designed to gain sympathy from the audience and stress the "I'm just a normal guy like you" narrative.

Neil reels him in and then starts to unravel it all (the research done is very self-evident), at which point both of them start to lose the plot. Agree that the sister (who if you listen during the introduction Neil says wasn't expected) was there to try and control the interview and do damage control when it got "out of hand". Then they try to infer that the interviewer is an Islamophobe/racist etc for asking questions they didn't like.

I'm no more convinced of the tale than I was after the LL (or indeed before it).

road_high

Anastasia_ wrote: »

I think his reaction to Neil's questions (i.e. becoming enraged) speaks volumes.

He was totally unprepared for it. He's too used to the cotton wool backslapping from the likes of Zappone, O'Gorman and associated media. A little research on his part would have told him he wasn't going to get an easy ride.

Ibrahim got a lot of support from the combined irish left.

Im curious how much the family will return that support now he is home.

Will they for example be at pride next year?

That denigrated into a car crash for the Halawa's

Neil is a clever one

Phoebas

road_high wrote: »

In fairness to Neil Pender he’s been on this story for a while now, asking the real questions beyond the cosy love in that has been portrayed across much of the media.

He may have been 'on this story for a while now', but it didn't stop him from coming out with a lot of nonsense.

Neil Prenderville wrote:

"I'm talking about the protest that you were supporting. This protest under this president burned Christian churches..."

Why is he still going around doing interviews anyway?

I want this family to go away, live a quiet life and if I never hear about them again, GREAT.

road_high

Topgear on Dave wrote: »

Ibrahim got a lot of support from the combined irish left.

Im curious how much the family will return that support now he is home.

Will they for example be at pride next year?

He was probed extensively on gay marriage...he stopped short of saying he actively disapproved. Said the general "I've gay friends" etc.
Of course he's entitled to his views but at least be honest.

Billy86

Good interview, though some weird exchanges like:

Halawa: I was wearing a headband, it's not a crime.
Interviewer: An ISIS band it looked like to me.
Halawa: It was a Palestinian headband.
Interviewer: Yeah, well this is what the optics look like.

Isn't the interviewer a journalist, and are journalists not supposed to research (which he certainly appears to have done so on much of this interview) and not jump to sensationalist conclusion like 'an ISIS band'?

Either way, some interesting bits there and good to see some tougher questions asked, but I'm really not getting how infatuated some have been with this story - this guy might even have the most threads about him on AH over the last few months/years.

JohnMc1

road_high wrote: »

Did I say he wrote it? But it’s clear he supports it from that interview which is very telling.

Most Muslims in foreign Countries want Sharia implemented. Over 75% of them in Britain,Germany,etc want it. I'm sure we'd get a very similar number if polled the Muslims here.

road_high

Topgear on Dave wrote: »

Why is he still going around doing interviews anyway?

I want this family to go away, live a quiet life and if I never hear about them again, GREAT.

Not sure to be honest they keep digging holes for themselves in every one.

road_high

road_high wrote: »

He was probed extensively on gay marriage...he stopped short of saying he actively disapproved. Said the general "I've gay friends" etc.
Of course he's entitled to his views but at least be honest.

Do we really expect him to be honest (assuming his true position is anti-gay), given the extent of support from the left he got

Dev84

Ibrahim owes no answers to anyone in this country. He was found innocent of wrong doing by one of the most corrupt judiciary systems in the world. He was young at the time and possibly made some poor choices and was easily led.

We live in a racist little enclave and this episode shows it.

Oh and thays Neil penderville of Airplane fame.....

Ipso

Billy86 wrote: »

Good interview, though some weird exchanges like:

Halawa: I was wearing a headband, it's not a crime.
Interviewer: An ISIS band it looked like to me.
Halawa: It was a Palestinian headband.
Interviewer: Yeah, well this is what the optics look like.

Isn't the interviewer a journalist, and are journalists not supposed to research (which he certainly appears to have done so on much of this interview) and not jump to sensationalist conclusion like 'an ISIS band'?

Either way, some interesting bits there and good to see some tougher questions asked, but I'm really not getting how infatuated some have been with this story - this guy might even have the most threads about him on AH over the last few months/years.

How did he know what an ISIS band looks like?

Dev84

https://www.google.ie/amp/s/www.joe.ie/amp/uncategorized/pull-the-other-one-neil-prendeville-dodges-prosecution-on-technicality-15224

road_high

Deleted User wrote: »

Do we really expect him to be honest (assuming his true position is anti-gay), given the extent of support from the left he got

Yes. He should spell out his views if he has them.

Hitman3000

Enjoyed listening to the discomfort. Good interviewer.