'Muslims need to decide where they stand'
- 8 years ago
January 7, 2015, the date of the bloodbath at French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo , was supposed to be a very special day for Waleed al-Husseini.
The young Palestinian blogger, thrown into jail by the Palestinian Authority for "insulting Islam," was released thanks to an international campaign and found asylum in France.
As radical Islamists coldly murdered journalists and cartoonists for their irreverent humor, al-Husseini was signing the first copies of the book, in which he settles the score with Islam and Palestinian society.
"When I saw the French response to the terror attack at Charlie Hebdo, it was obvious it wouldn't be the last attack," he added.
When al-Husseini arrived at the French embassy in Amman five years ago and asked for political asylum, he did not expect what he found in France, which, in his opinion, had become obsequious to Islam.
The young Palestinian blogger, thrown into jail by the Palestinian Authority for "insulting Islam," was released thanks to an international campaign and found asylum in France.
As radical Islamists coldly murdered journalists and cartoonists for their irreverent humor, al-Husseini was signing the first copies of the book, in which he settles the score with Islam and Palestinian society.
"When I saw the French response to the terror attack at Charlie Hebdo, it was obvious it wouldn't be the last attack," he added.
When al-Husseini arrived at the French embassy in Amman five years ago and asked for political asylum, he did not expect what he found in France, which, in his opinion, had become obsequious to Islam.