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Posted on 03/05/2010 7:41:45 PM PST by Pontiac
'I absolutely know that in anybody's eyes I was a traitor," says Mosab Hassan Yousef. "To my family, to my nation, to my God. I crossed all the red lines in my society. I didn't leave one that I didn't cross."
Now 32, Mosab is the son of Sheikh Hassan Yousef, a founder and leader of the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas.
As the son of a Muslim cleric, he says he had reached the conclusion that terrorism can't be defeated without a new understanding of Islam. Here he echoes other defectors from Islam such as the former Dutch parliamentarian and writer Ayaan Hirsi Ali.
Do you consider your father a fanatic? "He's not a fanatic," says Mr. Yousef. "He's a very moderate, logical person. What matters is not whether my father is a fanatic or not, he's doing the will of a fanatic God. It doesn't matter if he's a terrorist or a traditional Muslim. At the end of the day a traditional Muslim is doing the will of a fanatic, fundamentalist, terrorist God. I know this is harsh to say. Most governments avoid this subject. They don't want to admit this is an ideological war.
"The problem is not in Muslims," he continues. "The problem is with their God. They need to be liberated from their God. He is their biggest enemy. It has been 1,400 years they have been lied to."
These are all dangerous words. Of the threats issued to his life by Islamists, he says, "That's not the worst thing that can happen to you. I'm OK with it, I'm not afraid. Palestinians have reason to kill me. Some Israelis may want to kill me. My goal is not to defeat my enemy. It is to win over my enemy."
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This is a fantastic interview. I wish I could post the Whole thing.
WSJ Ping.
It is! I just finished reading it.
It’s a very well written and powerful piece.
Thank you for this post....I am sharing this with everyone in my bible study, I want to read his book as well......
BTTT
Ditto on wanting to read his book.
Maybe he’ll run for pres (since natural born doesn’t seem to apply anymore)? Senate? That’d be a change: an honest man in the swamp.
Can’t send campaign funds so guess I’ll have to buy the book.
Radical Islam is an insane murder cult; moderate Islam is its Trojan Horse in the West.
I recommend that everyone buy the book so that he has money to live on.
I also hope that he does not go on a book tour. It would be like putting a bull’s-eye on his back and advertizing for an executioner.
Only Jesus can do that! GOD BLESS.
May the Lord Jesus Christ bless him, protect him, and send him forth. May millions listen to this man.
Thank you so much for posting this, Pontiac.
bttt
You are most welcome
Here’s the man I was telling you about.
later
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