Son of Hamas Founder Speaks About Islam

Written by Darren Hewer

Mosab Yousef’s book, Son of Hamas, is destined to create controversy. It’s already doing so since its recent release, attracting the attention of major media all over the world. Yousef  recently gave interviews with diverse news outlets such as BBC News, Wall Street Journal, and even men’s magazine GQ.

Mosab is the son of Sheikh Hassan Yousef, an Imam, founder and leader of the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas. After being captured by Israeli forces, Mosab became convinced that Islam is not true. In his book he criticizes the Qur’an. For taking this position and also admitting to have collaborated with Israeli intelligence agencies, Mosab’s life is now in danger and his father has disowned him.

Although he criticizes Islam in his book, he notes in his interview with GQ magazine

that “I point to the book, to the god. I am not pointing to the people.” He still cares for his people in Palestine, he says, and so he tries to point away from the individual towards the ideology.

Mosab explains one of the reasons he chose to embrace the Christian faith:

“In Christianity, it’s very clear that the god we worship is equal to love. The bible says, ‘God is love’. The god we worship was sacrificed, crucified on the cross, tortured, spit on, and was still forgiving. This is our highest example.”

It may not be coincidence that Mosab’s book was released around Easter time, the holiday when that God that he talks about was crucified.

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