No that was Murtaza Hussain, but Nathan Lean is someone who wouldn’t support Maajid Nawaz if he thought there was good reason to believe he was anti-muslim.

Thanks.

That’s the one.

Yes I did. Sorry. Am I remembering correctly that Nathan Lean was the one who originally called Maajid Nawaz a “porch monkey?”

I expect she means Nathan Lean.

Who is David Lean? All I come up with is the dead film director and an athlete.

I saw that update on the Change.org website. It’s very depressing.

And if they’re going to take Ben Carson off despite his views and comments on marriage equality, they’re going to have to take off the ghastly Family Research Council too. They make almost exactly the same comments.

I agree it would be great to see a language analyst look at their website. Even if it’s the natural way they talk people, especially your intelligent lawyerly types, naturally absorb what types of language have a particular effect and use it unconsciously. So even if it’s not deliberate, I think it does reflect on their character.

I use “Islamophobia” where it makes sense to do so, when people are demonstrating a fear of Islam, rather than racism for a particular group. Sam Harris, who is no racist, sometimes fits this description. I also know people who are happy to take Syrian refugees so long as they are Christians, but would ban all Muslims. No other word fits these people.

Unbelievably, apparently even David Lean has tweeted in favour of Maajid Nawaz. Because of how closely the SPLC condemnation mirrored a hit piece against Nawaz that Lean wrote, I thought there might even have been some collusion there. I was obviously wrong there. For Lean to come out on Nawaz’s side is a big deal.