By Rose S. Aslan Richard Dawkins, the evolutionary biologist, unapologetic atheist and author of “God Delusion,” recently tweeted a picture of himself in front of the Winchester Cathedral in England, which said, “Listening to the lovely bells of Winchester, one of our great mediaeval [sic] Continue Reading
Richard Dawkins to give away copies of The God Delusion in Islamic countries
By Alison Flood Richard Dawkins is responding to what he called the “stirring towards atheism” in some Islamic countries with a programme to make free downloads of his books available in Arabic, Urdu, Farsi and Indonesian. The scientist and atheist said he was “greatly encouraged” to learn Continue Reading
Richard Dawkins event cancelled over his ‘abusive speech against Islam’ By Alison Flood
Richard Dawkins has denied using “abusive speech against Islam” after a California radio station cancelled a book event with the scientist, citing his comments on Islam, which it said had “offended and hurt … so many people”. Dawkins, whose bestselling study of evolution, The Selfish Gene, was Continue Reading