Nonie Darwish ( ; born Nahid Darwish , 1949 ) is an American human rights activist and critic of Islam , and founder of Arabs for Israel , and is Director of Former Muslims United . She is the author of four books : '' Now They Call Me Infidel : Why I Renounced Jihad for America , Israel , and the War on Terror '' , '' Cruel and Usual Punishment : The Terrifying Global Implications of Islamic Law '' , '' The Devil We Do n't Know : The Dark Side of Revolutions in the Middle East '' , and '' Wholly Different : Why I Chose Biblical Values Over Islamic Values '' . Darwish 's speech topics cover human rights , with emphasis on women 's rights and minority rights in the Middle East . Born in Egypt , Darwish is the daughter of an Egyptian Army lieutenant general , who was called a " shahid " by the Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser , after being killed in a targeted killing by the Israel Defense Forces in 1956 . Darwish blames " the Middle Eastern Islamic culture and the propaganda of hatred taught to children from birth " for his death . In 1978 , she moved with her husband to the United States , and converted to Christianity there . In the aftermath of the September 11 , 2001 attacks , she has written on Islam-related topics
September 11 , 2001 attacks
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