Erasing Muslims and ex-Muslims: How atheists harm us

From Sadaf Ali on the Burning Bush blog:

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In the wake of the Chapel Hill shooting in North Carolina, where Craig Stephen Hicks turned himself in for murdering three, young Syrian-Americans (Deah Shaddy Barakat, Yusor Mohamad Abu-Salha, Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha), humanists, atheists and secular organizations alike responded to the issue of Hicks’ anti-theism immediately.

As a former Muslim, as an Afghan-Canadian, and as a person with Muslim family, I deal with anti-Muslim bigotry outside of atheist circles as well as within them. Regarding the murders, I wrote last week not from the perspective as an atheist but as a person with a “Muslim name” from a “Muslim country”. I will continue to challenge anti-Muslim bigotry but I would like to take the opportunity to address how the secular movement and communities have failed me as an ex-Muslim.

I find that there is little talk and reflection of the harmful and unhelpful dialogues and approaches around Islam and Muslims within secular spaces and the secular movement at large. Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris and Bill Maher are not the only people responsible for their problematic and unhelpful approaches to Islam and Muslim issues. I will first address the effects of these three individuals....

Read on: https://burningbushwisdoms.wordpress.com/2015/02/16/erasing-ex-muslims-and-muslims-how-atheists-harm-us/

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Topic: Erasing Muslims and ex-Muslims: How atheists harm us

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OP - February 17, 2015, 04:12 PM

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