Hamed Abdel-Samad used to be a radical Muslim; today he is one of Germany's best-known and most hated critics of Islam. Now he has written a new book about ...

In a SPIEGEL interview, Egyptian-German political scientist Hamed Abdel-Samad talks about his childhood as the son of an imam in Egypt, why he thinks Islam is a danger to society and his theories ...

A security official says the brother of 42-year-old Hamed Abdel-Samad, known for critical and sometimes provocative statements on religion and society, reported the dual national writer had been ...

After making contentious remarks about 'Islamic fascism,' Germany-based author Hamed Abdel-Samad appeals to Egyptian authorities for protection against campaign launched by hard-line Islamists calling ...

Hamed Abdel Samad, 43, the German writer and history professor at the University Munich, who disappeared on Sunday for three days, has returned back safely. Security services had been investigating ...

Munich-based Droemer Knaur publishing house on Tuesday said that the Egyptian author Hamed Abdel-Samad, who holds German citizenship, has disappeared following threats by Islamist websites. “He takes ...

Foreign Minister Westerwelle condemns fatwa against Hamed Abdel-Samad 13.06.2013 - Press release In Egypt, a fatwa has been issued against German author Hamed Abdel-Samad. Foreign Minister Westerwelle ...

Talking Germany host Peter Craven and Hamed Abdel-Samad talk about Islam, integration and errors in German policy-making. Hamed Abdel-Samad was born in 1972, the third of five children, in Giza, not ...

What has emerged in recent days from the Goethe University of Frankfurt shows us that Europe is no longer a real democracy, but an ideological oligarchy. The newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung ...

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A court has upheld the Belgian ban on full-face veils. A court has upheld the Belgian ban on full-face veils. Osman Orsal/Reuters The German parliament has approved a partial ban on face coverings ...

The 39-year-old political scientist and author Hamed Abdel-Samad sees himself as a mediator between the Arab world and the West. Born in Egypt and now a German citizen, he experienced the Egyptian ...