The outspoken atheist Professor Richard Dawkins has re-ignited the furore over the burka, describing it as a “full bin-liner thing”. The 69-year-old author and scientist told of his “visceral revulsion” when he sees women wearing the controversial Islamic clothing. Professor … Continue reading
“The young men whom you call ‘radicalised Britons’ and ‘extremists’ are just honest Muslims who take their scriptures seriously (‘We are fighting British jihadists in Afghanistan’, 25 February). They sincerely believe what all Muslims are taught to believe: that the … Continue reading
The scientist and secular campaigner Professor Richard Dawkins yesterday said that Europe was a “haven of civilisation” trapped between the Islamic world and the US. The writer of The God Delusion, speaking at a packed session of the Edinburgh International Book … Continue reading
Devout Muslims are importing creationist theories into science and are not being challenged because of political correctness, one of the country’s most famous scientists said tonight. Professor Richard Dawkins argued that as a result teachers were promoting the “mythology” of … Continue reading
Under the headline “Stephen Fry hits back at accusations of Islamophobia”, the Independent on Sunday reported yesterday on the controversy over Stephen Fry’s endorsement of Nick Cohen’s “superb” defence of their fellow atheist Richard Dawkins and his position on Islam. In a … Continue reading
Owen Jones responds to Nick Cohen’s Spectator article defending Richard Dawkins, in which Cohen accuses Dawkins’ critics of cowardice for refusing to join him in attacking Islam. Jones concludes: “Nick Cohen concludes that one day there will be a reckoning. … Continue reading
There’s an interesting and rather illuminating thought experiment you can perform when listening to media figures and politicians discuss Muslims. Take the recent interview on Fox News of the author Reza Aslan, where the host interrogated him at length about … Continue reading
Reports and comment from Islamophobia Watch 4-11 August 2013
I haven’t covered the online activities of the National Secular Society’s favourite “comedian” Pat Condell recently. Partly that’s because I can’t stand the sight of his smug, sneering face staring out of the screen at me, but also because I get … Continue reading
Martin Robbins takes on Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins. Guardian, 3 May 2013