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Greenwald and Hussain on Sam Harris and racism
This April 3 post first appeared on the Secular Alliance at Indiana University blog. I know of no living public intellectual whose views get caricatured and misrepresented quite as routinely as do Sam...
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Is “Islamophobia” real?
This is a shorter version of an April 8 Secular Alliance at Indiana University blog post. My previous post on the Sam Harris / Glenn Greenwald clusterfuffle was mostly procedural. I restricted myself...
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Harris’ heresies: A dialogue between Hussain and Bensinger
In April, Murtaza Hussain sparked a divisive controversy with an Al Jazeera editorial attacking antireligious activist Sam Harris. Columnist Glenn Greenwald promoted the article, and when Harris...
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Harris’ heresies: The Hussain-Bensinger dialogue, part two
This is the continuation of Robby Bensinger and Murtaza Hussain’s discussion of Sam Harris and Islam. Click here for part one. 3. Science and Politics GGSideDocs In response to another of Robby’s...
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When dialogues become duels
Why did the recent blow-up between Sam Harris and Glenn Greenwald happen? Why was my subsequent discussion with Murtaza Hussain so unproductive? More, why are squanderous squabbles like this so common?...
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Listen and judge: An interview with Marwa Berro
I recently participated in a meeting of ex-Muslims in Washington, D.C., attended by Richard Dawkins, Ron Lindsay, and a number of other leaders of the secular movement. One of the most eloquent and...
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