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The greatest force for evil? How is that even quantifiable and [[Atheism and the Problem of Evil|what constitutes evil]]? For a scientist, Dawkins [[Richard Dawkins and pseudoscience|rarely provides]] any qualification, context or evidence for his hypotheses. He doesn’t often give names or reveal identities that could help us better understand exactly whom it is that he targets. But that’s beside the point because to Dawkins, they are just “Muslims,” not fathers, sons, daughters, mothers, bankers, lawyers or doctors. They’re not informed by any other identity that makes them complex human beings; it’s “Islam” that always animates these faceless people.<ref>[http://www.salon.com/2013/08/10/richard_dawkins_does_it_again_new_atheisms_islamophobia_problem/ Richard Dawkins does it again: New Atheism’s Islamophobia problem], ''Salon'', 2013</ref>}}  

The greatest force for evil? How is that even quantifiable and [[Atheism and the Problem of Evil|what constitutes evil]]? For a scientist, Dawkins [[Richard Dawkins and pseudoscience|rarely provides]] any qualification, context or evidence for his hypotheses. He doesn’t often give names or reveal identities that could help us better understand exactly whom it is that he targets. But that’s beside the point because to Dawkins, they are just “Muslims,” not fathers, sons, daughters, mothers, bankers, lawyers or doctors. They’re not informed by any other identity that makes them complex human beings; it’s “Islam” that always animates these faceless people.<ref>[http://www.salon.com/2013/08/10/richard_dawkins_does_it_again_new_atheisms_islamophobia_problem/ Richard Dawkins does it again: New Atheism’s Islamophobia problem], ''Salon'', 2013</ref>}}  

The Guardian's article ''Richard Dawkins, 'Islamophobia' and the atheist movement''  declared:

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>}}

{{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 ==