Mr Yousef, who is known as Joseph by friends at the Barabbas Road church in San Diego, California, arrived in America 18 months ago but only recently made "the biggest decision of my life" to go public with his conversion to draw attention to how the

Palestinian leadership is "misleading" and exploiting its people.
"Palestinians look really ugly in front of everybody in the world and they are very, very good people , they are misled, and their picture is very dark because of this leadership.
"They need some help, they need people to stop lying to them, and lying to the world."

Mr Yousef was raised as a Muslim by his politically powerful family. His father, Hassan Yousef, a highly respected sheikh born in the West Bank town of al-Ghaniya near Ramallah, is a founding member of Hamas, whose military wing has instigated dozens of suicide bombings and other attacks against Israel since it was formed in 1987.Mr Yousef said that his doubts about Islam and Hamas crystallised when he realised not all Hamas leaders were like his father, a moderate who he describes as "open-minded, very humble and honest".

Mr Yousef said that he was appalled by the brutality of the movement, including the suicide bombers seeking glory through jihad.
"Hamas, they are using civilians' lives, they are using children, they are using the suffering of people every day to achieve their goals. And this is what I hate," he said.cNevertheless he does not advocate the "collapse of Islam", but rather for people to acknowledge that after 1,400 years "it's not working any more".
He said: "It's not taking them anywhere. It's making them look ugly."

He hopes that Muslims will begin to question their religion and "fix it" by rejecting the parts that call for "killing others, cutting hands, cutting legs, torturing people and asking for destruction of entire civilisations".

He said that after he converted to Christianity, he decided he had to escape and "live my life away from violence because I couldn't coexist with that situation as a Christian."
"I was thinking, what is my responsibility now? To see people dying every day or to stand up and say, this is wrong, this is right and be strong about this? So I had to make this move."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/palestinianauthority/2613399/Mosab-Hassan-Yousef-son-of-Hamas-leader-becomes-a-Christian.html

Another blindingly obvious illustration that Hamas' struggle has more to do with an intolerant Islamist worldview than any perceived Israeli injustices.

@4Play,

You know I saw the article a while back but just didn't post it on this forum for obvious reasons. I really think those who will rather take religion out of the Middle East conflict are either extremely ignorant or totally blind.

is he really now a christian or is this a ruse to stay in the US?

Another time bomb ready to explode... Who sends him?

Freekychuks:
Another time bomb ready to explode... Who sends him?

Righteousness89:
The Blood of JESUS has the Capacity to Wash and Cleanse any one Irrespective of Nation, Race, Religion, Past deeds or Whatever..

That's the Loving, Merciful and Wonderful Nature of My Lord , Savior and King, Jesus Christ..

Welcome Home Brother....

*yimu*

Palestinian Muslims are not as fanatical as Nigerian Muslims. They of course have christians amongst them in fact more Christians than you have in Israel. If you look at their story well without any bias, you'll pity them as they are being oppressed. But alas, it's being politicized.

sbaks:
*yimu*

Because he acknowledged the greatness of Jesus Christ that is y you called him yimu.
Well it was not him that U insulted if U will understand what am saying.