Yasmine Mohammed - 24 Sept

All those interested in how humans overcome adversity must read this book. Yasmine is one of the bravest people of our time. She is a shining example
to all of us. ~Ayaan Hirsi Ali, author of Infidel

Unveiled

How Western Liberals
Empower Radical Islam

Yasmine Mohammed

Copyright 2019 by Yasmine Mohammed.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any meanselectronic, mechanical, photocopying, or scanningwithout written permission from the author except by reviewers who may quote.

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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Title: Unveiled: how western liberals empower radical Islam / Yasmine Mohammed.

Names: Mohammed, Yasmine, 1974- author. | Free Hearts Free Minds (Organization), publisher.

Identifiers: Canadiana (print) 20190174986 | Canadiana (ebook) 20190174994 | ISBN 9781999240509

(Softcover) | ISBN 9781999240516 (PDF)

Subjects: LCSH: Mohammed, Yasmine, 1974- | LCSH: Muslim womenCanadaBiography. | LCSH: Muslims

Western countriesSocial conditions. | LCSH: IslamWestern countriesPublic opinion. | LCSH: Islamic fundamentalism. | LCSH: IslamCustoms and practices. | LCGFT: Autobiographies.

Classification: LCC FC106.M9 Z7 2019 | DDC 305.48/697092dc23

Printed in Canada

All those interested in how humans overcome adversity must read this book. Yasmine is one of the bravest people of our time. She is a shining example to all of us.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali, author of Infidel

Too many of us fail to realize that the principal victims of the unspeakable cruelty that fervent adherence to Islam inspires (not to mention the bossy control-freakery that invades even minute details of everyday life) are Muslims themselves. Especially women. Yasmine Mohammeds heartrending, brave, and beautifully written book brings this home in a way that should finally change the minds of even the most deeply misguided apologists in our well-meaning liberal midst.

Richard Dawkins, author of The God Delusion

Women and freethinkers in traditional Muslim communities inherit a double burden. If they want to live in the modern world, they must confront not only the theocrats in their homes and schools, but many secular liberalswhose apathy, sanctimony, and hallucinations of racism throw yet another veil over their suffering. In Unveiled, Yasmine Mohammed accepts this challenge as courageously as anyone Ive ever met, putting the lie to the dangerous notion that criticizing the doctrine of Islam is a form of bigotry. Let her wisdom and bravery inspire you.

Sam Harris, author of The End of Faith

Insider personal accounts form powerful testimonies. Deeply moving, at times depressing but filled with hope for what can be, instead of what is, Yasmines story is no exception. Ex-Muslim women are likely to be the most oppressed minority group around the world. Name one other personal choice that can lead to honour-based violence coupled with mob execution in countries that we consider our allies. No liberal is worth their salt if they neglect these minorities within minorities. And Muslims worldwide must recognize this tyranny within our ranks. I hope Yasmines brave personal account can contribute to raising such desperately needed awareness.

Maajid Nawaz, author of Radical

Yasmine Mohammed is a very courageous woman and a shining example for all women who have faced abuse either under the guise of religion or culture. Yasmine's story is tragic and compelling at the same time. She weathered something no human should endure. Her story is also one of tenacity and courage because "There is no excuse for Abuse"

Raheel Raza, author of Their Jihad, not my Jihad

Table of Contents

For Tiffers

This book is for every person who feels crushed under the enormous pressure and terrifying threats of Islam. I hope my story helps you and inspires you to break free and spread your own gorgeous wings.

This book is also for those of you who feel compelled to demonize all Muslims. I hope you will see that we are all just human beings and that we all battle our own demons.

This book is for anyone who feels a duty to defend Islam from scrutiny and criticism. I hope you will see that whenever you deflect criticism, you are deflecting the light from shining on millions of people imprisoned in darkness.

And last, but most definitely not least, this book is for my fellow warriors. My fellow ex-Muslims, my fellow atheists, my fellow freethinkers, and my fellow troublemakers.

By Rick Fabbro

At 11:26 a.m. on July 17, 2018, my phone dinged. I am never sure which ding is associated with which app so I started scrolling through email, Facebook, Twitter, the word games I play with my friends; finally I opened a messaging text.

Hi Mr. Fabbro. I was your Gr 8 Drama student in 1988/89... I am not sure if you remember me...

Upon reading the message my heart took a little skip. Quiet tears wetted my cheeks.

Yasmine, not only do I remember you, I have thought about you many, many times over the last 30 years!

With intense clarity, a memory once again came to mind of a courageous thirteen-year-old girl sitting across from me in my office describing horrors perpetrated upon her that challenge ones ability to believe that a human being could be so cruel to another, let alone another so helpless and harmless. She pledged determination to take her story to the authorities who would rescue her from her dreadful homelife.

Authorities were engaged, and I didnt see her again. I assumed she was whisked off to a safe home and eventually all would be well. At the end of the year, I transferred to a different school and was left wondering about how Yasmines future played out.

I just wanted to say thank you. Things didnt work out, as the judge deemed it cultural freedom for my family to abuse me.

My heart sank. Now, instead of merely wondering how her life evolved over the last thirty years, questions burned in me. We arranged to meet. We hugged. We talked and cried. She asked me to read a draft of this book.

Unveiled tells the whole compelling story. It answers the questions. Family forces, government forces, religious and cultural forces all tried to exert their power over her. This book, despite moments when she feels defeated, tells how her courage and determination prevail.

This is an important book not just for the gripping personal story she shares, but because her story is not unique. Yas is a voice that must be heard by people everywhere feeling oppressed by powers hindering their opportunity to live a free life.

~ Rick Fabbro

I have found it impossible to talk to anyone about my problems. I couldnt face the embarrassment, and anyway I lack the courage. Any courage I had was knocked out of me when I was young. But now, all of sudden I have a sort of desperate wish to tell everything to somebody.

~ Roald Dahl, Matilda