Atheist Identifies Islam As The Worst Religion In The World. Will He Pay With His Life?

Richard Dawkins: Islam Is ‘The Most Evil Religion In The World’

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BY:

 MICHAEL QAZVINI

JUNE 12, 2017

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Evolutionary biologist and popular new atheist figure Richard Dawkins doesn’t

 mince words when it comes to the threat Islam poses to Western civilization. In 

a speech at the Cheltenham Science Festival in the U.K., Dawkins 

slammed the moral idiocy of cultural relativism, arguing against the ill-conceived

 notion that all religions are more or less the same.

“It’s tempting to say all religions are bad, and I do say all religions are bad, but 

it’s a worse temptation to say all religions are equally bad because they’re not,” 

he stated.

Refusing to submit to de facto blasphemy laws, Dawkins then dropped the bomb.

“If you look at the actual impact that different religions have on the world it’s

 quite apparent that at present the most evil religion in the world has to be
 Islam,” he said in no uncertain terms.

The fact that Dawkins will likely require a round-the-clock security detail to protect
 him against retribution by religious fanatics is testament to just how bold such a
 public declaration can be in the West.

At the time, Dawkins was promoting his new book, Science in the Soul. The
popular new atheist figure has courted controversy before, angering Christians,
Jews, and Muslims alike. Nevertheless, it’s his critiques of Islam that have
attracted the attention of the Islamophobia industry, with “tolerant” progressives
 and professional Muslim grievance mongers labeling him as a “bigot.”  

The problem, of course, is that Dawkins is as liberal as they come; contrary to
 his detractors characterizations, his denouncements are far from “racist.” In fact,
Dawkins makes a point of separating race from religion, arguing that all ideas,
 all beliefs should be debated in an open and honest public forum.

“It’s terribly important to modify [Islam] because of course that doesn’t mean
all Muslims are evil, very far from it. Individual Muslims suffer more from Islam
than anyone else,” Dawkins noted during his speech. “They suffer from the
homophobia, the misogyny, the joylessness which is preached by extreme
 Islam, ISIS and the Iranian  regime.”

“So it is a major evil in the world, we do have to combat it, but we don’t do what
Trump did and say all Muslims should be shut out of the country,” he
added. “That’s draconian, that’s illiberal, inhumane and wicked. I am against
 Islam not least because of the unpleasant effects it has on the lives of Muslims.”