Sarah Haider: Islam The Necessity Of Liberal Critique ( AHA Conference 2015)
Presented at the American Humanist Association 74th Annual Conference, May 710, 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 hatemongers from the farri
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