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OP - February 04, 2015, 01:55 PM

Not all news from the world of UK student politics is bad.

Interfaithless aims to give a platform to apostates from all faiths, and its first enemies are going to be those SU execs where the criticism of Islam will be wilfully misread as the hatred of Muslims. If you live in the UK and are a student, these guys deserve your support.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgK-vq7Kcv4

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Reply #1 - February 04, 2015, 02:08 PM

can't seem to find a link to an Interfaithless website. YOu have one? oh,and what is SU?

According to the polls only 1.6 % of Americans are athiests. So what gives you the right to call the other 80% morons?'
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Reply #2 - February 04, 2015, 02:10 PM

The link's inline?

Links provided above:

1. http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/comment/opinion/freedom-of-speech-trumps-safety-on-campus/2018189.article
2. http://interfaithless.com

SU = Student Union.

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Reply #3 - February 04, 2015, 03:09 PM

Go raibh maith agat. ( thanks )

According to the polls only 1.6 % of Americans are athiests. So what gives you the right to call the other 80% morons?'
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Reply #4 - February 04, 2015, 08:37 PM

I hope they won't be deliberately, childishly, antagonistic. It should be enough to support each other and politely use arguments from history, science and morality to make their views heard, if necessary.

Take the moral high ground. Then they have authority on their side when the inevitable shit starts.
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Reply #5 - February 05, 2015, 02:58 PM

Well, given the people who are behind it (you see some of them in the video), I highly doubt that they'll play it antagonistically, childish or otherwise.

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Reply #6 - February 05, 2015, 04:33 PM

Does anyone know who the slightly older woman in the video is , the one who talks about her punk hijab tendencies of old?

I know that I've seen her somewhere before (possibly in person), just can't remember where.

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Reply #7 - February 05, 2015, 04:48 PM

Yes Qtian

that's Aliyah Saleem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1vd4hwB3sQ

You can find her on Twitter: @Ali_Jones89
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Reply #8 - February 05, 2015, 04:53 PM

Thanks

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Reply #9 - February 05, 2015, 05:24 PM

It's cool that they are doing the first event at QM, I wonder how many (if any) of the dawah boys will be attending.
I was in the area a few days ago and there was a dawah stall right outside the library :<

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Reply #10 - February 05, 2015, 08:47 PM

Someone should pop down to Soho on March 25th.

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Reply #11 - February 12, 2015, 02:02 PM

The Times covered the first Interfaithless event (paywall only, sorry). More accessibly, there is now video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Htf6wwZOWIQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pT7TOY1-o2A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6LoBt64J4M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZhPT_fpdak

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD8QY0vdlIM

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Reply #12 - February 13, 2015, 04:22 AM

Quote from: Rob on February 04, 2015, 08:37 PM
I hope they won't be deliberately, childishly, antagonistic. It should be enough to support each other and politely use arguments from history, science and morality to make their views heard, if necessary.

Take the moral high ground. Then they have authority on their side when the inevitable shit starts.

ROb you understand that by their very existence they are going to be antagonistic?
They will have the temerity to demand that their being is as valid as anyone else's. How very dare they!

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Reply #13 - February 13, 2015, 05:17 PM

A screengrab of the article in The Times:

thetimes_interfaithless.jpg (63.77 KB, 405x720 - viewed 692 times.)

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Reply #14 - February 13, 2015, 05:42 PM

The last video in the playlist, the Q&A (which wasn't posted here) is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfUS2urjiIE

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Reply #15 - February 14, 2015, 10:00 AM

Incidentally, if anyone here thinks they'd like to help with a future interfaithless event, or can think of a university it can be held at (it works best when its a collaboration with the atheist or feminist societies, I'm told) - get in touch with Imtiaz (community@interfaithless.com). Its starting in the UK, but there are plans to have these types of events globally (and not just for ex-muslims). Exciting times ahead!
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Reply #16 - February 14, 2015, 12:06 PM

^ Sadly I got your name wrong. However I still want an encore!

`But I don't want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked.
`Oh, you can't help that,' said the Cat: `we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad.'
`How do you know I'm mad?' said Alice.
`You must be,' said the Cat, `or you wouldn't have come here.'
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Reply #17 - February 14, 2015, 11:18 PM

Ha! Well there is more....watch this space!
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Reply #18 - September 30, 2015, 09:34 PM

Just by way of a general heads-up, Interfaithless is now known as Faith to Faithless, and are on Twitter as @faith2faithless, if you like following that sort of thing.

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