Former Muslim Speaks Out Against Terrorism, Gets Accused of Hate

A former Muslim terrorist who became a Christian says he won't be intimidated by a Muslim advocacy group that is up in arms over a recent appearance he and several colleagues made at the U.S. Air Force Academy.

Walid Shoebat, Kamal Saleem, and Zachariah Anani were invited to speak at the Colorado Springs school on the topic of dismantling terrorism. Their appearance was part of a weeklong conference on terrorism that was organized by Academy cadets under the auspices of the political science department.
 
But even before Wednesday's appearance, the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) demanded that the school include faithful Muslims to balance the presentation -- claiming the three speakers use hateful rhetoric against Islam. "Their entire world view is based on the idea that Islam is evil," Ibrahim Hooper, CAIR spokesman, told the New York Times. "We want to provide a balancing perspective to their hate speech."
 
But Walid Shoebat says it was an Islamic student sent by CAIR who displayed hate. "One of our colleagues, Kamal Saleem, after finishing speaking was approached by Omar Khalifa, a Palestinian student, [who] gave him a death threat," says Shoebat. "And there was a report, of course, and investigation over this whole issue."
 
Shoebat says this is not the Middle East. "We don't deserve to get death threats from Muslims who are coming here as students and who are immigrating to this country to try to run this country the way they want back in the Middle East," he argues. "This is the United States of America, and we are entitled to free speech."
 
According to Shoebat, authorities are looking into the situation, but he does not know what action might be taken.
 
The New York Times also reports that a group known as Members of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation was critical of the three former Muslims speaking on campus, saying it was "typical" of the Academy to invite "born-again Christians to address cadets on terrorism rather than experts who could teach students about the Middle East." The group is suing the federal government to combat what it considers creeping evangelism in the armed forces.
 
Reportedly, Mr. Anani did tell students during his talk that converting from Islam to Christianity saved his life.

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Comment from Reformed Faith:

Well, DUH. Of course they're going to try and use our own legal system against us! They want us to be silent so they can permeate our culture so much that our American culture and our Christian spiritual heritage will be drowned under the muck of their oppression.