List of critics of Islam

Early 20th century and before

See also: Orientalism

Contemporary critics

Muslims

Tarek Fatah is Muslim who advocates liberalism within the religion

Criticism is a tool employed by some Muslim reformers seeking to improve the religion.

Former Muslims

There are also outspoken former Muslims who believe that Islam is the primary cause of what they see as the mistreatment of minority groups in Muslim countries and communities. Almost all of them now live in the West, many under assumed names as they have had death threats made against them by Islamic groups and individuals.

Converts to other religions

Magdi Allam has criticised Islam since his conversion to Catholicism

Ex-Muslim irreligionists

Writer Salman Rushdie, a former Muslim, wrote The Satanic Verses

Christians

Christians of Mideastern background

Robert Spencer is a Melkite author who has written on Islamic terrorism and jihad

This subsection does not include converts to Christianity from Islam, who are instead listed in the subsection "Former Muslims". There is a large diaspora of Middle Eastern Christians in the West, some of whom have fled persecution in their homelands. In fact, most Middle Easterners in the United States come from Christian families.[30] Most belong to specific ethnoreligious—rather than simply religious—groups, as religion and ethnicity are largely intertwined in the Middle East.

Christians of non-Mideastern background

Baptist minister Jerry Falwell criticised Muhammad

Zionists and observant Jews

Pamela Geller is a Jewish writer and critic of Islam

Members of Indian religions, including Buddhism

Indian religions, also known as the Dharmic religions, include Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, and Sikhism. This subsection does not include converts from Islam, who are instead listed in the subsection "Former Muslims". See also the List of converts to Hinduism from Islam.

Western irreligionists

Atheist comedian Pat Condell criticises Islam in his YouTube videos

For irreligious former Muslims, see the above subsection "Former Muslims".

Other

Notes

  1. Why I am not a Muslim by Ibn Warraq, p35 [ISBN 1-59102-011-5]
  2. Referring to Muhammad, in a letter to Frederick II of Prussia (December 1740), published in Oeuvres complètes de Voltaire, Vol. 7 (1869), edited by Georges Avenel, p. 105
  3. 1 2 http://home.comcast.net/~vincep312/islam.html
  4. Shadid, Anthony (16 September 2006). "Remarks by Pope Prompt Muslim Outrage, Protests". Washington Post. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
  5. Winston S. Churchill, from The River War, first edition, Vol. II, pages 248-50 (London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1899)
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  10. http://dailycaller.com/2010/09/08/8-questions-with-dr-zuhdi-jasser-of-the-american-islamic-forum-for-democracy
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  14. Rage over anti-Islam rally
  15. The Rushdie Affair: The Novel, the Ayatollah, and the West by Daniel Pipes, Pg. 283
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  17. Wayne Kopping & Raphael Shore (2005). Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West. Archived from the original on April 8, 2007.
  18. Ayaan Hirsi Ali, "Unfree Under Islam", The Wall Street Journal, August 16, 2005,
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  21. Irfan Khawaja (2004). "NO! Islam Needs to Die, Not Change". Free Inquiry 24 (3).
  22. New group for those who renounce IslamThe Daily Telegraph
  23. The spectator 3 October 2007 "The great Islamic scholar, Ibn Warraq, one of the great heroes of our time. Personally endangered, yet unremittingly vocal, Ibn Warraq leads a trend. Like a growing number of people, he refuses to accept the pretence that all cultures are equal. Were Ibn Warraq to live in Pakistan or Saudi Arabia, he would not be able to write. Or if he did, he would not be allowed to live. Among his work is criticism of the sources of the Koran. In Islamic states this constitutes apostasy. It is people like him, who know how things could be, who understand why Western values are not just another way to live, but the only way to live — the only system in human history in which the individual is genuinely free (in the immortal words of Thomas Jefferson) to ‘pursue happiness’."
  24. The spectator Oct 2007
  25. Stephen Crittenden L The Religion Report Ibn Warraq: Why I am not a Muslim Oct 10 2001 Secularist Muslim intellectual Ibn Warraq - not his real name - was born on the Indian subcontinent and educated in the West. He believes that the great Islamic civilisations of the past were established in spite of the Qur'an, not because of it, and that only a secularised Islam can deliver Muslim states from fundamentalist madness.
  26. The spectator Oct 2007 IQ2 debates on the topic "We should not be reluctant to assert the superiority of Western values" Ibn Warraq An independent researcher at the humanist Centre for Enquiry in the USA. Author of ‘Why I Am Not a Muslim’ (1995) and editor of anthologies of Koranic criticism and an anthology of testimonies of ex-Muslims ‘Leaving Islam’ (2003). A contributor to the Wall Street Journal and The Guardian, and has addressed distinguished governing bodies all over the world, including the United Nations in Geneva on the subject of apostasy. Current projects include a critical study, entitled ‘Defending the West: a Critique of Edward Said's “Orientalism”’ to be released 2007.
  27. Center for Enquiry Religion, Ethics, and Society - Experts and Scholars"Ibn Warraq, Islamic scholar and a leading figure in Qur'anic criticism, is a senior research fellow at the Center for Inquiry"
  28. http://switch3.castup.net/cunet/gm.asp?ai=214&ar=1050wmv&ak=null
  29. Dr. Wafa Sultan Seeks Radical Change From Radical Islam - Defense/Middle East - Israel News - Arutz Sheva Archived December 9, 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  30. The Arab American Institute
  31. Isikoff, Michael (13 September 2012). "Man behind anti-Islam film reportedly is Egyptian-born ex-con", worldnews.nbcnews.com; accessed 22 July 2014.
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  39. "Jerry Falwell calls Islam's Prophet a "Terrorist"". Associated Press. Retrieved 2006-07-21.
  40. "Franklin Graham: Islam Still Evil". Associated Press. 2006-03-16. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved 2006-07-21.
  41. "Speak about Islam clearly & without fear, Mohler says". Baptist Press. 2001-10-19.
  42. Larson, Nina. "Norway killer Anders Behring Breivik tells terror trial al-Qaeda inspired him, would repeat attacks if he could". National Post. April 17, 2012. Retrieved November 22, 2014.
  43. 1 2 ""Anders Breivik Manifesto: Shooter/Bomber Downplayed Religion, Secular Influence Key"". International Business Times. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  44. 1 2 Gibson, David (28 July 2011). "Is Anders Breivik a 'Christian' terrorist?". Times Union. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
  45. Menzie, Nicola (26 July 2011). "Norway massacre suspect manifesto rejects personal relationship with Jesus". Christianity Today. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
  46. 1 2 Barnard, Anne; Feuer, Alan (October 8, 2010). "Outraged, and Outrageous". The New York Times.
  47. http://www.adl.org/main_Extremism/pamela-geller-stop-islamization-of-america.htm
  48. Lowenfeld, Jonah. "Anti-Muslim activist barred from speaking at Jewish Federation headquarters". Jewish Journal. June 25, 2012. Retrieved November 22, 2014.
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  50. http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/rizkhan/2008/08/200882191616950380.html
  51. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqyQnMkMrjw
  52. (Dutch) PVV Verkiezingsprogramma, page 13
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  55. VS Naipaul launches attack on Islam, 4 Oct 2011
  56. Michel Onfray: Atheist manifesto. The case against Christianity, Judaism and Islam. Carlton, Vic. 2007, pp. 199-214.
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  58. Harris, Sam (2005). The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason. W. W. Norton; Reprint edition. pp. 31, 149. ISBN 0-393-32765-5.
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