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Of Free Speech, Islamophobia and New Atheism

By Kashif Chaudhry
In Human Rights, Islam, Op-eds, United States
5 Min read
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Originally published in the Huffington Post Ayaan Hirsi Ali is an extreme anti-Islam critic, well known for her bigoted views and dishonest generalizations of the Muslim faith. When she was invited to speak at Yale’s Buckley program recently, some student groups — including the Yale Humanist Community — issued a statement criticizing the invitation. In their statement, thegroup...

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The Wrong Kind of Muslim: An Untold Story of Persecution

By Qasim Rashid
In Human Rights, Op-eds
4 Min read
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Out of the silent night, two men moved swiftly through the mosque’s front gate. Magazines loaded and safeties off, one stopped at the front door, the other proceeded through. All that separated a fully loaded Kalashnikov in the hands of a madman from 50 innocent worshippers was a straw curtain that hung helplessly in the doorway. “In the end, they killed eight of my brothers, and shot...

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