10 Facts About Tawfik Hamid

Tawfik Hamid currently serves on the Advisory Council of The Intelligence Summit, an annual conference on security.

Tawfik Hamid has appeared on television programs, including Fox's Glenn Beck Show, Fox News Channel, and the BBC's Religion and Ethics.

Tawfik Hamid, known as Tarek Abdelhamid, has a medical degree in internal medicine from the Cairo University, and a master's degree in literature from the University of Auckland.

Tawfik Hamid says that he learned that position from the Qur'an.

Tawfik Hamid says that Muslim fundamentalists believe that Saudi Arabia's petroleum-based wealth is a divine gift and that Saudi influence is sanctioned by Allah.

Tawfik Hamid said that most Muslims correlate the word Israel to the word Azrael that sounds like Israel but means "angel of death".

Tawfik Hamid explains the Quran went even further to consider the Promised Land as the permanent inheritance for the Israelites "Thus it was, but we made the Children of Israel inheritors of such things " Tawfik Hamid continued by saying, "No Muslim has the right to interfere with the gathering of the Jews in Israel, as this is the will of God himself".

In 2007, Tawfik Hamid served as a keynote speaker for The Intelligence Summit and now sits on their advisory board.

Tawfik Hamid has written opinion pieces for The Wall Street Journal, including Islam Needs To Prove It's A Religion Of Peace, How to End Islamophobia and The Trouble with Islam.

Tawfik Hamid participated in a symposium published by National Review Online, where he expressed his view on the Sudanese teddy bear blasphemy case.