Sarah Haider: Islam and the Necessity of Liberal Critique (AHA Conference 2015)

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Sarah Haider: Islam and the Necessity of Liberal Critique (AHA Conference 2015)
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Presented at the American Humanist Association 74th Annual Conference, May 7-10, 2015, in Denver, Colorado. #ahacon15

Reformists in Muslim countries are routinely silenced, through persecution or violence, which has been increasing over the last few decades as Islamism gains traction. Liberals are in a unique position to make a nuanced and compassionate critique of harmful conceptions of religion- a position which we are ceding. As a result, the only visible voices are those of hate-mongers from the far-right, Islamists and outright apologists. It is of the highest priority that liberals exert pressure on both groups towards positive change.

Sarah Haider is a co-founder of Ex-Muslims of North America, a community building organization for Ex-Muslims across the non-theist spectrum, for which she currently works to reduce discrimination of those who left Islam.

The English captions are based on Arun's transcript in http://arunsmusings.blogspot.ch/2015/05/sarah-haider-transcript.html .

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