Reddit mentions of Islamic Fascism

Which book is best for getting your friend to be open and honest with himself very much depends on his character, personality, preferences. Does he get easily offended when people contradict him, or does he carefully consider all arguments that imply he may be mistaken?

Either way, I don't think The God Delusion is the best book to give to him, since it primarily talks about Christianity. Many things are true for all religions, but I think a book dealing with Islam specifically would be better.

One option: Hamed Abdel-Samad – Islamic Fascism. He grew up in Egypt as the son (and grandson and great-grandson) of an imam and started learning the Koran by heart when he was three years old. He is now a humanist (and an atheist) and lives in Germany. I have met him in person, he is a great guy and a good writer.

Unfortunately, this was the only one of his books I could find that was translated into English. His book “Mein Abschied vom Himmel” (“My Farewell From Heaven”), in which he tells his own personal story that led him to becoming an atheist, or “Mohamed – Eine Abrechnung” (“Mohamed – A Reckoning”) would probably be better for your friend, because he could better relate to them, but to my knowledge they haven' been translated (yet?).

Everyone should read Islamic Fascism by Hamed Abdel-Samad


http://www.amazon.com/Islamic-Fascism-Hamed-Abdel-Samad/dp/1633881245

Good book on the topic by an actual refugee who tried to teach about real Islam and its roots, had to leave his country (Egypt) because of threats from clerics.

https://www.amazon.com/Islamic-Fascism-Hamed-Abdel-Samad/dp/1633881245

Then he had to leave Germany as well, he was accused of "sedition".

http://gatesofvienna.net/2014/07/hamed-abdel-samad-says-auf-wiedersehen-to-germany/

The book ("Der Untergang der islamischen Welt" eng.: "The decay of the islamic world") by Hamed Abdel-Samad is only available in German. His book "Islamic Fascism" is available in English though. I bet it's interesting too.

http://www.amazon.com/Islamic-Fascism-Hamed-Abdel-Samad/dp/1633881245/ref=sr_1_1/181-5597179-6227443?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1449353523&sr=1-1

Though the part about Waraqa is only like 2-3 pages in the book anyway.

He is refering to this (arabic) book, which is banned in Lebanon:

"Priest and Prophet : Research On the Rise of Islam"

http://www.muhammadanism.org/Arabic/book/hariri/priest_prophet_book.pdf

There's also a French translation, none in English it seems.

I must admit I am a really big fan of Hamed Abdel Samad, he has written great books like Islamic Fascism which go through the history of Islam and promote a reform on the political and legal parts of the religion. Also he contributes a lot to the debate about islam in Germany.

Unfortunately he gets fuck all support from the government, who instead give millions to Saudi and Turkish radical organizations like DITIB who run over 800 mosques in Germany filled with hate preachers.

People like this have never received any support... and they are the only ones with an organic and long term solution to the problem.