Comments on: Ed Husain Has Gone Off The Deep End

By: Peter Lyons

Peter Lyons — Fri, 19 Feb 2016 19:52:22 +0000

Firstly;
Genius. “The atheistic punishment for apostasy is just a bit of light tutting whenever we see you.
Second;
Gary, I think you are missing the point. The timing of the tweet was deliberately provocative. Yes, the idea of militant atheism is silly, as is the reality for many of moderate Islam.I really hope Quilliam get this right because I am sure many Muslims are sick of the ridicule that comes their way when prominent members of their community make such silly statements.
I agree with your comment re Richard Dawkins and Dan Walker. That was a silly mistake but to be fair I find RD to be patient and thoughtful most of the time.
See the above quote for a bit of perspective.Cheers, Peter.

By: Gary

Gary — Sun, 14 Feb 2016 17:35:38 +0000

The whole concept of militant atheism is clearly silly. Although I have some sympathy for Husain and others on this. Some people were being a bit cultish on this issue. Almost no muslims believe in evolution: was it really such a surprise that he didn’t?
Most people without a science background never even bother looking into it. And yes that is a sad state of things that people are so uninterested in the nature of reality, but it’s demonstrably true for large numbers of people.
Stuff like this, and Dawkins saying “why is a creationist getting this job?”, really turn me off. This is not the way to go about improving things. It shouldn’t have been “lets mock him”, it should’ve been “lets politely try and introduce him to the evidence.”