Editing Abdullah Hashem (section)

==Early life==
Abdullah Hashem was born to an Egyptian [[Muslim]] father and an American [[Christian]] mother.<ref name="Ahmadi2">{{cite web |last=Introvigne |first=Massimo |title=The Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light. 2. From Ahmed al-Hassan to Abdullah Hashem |website=Bitter Winter |date=5 April 2024 |url=https://bitterwinter.org/the-ahmadi-religion-of-peace-and-light-2-from-ahmed-al-hassan-to-abdullah-hashem/ |access-date=11 May 2024}}</ref><ref> Exposing Sunni Islam & The Worst Enemies of Allah SWT | رجال الدين هم أعداء الإسلام|The Mahdi has appeared|Youtube</ref> He was raised as a [[Sunni Muslim]].<ref>Exposing Sunni Islam & The Worst Enemies of Allah SWT | رجال الدين هم أعداء الإسلام|The Mahdi has appeared|Youtube</ref>

In 2005, Abdullah Hashem and Joseph McGowen attended and filmed a [[Raëlian]] seminar in Las Vegas, claiming that they were making a student film. Then they used the footage as the basis of a documentary, which they presented as an exposé of the group.<ref name="Some Sex With Your Clone Perhaps?">Philipkoski, Kristen, [https://www.wired.com/2005/08/some-sex-with-your-clone-perhaps/ Some Sex With Your Clone Perhaps?], ''[[Wired News]]''. 31 August 2005. Retrieved 14 July 2014.</ref>