Dr. Tawfik Hamid, a former member of a terror organization.

Dr. Tawfik Hamid, a former member of a terror organization.

Born in Egypt to a secular Muslim family, Tawfik Hamid joined the extremist Islamic group Jamma'a Islameia, while he was a student in medical school. In his studies he was learning to heal, but in his thoughts, as he says, he "dreamed to die for Allah and to share in terrorist acts." His colleague in these formative days of the terror movement was Dr. Al Zawaheri, then an acquaintance with whom Tawfik used to pray, and now the number two person of Al Qaeda. Eventually Dr. Hamid questioned the hatred and impulses to violence that participation in extremist Islam was fomenting within him. When he began to preach in Mosques to promote a message of peace instead of violence and hatred, however, he himself became a target of the Islamic extremists who had been his friends. They threatened his life, forcing him and his family to flee Egypt, then Saudi Arabia and from there to the West.

From his insider understanding of terrorist mentality, Dr. Hamid predicted the Twin Towers (9-11), Madrid, and London attacks. Now his mission has become to speak out against radical Islamic "a cancer that is spreading with frightening rapidity across the globe today."
A courageous as well as scholarly initiator of Islamic reformation, Dr. Hamid seeks to build new thinking within Islam to overcome the hatred and violent extremism that have metastasized within his religious tradition His most recent essay, "The Development of a Jihadist's Mind", had been published by the Hudson Institute. Other Op-ed articles "The Trouble with Islam" and "How to End Islamophobia" were recently published by the Wall Street Journal. In addition, he has been on numerous television and radio shows, including BBC Religion & Ethics, FOX News, CNN's Glen Beck Show, Denis Prager radio show and shortly on the sequel to the documentary, "Obsession".
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Speaking engagements and interviews:

http://tawfikhamid.com/press-room.html

Author of the recently published book The Roots of Jihad:

http://www.rootsofjihad.com/index.php

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[burgarna]

If one singel ex-muslim or terrorist says something against Islam criticism comes. Its so typical they say they get money from the US or israel etc etc, some people on youtube is such a IDIOTS.

[TeachESL]

Thank you, Dr. Hamid!

[bestinfadel]

islam is backwards,stupid,moronic,idiot­ic,silly,sad,bad,intolerant,ig­norant,retarded,inferior,lost and funny!!!!!!!

[igifini]

Go Hamid!! may god be with you

[BesACB]

Ha ha ha ha, are you really laughing, Jimmymac, or are you consumed by hatred because your holy cows are under attack? A man who renounces Muhammadan terror is a 'louse' (CRUSH HIM), a 'homosexual' (CRUSH HIM), an 'idiot' and a 'half-wit' (PLS IGNORE HIM FOLKS!!!). Ha ha ha ha, are you really laughing, Jimmymac?

[BesACB]

SOME people's eyes have been opened to the true nature of M's message. War on those who refuse to pay taxes to M's hordes (Q, Surah 9:29), cowardly political assassinations and other atrocities (several 'reliable' hadiths), the wholesale massacre of the men and boys of a Jewish village, after they had surrendered (Ibn Ishaq/Ibn Hisham), hateful anti-semitism (Q passim), 3 of the first 4 successors of M killed in religio-political power struggles....the list goes on and on.

[hoyfanofboulder]

This guy (the interviewer) seems totally politically driven and constantly interrupts to make points and/or his political questions answered. he is not letting him talk.

[jimmymac61]

This guy is just a louse who is in it for the money and because he is a homosexual. I love the way the Christian bigots supports half-wits like him and Hirsi Ali just because they attack Islam. Muslims don't care what Christian Zionists think you know. Every year tens of thousands leave Christianity and Judaism to come to Islam, you guys are just so upset you put your faith in idiots like Twoface and Ali but if you think they will defeat Islam with their lies then ..... Ha ha ha ha ha

[Rockster969]

If you are against that brave lady Ayaan Hirsi Ali you are a fucking piece of shit.She been mutilated by religion,just leave her the fuck alone

[Ele3tricEye]

the US gets horny when people have information they dont have

[modelfan1979]

My question for you, is what Muslim organization organized an aid drive for residents of Sderot? None did or even said one word of condemnation over what was happening since their lives don't matter, since they are Jews which makes them subhuman...

Just shows the difference between the two cultures.

[modelfan1979]

I love Tafwik Hamid. He is a total hero and one of my major influences when it comes to my thinking regarding the Arab world and Islam.