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Who Is Walid?
Biography Of Walid Shoebat
For the record, my name is Walid Shoebat. I used to be a radicalized Muslim willing to die for the
cause of Jihad until I converted to Christianity in 1994. As a member of the PLO I was involved in
terror activity, and was imprisoned in Jerusalem for three weeks. In prison, I was recruited to plant a
bomb in Bethlehem as a result of which, thank God, no one was injured. My mother was an
American and my father a Palestinian Arab. My parents sent me in 1978 to the United States to study
at Loop College in Chicago Illinois.
There I was recruited at a hotel Terror Conference by Jamal Said, a founder of the IAP (Islamic
Association of Palestine) and Imam at one of the largest mosques in Chicago. The IAP was a
forerunner to todays Hamas terror organization and also to the terror front group CAIR (Council for
American Islamic relations). This was in the early 1980s when I was being trained for Jihad activities
in the USA along with many other young foreigners as well as US citizens. The Imams were the
prime recruiters for terrorism then as they are still today and terror conferences are held all over the
USA to this day. Here is a link to a sample we have on video which was held in 1989, over twelve
years before the 9/11 attacks.
Today, Jamal Said is still the Imam of the Bridgeview Mosque in Chicago. Based on my eye witness
testimony, he supports terrorism and and is a major player in the operations of the Jihadi movements
in the USA yet he is still free at large. I state the above so you know, Congressman King, my
background and firsthand knowledge of the issue. I speak to the American people to warn and
educate them about the very great dangers which are very underplayed both by our media and our
political leaders.
Now that you have brief details of my background, I would like to offer my expert opinion, if you
can call me an expert but perhaps an experienced former terrorist would be more appropriate.
We focus on Al-Qaeda, yet the danger is not only from Al-Qaeda but also other Islamic terror
groups. Our administration, however, focuses on a narrow tunnel. Lets look at some examples: Abu
Mezer, during 2007, intended to blow up a subway system. He was a member of Hamas, not Al-
Qaeda. Najibullah Zazi was a member of Al-Qaeda, Shahzad belonged to the Taliban and Abu-
Mezer was a member of Hamas which one is a greater threat? All of these terrorists were
influenced in one way or another by the Muslim Brotherhood, the cartel and mother umbrella of all
terror organizations.
Our policy which places Al-Qaeda as the number one threat is an incorrect premise. All Islamist
organizations should be a priority beginning with CAIR and ISNA (Islamic Association of North
America). These, along with the MSA (Muslim Students Association), promote the Jihad terror
agenda and are responsible for spreading Radical Islam. The US University campuses are a major
recruiting ground for terrorists.
All terrorists are radicalized through undue influence by Islamist organizations beginning with their
local Mosque as well as from abroad. The US home grown terrorists Zazi and Shahzad traveled to
Qatar and Pakistan in August 2008 in an attempt to reach Afghanistan. They intended to conduct
Jihad against America [the] Occupier, they said.
We need to stop recognizing the legitimacy of Muslim pressure groups. We must understand that
these so-called moderate Muslims have been proven as misrepresenting themselves to the media and
the public. They are part and parcel of the Muslim Brotherhood apparatus to distract the public and
mislead people on the issues of the Radical Muslim agenda.
Imam Rauf, who has been given a significant level of respect by our government, is a supporter of
terrorism. He made the follwing statement in Arabic: People asked me right after the 9/11 attacks as
to why movements with political agendas carry [Islamic] religious names. Why call it Muslim
Brotherhood or Hezbollah (Party of Allah) or Hamas or Islamic Resistance Movement? I
answer them this that the trend towards Islamic Law and Justice begins in religious movements,
because secularism has failed to deliver what the Muslim wants, which is life, liberty and the pursuit
of happiness.
Imam Rauf also said, The only law that the Muslim needs exists already in the Koran and the
Hadith. From an article titled Sharing The Essence Of Our Beliefs by Feisal Abdul Rauf, Al-Ghad
Newspaper in Jordan, 5/9/2009 http://www.alghad.com/?article=12635.
While we can assume that Feisal Abdul Rauf will not participate in an explosive act, he sure supports
organizations that trend towards what he calls Islamic Law and Justice. His words are more
encouraging to the terrorists than they are to seeking a bridge to peace and harmony between
Muslims and Non-Muslims in the US. The rhetoric of Islamic leaders in the Arabic language needs to
be closely monitored, as it can identify them as fomenters of hate and terrorist recruiters.
Mainstream Muslim organizations that purport to act in the interests of our nation as loyal citizens
are beyond a doubt, doing quite the opposite. Statements worse than those of Imam Rauf, including
direct financial and moral support to Islamic terrorists, have been carried out by members of all the
major Islamic organizations in America and are the purveyors of radicalism.
Ghassan Elashi of CAIR is serving 65-year prison sentence for funneling over 12 million dollars
from the Holy Land Foundation to Hamas. Mousa Abu Marzook, a former CAIR official, was
designated in 1995 by the U.S. government as a terrorist and Hamas leader. He now is a Hamas
leader in Syria. Randall Royer, CAIRs former civil rights coordinator, began serving a 20-year
prison sentence in 2004 for aiding Al-Qaeda and the Taliban against American troops in Afghanistan
as well as recruiting for Lashkar e-Taiba, the jihadist group responsible for the 2008 Jihad massacres
in Mumbai. Bassem Khafagi, CAIRs former community relations director, was arrested for
involvement with the Islamic Assembly of North America, which was linked to Al-Qaeda. After
pleading guilty to visa and bank fraud charges, Khafagi was deported. Rabih Haddad, a former CAIR
fundraiser, was deported for his work with the Global Relief Foundation (which he co-founded), a
terror-financing organization.
The number one radical Islamic organization in the USA is CAIR, which needs to be probed and shut
down for sponsoring terror. Many peace-loving Muslims do support a probe of CAIR and the other
major Islamic organizations. Those who dont are likely supporting the radical agenda. While the
terrorists goal is to spread Sharia, the Islamist political agenda creates radical Muslims, both of
which have a goal to threaten our Constitution and replace it with Sharia law. Both act
simultaneously to eradicate our way of life.
Congressman King:

Jihad, or what we define as Terrorism, comes in three forms Jihad by the pen, Jihad by the sword
and Jihad by finance. When one is not in a position of military strength he uses the pen, or
propaganda. If one has military strength, he uses violence, including acts of terror. Jihad by finance
comes in the form of money to fund both the propaganda and the terror. The major criticism of your
hearing has come from CAIR and other major Muslim organizations, and the reason is simple your
efforts may threaten to expose their real agenda.
Engagements
Walid has spoken all over America and the world including Chile, Mexico,
Canada, the UK and South Africa. He has also appeared on national television stations all over the
world including CNN, CNN International, FOX News,
ITN, RTE, NBC, CBS, and ABC. He has also been featured on BBC
radio 4 and 5.
Speaking Highlights
Lecture at Harvard Law School
Special Forum on Capitol Hill, Washington, DC
Lecture at Columbia Unversity
Lecture at Concordia University
Lectures at UCLA, USC, University of Georgia, Washington University, Penn State, San Diego
State and many others.
Keynote Address to more than 700 Jewish leaders and rabbis from all over North America and the
world at the Aish Partners Conference in Stamford, CT, the highlight of Aishs calendar, and again in
New York later in November.
Encounter Conference, the largest gathering of Orthodox Jews in the UK.
Jewish communities of St. Petersburg, Memphis, St. Louis, Scranton, Chicago, Los Angeles, New
York, Albany, Dallas, Tampa, W. Palm Beach, Seattle, Cincinnati, Toronto, Montreal, Winnepeg,
Calgary, Vancouver, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Rockville, MD, Atlanta, Minneapolis,
Phoenix, and soon Las Vegas and Cleveland.
Press
Walids story was published in the Irish Times, The Sunday Telegraph, The Sunday Express UK
(Front Page), and a multitude of papers in the USA.
He has appeared on ITN news with Angela Rippon and BBC radio 4 and radio 5, Israel National
News, the Janet Parshall Show, the Dennis Prager Show, Michael Medved, the Glen Beck Show, as
well as QR77 Calgary, CHQR Winnipeg, America Tonight, WABC, WTIC, WKBN, the BBC News
web site, the Jerusalem Post, World Net Daily, Arlene Pecks cable TV show, and the Capitol
Report, an affiliate of CNN in Albany. Walid has done more than 100 radio shows in the last six
months alone.
Advocacy for Muslims
Spoke to Muslims (including Palestinians) at Hayward State Univ. in California, featured on the
video A Palestinians Journey.
Appeared on the American Iranian TV (Muslim) satellite station, broadcast all over Iran.
Advocate for Afghan Muslims in Northern California helped them save their businesses which
were being threatened by closure from unscrupulous city council members also fought against
discrimination against Afghan Muslims