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July 28, 2017

In Berkeley, Criticism of Religion Is Admired—Unless the Religion Is Islam

Richard Dawkins vs. the progressive faith.

The Berkeley, CA community radio station KPFA recently canceled an upcoming talk by Richard Dawkins, the geneticist-turned-advocate-of-atheism, explaining that while it “emphatically supports serious free speech,” it “does not endorse hurtful speech.” In this case the “hurtful speech” was Dawkins’ criticisms of Islam, which are of a piece with his observations about religion in general. Tom Wilson writes:

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