Abdullah Sameer

أَلَا يَعْلَمُ مَنْ خَلَقَ وَهُوَ اللَّطِيفُ الْخَبِيرُ Does He who created not know, while He is the Subtle, the Acquainted? (67:14)

Robert Spencer is Outraged Over Muslims Appearing in a Christmas Commercial

For those of you who know me you know that there are certain things I cannot stand for. I am against the religion of Islam and what it brought to the world, but I don’t let people get away with bigotry. Robert Spencer of Jihad Watch, the “The Muslims are Coming” man who is constantly looking for jihadis under every bed and in every closet is here to warn us about an ad for Turkey. Yes, an ad for … turkey. I am going to be responding to his video in this blog post.

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How India’s Most Famous Painter Had to Leave India

Hello from your friendly neighborhood ex-Muslim Abdullah Sameer. In today’s blog post we are going to discuss how a famous painter, known as the “Picasso of India”, MF Hussain, angered a nation and had to leave his native country. His story is the best example of the intersection of religion, politics, and human rights and exemplifies how we need to stand for the right to be blasphemous. How is it that something Husain did in the 70s suddenly became a problem in the 90s? Because of “religious sentiment”. Let’s hear what happened. (more…)