Nonie Darwish

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Nonie Darwish

Nonie Darwish ( Arabic نوني درويش Nuni Darwisch , * 1949 in Cairo , Egypt ) is an Egyptian-American critic of Islam , founder of Arabs for Israel and director of Former Muslims United, and sees herself as a human rights activist. She is the daughter of a lieutenant in the Egyptian military , who wasreferred to as Shahid by Gamal Abdel Nasser because he was killed in a targeted killing operation by the armed forces of Israel in 1956. Darwish blames "Middle Eastern Islamic culture and the hate propaganda drilled into children from birth" for his death. In 1978 she and her husband moved to the United States and converted to Christianity . Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 , she has been writing on topics related to Islam .

Life

Nonie Darwish was born in Cairo in 1949 as Nahid Mustafa Hafiz Darwisch. Her family moved to Gaza in the 1950s , where her father founded the Palestinian fedayeen . With this terrorist unit, her father killed many Israeli civilians. In July 1956, when Darwish was eight years old, her father was killed by a letter bomb from the Israel Defense Forces. This made him the so-called " Shahid ". Darwish explains that Gamal Abdel Nasser said after her father died:

"Which of you will avenge your father's death by killing Jews?"

- Gamal Abdel Nasser

She explains that the Palestinians' claim that there was no terrorism before the Six Day War is false because her father was a terrorist before that war. After the death of her father, Darwish retired to Cairo , went to secondary Catholic school and received a doctorate in sociology and anthropology from the American University of Cairo . She then worked as a translator for an intelligence agency, emigrated to the United States and became a Christian . Since September 11th she has been writing about Islamic extremism and the - in her eyes - silence of moderate Muslims. She says:

“Just because I'm for Israel doesn't mean I'm anti-Arab. I mean my culture desperately needs reform from within. "

When asked how to encourage moderate Muslims to stand up against terrorism, Darwish replied:

“After September 11th, few Arab and Muslim Americans stood up to terrorism ... Muslim groups in the United States are trying to silence us and intimidating American universities into inviting us to speak. I often tell Muslim students that Arab Americans who oppose terrorism are not the problem, but the terrorists who discredit Islam. The West has to ask the politically incorrect questions and we Arab and Muslim Americans owe them honest answers. "

Darwish denies that she is the author of the essay "The Joys of Muslim Women". But she thinks this text is correct.

She has spoken before a committee of the United States Senate and the European Parliament . Several US universities invited them to give speeches that were then not allowed to be given.

Views on Islam

Darwish believes Islam is an authoritarian ideology that seeks to enforce the values ​​and norms of the 7th century Arabian Peninsula around the world. She writes that Islam is an "evil force" that needs to be countered and that needs to be contained. She admits that it is difficult to understand how "an entire religion and culture believes that God commands it to kill the unbelievers." She explains that Islam and Sharia are a backward ideology that is much to misery contribute to the world.

She explains that the Koran is a book which “calls for violence and discrimination” and that violence against women, discrimination against homosexuals , honor killings , the beheading of apostates and stoning come straight out of the Koran.

Arabs for Israel

Nonie Darwish is a committed supporter of Israel and founded the group Arabs for Israel , which consists of Arabs , but also other Muslims .

Awards

Published works

  • N. Darwish: Now They Call Me Infidel: Why I Renounced Jihad for America, Israel, and the War on Terror . Sentinel HC, 2006, ISBN 978-1-59523-031-7 .
  • N. Darwish: Cruel and Usual Punishment: The Terrifying Global Implications of Islamic Law . Thomas Nelson, Nashville, Tenn. 2009, ISBN 978-1-59555-161-0 .
  • N. Darwish: The Devil We Don't Know: The Dark Side of Revolutions in the Middle East . John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken NJ 2012, ISBN 978-1-118-13339-2 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Lisa Friedman: Ex-Muslim calls on her people to reject hatred. Los Angeles Daily News (reproduced), June 5, 2005, accessed October 5, 2009 .
  2. ↑ a b c We Don't Like to Hear That Here; Nonie Darwish is censored here and abroad. National Review Online, November 20, 2006, accessed October 5, 2009 .
  3. ↑ a b Blake Boldt, Nashville presentation focuses on homosexuality and the Islamic culture. In: Out & About Newspaper , October 4, 2011.
  4. ↑ James Langton: Life as an Infidel. Guardian, May 13, 2007; accessed October 6, 2009 .
  5. ↑ Yossi Mehlman: Targeted killings - a retro fashion very much in vogue. Haaretz , accessed October 6, 2009 .
  6. ^ Langton James: The power of the pen, and the sword of Islam. In: The Age. Retrieved May 20, 2007 .
  7. ^ Gray, Alan Mothers for Peace Challenge The Brainwashing of Middle East Children , News Blaze , Feb. 16, 2006.
  8. ↑ Interview with Daily Telegraph ; "We were brought up to hate and we do." February 12, 2006
  9. ↑ Call Me Infidel: An Ex-Muslim Speaks Out. In: CBN News . CBNNews.com, March 27, 2007, archived from the original on February 23, 2009 ; accessed on March 24, 2014 .
  10. ↑ a b Nonie Darwish: Director ( Memento of the original from August 8, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Former Muslims United . @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / formermuslimsunited.americancommunityexchange.org
  11. ↑ Urban legends
  12. ↑ 'Muslims are taught to hate America': 9/11 Senate hearing descends into shouting match after activist testifies
  13. ^ Nonie Darwish: 'no EU funding to Gaza Strip'
  14. ^ Darwish Engagement Canceled at Princeton - It's All Academic
  15. Jump up ↑ Snap Judgment: Nonie Darwish isn't afraid
  16. ↑ a b Patrick Keeney: Book Review: Cruel and Usual Punishment: The Terrifying Global Implications of Islamic Law by Nonie Darwish. (No longer available online.) National Post, February 17, 2009, archived from the original on April 27, 2011 ; Retrieved October 5, 2009 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / network.nationalpost.com
  17. ↑ Ilana Diamond: It's lonely being pro-Israel on campus. Jerusalem Post , August 15, 2008, accessed October 6, 2009 .
  18. ^ Nonie Darwish to Receive the "Woman of Exceptional Courage" Award at the First Annual Western Women's Summit. (No longer available online.) In: Press Release. CBLPI, April 22, 2008; archived from the original on October 17, 2012 ; Retrieved October 5, 2009 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cblpi.org
personal data
SURNAME Darwish, Nonie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES نوني درويش (Arabic); Darwish, Nuni
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Egyptian-US critic of Islam, founder of Arabs for Israel and director of Former Muslims United
DATE OF BIRTH 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Cairo , Egypt