{"id":3672,"date":"2016-02-24T13:30:43","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T13:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gspellchecker.com\/?p=3672"},"modified":"2016-07-05T17:18:18","modified_gmt":"2016-07-05T16:18:18","slug":"nathan-lean-gets-publicly-challenged-by-asra-nomani-for-his-abuse-towards-muslims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gspellchecker.com\/2016\/02\/nathan-lean-gets-publicly-challenged-by-asra-nomani-for-his-abuse-towards-muslims\/","title":{"rendered":"Nathan Lean Gets Publicly Challenged By Asra Nomani For His Abuse Towards Muslims"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Nathan Lean is an American author who has been dining out on the popularity afforded to\u00a0the meaningless term \u2018Islamophobia\u2019 for several years now after releasing\u00a0his\u00a0book \u2018The Islamophobia Industry\u2019.<\/p>\n

Lean essentially caricatures the discussion on Islamism as \u2018Muslims Vs. Racists\u2019 at every opportunity. There\u2019s one massively inconvenient obstacle to his narrative however: non-white Muslim reformers and ex-Muslims. They too have noticed that not all is well within\u00a0the Muslim world and that there are a number of things in Islamic orthodoxy that are deserving of criticism and challenge.<\/p>\n

These courageous voices risk everything in defence of liberal principles. Rather than engage with the arguments of reformers, Nathan Lean opts for smear campaigns and derogatory labelling instead \u2013 once referring to Maajid Nawaz<\/a> as a \u2018Muslim Validator\u2019 and \u2018Lapdog\u2019.<\/p>\n

Asra Nomani<\/a> is a Muslim reformer and staunch liberal. She took it upon herself to publically hold Lean to account for his behaviour, which you can watch below:<\/p>\n

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