Yeah, but the difference between Ali Sina and Hassan is that Ali Sina is a total prick. If he spoke this way about ANY widely-held worldview/ideology/religion, I'd expect he'd be in danger of death-threats, harassment, or assaults. Hell, I'm not Muslim and I'd be tempted to clock him if I ran into him on the street, just because he's a total asshole. But I generally agree with you-- the man is a pussy, pandering to the worst right-wing hate-mongers, cowering behind his computer, which allows him to be a total dick without real-world consequences. There are a lot of people like Ali Sina on the internet, he just happens to have gotten famous, or infamous.
Great! So you'll clock him if you met him & all because? He speaks against Islam!
There are loads of people like him, who speak against one or the other faith, or even against all faiths-they don't seem to be in danger of being clocked! Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, Chris Hitchens & others who come from Judeo Christian backgrounds don't seem in imminent danger of being "clocked" either from their ex faiths or from left wing apologisits like you. However, movie makers like Theo Van Gogh have actually met brutal deaths for criticising Islam. The makers of 'Monty Python-the Life of Bryan" or even the "Last Temptation of Christ" haven't been murdered by Christians.
There are similar annoying anti Christian websites in plenty- Steve Wells runs a site called Skeptics Annotated Bible & goes all out bashing the Biblical God. There are plentiful books by ex Christians like Bertrand Russell's "Why I am not a Christian, strongly criticising the Judeo Christian God, they're\were not clocked(by their ex faith members or by left wing apologists) & don't receive death threats.
Jew turned atheist Noble Laureate Steven Weinberg has written long articles excoriating the Jewish God, he lived perfectly safely, while devout Muslim Abdus Salam received multiple death threats in his homeland Pakistan simply coz he belonged to the
heretic Ahmadi sect of Islam.
The best certain Islamic apologists can do seems to be accusing their opponents of pandering to right wingers, rather than proving their views wrong in a debate, probably coz they either hold views they're not sure of, or else they know that should they take on "pricks" like Sina or Spencer in a debate, they'd fall flat. Thats' why Karen Armstrong refuses to debate Robert Spencer, despite being repeatedly invited by Spencer to a debate, while still maintaining her view that Spencer is wrong. If Spencer or Sina are wrong, prove it in a debate.I'm not particularly fond of Sina, but if an ex Anglican like Dawkins can air his views despite the fact that the British Anglican Church is practically as progressive as one can get, an ex Muslim from theocratic Iran, where stonings are lagal punishments, certainly deserves the freedom to air his views too.
Ali Sina is against Islam, he might want to hide behind a comp simply to avoid Van Gogh's fate, & it would certainly make his life much more uncomfortable to be under security 24\7 like Hirsi Ali.Sina's forum is open to all Muslims & left wing apologists who can debate non believers regarding Sina's views. Also Sina quotes from the Quran, Hadiths & Sira to explain why he thinks Islam or Prophet Mohammed will probably not go the way of Christianity ie they'll probably not reform. If you're so confident that he's wrong, why do you not do a thorough reading of the sources he's referring to as well as other sources & try to beat him in an online debate? He's open for a debate with anyone, at anytime-& all his debates remain on his site.
My bad. I forgot you have a distaste for reading, you prefer broadcasting crude personal details rather than expanding your knowledge, engaging in a sincere debate & trying to prove your opponent wrong.
I don't even see
you feeling tempted to clock the Chechen President who wholeheartedly endorsed the honor killings of 7 young women & encouraged his countrymen to carry out more such murders...
Different strokes for different folks I guess...Its best to leave the fate of other Chechen women who might be victims of honor killings to other dumb right wing folks, while you embark on the much more serious mission of clocking Sina who runs a website criticising a particular faith.
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