Richard Dawkins' 'The God Delusion' to be made available for free in Islamic countries...

[trotsky]

(headline cont'd) ...following surge in illegal downloads

https://www.christiantimes.com/article/atheist-richard-dawkins-to-give-away-free-copies-of-the-god-delusion-to-muslims-after-illegal-downloads-surge-in-arab-countries/73799.htm

Richard Dawkins has expressed plans to make his bestselling book, "The God Delusion," available for free in Islamic countries due to the surge of illegal downloads of the book in Middle Eastern countries.

The famed atheist has said that he was "greatly encouraged" to learn that there had been 13 million downloads of the unofficial Arabic .pdf version of the book. He is now translating several of his books, including "The God Delusion," into Arabic, Urdu, Farsi and Indonesian in response to what he called the "stirring towards atheism" in Islamic countries.

"We are choosing languages, not countries," Dawkins said, according to The Guardian. "The pdfs may, of course, be downloaded by anybody in any country, but we imagine most Urdu downloads will be in Pakistan, most Indonesian downloads in Indonesia and Malaysia, and most Farsi downloads in Iran," he added.

While Dawkins is known for being a critic of all religions, he has been especially vocal in his criticism of Islam, calling it "the most evil religion in the world." "Of course that doesn't mean all Muslims are evil, very far from it. Individual Muslims suffer more from Islam than anyone else," the author explained.

[Mariana]

1. That is very good news. nt.