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Richard Dawkins – Famed Atheist defends Christian Conservative’s right to speak

Richard Dawkins, evolutionary biologist and author, has been receiving a great deal of media as of late.  He recently compared Islam to a “cancer.”

“Islamophobia which is easily justified…”

From Newsweek, March 27:

FIRE.orgRenowned atheist author Richard Dawkins ridiculed reports the predominately Muslim nation of Brunei plans to make homosexuality punishable by death, provoking his critics to once again accuse him of anti-Islamic “bigotry.”

Dawkins was defending Canadian professor Jordan Peterson who had his invitation to speak at Cambridge University revoked.  Dr. Peterson was accused by leftist students of being an Islamophobe.

Dawkins has a history of defending free speech across the board. Background from FIRE.org:

Dawkins himself is just one of many people whose appearances on a college campus have sparked cries for censorship, instances of the heckler’s veto, or charges of unconstitutional extra “security” fees to keep potentially violent protesters from disrupting the speeches. Too many speakers to count are in the same club. One example is Israeli ambassador Michael Oren; the Los Angeles Times reports today on the discipline of a student group that disrupted a speech by Oren earlier this year.

Later on, Dawkins and Peterson actually had an hour long exchange on YouTube.  Said Peterson: “I found him to be charming and erudite…”

The original Tweet from Dawkins:

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