Waleed Al-Husseini
Waleed Al-Husseini (born June 25, 1989 in Qalqiliya ) is a Palestinian essayist , writer and blogger .
In October 2010, the Palestinian Authority arrested him for allegedly blasphemy against Islam on Facebook and in blog posts. His arrest attracted international attention.
He later fled to France , where he successfully applied for asylum and in 2013 founded the French branch of the Central Council of Ex-Muslims . In 2015 he published his experiences in the book Blasphémateur! Les prisons d'Allah (The prisons of Allah).
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Maryam Namazie interviews Al-Husseini about Blasphémateur (2016).
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Blasphemate! Les prisons d'Allah , 2015, Grasset. ISBN 978-2-246-85461-6
- German translation: Waleed Al-Husseini: The Blasphemer: The Price I Paid for Rejecting Islam . Skyhorse Publishing, New York City 2017, ISBN 978-1-62872-675-6 .
- Une trahison française. Les collaborationnistes de l'islam radical devoilés ("A French Treason: The Collaborators of Radical Islam Unveiled"), 2017, Editions Ring. ISBN 979-10-91447-57-7
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Commons : Waleed Al-Husseini - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Al-Husseini, Waleed |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Palestinian essayist, writer, and blogger |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 25, 1989 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Qalqiliya |