I’m the author of Storm Over Morocco which is about a desperate escape from an Islamic sect which accused me of sabotage and imprisoned me.
A 4th Edition of the book was published in June 2010 (ISBN: 1935444611). It includes a new chapter on an intense interfaith freedom march I organized in the West Bank City of Jenin, the place that offered the greatest resistance to Israeli soldiers during confrontations over the past 20 years. Many people have expressed interest about my present interfaith activities in Israel and Palestine.
The following provides you with a summary and more information about the book:
This is a true story about me, the author; I was wrongly accused of being a Zionist spy in 1978 and tried for sabotage, a capital crime, by an extremist Islamic group in Morocco.
While traveling across Africa searching for a universal religion, I was invited to study Islam in a mosque in Casablanca, Morocco; it turned out to be controlled by a militant Moslem group which promptly imprisoned me.
My questions as to the treatment of women served as a catalyst for one of the Islamic gurus to unjustly charge me with being a Zionist spy and sabotage of the “back to Islam” movement. I was eventually acquitted by an internal inquisitorial tribunal, but remained a prisoner behind the towering walls of the mosque located in the outskirts of Casablanca.
This harrowing ordeal was followed by excruciating suspense built up during attempts to escape the 10-foot high compound.
The book is an autobiographical narrative about my spiritual path and about fundamentalist religions and brainwashing techniques. It also discusses the status of women in orthodox/fundamentalist Islamic communities.
“Storm Over Morocco”, however, does not criticize Islam and often portrays me as a student who learned a great deal from that religion.
This experience has inspired me to organize and participate in interfaith events including but not limited to fundamentalist Muslims, Jews and Christians in Israel and Palestine.