Remarks during the question-and-answer session: Nonie says that she hopes that the Left as well as the Right will take up the cause of the apostates. Ibn Warraq says that the Left tends to side with the Islamists. Liberals tend to be more politically correct, but many on the Right, religious conservatives, tend to be […]
Ibn Warraq at the Former Muslims United press conference
Some of the remarks by Ibn Warraq at the Former Muslims United press conference. I was shocked when Salman Rushdie had the death fatwa put on his head, and intellectuals such as Germaine Greer attacked him. They were more concerned about the delicate sensibilities of Muslims. Then in 1995 I wrote Why I Am Not […]
Nonie Darwish at Former Muslims United press conference
I’m here in Washington at the Former Muslims United press conference. Nonie Darwish kicked it off. Here is a liveblog of her remarks: “The worst kind of tyranny is of victims who are scared to speak.” She explains that this is the situation of those who have left Islam. Being a Muslim, she says, does […]
New Former Muslims group sends “Freedom Pledge” to Muslim leaders, asking them to repudiate death penalty for apostasy
What do you think? Will Honest Ibe Hooper and Brave Ahmed Rehab of CAIR rush to sign up? Why not? CAIR has denied that Islam mandates death for apostates. So has M. Cherif Bassiouni, distinguished professor emeritus etc. etc. Will they sign? Will Salam al-Marayati of MPAC? Will any Muslim leader in the US? This […]