Sam Solomon is the Christian pseudonym of a British former Muslim author who specialised in Islam and Sharia law. He was a Christian convert, known for "A Proposed Charter of Muslim Understanding", [1] [2] as well as the Al Hijra-theory of Muslim immigration. [3] [4] He died on October 2, 2025.
According to his own account, Solomon was an imam in Khartoum [5] who was "born and raised as a Muslim, had trained in Sharia law for 15 years before converting to Christianity. He was imprisoned and questioned; and was to be put to death, whereupon he chose to go to exile on the pain of death." [6] He has testified before the US congress and has been a consultant to the British parliament for matters regarding Islam, [6] and was a co-founder of Christian Concern. [7]
In 2006, following the 7 July 2005 London bombings, [8] Solomon was commissioned by UK Independence Party MEP Gerard Batten to author "A Proposed Charter of Muslim Understanding", which among other things proposes for British Muslims to sign a declaration against promotions of violent jihad in the Quran. [9] [10] [11] Although at first supported by the party, the charter later proved controversial, and UKIP leader Nigel Farage in 2014 distanced the party from it [9] [12] after Batten continued to call for Muslims to sign it, [13] and again after the Charlie Hebdo shooting. [14]
Solomon, with Elias Al-Maqdisi, is also known for the Al Hijra-theory, published in the book Modern Day Trojan Horse: The Islamic Doctrine of Immigration, which claims, based on the hijra (migration) of Muslim Prophet Muhammad, that the modern-day immigration of Muslims is a deliberate strategy of Islamisation. [3] [4] [15]
"Hijra or migration is binding on all Muslims for numerous reasons; the most important being that migration is preparatory to jihad with an aim and objective of securing victory for Islam." (Solomon, Al-Maqdisi, 2009) [16]
They also assert that taqiyya (deception) is a key strategy in the Islamisation of the UK. [1] Together with Atif Debs, another former Muslim, Solomon has written the book Not the Same God: Is the Qur'an Allah the LORD God of the Bible?, which argues, drawing on Quranic scholarship, that the Muslim Allah and God of Christianity are not the same. [17]
Solomon and Al-Maqdisi's book Al-Yahud: Eternal Islamic Enmity and the Jews was banned in Malaysia in 2017. [18]
Solomon was a co-founder of and the Islamic Affairs Adviser to Christian Concern, [17] and in 2004 worked with the group against the Religious Hatred Bill. [9] In 2007 he participated in the international counter-jihad conference in Brussels, [19] [20] and later played an important role in the counter-jihad movement. [21] He attended the International Legal Conference on Freedom of Speech and Religion together with among others Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer in 2009, [9] and was invited to speak in the Israeli Knesset by MK Aryeh Eldad the same year. [5] In 2011 he spoke at the Geert Wilders "A Warning to America" event at Cornerstone Church in Nashville. [9] He has also been on the advisory board of the International Free Press Society. [22]
In 2023, it was revealed by Hope not Hate that Solomon had been one of the individuals active in the New Issues Group, a secret group of anti-Muslim activists that had operated out of the House of Lords for over a decade, hosted by Lord Pearson and Baroness Cox. [21] It was also noted that he had written for the former Sharia Watch UK website of another group member, Anne Marie Waters. [21]