But I must leave a comment for our dear learned fellow Kabir.

Kabir, from your writing style it is clear that you are rational. But I somehow get the feeling that your religion is binding you in a strait jacket of false love of your religion. It almost seems that you want to tell the world how even you, the “Most Muslim”, want to speak of the horrible content in your book, but somehow you are afraid your community shall bar you from mosques and brand you an apostate and a heretic for your libelous charges against Islam.

Open your eyes Kabir, why would you come to BP and leave comments if you didn’t feel the need to redeem yourself as regards your religion? Aren’t you yourself going against what you taunted about other countries? If you felt Shujahat was killed for his Free Speech, then what are YOU doing ranting about AHA?? Our religion teaches us to question everything. Yours asks you to SHUT UP and Accept Allah and its teachings otherwise one shall be killed for questioning him.

Peace

I’m so glad you think I’m an “authentic Muslim”. I was just waiting for your certificate of approval. Now I can breathe a huge sigh of relief! Can you mail me my certificate so that I have it next time I need to prove my credentials? This seems like its a document even more important than my passport or diploma (LOL).

Let’s just google AHA and Islamophobia. That’s a lot of people you are going to be asking for explanations. Have fun. Seems like it will be a time consuming task for you to defend your dear friend.

https://www.google.com/search?q=ayan+hirsi+ali+islamophobe&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b

You are also an authentic muslim Kabir 😉 This is much ado about nothing 🙂

For the record, Ayan is a practicing muslim and not an Islamaphobe. I would ask anyone who wishes to assert otherwise to explain in detail why they think so. [It is perfectly okay to disagree with Ayan, including with respect to Islam and muslims without explanation. This is a reference to the Islamaphobe charge only.]

I am the most “Muslim” commentator on BP. Razib is an atheist. Zack is not Muslim. The majority of you are Hindu. Don’t lecture me about my own religion. It doesn’t reflect well on you.

You seem to think you know a lot about Islam but if your sources are people like AHA, you are thoroughly misguided.

Anyway, I have no interest in further discussion with you. Have a nice life. I will not be commenting on anything you write in the future.

“I am the most “Muslim” person on this blog.” This has got to be a typo. Practicing muslims read Brown Pundits. Unless you believe minority and liberal muslims are not muslims . . . which I know you don’t. I am asking everyone else reading this thread to ignore this statement since I am sure Kabir didn’t mean it and mispoke. If you want, Kabir, this statement can be edited out of your comment.

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/106769/good-muslim-bad-muslim-by-mahmood-mamdani/9780385515375/

Thanks for telling me about this book. I don’t believe in calling people “bad muslims” and agree that this type of denigration should not be used. If you prefer I can replace “good muslim” with “authentic muslim”. Is this your wish?

I am not retracting any charges. I stand by my opinion that AHA is a terrible excuse for a human being. You don’t like my opinion, that’s your problem. I am the most “Muslim” person on this blog.

You have no right to decide who is a “good” Muslim or a “bad” Muslim . There is a book called “Good Muslim Bad Muslim” by Mahmood Mamdani. Perhaps read it before commenting further so that you understand the damage you are doing by using such terminology

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/106769/good-muslim-bad-muslim-by-mahmood-mamdani/9780385515375/

VijayVan, Ayan has changed her mind and is now a self described practicing muslim.

Kabir, you can’t accuse someone of “bigotry” and Islamaphobia without push back from their fans.

I am glad we agree on FGM (you appear to agree with Ayan on FGM).

“I don’t care that much about AHA (and nor does it make any difference to me that she is someone’s “beloved wife”. That’s between her and him” . . . legitimate.

“Obviously, I’m not the only one who thinks she is a terrible person. Otherwise, whichever university banned her from speaking wouldn’t have done so. Enough students were upset by the very idea of such a bigoted person addressing them for the university to put a stop to it. Whether universities should do that or not is a separate debate.”

Many nonmuslims are anti muslim bigots and engage in bigotry against good muslims such as Tarek, Imam Tawhidi, Ayan, Maajid etc. (I would add our very own Islamish atheist Razib.) This anti muslim bigotry and mistreatment of muslims by nonmuslims needs to stop. People of good will (muslim and nonmuslim) must rally in support of good muslims. This is what the article series is about.

Nonmuslim university students can mistreat muslims . . . that is their choice and I respect their freedom to make their own choices. But muslims and the friends of muslims can make their own choices based on the choices of nonmuslim university students who mistreat muslims. I have no doubt about who will prevail on college campuses over time.

Kabir, you can either retract the Islamaphobia charge . . . or you can expect indefinite push back by muslim and pro muslim commentators at Brown Pundits.

I don’t care that she “gave up” Islam. Not my problem. But if you express bigoted views, you will be called out on your bigotry. C’est la vie.

Islamophobia is a real thing and it leads to policies like the Muslim Ban. Sorry you think it’s a made up thing.

I don’t care that much about AHA (and nor does it make any difference to me that she is someone’s “beloved wife”. That’s between her and him, if they are fine with each other’s terribleness, who am I to get involved? ). If she is anti-Islam, then she is a bigot and I have no time for bigots. I have no interest in engaging with her or in having her “respond” to me. As far as I’m concerned, she should take a hike.

Obviously, I’m not the only one who thinks she is a terrible person. Otherwise, whichever university banned her from speaking wouldn’t have done so. Enough students were upset by the very idea of such a bigoted person addressing them for the university to put a stop to it. Whether universities should do that or not is a separate debate.

I don’t need to write detailed articles on subjects I’m not interested in just to please you. If you want me to write something, then you pay me money to write it. For the proper compensation, I will review books I otherwise have no interest in reading. If not, then mind your own business.

For the record, I have never supported FGM or even male genital mutilation. Circumcision is a religious practice, but I don’t believe it is a decision parents have the right to make for a child. Irreversible changes to one’s anatomy should not be made without consent and a baby is not capable of giving informed consent.

I really wish you wouldn’t turn BP into a referendum on Islam. But obviously someone has allowed you to write here and I can’t stop you.