Tag: Islam
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Simple!
In response to my post explaining the ex in ex-Muslim, Mr. A Kundi or @adnzafar says on Twitter: @MaryamNamazie then don’t say #exmuslims. then there will be no killings. Simple! Simple for who? The defenders of Islamism are always on the ready to blame Islam’s victims for its crimes. All you need to do to…
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Defending Rasheed
Ismail ‘Hilath’ Rasheed, a Maldivian blogger, journalist and free speech advocate, has been brutally attacked near his home on 4 June 2012. His throat was slit through the trachea and he survived only because a vital artery was missed by millimetres. He is recovering. Whilst police are still investigating, it is believed to be the…
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Who is allah?
Who is allah? Your poor unsuspecting children can find out for the bargain price of $1.82. This book is designed to help parents and teachers in their efforts to encourage young children to ask questions and to assist them in exploring answers together. It makes the sharing of a basic knowledge of Islam simple, clear…
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All you need for an arrest is hurt religious sentiment
A Bangladeshi court has issued an arrest warrant for the writer of a 2003 novel “Bhanga Math” (“Broken Temple”). The book has already been banned for insulting Mohammed. The court issued the order in response to a petition from an Islamist accusing the author Salam Azad of hurting religious sentiment. And did you hear about…
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The veil is yet another restriction on women
I’ve been meaning to comment on a recent article in the Guardian (surprise, surprise) about how wonderfully liberating the hijab is and am glad I was reminded of it today. The author, Nadiya Takolia, says: …in a society where a woman’s value seems focused on her sexual charms, some wear it explicitly as a feminist…
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Freedom of Expression, Multiculturalism and Political Islam
I got back from Kamloops yesterday. Though I was exhausted, I’m really glad I went – fantastic people, speakers and organisers! Here’s the speech I gave: * Kuwait’s parliament recently voted in favour of a legal amendment that would make blasphemy a crime punishable by death following the arrest of a man accused of insulting…
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We must defend free expression to fight Islamism and sharia
As you know, One Law for All has recently been involved in campaigning to defend freedom of expression, both here and abroad. We will continue to do so. Not only is there a moral imperative to defend free expression, but it is precisely this vital right that is under attack by Islamists all over the…
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Books on atheism and Islam
I just received a request for a list of books on atheism and also atheism and Islam. Can anyone help with putting together a list, which I can send on? Thanks for any help on this. Here’s the email: Hello. I am interested in getting a thorough education about atheistic and agnostic thought. My interest…
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Hoping that we return to the right path
Here is one more of the many emails we get at the Council of Ex-Muslims for you to enjoy. It’s heartwarming, really, to see all the concern. Here Khalid Najib asks why we don’t all ‘return to the right path’. Err, Khalid, please don’t bother holding your breath. And thanks for asking but no thanks.…
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People’s beliefs are only respectable to themselves
The below is an interview with the late Marxist Mansoor Hekmat on the ‘Fight against Religion’. And a fight it is… This like everything else of his is a must read: Azar Majedi: In a recent interview with Porsesh magazine you said, “secularism is a set of minimum conditions”, and that [you] “do not want…
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Inaccurate, dogmatically secularist scaremongering!?
Ah yes, the old ‘inaccurate, dogmatically secularist scaremongering [which] plays directly into the hands of the far right and will be used to bolster a racist narrative about the Islamic threat to the West’ response to Joan Smith’s article on the Islamist threat to free expression. I know, I know. Saying that people have a right to…
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It’s not Islamic
An Iranian mullah who has been insulted says: …This must be understood in this country. They must in practice pull out their tongues. What reason is there I am walking and they must insult me, a clergyman; why insult the sacred? In an Islamic society at that. Whilst this brings us back to the importance of free…