This is partly because i didnt wish to pile on, and partly. Why is he implying that maajid nawaz is not a muslim, thus aligning himself with islamists who try to incite violence against maajid. Because we do spend half our time battling these intolerant irrational atheists. The targets held up as the worst of this imagined new atheist evil are christopher hitchens, sam harris and richard dawkins. One of the key leaders of the islamophobia industry praises maajid nawaz, a muslim, which tells you everything you need to know about maajid nawaz. An open letter to followers of cj werleman joshua kelly. Published by cj werleman independent, a crowdfunded investigative journalism project that seeks to expose and end western injustices against muslims. Nathan leans new republic latest, what does maajid nawaz.
Cj werleman january 24 dear friends, please join my effort to expose injustices against muslim communities, and in return receive exclusive rewardscontent, including free e books, podcasts, weekly digest, onetoone communication, and more. Posted in uncategorized tagged conservatives, culture, gangs, jihad, lbc, maajid nawaz, muslim, neocons, politics, prevent, quilliam, race, religion, right wing post navigation. He just wrote a whole book disparaging antitheism, which i wont link to here. Then, he began taking the ann coulter and donald trump approach to atheism, using hyperbolic rhetoric to get attention and lashing out against anyone who criticized him, discrediting. As you can clearly see, cj werlernman had greatly miss quoted formal extremist and secular activists maajid nawaz, making him out to implied that. Hizb uttahrir is banned in all arab muslim countries, with the exception of yemen, the uae, and lebanon. Hit subscribe my guest cj werleman who in his own words says. Cj werleman has the audacity to call ayaan hirsi ali a native informant bangladeshi atheist. I must admit, i chuckled a bit at the i will now explain why i think im right part. Islam and the future of tolerance with maajid nawaz waking up. It attempts to diminish its target under the guise of objective reporting and will use low tactics to get there. Cj werleman on quilliams unreliable report linking culture, race and religion to grooming gangs enthralling its racist and antimuslim supporters. The dangerous rise of secular extremists, cj werleman lists me as well as nathan phelps and a few others as a friend and apparently an exemption to the charge that new atheism is essentially a hate cult. Courtney cj werleman is an extraordinarily deceitful, vindictive, unethical, galling.
Cj werleman is a australian born journalists whos advocate for social justice. Journalist and writers such cj werleman and murtaza hussain have called maajid nawaz a house muslim and a well coiffed talking monkey. Cj werleman august 27, 2018 sacha baron cohens erran morad reveals something deep about the israelamericaguns nexus. So,when he sat down with maajid nawaz and coauthored islam and the future of tolerance, those familiar with his work had good reason to be skeptical that there would be much tolerance in the book since his other books have been particularly intolerant. Cemb forums or maajid nawaz s twitter feed, itd seem like a fuckload. Maajid nawaz on the april 18, 2018, edition of the joe rogan experience podcast. He was only human, and atheists cant be republicans. Its primary objective is to demonise new atheists, but its more insidious product is bigotry in itself. Reformed islamist extremist spreads virtues of democracy through pakistan this article is more than 7 years old essexraised maajid nawaz tells edinburgh international book. Over the years of writing articles, of changing my views on certain subjects, softening on some, or hardening on others, the timeless responses to those articles tend always to be very angry because ive offended religious or political sensibilities, or supportive for the very same reason. A couple of weeks ago, i commented on how cj werlemans endless. As detailed in this book, islam and the future of tolerance. Recall the abuse suffered by british muslim reformer maajid nawaz for daring to speak to prominent neuroscientist sam harris in 2015 as part of a conversation about the future of islam. A supposedly then deradicalised maajid nawaz, al quds day, london 2006.
There is so much wrong with this, its difficult to know where to begin. As trump and netanyahu doubletapped the twostate solution with all the cruelty and clinicism of the idf commando who murdered the defenseless humanrights activist furkan dogan aboard the mavi marmara, the supposed twostates advocate maajid nawaz was silent. Cj werleman once again reiterates that he no longer stands by his published new atheist books, and urges people not to buy them yet they conspicuously remain available to purchase via his official website. Maajid nawazs detractors are not just vindictive and malicious. The creeping racial bigotry in cj werlemans rhetoric. Then, he began taking the ann coulter and donald trump approach to atheism, using hyperbolic rhetoric to get attention and lashing out against anyone who criticized him, discrediting himself as a rational voice along the way. Maajid nawaz v talib kweli godless spellcheckers blog. These books conspicuously remain available to purchase, and advertised via his official website however, and are even plugged at the start of this latest book. Nawaz points out there are many versions of islam so it is better to be secular to be consistent with liberal values he subscribes so muslims can have freedom to interpret the scripture as they wish. You may wonder whats left to write about cj werleman already. Maajid nawaz is a frequent target, for example he was called a porch monkey by a muslim journalist murtaza hussain for the crime of writing a book with same harris, and nawaz. The most captivating section of the book comes toward the end as nawaz vividly recounts his time in a dreaded torture chamber in mubaraks egypt for promoting his group in the autocratic country. It was not my intention to write more about the allegations of plagiarism swirling around atheist writer c.
Cj werleman on quilliams unreliable report linking. The creeping racial bigotry in cj werleman s rhetoric. His views on islam make him a member of what maajid nawaz and sam harris call the. Maajid nawaz was once part of hizb uttahrir, which i consider to be a terrorist organization for the reasons given above. Maajid nawaz created a twitter storm following his posting of a cartoon of jesus and muhammad. Keep in mind, nawaz is a muslim who is a staunch opponent of islamic extremism and spends his time championing human rights and secularism. Discover book depositorys huge selection of maajid nawaz books online. Slobbering, white, fascist atheists still think hes a. Courtney cj werleman is an extraordinarily deceitful, vindictive, unethical, galling, attention seeking, spiteful charlatan masquerading as an expert.
Regressive lefties are basically liberals who blame the regressive beliefs of extremist groups like those of radical islamists entirely on western imperialism and socioeconomic factors. Regressive leftists like cj werleman have called maajid a house muslim because hes willing to take the extreme position that there is a link between islamic beliefs and terrorism and because he challenges islamists and engages with atheists. I was an antimuslim bigot but then all that changed. Nawaz, sam harris and bill maher have popularized the term to describe a section of the political left which refuses to challenge human rights abuses in muslim communities for the sake of political correctness. His views on islam make him a member of what maajid nawaz and sam harris call the regressive left.
Cj werleman has the audacity to call ayaan hirsi ali a. Regressive left is a term coined by maajid nawaz in a 2012 memoir, radical. He is the founding chairman of quilliam, a counterextremism think tank that seeks to challenge the narratives of islamist extremists, and the host of a radio show on lbc, every saturday and sunday. Maajid nawaz tells muslim women to remove their hijab. Atheist writer accused of plagiarism has a meltdown the. Cj werleman has instructed people on a number of occasions not to purchase the older books he wrote whilst he subscribed to the new atheist worldview. Im about to release a book on islam with maajid nawaz. A dialogue, a collaboration with famed neuroscientist and atheist sam harris twitter. Murdo macleod for the guardian i have a few things in common with maajid nawaz. There was a time when cj werleman was writing a number of books promoting atheism, with titles like god hates you, hate him back, jesus lied. The unbearable toxicity of native informant kaveh mousavi. Radical my journey from islamist extremism to a democratic awakening paperback jan 01, 1800 maajid nawaz, maajid nawaz by maajid nawaz, maajid nawaz may 2, 20 4.
Also, thank you for all your measured contributions and responses to godfrey on my post on a related topic. I noticed patton oswalt retweeted christian picciolinis. Slobbering, white, fascist atheists still think hes a muslim. I find the language used to refer to maajid nawaz completely inappropriate. I find myself scratching my head, wondering whether he really believes this stuff himself or not. But in the real world, who are we kidding, what is the percentage of atheist lunatics vs. Cj werlemans shameless, irresponsible attempt to describe. He is the founding chairman of quilliam, a counterextremism think tank that seeks to challenge the narratives of islamist extremists, and the host of a radio show on lbc, every saturday and sunday born in southendonsea, essex to a british pakistani family, nawaz is a. Its been an interesting day or two for maajid nawaz of the antiextremism think tank quilliam. Maajid nawaz is a completely different guy than harris. A couple of weeks ago, i commented on how cj werleman s endless obsession with harris. The strange case of maajid nawaz and the hypocrisy of the. This exchange ends on a particularly frustrating note, but worry not, there is more coming soon.
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