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We Need to Be Able to Criticize Religion—Including Islam by Ronald A. Lindsay

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Mar 4, 2026
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Summary

Ronald A. Lindsay argues that just as we must defend the right to criticize government, we must also defend the right to criticize religion—including Islam. Lindsay maintains that protecting any religion from open criticism undermines free expression and, in cases where doctrines are used to justify human rights abuses, amounts to moral complicity. Read this article and find accompanying references at: https://secularhumanism.org/exclusive/we-need-to-be-able-to-criticize-religion-including-islam/ About the Author: Ronald A. Lindsay is the former president and CEO of the Center for Inquiry, recent interim general counsel for CFI, and editor of Free Inquiry magazine. Subscribe to Free Inquiry: https://secularhumanism.org/subscribe/