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2015-12-31 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Richard Dawkins storms out of interview with Muslim journalist for 'pathetic' beliefs

[WASHINGTONTIMES] Evolutionary biologist and famed atheist Richard Dawkins is hitting back against accusations of Islamophobia
...the irrational fear that Moslems will act the way they usually do...
after he angrily walked out on an interview with a Muslim journalist.

Mr. Dawkins, author of best-seller "The God Delusion," told the New Statesmen's Emad Ahmed that his belief that the prophet Muhammad flew to heaven on a winged horse was "pathetic" before storming off.

"Dawkins is in fact so outspoken about religion, particularly Islam, that I was genuinely stunned when he decided to angrily walk away from our scheduled interview after I confirmed my beliefs in the revelations of the Islamic faith, calling my views 'pathetic,'" Mr. Ahmed wrote in his Dec. 22 article, titled "My year in Islamophobia."

Mr. Dawkins, 74, took to Twitter to defend himself against numerous accusations of Islamophobia, particularly by The Intercept editor Glenn Greenwald.

"I left when [Mr. Ahmed] said Muhammad rode a winged horse. A non-timewasting journalist needs at least SOME grasp of reality," Mr. Dawkinstweeted Sunday to his 1.32 million followers. "Ridiculing belief in a winged horse is not 'bigotry', not 'Islamophobia', not 'racism'. It's sober, decent, gentle, scientific realism.

"If you believe you're Napoleon or a poached egg, you're in an asylum. If you believe in winged horses you're a New Statesman journalist," he added.

Posted by Fred 2015-12-31 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ] Top

#1 who really cares if Moslems believe in the winged horse that goes to heaven

it is the 'kill them where ever you find them' and similar verses that are the problem

Posted by lord garth 2015-12-31 00:42|| 2015-12-31 00:42|| Front Page Top

#2 At least, Dawkins is consistent.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-12-31 04:58|| 2015-12-31 04:58|| Front Page Top

#3 Since when is it a phobia not to believe someone elses religion? I don't hear anyone being called Christian phobics.

Posted by chris 2015-12-31 08:56|| 2015-12-31 08:56|| Front Page Top

#4 #3

Hmm. "Christophobics." Christophobia." Got kind of a ring to it.

Posted by JHH 2015-12-31 15:31|| 2015-12-31 15:31|| Front Page Top

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