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Tuesday, March 09, 2010
Public Enemy # 1.
Mr. Mosab Hassan Yousef—the son of an imam who was one of the founders of Hamas—was tortured and imprisoned by the Israelis. He later worked for Israeli security against Hamas, converted to Christianity, left Israeli service, and wrote a book, Son of Hamas.
Here are some of Yousef’s thoughts on what obedience to Allah means to even a moderate and logical Muslim:
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’s ironic that every scholar, sheikh, mufti, imam, qadi, ayatollah, mullah, or caliph who can recite the Koran backwards and prove the earth is flat will go ballistic in their efforts to root out apostasy, heresy, polytheism, and all manner of disloyalty to Allah but the ultimate disloyalty is that of Allah to the Muslim faithful. He sentenced them to 1,400 years of backwardness and subjection to the very worst aspects of human nature. 1,400 years!
And counting.
“‘They Need to Be Liberated From Their God.’ The ‘Son of Hamas’ author on his conversion to Christianity, spying for Israel, and shaming his family.” By Matthew Kaminski, Wall Street Journal, 3/5/10 (emphasis added).
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