Dawkins, Harris, Hitchens: New Atheists flirt with Islamophobia

on Monday, April 1, 2013

Nathan Lean charts the rise of the 'New Atheists' and their intersection with anti Muslim bigotry.

Some of Dawkins’ detractors say that he’s a fundamentalist. Noam Chomsky is one such critic. Chomsky has said that Harris, Dawkins and Hitchens are “religious fanatics” and that in their quest to bludgeon society with their beliefs about secularism, they have actually adopted the state religion — one that, though void of prayers and rituals, demands that its followers blindly support the whims of politicians. 

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