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Lassana Bathily, a Muslim employee at the HyperChacher supermarket in Paris, saved the lives of 15 Jewish shoppers, when he hid them in the supermarket’s basement freezer after the terrorist, Amedy Coulibaly, entered the store and opened fire.
Bathily also had the presence of mind to also turn the freezer off.
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Bathily’s heroic action is also apparently the reason for the uncertainty yesterday as to how many hostages there were in the store.
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Lassana Bathily by thinking and acting quickly you saved those that you could. A well appreciate THANK YOU! for your heroic dead
they dont owe you anything
A good man. Why don't the journos mention him?
G-D bless him! Hopefully, he does not become a target by his fellow Muslims!
Lasanna Bathily knew and was friends with the Jewish customers…He is a Mensch to help save their lives in a time of dire need !!!!
The Jewish Council of France MUST present Lassana a very special award for his heroic efforts on this very dark day for ALL French Jews ………
He should be offered a vacation in Israel, received by the Knesset, PM and President.
Righteous amongst the nations
A Righteous among the Nations!
God Bless him.
He must be officially honored!
An award by France and Israel and also a nice trip to beautiful Israel.
Terrorists are evil, not all Muslims are terrorists . As we thank this Muslim man for these Jewish lives we must also remember this fact.
finally a sane voice.!thank you.
He certainly should be given an award for his decent and human action.
Mr. Smith, Please clarify your statement. Can’t understand if it’s positive or negative?
Thank you but be caareful
evry step must be taken,to defend,Eretz.Israel,and its citizens,and for,Jews-worldwide.Peter Rundborg,Gothenburg.Sweden.
Be careful that you don't 'bless' him with a fatwa from some imam wanting to get his bones by ordering his death: "They Must Go!"
Rafsan Mobasher Well, bye then! "They Must Go!"
The definition of racism is your aparthied religion! In addition Israeli's welcome black Jews to their country who are discriminated against by your apartheid friends.
Keith Gilbert he's a paleswineian 😀
Rafsan Mobasher YOUR country? spare me your a paleswine
I hope God bless people Israel and tank's gods love Israel and ihope people hams goings to the next year amen yeah r as on and shabbat shalom ha me or ah and shave a Tovar hills android
A Mensch like that, deserves to be on the avenue of the righteous.
A True hero!!
Proof that Religion does not make people bad, people make people bad! Amen to Gary Diamond, you said it right!
Most enlightening story I have read about so far this week.
thank u men.
My hat is off to The Jewish Press for this article. You keep the balance and tell the truth. THANK YOU.
By the way, this man and Ahmed Merabet, the French Muslim cop who gave his life to protect Charie Hebdo's right to free speech, although the magazine insulted his religion, are the face of the Muslim community that I know in France. Fanatics of any stripe are the problem, not any religion as taught by any of the prophets.
"Religious fanaticism and hatred are a world-devouring fire, whose violence none can quench. The Hand of Divine power can, alone, deliver mankind from this desolating affliction….
The utterance of God is a lamp, whose light is these words: Ye are the fruits of one tree, and the leaves of one branch. Deal ye one with another with the utmost love and harmony, with friendliness and fellowship. He Who is the Day Star of Truth beareth Me witness! So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth. The one true God, He Who knoweth all things, Himself testifieth to the truth of these words." ~ Baha'i Writings.
A true Hashem fearing man bless you
God Bless you with many blessings and a long healthy life for doing Mitzvoh ( good deeds)!!!!!!
Lassana Bathily…you are a hero. May Hashem protect you!
A rigtheous gentile. May Hashem bless him and his family and keep them safe!
A modest man became a great hero.
He deserves honors even though he is a modest man.
G-D Bless him!!!
The man who saved the Jews is NOT an arab muslim…he might be a recent muslim convert but he is not the same type of muslim as MOST ARABS ARE!!! check that out…..I have a feeling just like there are reform jews and haradi jews and conservative and orthodox there are different types of muslim……………is this HERO a Palestinian NOPE is he a member of HAMAS NOPE! check out what he is?
awesome
Why are you here you arab scum? Face it you people are a bunch of terrorists.
NOW JEWISH practice in modern times is that we reward our enemies who harm us….like we give free food/free elect/freewater/free cement (millions of tons) to make tunnels/ free metal (to make missiles to kill jews) free land free houses(from Jews we kick out)…..we give hundreds of millions of dollars to Abbas every few months…………but to those very very few people who save Jews…we give NO help no thanks no reward…..like that Japanese diplomat who saved ten thousand jews….and got fired for giving out visas to jews…and went back in shame and failure to japan where he lived the next 40 years in poverty…..after his death Israel said oh by the way THANK YOU to his children…..why we did not give this man a medal….and a job….and a million dollar reward in cash…..is beyond me and embarrasses me….and the Nazi killers even the big ones like MEGALA we let live in splendor in south America cities untouched by us….we should have had our secret agents quietly TAKE THEM OUT….instead we investigate for 20 years and then try to press charges for another 20 years and by then they have died of old age after having lived happy lives as jew killers….
yep we are FOOLISH! NO WONDER not many people ever help jews!!!
lets correct our mistakes! lets hunt down the killers who kill jews anywhere including france….lets give medal and trip to Israel and nice reward (hundred thousand dollars at least) to this hero……but we won't…cause we are foolish!
The news casters stupidly kept saying there were more people in the store…where are they (fortunately the terrorist murders did not figure it out) why cant the newscasters SHUT their stupid mouths…..
in fact perhaps we are foolish for even now mentioning HOW the hostages lived…..next time the terrorists will check the freezers! we have to learn to keep our mouths shut….we should have quietly given a medal to the hero and a trip to Israel and hundred thousand dollar reward…..all quietly……he would still appreciate it !
now he gets nothing anyway cause we are too foolish to reward those who save us and to kill those who harm us
You are right. Smart comments, I was thinking so too while they were broadcasting, afraid the the evil terrorist would be informed,
Thank you from the bottom of my soul!
Bless him.
Amazing
God Bless you, Lassana and your family.
The terrorists were shut off from all communication with the outside world. The media knew this.
Its a good job what he do!
We are to be a light onto the nations. This man is a light onto us. God bless him. I hope we can emulate his actions and follow his example.
See, there really are peaceful muslims! Yes, GOD bless this young man. He should receive some awards and then get out of France. Maybe he should go to Israel. He already knows how to work in a kosher market. Good beginning!
he is a hero in my eyes
Thank you Bathily for your quick thinking in saving 15 innocent souls who happen to be in the wrong place in the wrong time. I have hearing the news all day long and nobody mention your courage. G-d bless you. Amen.
In a similar situation would any of you pause and think about your religion or doesn't a brave person just move into action.
Bravo to a genuine man of faith!
Thanks …
ONE SPECIAL MAN!
France and Israel should give him an award
France and Israel should give him an award
France and Israel should give him an award
A hero
What wonderful presence of mind – at such a frightening time. My only worry is that his commendable actions will bring him trouble from hate-filled radicals. May G-d protect him and keep him safe.
Thank you very very much. May G_D bless you!
Thank God that some Muslims still have a heart and a conscience!
Sorry, but this is nothing with Muslim but personal humanism with the victims because the Koran said very clear that kill Jews, Christians and anybody don’t believe in Mohamed.
Too bad the press gave out his name and photo. He's sure to be hunted down and killed by his own. That Religion of Peace (TM) at work you know…
He is not a convert, he is of Malian origin – Malians are black African Muslims.
God bless him
B”H
What a hero!!
You won't see this story on Fox News(sic)
Bravo! a real human being!
Thank you for being soooooooo kind.
Lassana Bathily Will be blessed for the rest of his life.
we should all do the same, no matter what religion we practice!
Thank you!
The guy did what any MAN would do. The world would be a much better place without religion.
You don't know that, just like you don't know Fox News, or your ass from a hole in the ground. It's, by very, very far, the least biased of all t.v. media, so go shove it.
bless him!
God bless him, but now he's a target of his fellow Muslims, a majority of whom believe he should be killed for this action.
Here is a six-minute video on a recent PEW study,
The Myth of the Tiny Radical Muslim Minority
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7TAAw3oQvg
thank you god bless you
ONE DAY THE LORD WILL GIVE YOU A CROWN JUST BECAUSE YOU HELP HIS PEOPLE G-D BLESS YOU ……
Thank you. Thank you and thank you.
Thank you
Really? Religion is the problem??
A modern Oskar Schindler and hero!
you are funny 😀
That is really true.
Doctoralis Major It is not a funny matter – it is serious and he put himself in permanent danger by doing what he did.
Sorry. Read the 3 main sacred texts of Islam. The majority is about how to lie to, steal from, enslave, rape or murder the non-Muslim. This man is certainly a hero and a good man. By working with, befriending and then saving Jews, he was not being a "good Muslim". Those are just the facts. The ideology of Islam is extremely violent…no matter which way you cut it. It's clear as day.
Religion promote ignorance and a one way to view. For that is the problem.
Doctoralis Major What's so funny about that? His life is definitely in danger now.
Rachel well said.
It is true the guy must be rewarded and secured one way or another..but one must also salute the owner of the supermarket's "balls" to have employed a Muslim which could easely have been a Jihadist himself.
Why would FOX have any problem with that? Besides I would wait for the troughout investigation, Who can say now with certainty that the guy was not a "Jihadist Mole" who got scared and just changed his mind by realising the magnitude of the massacre about to happen?
Lassana Bathily– YOU ROCK May the good Lord bless and keep you and your family safe always– thank you
In the midst of the carnage, a hero. No words of gratitude will ever suffice.
Doctoralis Major, You're a thoughtless idiot.
Moishe Sachs, Landsman or not, if you seriously think Fox, which is clearly an opinion, criticism, and propaganda site rather than a news site, is the least biased of all TV news media, then you truly live in an information fantasyland.
Moishe Sachs, talk about not knowing your ass from a hole in the ground, your head is so far up your ass you can see out of your mouth. Go play with your mental blocks elseware.
It is good that you have at least recognized the courage and valor of a Muslim to save so many Jewish in the Kosher market in France.
There's a quick-thinking guy you want on your side!! 🙂 Brilliant work, sir! Love that he also unplugged the freezer!
The fact that there was a Muslim slain in the course of his policing duties at the Charlie Hebdo massacre, and another Muslim who has done an act of heroism at the HyperCacher hostage saga is an indisputable evident that those terrorists cannot be labelled as Muslims.When Braevek wreaked havoc and mowed down around 150 innocent people in Norway, mostly youth in their prime, no body pointed a finger at Christianity and the Christians. In the same vein, then Paris cinemas were to screen the Last Temptation, a film that depicts a sexual relationship between the Lord and Mary Magdalene, rioters almost torched those cinemas. Compare this to insisting on freedom of expression when it comes to villifying another Messenger. This is now the time for a thorough soul-searching process by the entire human reace.
I certainly hope the authorities have a plan here to protect this Good Samaritan.
Barbara Evans There is no need for bias on this page from either you nor him…the issue here is not israel and palestine but rather celebrating a hero, a modern righteous among the nations, who saved some of our people…The Israel/Palestine issue should be saved for another page
islam is religion of peace & athiest is the first reason for war they worship money & power the real terrorist they create them & they crrreate racist.
this brave young man. Hope by him acting like a decent human being does not become a target.
What a wonderful Moslim you are. Thank you.
True human beings are everywhere and regardless of their various affiliations value the lives of others as much as their own.
100% agree with you Rachel.
Cornel Cretu Religion can promote a lot of things, but religion is not the problem. The problem is you, as a human. You are either a good human being or not.
Hero
Thank you.
Thank you, Lassana Bathily! You have a heart.
Thank you my friend.
I do find it sad that even now, this story just emphasizes a split or difference between Jewish and Muslim. He was a human helping to protect other humans. Must there always be a distinction between people based on their religion? Of course, I see that the wording in this short article could help bigots see that being Muslim does not equate to being a terrorist, but it could also be said to be perpetuating the split.
I am a TRUE muslin married to a Cristian for 7 years and we love each other and we have even a 4 month baby. i want say to the world that : if i was in that market in that moment i will do the same as lassan did. we Muslims don't believe that who do that HORRIBLE things are from us (not in our name) thanks and peace
No, those who are religious and ignorant have a one way view and can't accept others faiths.
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