Born to Hate.... but opened his eyes

I absolutely adore the vast majority of the dozens of Prager University videos and will be posting numerous ones over time but this is certainly one of my favorites. It highlights a British man of Pakistani descent who was conditioned to hate only Jews and anybody who might support them, wherever they may be. As he developed into a mature Muslim, he felt his devotion to Islam and his teachings meant he needed to travel to Pakistan to join a jihadist group in order to prove his deep hatred for all things non-Muslim. Before his departure, he stumbled upon a pro-Israel book and was intellectually curious enough to read it with at least a somewhat open mind. Still full of hate, he was determined to travel to Israel to prove Jews were everything he was trained to believe. What he found was anything but a nation full of hateful, intolerant and divisive people dedicated to world dominance, but especially the eternally oppressed Palestinians. He found what he had been taught for over two decades was patently false and is now an outspoken advocate for Israel and Jews worldwide.

Here is a 2012 article about Kasim Hafeez which sheds more light on his experience.