Raheem Kassam
Raheem Kassam (born August 1, 1986) is a conservative activist from the United Kingdom residing the Washington, D.C. He is the editor of The National Pulse.. He served as the editor-in-chief of the London section of Breitbart News from 2014 to mid-2018, and he was active in the UK Independence Party. He takes strongly conservative and Euroskeptic positions on political issues. Kassam is a former Muslim and former atheist, who now describes his religious beliefs as "Christian".
Kassam is the author of two books, the first one, No Go Zones: How Sharia Law Is Coming to a Neighborhood Near You, published in 2017,[1] and the second one, Enoch Was Right: 'Rivers of Blood' 50 Years On, published in 2018.[2]
After leaving Breitbart, he founded a group with Steve Bannon to help patriotic forces in Europe.[3] He later became Editor in Chief of the conservative magazine Human Events, serving until August 2019.[4]
Kassam, when attacked by Ron DeSantis supporters in 2023, described his religious beliefs as "Christian".[5]
Views
Kassam, who is himself an ex-Muslim and ex-atheist, is a staunch critic of Islam. Kassam views Islam as a political ideology, not a religion, and has compared it to fascism, further stating that the Koran is "fundamentally evil".[6]
References
- ↑ Kassam, Raheem (2017). No Go Zones: How Sharia Law Is Coming to a Neighborhood Near You. Washington, D.C.: Regnery Publishing. ISBN 9781621576808.
- ↑ Kassam, Raheem (2018). Enoch Was Right: 'Rivers of Blood' 50 Years On. Self-published. ISBN 978-1980818823.
- ↑ Hosenball, Mark (July 23, 2018). Former Trump aide Bannon sets up group to undermine EU. Reuters. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
- ↑ Human Events Announces Changes to Leadership Team. Human Events. August 8, 2019. Retrieved August 9, 2019.
- ↑ DeSantis supporters are now attacking my religious beliefs (which are Christian, btw) because of my name/skin color??? Wow, disgusting.
- ↑ Keneally right on activist's Islam attack
