Walid Shoebat
Walid Shoebat (
Early life
According to the biography on his official website, Shoebat was born in
According to Shoebat, upon his release [
Career as activist, author and speaker
In 2004 and again in 2006, Shoebat was denied entrance to Canada on security grounds due to his self-described affiliation with the
Showbat was a frequent, if controversial, public speaker on terrorism and Islam in the 2000s.[6][7]
Shoebat has been introduced as a
He is the author of three self-published books.
Books
- Why I Left Jihad: The Root of Terrorism and the Return of Radical Islam, 2005
- Why We Want to Kill You: The Jihadist Mindset and How to Defeat it, 2007
- God's War on Terror: Islam, Prophecy and the Bible, with Joel Richardson, 2008
Personal views
After the
Shoebat gives lectures to local police departments regarding his belief that "most Muslims seek to impose
Shoebat argues that parallels exist between radical Islam and Nazism. He says, "Secular dogma like Nazism is less dangerous than Islamofascism that we see today ... because Islamofascism has a religious twist to it; it says 'God the Almighty ordered you to do this' ... It is trying to grow itself in fifty-five Muslim states. So potentially, you could have a success rate of several Nazi Germanys, if these people get their way."[9]
Criticism
On April 9, 2008, Shoebat responded to the earlier Jerusalem Post's report on that paper's op-ed page. He wrote that the Jerusalem Post had been duped. According to him, the sources who disputed his own account of his upbringing (including his relatives) were themselves involved in terrorism. He said they want to see him discredited, probably because of his conversion to Christianity. He also states that reputable witnesses who could confirm the bombing operation of Bank Leumi were not interviewed.[10]
On July 13, 2011, CNN's Anderson Cooper 360° reported an investigative piece into Walid Shoebat's claim to authority based on being a former terrorist. The report found that according to Israeli government officials, the bank that Walid Shoebat claimed to have attacked, and his own relatives, no record of his supposed terrorist history existed. Another of Shoebat's claims, that of a two-week term in an Israeli jail, was also unsubstantiated, with Israel having no record he was ever jailed. His cousin, interviewed in the report, stated that he had never known Shoebat to have ties to any movement, and that his claims of being a former terrorist were "for his own personal reasons". According to CNN, their reporters in the United States, Israel and the Palestinian territories found no evidence to support Shoebat's claims and "neither Shoebat nor his business partner provided any proof of Shoebat's involvement in terrorism".[2]
Omar Sacirbey's 2010
Charitable organization status
When the Post asked Shoebat whether the Walid Shoebat Foundation is a
Family
He is the father of author Theodore Shoebat, known for his extreme anti-LGBT views.[12]
See also
References
- ^ Jerusalem Post. Archivedfrom the original on 2010-07-20. Retrieved March 23, 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "'Ex-terrorist' rakes in homeland security bucks". CNN. July 7, 2011. Archived from the original on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
- ^ "'Ex-terrorist' rakes in homeland security bucks". www.cnn.com. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
- ^ "Palestinian militant turned peacemaker". 2004-01-26. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
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- ^ Washington Post
- ^ Wayne Kopping & Raphael Shore (2005). Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West. Archived from the original on November 20, 2006.
- Jerusalem Post. Retrieved March 23, 2010.
- ^ Washington Post, June 26, 2010.
- ^ "Team Trump Got Its Smears About Khizr Khan From This 'Proud Fascist'". Daily Beast. August 1, 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-09-13. Retrieved 2016-09-14.