AI Overview
- Ahmed al-Ahmed: A 43-year-old Syrian-born Muslim fruit shop owner in Sydney, Australia, who tackled and disarmed one of the gunmen during the December 2025 Bondi Beach Hanukkah terror attack, saving countless lives. Instagram·thejerusalem_post +2
- Si Kaddour Benghabrit: The rector of the Great Mosque of Paris during World War II, who saved anywhere from 100 to 500 Jews by helping them obtain Muslim identity papers and hide from the Holocaust. Wikipedia
- Mohammed Helmy: An Egyptian doctor living in Berlin who was named “Righteous Among the Nations” by Yad Vashem for risking his life over three years to hide and protect a Jewish family (Anna Boros and her relatives) during the Holocaust. Wikipedia
- Osama Abu El-Hosna, Mikail Özen, and Recep Gültekin: Three Muslim men (a Palestinian McDonald’s manager and two Turkish-origin MMA fighters) who rescued and provided first aid to a wounded police officer and an elderly woman during the November 2020 terrorist attack in Vienna, Austria. Al Jazeera
- Rizwan Javeid: A British Muslim rail worker who was awarded an MBE for using his instincts, empathy, and training to intervene and save 29 lives from suicide or tragedy on the UK railway network
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- Amin Abdullah, Mansour Kaziha, and Nadir Awad: Security and community members at the Islamic Center of San Diego who acted selflessly during a May 2026 mosque shooting, exchanging fire and drawing attackers away to protect approximately 140 students inside
just a few picked up by the AI overview….