[The Sabbaticus]

It's an ironic and most puzzling phenomenon, that in the 21th century, agnostics and atheists are talking about the betrayal of the Left.

Move to 4:30 to get the gist of her presentation.



Talking points:

- why the left bends over backwards to accommodate a religion more controlling and conservative than Opus Dei, Scientology and 17th century Puritanism combined
- the religion of the underdog - 'the brown man'
- Charlie Hebdo
- the meaningless term 'Islamophobia'
- the argument that criticism of Islam supposedly fosters 'right-winged bigotry'
- the recent controversy involving PEN
- why colonialism isn't an excuse
- Western Left supporting the religious Right in Islamic countries
- Islam and slavery


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Presented at the American Humanist Association 74th Annual Conference, May 7-10, 2015, in Denver, Colorado. #ahacon15

Reformists in Muslim countries are routinely silenced, through persecution or violence, which has been increasing over the last few decades as Islamism gains traction. Liberals are in a unique position to make a nuanced and compassionate critique of harmful conceptions of religion- a position which we are ceding. As a result, the only visible voices are those of hate-mongers from the far-right, Islamists and outright apologists. It is of the highest priority that liberals exert pressure on both groups towards positive change.

Sarah Haider is a co-founder of Ex-Muslims of North America, a community building organization for Ex-Muslims across the non-theist spectrum, for which she currently works to reduce discrimination of those who left Islam.

7:00 - she illustrates how CNN and liberal Muslims are a bigger joke than Bush Jr. as president.

12:00 - she comments on the institutional bigotry towards ex-Muslims and humanists at British universities. Of course we've known since 2008 that British Universities are bioreactors for Islamic fundamentalism, extremism and Muslim terrorists.

[Ludovic]

Any relation to Jorg?

[Rich]

Hopefully people can start to understand that I'm not making Islamo feminism up. There are feminists who will never under any circumstances criticise a Muslim. The Muslim loving Islamo feminists can be more fanatical than any Muslim even ISIS.

What was particularly moving in the presentation was a the end where she described how people like Richard Dawkins can even bring enlightenment to Egypt.