Difference between revisions of "Ibn Warraq"
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| − | In March 2006, he signed [[MANIFESTO: Together facing the new totalitarianism]], a manifesto against Islamic | + | In March 2006, he signed [[MANIFESTO: Together facing the new totalitarianism]], a manifesto against 'Islamic totalitarianism' that gained wide publicity and for which he and the other 11 signatories, including [[Salman Rushdie]], [[Caroline Fourest]], [[Maryam Namazie]], [[Taslima Nasreen]], and [[Ayaan Hirsi Ali]] received death threats [http://www.prochoix.org/cgi/blog/2006/03/16/443]. |
| − | + | *Warraq was a panelist at the [[The Collapse of Europe Conference]] in 2007. | |
| + | *Attended conference celebrating murdered [[Pim Fortuyn]]’s political party, [[Lijst Pim Fortuyn]], where according to [[Douglas Murray]] | ||
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| + | ::"The organisers had assembled nearly all the writers most critical of Islam’s current manifestation in the West. The American scholars [[Daniel Pipes]] and [[Robert Spencer]] were present, as were the Egyptian-Jewish exile and scholar of dhimmitude, [[Bat Ye’or]], and the great Muslim apostate [[Ibn Warraq]]."<ref>Douglas Murray, [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/article735009.ece We should fear Holland’s silence Islamists are stifling debate in what was Europe’s freest country], The ''Sunday Times'', February 26, 2006.</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 01:19, 16 December 2015
Ibn Warraq
Activities
In March 2006, he signed MANIFESTO: Together facing the new totalitarianism, a manifesto against 'Islamic totalitarianism' that gained wide publicity and for which he and the other 11 signatories, including Salman Rushdie, Caroline Fourest, Maryam Namazie, Taslima Nasreen, and Ayaan Hirsi Ali received death threats [1].
- Warraq was a panelist at the The Collapse of Europe Conference in 2007.
- Attended conference celebrating murdered Pim Fortuyn’s political party, Lijst Pim Fortuyn, where according to Douglas Murray
- "The organisers had assembled nearly all the writers most critical of Islam’s current manifestation in the West. The American scholars Daniel Pipes and Robert Spencer were present, as were the Egyptian-Jewish exile and scholar of dhimmitude, Bat Ye’or, and the great Muslim apostate Ibn Warraq."[1]
Affiliations
- International Free Press Society board of advisers.
- New English Review
Notes
- ↑ Douglas Murray, We should fear Holland’s silence Islamists are stifling debate in what was Europe’s freest country, The Sunday Times, February 26, 2006.
