Daniel Ali
Encyclopedia
Daniel Ali is an Iraqi Kurdish
author, speaker and Islamic scholar. He was born in Iraqi Kurdistan
and lived through the ethnic cleansing and Anfal campaign during the Baathist period from 1975 to 1988. He has written two books Inside Islam: A Guide for Catholics (with coauthor Robert Spencer in 2003, and Out of Islam, Free at Last, in 2007. He often travels the United States
speaking to wide audiences about Islam, and Iraq.
In August, 2001, Ali launched Christian-Islamic Forum to advise the public on the agenda of radical Islam well underway in the West. His first book, Inside Islam: A Guide for Catholics, Ascension Press, 2003, was published to get the basic elements of Islam in the hands of those who wanted to read more.
His second book, Out of Islam, Free at Last, Tate Publishing
, 2007, presents a manual for engaging Muslims in productive conversations on the Koran. Mr. Ali is a member of the American Academy of Religion, where he delivered in March, 2008, a dissertation on the Theology of Slavery in Islam. The book begins with an account of his youth as a Muslim Kurd, through which he endured jail and torture. He writes that he escaped three death sentences under Saddam Hussein
.
Ali continues to challenge Muslims' historical misconceptions using the Qur'an
and the Hadith
. He is a regular speaker on Islam, and in Iraq in particular. He has been featured on numerous religious radio and television programs, including the EWTN's The Journey Home. In 2002, he was the co-host of the EWTN video series Islam and Christianity with Fr. Mitch Pacwa, S.J.
Kurdish people
The Kurdish people, or Kurds , are an Iranian people native to the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region known as Kurdistan, which includes adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey...
author, speaker and Islamic scholar. He was born in Iraqi Kurdistan
Iraqi Kurdistan
Iraqi Kurdistan or Kurdistan Region is an autonomous region of Iraq. It borders Iran to the east, Turkey to the north, Syria to the west and the rest of Iraq to the south. The regional capital is Arbil, known in Kurdish as Hewlêr...
and lived through the ethnic cleansing and Anfal campaign during the Baathist period from 1975 to 1988. He has written two books Inside Islam: A Guide for Catholics (with coauthor Robert Spencer in 2003, and Out of Islam, Free at Last, in 2007. He often travels the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
speaking to wide audiences about Islam, and Iraq.
Life and Works
Ali was active in his college years in Iraqi resistance efforts against Saddam Hussein. He was privy to techniques, propaganda tactics and strategies of various covert groups. He met and married his American wife while he was still living in Kurdistan. In September 1995, he became a born-again Christian, and thereafter commenced his writings on Islam. His writings and seminars over the last 15 years have taken him throughout the United States.In August, 2001, Ali launched Christian-Islamic Forum to advise the public on the agenda of radical Islam well underway in the West. His first book, Inside Islam: A Guide for Catholics, Ascension Press, 2003, was published to get the basic elements of Islam in the hands of those who wanted to read more.
His second book, Out of Islam, Free at Last, Tate Publishing
Tate Publishing & Enterprises
Tate Publishing & Enterprises, LLC is a Christian publisher that prints books of all types. In general, it operates on the vanity press model in which most authors pay for the publication of their books...
, 2007, presents a manual for engaging Muslims in productive conversations on the Koran. Mr. Ali is a member of the American Academy of Religion, where he delivered in March, 2008, a dissertation on the Theology of Slavery in Islam. The book begins with an account of his youth as a Muslim Kurd, through which he endured jail and torture. He writes that he escaped three death sentences under Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti was the fifth President of Iraq, serving in this capacity from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003...
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Ali continues to challenge Muslims' historical misconceptions using the Qur'an
Qur'an
The Quran , also transliterated Qur'an, Koran, Alcoran, Qur’ān, Coran, Kuran, and al-Qur’ān, is the central religious text of Islam, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God . It is regarded widely as the finest piece of literature in the Arabic language...
and the Hadith
Hadith
The term Hadīth is used to denote a saying or an act or tacit approval or criticism ascribed either validly or invalidly to the Islamic prophet Muhammad....
. He is a regular speaker on Islam, and in Iraq in particular. He has been featured on numerous religious radio and television programs, including the EWTN's The Journey Home. In 2002, he was the co-host of the EWTN video series Islam and Christianity with Fr. Mitch Pacwa, S.J.
Books
- Inside Islam: A Guide for Catholics, coauthor Robert Spencer, Ascension Press, 2003, ISBN 0965922855.
- Out of Islam: Free at Last, 168 pp., Tate Publishing, 2007, ISBN 159886761X.