Ken Dew

Piers Morgan Challenges Mosab Hassan After He Claims the Problem Is Islam, Not Muslims Piers Morgan: There are 2 billion Muslims in the world and 15 million Jews. People keep telling me that a lot of Muslims share the views of Islamists. But if even 10% felt that way, that would be 200 million people, and we’d see atrocities happening all the time. We don’t. I’d go further and say that 80 to 90% of the victims of Islamist terrorism are fellow Muslims. So it’s not as straightforward as some people with their own agendas portray it. Mosab Hassan: My father wanted me to follow in his footsteps and become a Hamas terrorist. But I went against my family’s wishes. I was born a Muslim. I studied Islam and classical Arabic, memorized huge portions of the Quran, prayed five times a day, attended a Sharia school, and studied Islamic law. At some point, I realized it was a dead end, leading to more violence, and I had to abandon that Islamic identity. The problem isn’t Muslims, the problem is Islam itself, with jihad being a unique concept to Islam. You don’t find it in Christianity or Buddhism. Piers Morgan: But we’re right—let me say Mosab Hassan: Please, let me finish. The vast majority of Muslims are peaceful people who don’t want violence. That’s human nature. But when Muslims identify with Islam, they give cover to jihadists, and in many cases, they identify with something they completely oppose. That’s the identity crisis within Islam.