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Atheism and cowardice (view source)
Revision as of 22:32, December 9, 2015
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On the other hand, defenders of atheist criticisms of [[Islam]]/Muslims indicated that New Atheists should be able to criticize Islam without being accused of Islamophobia.<ref>[http://www.newstatesman.com/religion/2013/04/new-atheism-should-be-able-criticise-islam-without-being-accused-islamophobia New Atheism should be able to criticise Islam without being accused of Islamophobia] by Andrew Zak Williams, ''New Statesman'', Published 19 April, 2013</ref>
On the other hand, defenders of atheist criticisms of [[Islam]]/Muslims indicated that New Atheists should be able to criticize Islam without being accused of Islamophobia.<ref>[http://www.newstatesman.com/religion/2013/04/new-atheism-should-be-able-criticise-islam-without-being-accused-islamophobia New Atheism should be able to criticise Islam without being accused of Islamophobia] by Andrew Zak Williams, ''New Statesman'', Published 19 April, 2013</ref>
The Guardian's article ''Richard Dawkins, 'Islamophobia' and the atheist movement'' declared:
{{cquote|Meanwhile, Dawkins – a man for whom [http://skepchick.org/2013/03/pigs-fetuses-and-an-emotional-richard-dawkins/ Twitter does not seem to be a good medium] – has taken to spouting the sort of rhetoric that wouldn't seem out of place at a [[British Nationalist Party|BNP]] meeting. I'll be charitable, and suggest that his [https://twitter.com/mjrobbins/status/327004128171679745 swiftly-deleted retweet] of a link to a website that exposes the 'secret Islamist infiltration of the Obama administration' was a slip of the mouse. I'll also leave to one side his bizarre vendetta against [[Mehdi Hasan]], whose platform at New Statesman seems to be a [http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/apr/22/richard-dawkins-islamophobic source of great offense to the atheist].<ref>[http://www.theguardian.com/science/the-lay-scientist/2013/may/03/atheism-dawkins Richard Dawkins, 'Islamophobia' and the atheist movement], ''The Guardian'', 2015</ref>}}
== Atheist Penn Jillette's ducking debates with Christians ==
== Atheist Penn Jillette's ducking debates with Christians ==