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| − | '''Walid Shoebat''' (''Arabic'': وليد شويبات) (assumed name) is a former PLO [[Terrorism|terrorist]] who has come to public attention by becoming an ardent opponent of [[Islamism]] and supporter of [[Israel]]. Shoebat has written several online books including "Dear Muslim, Let Me Tell You Why I Believed" and "Israel, And The World's Mock Trial", where he exposes [[anti-Semitism]] and the hatred of [[Judaism|Jews]] in both the [[Islam|Islamic]], [[Christianity|Christian]] and [[Atheism|secular]] worlds. | + | '''Walid Shoebat''' (''Arabic'': وليد شويبات) (assumed name) is a former PLO [[Terrorism|terrorist]] who has come to public attention by becoming an ardent opponent of [[Islamism]] and supporter of [[Israel]]. Shoebat has written several online books including "Dear Muslim, Let Me Tell You Why I Believed" and "Israel, And The World's Mock Trial", where he exposes [[anti-Semitism]] and the hatred of [[Judaism|Jews]] in both the [[Islam]]ic, [[Christianity|Christian]] and [[Atheism|secular]] worlds. |
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| − | ==Early Life== | + | ==Early life== |
| | Born in Bethlehem, Shoebat's grandfather was the Muslim Mukhtar (chieftain) of Beit Sahour-Bethlehem (The Shepherd's Fields) and a friend of Haj-Ameen Al-Husseni, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and notorious friend of [[Adolf Hitler]]. Shoebat's great grandfather, Abdullah Ali Awad-Allah, was also a fighter and close associate of both Abdul Qader and Haj Amin Al-Husseini, who led the [[Arab]] [[Palestinian]]s against Israel. | | Born in Bethlehem, Shoebat's grandfather was the Muslim Mukhtar (chieftain) of Beit Sahour-Bethlehem (The Shepherd's Fields) and a friend of Haj-Ameen Al-Husseni, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and notorious friend of [[Adolf Hitler]]. Shoebat's great grandfather, Abdullah Ali Awad-Allah, was also a fighter and close associate of both Abdul Qader and Haj Amin Al-Husseini, who led the [[Arab]] [[Palestinian]]s against Israel. |
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| | Sharpen my bones into swords, for I am a bomb, | | Sharpen my bones into swords, for I am a bomb, |
| | I shall eat the flesh of my (Israeli) occupier, | | I shall eat the flesh of my (Israeli) occupier, |
| − | O killers, your blood is ‘Halal’ for us! (meaning ‘kosher’ or OK for us to spill.)<ref> Walid Shoebat, Why I Left Jihad, Top Executive Media, 2005, p. 20.</ref> | + | O killers, your blood is ‘Halal’ for us! (meaning ‘kosher’ or OK for us to spill.)<ref>Walid Shoebat, Why I Left Jihad, Top Executive Media, 2005, p. 20.</ref> |
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| | Shoebat lived through and witnessed Israel's Six Day War while living in Jericho. As a young man, he became a member of the terrorist organization called the Palestinian Liberation Organization, and participated in acts of terror and violence against Israel, and was later imprisoned in the Russian Compound, Jerusalem's central prison for incitement and violence against Israel. | | Shoebat lived through and witnessed Israel's Six Day War while living in Jericho. As a young man, he became a member of the terrorist organization called the Palestinian Liberation Organization, and participated in acts of terror and violence against Israel, and was later imprisoned in the Russian Compound, Jerusalem's central prison for incitement and violence against Israel. |
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| − | After his release, he continued his life of violence and rioting in Bethlehem and the Temple Mount. After entering the [[United States]], he was recruited by [[Jamal Said]], imam of Bridgeview Mosque, one of the largest mosques in Chicago and founder of the Islamic Association of Palestine (IAP). In the early 1980’s he was trained for terrorism in the U.S. <ref> http://shoebat.com/shoebat-foundation/who-is-walid/</ref>he worked as a counselor for the Arab Student Organization at Loop College in Chicago and continued his anti-Israel activities. | + | After his release, he continued his life of violence and rioting in Bethlehem and the Temple Mount. After entering the [[United States]], he was recruited by [[Jamal Said]], imam of Bridgeview Mosque, one of the largest mosques in Chicago and founder of the Islamic Association of Palestine (IAP). In the early 1980’s he was trained for terrorism in the U.S.<ref>http://shoebat.com/shoebat-foundation/who-is-walid/</ref> he worked as a counselor for the Arab Student Organization at Loop College in Chicago and continued his anti-Israel activities. |
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| | ==Rejection of Islam== | | ==Rejection of Islam== |