Walid Shoebat

Walid Shoebat
Born
West Bank
NationalityAmerican, Palestinian Arab
Occupation(s)Speaker, author
Notable work
  • Why I Left Jihad: The Root of Terrorism and the Return of Radical Islam (2005)
  • Why We Want to Kill You: The Jihadist Mindset and How to Defeat it (2007)
  • God's War on Terror: Islam, Prophecy and the Bible (2008, with Joel Richardson)
ChildrenTheodore Shoebat

Walid Shoebat (Arabic: وليد شعيبات) is a Palestinian American speaker, author and a critic of Islam. He was born in the West Bank to an American mother, and converted to Christianity from Islam.[1][2] Shoebat has claimed to be an ex-PLO terrorist in a CNN television interview.[2] He is a self-proclaimed expert on the dangers of Islam[2] and is also a strong supporter of the State of Israel.[1] Shoebat has also claimed that he firebombed the Israeli bank Bank Leumi;[2] however, after thoroughly investigating this claim, reporters and officials have found no evidence of any attack on the bank in 1979.[3]

  1. ^ a b Luyken, Jorg (March 30, 2008). "The Palestinian 'terrorist' turned Zionist". Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on 2010-07-20. Retrieved March 23, 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d "'Ex-terrorist' rakes in homeland security bucks". CNN. July 7, 2011. Archived from the original on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
  3. ^ "'Ex-terrorist' rakes in homeland security bucks". www.cnn.com. Retrieved 2021-10-05.