Walid al-Kubaisi
Encyclopedia
Walid al-Kubaisi is a Norwegian-Iraqi writer
and author
. His criticism of Islamism
includes the documentary film
Frihet, likhet og Det muslimske brorskap.
, Iraq
. He migrated from the country to Norway
as a political refugee in 1981 due to war. He regards himself to be a "secular Muslim".
In addition to writing non-fiction books, he has translated Arabic poetry to Norwegian
; poems by Faisal Hashmi in 2008 and by Eftikhar Ismaeil in 2010.
is a political uniform for the militant Islamist movement. He says that if Islamists are successful in making the hijab synonymous with Islam, the Islamists will have achieved a victory in the West which they have not been able to accomplish in Muslim countries. He also notes that the hijab was only created in the 1980s after Ayatollah Khomeini's Iranian revolution
, and that it unlike national Islamic dresses like the burqa
, is a dress exclusively created for the universal political Islamist movement.
He claims that Tariq Ramadan
is an Islamist, who "speaks with two tongues"; smoothly and articulate in the West, and purely Islamist in the Muslim community and the suburbs. He claims that Ramadan seeks to Islamize the West, but in a more patient manner than the likes of Osama bin Laden
.
He believes that the Muslim Brotherhood
is the "mother organization" for the world's Islamist political ideology. He says that the Muslim Brotherhood has a plan to conquer Europe by the hijab, high birth rates and democracy
; Islamists are exploiting Western democracy to reach their own anti-democratic goals. His 2010 documentary Frihet, likhet og det muslimske brorskap discusses this, where he also interview several Arab intellectuals who support his claims. He also claims that notable Norwegian Muslims such as Mohammad Usman Rana
, Lena Larsen and Basim Ghozlan represents the ideology of the Brotherhood in Norway, and that Abid Raja of the Norwegian Liberal Party is a "running boy" for Islamists.
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
and author
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
. His criticism of Islamism
Islamism
Islamism also , lit., "Political Islam" is set of ideologies holding that Islam is not only a religion but also a political system. Islamism is a controversial term, and definitions of it sometimes vary...
includes the documentary film
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
Frihet, likhet og Det muslimske brorskap.
Personal life and career
Al-Kubaisi was born in BaghdadBaghdad
Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040...
, Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
. He migrated from the country to Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
as a political refugee in 1981 due to war. He regards himself to be a "secular Muslim".
In addition to writing non-fiction books, he has translated Arabic poetry to Norwegian
Norwegian language
Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is the official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants .These Scandinavian languages together with the Faroese language...
; poems by Faisal Hashmi in 2008 and by Eftikhar Ismaeil in 2010.
Views
According to him, the hijabHijab
The word "hijab" or "'" refers to both the head covering traditionally worn by Muslim women and modest Muslim styles of dress in general....
is a political uniform for the militant Islamist movement. He says that if Islamists are successful in making the hijab synonymous with Islam, the Islamists will have achieved a victory in the West which they have not been able to accomplish in Muslim countries. He also notes that the hijab was only created in the 1980s after Ayatollah Khomeini's Iranian revolution
Iranian Revolution
The Iranian Revolution refers to events involving the overthrow of Iran's monarchy under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and its replacement with an Islamic republic under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of the...
, and that it unlike national Islamic dresses like the burqa
Burqa
A burqa is an enveloping outer garment worn by women in some Islamic religion to cover their bodies in public places. The burqa is usually understood to be the woman's loose body-covering , plus the head-covering , plus the face-veil .-Etymology:A speculative and unattested etymology...
, is a dress exclusively created for the universal political Islamist movement.
He claims that Tariq Ramadan
Tariq Ramadan
Tariq Ramadan is a Swiss academic, poet and writer. He is also a Professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies in the Faculty of Oriental Studies at Oxford University...
is an Islamist, who "speaks with two tongues"; smoothly and articulate in the West, and purely Islamist in the Muslim community and the suburbs. He claims that Ramadan seeks to Islamize the West, but in a more patient manner than the likes of Osama bin Laden
Osama bin Laden
Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden was the founder of the militant Islamist organization Al-Qaeda, the jihadist organization responsible for the September 11 attacks on the United States and numerous other mass-casualty attacks against civilian and military targets...
.
He believes that the Muslim Brotherhood
Muslim Brotherhood
The Society of the Muslim Brothers is the world's oldest and one of the largest Islamist parties, and is the largest political opposition organization in many Arab states. It was founded in 1928 in Egypt by the Islamic scholar and schoolteacher Hassan al-Banna and by the late 1940s had an...
is the "mother organization" for the world's Islamist political ideology. He says that the Muslim Brotherhood has a plan to conquer Europe by the hijab, high birth rates and democracy
Democracy
Democracy is generally defined as a form of government in which all adult citizens have an equal say in the decisions that affect their lives. Ideally, this includes equal participation in the proposal, development and passage of legislation into law...
; Islamists are exploiting Western democracy to reach their own anti-democratic goals. His 2010 documentary Frihet, likhet og det muslimske brorskap discusses this, where he also interview several Arab intellectuals who support his claims. He also claims that notable Norwegian Muslims such as Mohammad Usman Rana
Mohammad Usman Rana
Mohammad Usman Rana is a Norwegian Pakistani commentator, columnist and medical doctor, achieving his degree at the University of Oslo.-Early life:He was born in Norway, and grew up in Husvik in southern Tønsberg...
, Lena Larsen and Basim Ghozlan represents the ideology of the Brotherhood in Norway, and that Abid Raja of the Norwegian Liberal Party is a "running boy" for Islamists.
Books
- Allahs lille brune : Koranen og profetens ord i utvalg, editor Walid al-Kubaisi and Ronnie Johanson, Religionskritisk forlag, 1989, ISBN 82-7265-015-0
- Min tro, din myte. Aventura, 1996
- Sinbads verden. Children's book. Pantagruel, 1997
- Gleden er ikke mitt yrke. Pantagruel, 1998
- Halvmånens hemmeligheter. Pantagruel, 1998
- Rasisme forklart for barn : en bok for barn i alle aldre, og med alle hudfarger, Pantagruel, 2001, ISBN 82-7900-127-1
Articles (selection)
- Vestens bin Laden (Aftenposten, 01.04.03)
- Islamforskerne har sviktet (Aftenposten, 03.12.03)
- Ytringsfrihetens grenser og islamforskernes dilemma (Aftenposten, 15.12.03)
- Den sanne historien om slør og skaut i islam (Aftenposten, 03.02.04)
- Iraks skakkjørte grunnlov (Aftenposten, 24.10.05)
- Integrering er å være trygg (Aftenposten, 08.06.06)
- Wergelands toleranse (Aftenposten, 03.05.08)