Sam Harris seems to catch a special kind of flak among atheists. Unlike Dawkins, he doesn’t just have people of the Chris Mooney variety complaining that he shouldn’t criticize religion, ever. And unlike Christopher Hitchens, it isn’t really about specific political positions Harris has taken, because Harris hasn’t actually said very much about specific political [...]
Category Archives: Islam
Review: Re-reading Sam Harris’ The End of Faith
Posted by Chris Hallquist on June 21, 2011
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Egypt’s Muslims: as inconsistent as U.S. Christians
Posted by Chris Hallquist on April 29, 2011
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A couple days ago, Andrew Sullivan puzzled over poll results saying that, “About six-in-ten (62%) think laws should strictly follow the teachings of the Quran. However, only 31% of Egyptian Muslims say they sympathize with Islamic fundamentalists, while nearly the same number (30%) say they sympathize with those who disagree with the fundamentalists, and 26% [...]