'Atheist Muslim' says bigoted Donald Trump supporters have hijacked debate on Islam
'The left is wrong on Islam - the right is wrong on Muslims,' says author Ali Rizvi
Wilford, Greg http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/atheist-muslim-islam-donald-trump-ali-rizvi-quran-religion-pakistan-saudi-arabia-libya-islamophobia-a7832346.html
Publisher: Independent
Date Written: 09/07/2017
Year Published: 2017
Resource Type: Article
Author Ali Rizvi claims that people on the left and the right of the political spectrum are both unable to distinguish between "Islamic ideology and Muslim identity", preventing honest conversations about the link between religion and terrorism.
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When Christian fundamentalists like Pat Robertson say something that's homophobic or misogynistic, people on the left descend on them like a ton of bricks. They're very comfortable with criticising and satirising fundamentalist Christianity. But when it comes to Islam, which has many of the same homophobic and misogynistic teachings, they throw their hands up, back off, and say, whoa, hold on, we must respect their religion and culture.
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