An extraordinary Palestinian

Friends, here is another profile in courage.

Waleed Al-Husseini is a Palestinian blogger and essayist who was arrested and tortured by the Palestinian Authority.  he is now in France, where he writes with extraordinary clarity and boldness.

Here are a few examples:

“The only ones who create stigmatization are the Muslims themselves. This is a tested strategy which consists of turning oneself into a so-called ‘victim’ in order to tighten the links within the Muslim community and to claim that it is being targeted because of its faith. They try to blame the fight on their identity.

“Unfortunately, with rare exceptions, Muslims discreetly approve or at least try to justify the attacks. The adherence of Muslims to Islam prevails over their adherence to a nation or a country. It is inconceivable at this stage that Islam will side against those who strictly apply its teachings. However, some leaders brilliantly handled taqiyya, or ‘dissimulation’: they verbally condemned the attacks while refraining from castigating Islamic ideology.”

Click here for a fascinating interview.