Literat e.V. discussion

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From the introduction by Adam Gopnik:

"(...) criticizing an ideology, including a religious ideology, however vociferously, is different from inducing hatred of a people or persons."

From the introduction by Adam Gopnik:

"The idea that we should be free to do our work and offer our views without extending a frightened veto to those who threaten to harm us if we do isn't just part of what we mean by free expression, It's what free expression is."

"(...) a religion does not exist without believers."

"(...) in giving credence only to the voices of extremists, we are doing nothing but creating hatred of Islam."

"It turns out that there is no such thing as atheist terrorism in the twenty-first century."

"No form of discrimination is better or worse than any other."

"Victims of racism who are of Indian, Asian, Roma, black African, or Caribbean descent may soon need to find themselves a religion if they wish to be protected." (p.6)

"The strategy used by minority group activists masquerading as anti-racists is to pass off blasphemy as Islamophobia and Islamophobia as racism" (p.16)

"There is no respect for Islam in conflating it with Islamic terrorism" (p.51)