Atheists Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens and Sam Harris face Islamophobia Backlash

Dawkins surprised his fans and critics when he admitted he had not read the Koran

By JEROME TAYLOR 

They are often described as “The Unholy Trinity” – a trio of ferociously bright and pugilistic academics who use science to decimate what they believe to be the world’s greatest folly: religion.

But now Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens and Sam Harris are on the receiving end of stinging criticism from fellow liberal non-believers who say their particular brand of atheism has swung from being a scientifically rigorous attack on all religions to a populist and crude hatred of Islam.

In the last fortnight a series of columns have been written denouncing the so-called New Atheist movement for, in one writer’s words, lending a “veneer of scientific respectability to today’s politically-useful bigotry.”

 

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/atheists-richard-dawkins-christopher-hitchens-and-sam-harris-face-islamophobia-backlash-8570580.html

 

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  1. May is an astrophysicist (PhD) and a great guitarist he is an ex Chancellor of Liverpool John Moors University.

    Brian May says:

    Obviously there are mathematical things in music but ironically I think most important things in music are instinctive.

    Pure science is in somewhere close to the essence of nature and music is close to the pure essence of human being

    Intuition is central in music

    Q: Do you believe in God?
    A:
    Not believing in God is not a very scientific attitude

    If you make a pronouncement (in not believing in him) you must have an evidence, where is evidence, there is no God.

    In my experience I have felt at time that there is a God of some kind”
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    يَا أَيُّهَا الْإِنسَانُ مَا غَرَّكَ بِرَبِّكَ الْكَرِيمِ ٦
    [82:6] Maududi
    O man! What has deceived you about your generous Lord.
    ————————————————————————–
    Video clip from RT (Russian TV) an interview with Brian May recorded on 30th July 2011.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBm1Qfpa_nY

    Then watch the video talk recently uploaded on YouTube.
    “Science Refutes God” Debate [FULL] – Intelligence Squared U.S.

    Here Denish Desouza is phenomenal.

    (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKNd_S3iXfs)

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