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'''Hamed Abdel-Samad''' ({{lang-ar|حامد عبد الصمد}}, {{IPA-arz|ˈħæːmed ʕæbdesˈsˤɑmɑd|IPA}}; born in 1972 in [[Gizeh]], [[Egypt]]) is a [[Germany|German]]-Egyptian [[Political science|political scientist]], [[historian]] and [[author]].
'''Hamed Abdel-Samad''' ({{langx|ar|حامد عبد الصمد}}, ''Ḥāmid ʿAbd aṣ-Ṣamad'', {{IPA|arz|ˈħæːmed ʕæbdesˈsˤɑmɑd|IPA}}; born 1 February 1972) is a German-Egyptian author critical of [[Islam]].


== Life ==
== Life ==
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Abdel-Samad was born as the third of five children, the son of a [[Sunni Muslim]] [[imam]].<ref Name="taz20090908">[http://www.taz.de/1/leben/buch/artikel/1/ich-bin-zum-wissen-konvertiert/ Ich bin zum Wissen konvertiert (I converted to knowledge)], [[tageszeitung]], 8 September 2009, accessed on 8 January 2010.</ref> Abdel-Samad came to Germany in 1995 at the age of 23. He soon married a "rebellious, left-wing teacher with a penchant for mysticism" who was 18-years-older than himself. Abdel-Samad studied [[Japanese language|Japanese]], English and [[French language|French]] in Cairo<ref>[[Südwestrundfunk|SWR]]:[http://www.swr.de/swr1/bw/programm/leute/-/id=1895042/nid=1895042/did=5281022/1e3o8kj/index.html Der Ägypter und die erlittene Gewalt:Hamed Abdel-Samad (The Egyptian and the violence suffered:Hamed Abdel-Samad)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017201946/http://www.swr.de/swr1/bw/programm/leute/-/id=1895042/nid=1895042/did=5281022/1e3o8kj/index.html |date=17 October 2012 }}, retrieved on 27 December 2010</ref> as well as political science in [[Augsburg]]. He worked as a scholar in [[Erfurt]] and [[Braunschweig]]. In Japan, where he was involved with eastern spirituality, he met his second wife. He taught and conducted research until the end of 2009 at the Institute for Jewish History and Culture at the [[University of Munich]]; his dissertation topic was: ''Bild der Juden in ägyptischen Schulbüchern'' ("Image of the Jews in Egyptian textbooks”). Subsequently, he decided to become a full-time professional writer.


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A member of the [[Muslim Brotherhood]] in his university days, a stay in a summer camp run by them triggered doubts, causing him to become skeptical, and finally become an atheist.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/121559/rise-arab-atheists|title=Invisible Atheists|author=Ahmed Benchemsi|date=23 April 2015|magazine=New Republic}}</ref>
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Abdel-Samad was born as the third of five children, the son of a Muslim Sunni [[Imam]]. At the age of four he was raped by a 15-year-old, and again at the age of eleven by a 5-member group of young people in a cemetery.<ref Name="taz20090908">[http://www.taz.de/1/leben/buch/artikel/1/ich-bin-zum-wissen-konvertiert/ Ich bin zum Wissen konvertiert (I converted to knowledge)], [[tageszeitung]], 8 september 2009, accessed on 8 January 2010.</ref> Abdel-Samad came to Germany in 1995 at the age of 23. He soon married an 18 years older, "rebellious, left-wing teacher with a penchant for mysticism." Abdel-Samad studied [[Japanese language|Japanese]], English and [[French language|French]] in Cairo<ref>[[Südwestrundfunk|SWR]]:[http://www.swr.de/swr1/bw/programm/leute/-/id=1895042/nid=1895042/did=5281022/1e3o8kj/index.html Der Ägypter und die erlittene Gewalt:Hamed Abdel-Samad (The Egyptian and the violence suffered:Hamed Abdel-Samad)], retrieved on December 27, 2010</ref> as well as political science in Augsburg. He worked as a scholar in Erfurt and Braunschweig. In Japan, where he was involved with eastern spirituality, he met his second wife. He taught and conducted research until the end of 2009 at the Institute for Jewish History and Culture at the University of Munich; his dissertation topic was: ''Bild der Juden in ägyptischen Schulbüchern'' ("Image of the Jews in Egyptian textbooks”). Subsequently he decided to become a full-time professional writer.


On 24 November 2013, Egyptian news websites (citing his brother Mahmoud) reported that Hamed Abdel-Samad had been kidnapped.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dw.com/en/german-author-abdel-samad-resurfaces-in-egypt-after-kidnap-fears/a-17256338|title=German author Abdel-Samad resurfaces in Egypt after kidnap fears|work=DW.COM}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elwatannews.com/news/details/361524|title=الوطن - اختطاف الكاتب حامد عبدالصمد.. وشقيقه يتهم قيادات سلفية بعد إهدارهم دمه|date=26 November 2013 |publisher=}}</ref> It was then reported that he resurfaced on Wednesday 27 November 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.almasryalyoum.com/news/details/347653|title="الداخلية": عودة الروائي حامد عبدالصمد بعد اختطافه لمدة 3 أيام من قبل مجهولين|publisher=}}</ref> His mother denied that he had been kidnapped.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.albawabhnews.com/576545|title=البوابة نيوز: والدة حامد عبد الصمد: ابني لم يتعرض للاختطاف|work=البوابة نيوز|date=15 May 2014 }}</ref>
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A member of the [[Muslim Brotherhood]] in his university days, a stay in a summer camp run by them triggered doubts, causing him to evolve into an unbeliever and finally an atheist.
<ref>[http://www.newrepublic.com/article/121559/rise-arab-atheists http://www.newrepublic.com/article/121559/rise-arab-atheists]</ref>


== Work ==
== Work ==
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Abdel-Samad became known to the German public through his book ''Mein Abschied vom Himmel'' (''My Farewell from Heaven'', 2009). Abdel-Samad said that the book was neither an attack on his culture, nor a call to abandon the Muslim faith. Rather, he just wanted to understand the contradictions of his own life.<ref name="taz20090908"/> Following the book's publication in Egypt, a group issued a [[fatwa]] threatening Abdel-Samad and he was put under police protection.<ref name="taz20090908"/>


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Abdel-Samad calls for an "Islam light" in Europe without [[shari'a]], [[jihad]], "gender apartheid", [[proselytism]], and "entitlement mentality".<ref>Hamed Abdel-Samad: [http://www.tagesspiegel.de/meinung/kommentare/und-es-gibt-ihn-doch-den-islam/1658256.html Und es gibt ihn doch – den Islam! (And yet there is such a thing – Islam!)]- [[Tagesspiegel]] of 5 January 2010, retrieved on 27 December 2010.</ref> He criticized the German political establishment for appeasing Islam, while ignoring fears about Islam. According to Abdel-Samad, this behavior created resentment in the German population.<ref>Hamed Abdel-Samad. [http://www.tagesspiegel.de/meinung/andere-meinung/die-muslime-sind-zu-empfindlich/1836668.html Die Muslime sind zu empfindlich (The Muslims are too sensitive)], [[Tagesspiegel]], 1 December 2009.</ref>
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Abdel-Samad became known to the German public through his book ''Mein Abschied vom Himmel'' (''My Farewell from Heaven'') (2009). It is neither a settlement with his culture, nor a call to abandon the Muslim faith. According to Abdel-Samad, he just wanted to understand the contradictions of his life.<ref name="taz20090908"/> Following the book’s publication in Egypt a group issued a [[fatwa]] against Abdel-Samad and he was put under police protection.<ref name="taz20090908"/>


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Abdel-Samad participated in the 2nd German Islam Conference 2010-2013 held at the invitation of the German Federal Interior Minister [[Thomas de Maizière]].
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Abdel-Samad calls for an "Islam light" in Europe without [[shari'a]], [[jihad]], gender apartheid, [[proselytism]] and “entitlement mentality”.<ref>Hamed Abdel-Samad: [http://www.tagesspiegel.de/meinung/kommentare/und-es-gibt-ihn-doch-den-islam/1658256.html Und es gibt ihn doch - den Islam! (And it's there yet - Islam!)]- [[Tagesspiegel]] of 5 Jan. 2010, retrieved on December 27, 2010.</ref> He criticized the German political establishment for appeasing Islam, while ignoring fears about Islam. According to Abdel-Samad, this behavior created resentment in the German population.<ref>Hamed Abdel-Samad. [http://www.tagesspiegel.de/meinung/andere-meinung/die-muslime-sind-zu-empfindlich/1836668.html Die Muslime sind zu empfindlich (The Muslims are too sensitive)], [[Tagesspiegel]], 1 December 2009.</ref>

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Abdel-Samad participated in the German Islam Conference held at the invitation of the German Federal Interior Minister [[Thomas de Maizière]].


In autumn 2010, Abdel-Samad took the journalist [[Henryk M. Broder]] on a 30,000&nbsp;km-long road trip through Germany for a five-part TV series.
In autumn 2010, Abdel-Samad took the journalist [[Henryk M. Broder]] on a 30,000&nbsp;km-long road trip through Germany for a five-part TV series.


In an interview aired on [[Al-Hafez]] on June 7, 2013 (as translated by [[MEMRI]]), hardline Egyptian cleric and [[Al-Azhar University|Al-Azhar]] professor Mahmoud Shaaban<ref>[http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/02/2013271927215636.html Security hiked for Egypt opposition], Aljazeera, February 7, 2013.</ref><ref>[http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/07/us-egypt-islamists-idUSBRE9160R020130207 Egypt secures liberals' homes after calls for their death] by Alexander Dziadosz, [[Reuters]], Feb 7, 2013.</ref><ref>[http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/64712/Egypt/Politics-/Egyptian-death-threats-sheikh-released-on-bail.aspx Egyptian 'death threats' sheikh released on bail], Ahram Online, Wednesday, February 13, 2013</ref> accused Abdel-Samad of committing "heresy" and stated that "he must be killed for being a heretic...if he refuses to recant." Shaaban also stated that "after he has been confronted with the evidence, his killing is permitted if the [Egyptian] government does not do it." <ref>[http://www.memritv.org/clip_transcript/en/3892.htm Egyptian Cleric Mahmoud Shaaban Issues Fatwa: Egyptian-German Scholar Should Be Killed for Heresy], MEMRI, clip 3892 (transcript), (video clip [http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/3892.htm available here]), June 7, 2013.</ref>
In an interview aired on the Salafi Islamist Egyptian channel [[Al-Hafez]] on 7 June 2013 (as translated by [[MEMRI]]), Egyptian cleric and [[Al-Azhar University|Al-Azhar]] professor Mahmoud Shaaban<ref>[http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/02/2013271927215636.html Security hiked for Egypt opposition], Aljazeera, 7 February 2013.</ref><ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-islamists-idUSBRE9160R020130207 Egypt secures liberals' homes after calls for their death] by Alexander Dziadosz, [[Reuters]], 7 February 2013.</ref><ref>[http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/64712/Egypt/Politics-/Egyptian-death-threats-sheikh-released-on-bail.aspx Egyptian 'death threats' sheikh released on bail], Ahram Online, Wednesday, 13 February 2013</ref> accused Abdel-Samad of committing "heresy", and stated that "he must be killed for being a heretic ... if he refuses to recant". Shaaban also stated that "after he has been confronted with the evidence, his killing is permitted if the [Egyptian] government does not do it."<ref>[http://www.memritv.org/clip_transcript/en/3892.htm Egyptian Cleric Mahmoud Shaaban Issues Fatwa: Egyptian-German Scholar Should Be Killed for Heresy], MEMRI, clip 3892 (transcript), (video clip [http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/3892.htm available here]), 7 June 2013.</ref> On the same day, the Egyptian Sheikh [[Assem Abdel Maged]] declared a fatwa against the publicist, a call for all Muslims to kill the writer.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2013-06-09 |title=Mursi-Verbündeter: Mordaufruf gegen Publizist Abdel-Samad |language=de |work=Der Spiegel |url=https://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/mursi-verbuendeter-mordaufruf-gegen-publizist-abdel-samad-a-904619.html |access-date=2023-06-19 |issn=2195-1349}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-06-12 |title=Hamed Abdel Samad: Der Fatwa-Wahn der ägyptischen Islamisten |url=https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/kultur-vergnuegen/hamed-abdel-samad-der-fatwa-wahn-der-aegyptischen-islamisten-li.47296 |access-date=2023-06-19 |website=Berliner Zeitung |language=de}}</ref> The German Federal Government called on the Egyptian government to guarantee freedom of expression and personal safety and the Egyptian Chargé d'Affaires in Berlin was summoned.<ref>{{Cite web |last=NACHRICHTEN |first=n-tv |title=Salafist ruft Fatwa gegen Deutschen aus |url=https://www.n-tv.de/politik/Salafist-ruft-Fatwa-gegen-Deutschen-aus-article10802466.html |access-date=2023-06-19 |website=n-tv.de |language=de}}</ref>


In 2016, he was questioned by the Berlin police for alleged [[sedition]]. This was criticized as an attack on free speech by him and German-Israeli historian [[Michael Wolffsohn]] in the German newspaper ''[[Die Welt]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.welt.de/debatte/kommentare/article153357890/Der-Islamkritiker-als-Volksverhetzer.html|title=Der Islamkritiker als Volksverhetzer?|last=Wolffsohn|first=Michael|date=16 March 2016|website=|publisher=|access-date=12 April 2016}}</ref>
== Kidnapping ==


In his latest book, ''Islamic Fascism'' (''Der islamische Faschismus'', 2014), Abdel-Samad describes Islam as a fascist ideology under the cover of a religion.
The Egyptian news website Youm7 reported the kidnap of Hamed Abdel-Samad by unknowns on Sunday 24 November 2013 at 4:15 PM according to his brother Mahmoud.<ref>http://www1.youm7.com/News.asp?NewsID=1362073#.UpLMM8T5mSp</ref>

It was then reported that he resurfaced on Wednesday 27 November 2013.<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/missing-german-egyptian-author-resurfaces-in-cairo/2013/11/27/cc857506-5746-11e3-bdbf-097ab2a3dc2b_story.html</ref>
=== YouTube activities ===
As of 12 January 2020, Abdel-Samad's official [[YouTube]] channel, Hamed.TV, had more than 140,000 subscribers and more than 29 million video views.<ref>[https://socialblade.com/youtube/channel/UCnTJcc901wCa5vZQQot8fCw/monthly Hamed.TV] profile on SocialBlade.com</ref> The channel is almost entirely in Arabic (only 8 out of 264 uploads being in other languages).{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}

Between May 2015 and April 2019, Abdel-Samad presented the weekly show ''Ṣundūq al-Islām'' ("Box of Islam"), in which he discussed various topics of Islamic religious history, as well as contemporary Muslim reality.

The channel was deleted by YouTube without comment on 17 June 2019, but due to numerous protests, the channel was restored soon after.<ref>[https://www.tichyseinblick.de/daili-es-sentials/youtube-loescht-kanal-von-hamed-abdel-samad/ ''Youtube löscht Kanal von Hamed Abdel-Samad''] at tichyseinblick.de. Retrieved 20 June 2019.</ref>

In September 2019, Abdel-Samad started a new show called ''Ṣundūq al-Insān'' ("Box of man", "Box of the human being"), which was intended to cover a wider scope of historical and social topics.

During [[Ramadan]] 2016 and 2017, Abdel-Samad appeared as a regular guest on the channel of Moroccan-born [[Christian]] [[televangelist]] [[Brother Rachid|Rachid Hammami]] for the daily programme ''Āya wa-Taʿlīq'' ("Verse and comment"), where the two discussed [[Qur'an]] verses in a satirical manner.

== Publications ==

===In English translation===
* Hamed Abdel-Samad: ''Islamic Fascism'', [[Prometheus Books]], New York 2016, {{ISBN|978-1633881242}}

===In German===
* Hamed Abdel-Samad: ''Mohamed – Eine Abrechnung'' ("Muhammad – A final reckoning"), [[Droemer Knaur]] Verlag, Munich 2015, {{ISBN|978-3-426-27640-2}}
* Hamed Abdel-Samad: ''Krieg oder Frieden – Die arabische Revolution und die Zukunft des Westens'' ("War or peace – The Arab revolution and the future of the West"), Dromer Knaur Verlag, Munich 2011, {{ISBN|978-3-426-27558-0}}
* Hamed Abdel-Samad: ''Der Untergang der islamischen Welt – Eine Prognose'' ("The downfall of the Islamic world – A prognosis"), Droemer Knaur Verlag, Munich 2010, {{ISBN|978-3-426-27544-3}}
* Hamed Abdel-Samad: ''Mein Abschied vom Himmel – Aus dem Leben eines Muslims in Deutschland'' ("My farewell to heaven – From the life of a Muslim in Germany"), Droemer Knaur Verlag, Munich 2010, {{ISBN|978-3-426-78408-2}}


== References ==
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Latest revision as of 16:23, 2 November 2024

Hamed Abdel-Samad
حامد عبد الصمد
Hamed Abdel-Samad (2018)
Born (1972-02-01) 1 February 1972 (age 52)
Giza, Egypt

Hamed Abdel-Samad (Arabic: حامد عبد الصمد, Ḥāmid ʿAbd aṣ-Ṣamad, IPA: [ˈħæːmed ʕæbdesˈsˤɑmɑd]; born 1 February 1972) is a German-Egyptian author critical of Islam.

Life

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Abdel-Samad was born as the third of five children, the son of a Sunni Muslim imam.[1] Abdel-Samad came to Germany in 1995 at the age of 23. He soon married a "rebellious, left-wing teacher with a penchant for mysticism" who was 18-years-older than himself. Abdel-Samad studied Japanese, English and French in Cairo[2] as well as political science in Augsburg. He worked as a scholar in Erfurt and Braunschweig. In Japan, where he was involved with eastern spirituality, he met his second wife. He taught and conducted research until the end of 2009 at the Institute for Jewish History and Culture at the University of Munich; his dissertation topic was: Bild der Juden in ägyptischen Schulbüchern ("Image of the Jews in Egyptian textbooks”). Subsequently, he decided to become a full-time professional writer.

A member of the Muslim Brotherhood in his university days, a stay in a summer camp run by them triggered doubts, causing him to become skeptical, and finally become an atheist.[3]

On 24 November 2013, Egyptian news websites (citing his brother Mahmoud) reported that Hamed Abdel-Samad had been kidnapped.[4][5] It was then reported that he resurfaced on Wednesday 27 November 2013.[6] His mother denied that he had been kidnapped.[7]

Work

[edit]

Abdel-Samad became known to the German public through his book Mein Abschied vom Himmel (My Farewell from Heaven, 2009). Abdel-Samad said that the book was neither an attack on his culture, nor a call to abandon the Muslim faith. Rather, he just wanted to understand the contradictions of his own life.[1] Following the book's publication in Egypt, a group issued a fatwa threatening Abdel-Samad and he was put under police protection.[1]

Abdel-Samad calls for an "Islam light" in Europe without shari'a, jihad, "gender apartheid", proselytism, and "entitlement mentality".[8] He criticized the German political establishment for appeasing Islam, while ignoring fears about Islam. According to Abdel-Samad, this behavior created resentment in the German population.[9]

Abdel-Samad participated in the 2nd German Islam Conference 2010-2013 held at the invitation of the German Federal Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière.

In autumn 2010, Abdel-Samad took the journalist Henryk M. Broder on a 30,000 km-long road trip through Germany for a five-part TV series.

In an interview aired on the Salafi Islamist Egyptian channel Al-Hafez on 7 June 2013 (as translated by MEMRI), Egyptian cleric and Al-Azhar professor Mahmoud Shaaban[10][11][12] accused Abdel-Samad of committing "heresy", and stated that "he must be killed for being a heretic ... if he refuses to recant". Shaaban also stated that "after he has been confronted with the evidence, his killing is permitted if the [Egyptian] government does not do it."[13] On the same day, the Egyptian Sheikh Assem Abdel Maged declared a fatwa against the publicist, a call for all Muslims to kill the writer.[14][15] The German Federal Government called on the Egyptian government to guarantee freedom of expression and personal safety and the Egyptian Chargé d'Affaires in Berlin was summoned.[16]

In 2016, he was questioned by the Berlin police for alleged sedition. This was criticized as an attack on free speech by him and German-Israeli historian Michael Wolffsohn in the German newspaper Die Welt.[17]

In his latest book, Islamic Fascism (Der islamische Faschismus, 2014), Abdel-Samad describes Islam as a fascist ideology under the cover of a religion.

YouTube activities

[edit]

As of 12 January 2020, Abdel-Samad's official YouTube channel, Hamed.TV, had more than 140,000 subscribers and more than 29 million video views.[18] The channel is almost entirely in Arabic (only 8 out of 264 uploads being in other languages).[citation needed]

Between May 2015 and April 2019, Abdel-Samad presented the weekly show Ṣundūq al-Islām ("Box of Islam"), in which he discussed various topics of Islamic religious history, as well as contemporary Muslim reality.

The channel was deleted by YouTube without comment on 17 June 2019, but due to numerous protests, the channel was restored soon after.[19]

In September 2019, Abdel-Samad started a new show called Ṣundūq al-Insān ("Box of man", "Box of the human being"), which was intended to cover a wider scope of historical and social topics.

During Ramadan 2016 and 2017, Abdel-Samad appeared as a regular guest on the channel of Moroccan-born Christian televangelist Rachid Hammami for the daily programme Āya wa-Taʿlīq ("Verse and comment"), where the two discussed Qur'an verses in a satirical manner.

Publications

[edit]

In English translation

[edit]
  • Hamed Abdel-Samad: Islamic Fascism, Prometheus Books, New York 2016, ISBN 978-1633881242

In German

[edit]
  • Hamed Abdel-Samad: Mohamed – Eine Abrechnung ("Muhammad – A final reckoning"), Droemer Knaur Verlag, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-426-27640-2
  • Hamed Abdel-Samad: Krieg oder Frieden – Die arabische Revolution und die Zukunft des Westens ("War or peace – The Arab revolution and the future of the West"), Dromer Knaur Verlag, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-426-27558-0
  • Hamed Abdel-Samad: Der Untergang der islamischen Welt – Eine Prognose ("The downfall of the Islamic world – A prognosis"), Droemer Knaur Verlag, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-426-27544-3
  • Hamed Abdel-Samad: Mein Abschied vom Himmel – Aus dem Leben eines Muslims in Deutschland ("My farewell to heaven – From the life of a Muslim in Germany"), Droemer Knaur Verlag, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-426-78408-2

References

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  1. ^ a b c Ich bin zum Wissen konvertiert (I converted to knowledge), tageszeitung, 8 September 2009, accessed on 8 January 2010.
  2. ^ SWR:Der Ägypter und die erlittene Gewalt:Hamed Abdel-Samad (The Egyptian and the violence suffered:Hamed Abdel-Samad) Archived 17 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved on 27 December 2010
  3. ^ Ahmed Benchemsi (23 April 2015). "Invisible Atheists". New Republic.
  4. ^ "German author Abdel-Samad resurfaces in Egypt after kidnap fears". DW.COM.
  5. ^ "الوطن - اختطاف الكاتب حامد عبدالصمد.. وشقيقه يتهم قيادات سلفية بعد إهدارهم دمه". 26 November 2013.
  6. ^ ""الداخلية": عودة الروائي حامد عبدالصمد بعد اختطافه لمدة 3 أيام من قبل مجهولين".
  7. ^ "البوابة نيوز: والدة حامد عبد الصمد: ابني لم يتعرض للاختطاف". البوابة نيوز. 15 May 2014.
  8. ^ Hamed Abdel-Samad: Und es gibt ihn doch – den Islam! (And yet there is such a thing – Islam!)- Tagesspiegel of 5 January 2010, retrieved on 27 December 2010.
  9. ^ Hamed Abdel-Samad. Die Muslime sind zu empfindlich (The Muslims are too sensitive), Tagesspiegel, 1 December 2009.
  10. ^ Security hiked for Egypt opposition, Aljazeera, 7 February 2013.
  11. ^ Egypt secures liberals' homes after calls for their death by Alexander Dziadosz, Reuters, 7 February 2013.
  12. ^ Egyptian 'death threats' sheikh released on bail, Ahram Online, Wednesday, 13 February 2013
  13. ^ Egyptian Cleric Mahmoud Shaaban Issues Fatwa: Egyptian-German Scholar Should Be Killed for Heresy, MEMRI, clip 3892 (transcript), (video clip available here), 7 June 2013.
  14. ^ "Mursi-Verbündeter: Mordaufruf gegen Publizist Abdel-Samad". Der Spiegel (in German). 9 June 2013. ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
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  19. ^ Youtube löscht Kanal von Hamed Abdel-Samad at tichyseinblick.de. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
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