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'''Ali Sina''' is the pseudonym<ref name=Hassan>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Hassan |first=Salah D.|title=Infinite Hijra: Migrant Islam, Muslim American Literature and the Anti-Mimesis of The Taqwacores |encyclopedia=Culture, Diaspora, and Modernity in Muslim Writing |editor1-last=Ahmed |editor1-first=Rehana |editor2-last=Morey |editor2-first=Peter |editor3-last=Yaqin |editor3-first=Amina | year=2012 |publisher=Routledge |location=New York |pages=87–100 |isbn=9780415896771 |oclc=811728001 }}</ref>{{rp|100|quote=Ali Sina is the pseudonym for a Canadian Iranian whose blog alisina.org is dedicated to attacking Islam.}} of an [[Iranian Canadians|Iranian-born Canadian]] [[ex-Muslim]]<ref name="O'Malley" /> activist and [[criticism of Islam|critic of Islam]].<ref name="LA"/> Sina is the founder of the anti-Muslim<ref name="Breivik"/>{{rp|161|quote=A survey of anti-Muslim websites}} website [[WikiIslam]]<ref name="Breivik"/> and maintains a number of websites promoting what he refers to as "the truth" about [[Islam]].<ref name="LA" /> He is associated with the [[counter-jihad]] movement.<ref name="Busher"/>{{rp|85|quote=[T]he activists did make frequent references to fairly esoteric authors associated with the counter jihad network .... I was advised by senior [English Defence League] activists that if I really wanted to understand why they were taking to the streets I should visit online sites such as ... Ali Sina's faithfreedom.org.}}
'''Ali Sina''' is the pseudonym<ref name=Hassan>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Hassan |first=Salah D.|title=Infinite Hijra: Migrant Islam, Muslim American Literature and the Anti-Mimesis of The Taqwacores |encyclopedia=Culture, Diaspora, and Modernity in Muslim Writing |editor1-last=Ahmed |editor1-first=Rehana |editor2-last=Morey |editor2-first=Peter |editor3-last=Yaqin |editor3-first=Amina | year=2012 |publisher=Routledge |location=New York |pages=87–100 |isbn=9780415896771 |oclc=811728001 }}</ref>{{rp|100|quote=Ali Sina is the pseudonym for a Canadian Iranian whose blog alisina.org is dedicated to attacking Islam.}} of an [[Iranian Canadians|Iranian-born Canadian]] [[ex-Muslim]]<ref name="O'Malley" /> activist and [[criticism of Islam|critic of Islam]].<ref name="LA"/> Sina is the founder of the anti-Muslim<ref name="Breivik"/>{{rp|161|quote=A survey of anti-Muslim websites}} website [[WikiIslam]]<ref name="Breivik"/> and maintains a number of websites promoting what he refers to as "the truth" about [[Islam]].<ref name="LA" /> He is associated with the [[counter-jihad]] movement.<ref name="Busher"/>{{rp|85|quote=[T]he activists did make frequent references to fairly esoteric authors associated with the counter jihad network .... I was advised by senior [English Defence League] activists that if I really wanted to understand why they were taking to the streets I should visit online sites such as ... Ali Sina's faithfreedom.org.}}


Sina was cited by [[Mass murder|mass-murder]] and [[Domestic terrorism|domestic terrorist]] [[Anders Behring Breivik|Andrews Breivik]] is his 1518 page manifesto – “2083: A European Declaration of Independence.” <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.academia.edu/28132023 | title=In the Tracks of Breivik.PDF | last1=Deland | first1=Mats }}</ref>
Sina was cited by [[Mass murder|mass-murder]] and [[Domestic terrorism|domestic terrorist]] [[Anders Behring Breivik|Andrews Breivik]] is his 1518 page manifesto – “2083: A European Declaration of Independence.” <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.academia.edu/28132023 | title=In the Tracks of Breivik.PDF | last1=Deland | first1=Mats }}</ref>{{fv}}

==Work==
==Work==
In 2001, Sina founded Faith Freedom International (FFI),<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cottee |first1=Simon |title=The Apostates: When Muslims Leave Islam |date=2015 |publisher=C Hurst |location=London |isbn=9781849044691 |pages=6 |quote=There are two principal groups for ex-Muslims: the [[Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain|CEMB]], founded in 2007 by [[Maryam Namazie]], and Faith Freedom International (FFI), launched by Dr. Ali Sina in 2001.}}</ref> a popular anti-Muslim<ref name="Clifford Christians"/><ref name="Clifford Christians2"/><ref name="Enstedt"/> [[counter-jihad]] website<ref name="Busher">{{cite book |last1=Busher |first1=Joel |title=The Making of Anti-Muslim Protest: Grassroots Activism in the English Defence League |date=2016 |publisher=Routledge |location=London |isbn=9781315661377}}</ref>{{rp|47|quote=He was particularly taken by the writings of Ali Sina, an Iranian ex-Muslim, the founder of Faith Freedom Initiative, a well-known counter-jihad website, and a board member of Pamela Geller's Stop Islamization of Nations.}} that describes its aims as "unmask[ing] Islam and help[ing] Muslims leave [the faith]."<ref name="Breivik">{{Cite book|last=Larsson|first=Göran|title=In the Tracks of Breivik: Far Right Networks in Northern and Eastern Europe|publisher=Lit Verlag|year=2014|isbn=9783643905420|editor1-last=Mays|editor1-first=Christin|location=Vienna|pages=155–66|chapter=Islamophobia or Legitimate Concern? Contrasting Official and Populist Understanding of Opposition to Muslims|oclc=881140905|quote=[WikiIslam] was begun by an Iranian ex-Muslim named Ali Sina and is maintained by an organization known as ''Faith Freedom International'' (FFI). According to a description found on the website, the aim of FFI is to 'unmask Islam and help Muslims leave [the faith]'.|editor2-last=Deland|editor2-first=Mats|editor3-last=Minkenberg|editor3-first=Michael}}</ref> He later founded [[WikiIslam]] in 2006<ref name="Breivik"/> and also began the alisina.org blog "dedicated to attacking Islam."<ref name=Hassan/>{{rp|100}}
In 2001, Sina founded Faith Freedom International (FFI),<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cottee |first1=Simon |title=The Apostates: When Muslims Leave Islam |date=2015 |publisher=C Hurst |location=London |isbn=9781849044691 |pages=6 |quote=There are two principal groups for ex-Muslims: the [[Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain|CEMB]], founded in 2007 by [[Maryam Namazie]], and Faith Freedom International (FFI), launched by Dr. Ali Sina in 2001.}}</ref> a popular anti-Muslim<ref name="Clifford Christians"/><ref name="Clifford Christians2"/><ref name="Enstedt"/> [[counter-jihad]] website<ref name="Busher">{{cite book |last1=Busher |first1=Joel |title=The Making of Anti-Muslim Protest: Grassroots Activism in the English Defence League |date=2016 |publisher=Routledge |location=London |isbn=9781315661377}}</ref>{{rp|47|quote=He was particularly taken by the writings of Ali Sina, an Iranian ex-Muslim, the founder of Faith Freedom Initiative, a well-known counter-jihad website, and a board member of Pamela Geller's Stop Islamization of Nations.}} that describes its aims as "unmask[ing] Islam and help[ing] Muslims leave [the faith]."<ref name="Breivik">{{Cite book|last=Larsson|first=Göran|title=In the Tracks of Breivik: Far Right Networks in Northern and Eastern Europe|publisher=Lit Verlag|year=2014|isbn=9783643905420|editor1-last=Mays|editor1-first=Christin|location=Vienna|pages=155–66|chapter=Islamophobia or Legitimate Concern? Contrasting Official and Populist Understanding of Opposition to Muslims|oclc=881140905|quote=[WikiIslam] was begun by an Iranian ex-Muslim named Ali Sina and is maintained by an organization known as ''Faith Freedom International'' (FFI). According to a description found on the website, the aim of FFI is to 'unmask Islam and help Muslims leave [the faith]'.|editor2-last=Deland|editor2-first=Mats|editor3-last=Minkenberg|editor3-first=Michael}}</ref> He later founded [[WikiIslam]] in 2006<ref name="Breivik"/> and also began the alisina.org blog "dedicated to attacking Islam."<ref name=Hassan/>{{rp|100}}
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Sina has questioned Islam's validity as a religion and called it "an unreformable, violent, militant political cult".<ref name="O'Malley" /> He and his associates have used his platform to argue that Islam is an intrinsically evil and false religion and an "overgrown cult."<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Pulcini |first1=Theodore |title=Cyber-apostasy: its repercussions on Islam and interfaith relations* |journal=Journal of Contemporary Religion |date=4 May 2017 |volume=32 |issue=2 |page=194 |doi=10.1080/13537903.2017.1298902 |s2cid=152164600 |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13537903.2017.1298902 |access-date=23 February 2021 |quote=Although clearly secularist in his perspective, Sina and his associates claim that they do not oppose belief and religion per se, but hate, on which, in their opinion, Islam feeds. Considering Islam a 'false religion' and an 'overgrown cult' that is intrinsically evil, they urge its adherents to repudiate it.}}</ref> He has also made claims to offer [[USD|$]]50,000 to anyone who can refute his accusation that Muhammad was "a narcissist, a misogynist, a rapist, a paedophile, a lecher, a torturer, a mass murderer, a cult leader, an assassin, a terrorist, a madman and a looter".<ref name="O'Malley" /> Sina deemed the word "Muslim" to be synonymous with "stupid, barbarian, thug, arrogant, brain dead, zombie, hooligan, goon, shameless, savage and many other ignoble things".{{Efn|As of 2017, Sina's website stated: "I find the word 'Muslim' very derogatory and insulting. It is synonymous to stupid, barbarian, thug, arrogant, brain dead, zombie, hooligan, goon, shameless, savage and many other ignoble things. I don't know whether this most disgusting word elicits the same meanings in you or not. So when I want to show my despise [sic] of someone I call him 'Muslim'. But because Muslims are stupid, they don't know all these things and they are proud of this name. This is a win/win situation because I insult them and they are happy and thank me for it. Isn't that smart?"<ref name="O'Malley" />}}<ref name="O'Malley" />
Sina has questioned Islam's validity as a religion and called it "an unreformable, violent, militant political cult".<ref name="O'Malley" /> He and his associates have used his platform to argue that Islam is an intrinsically evil and false religion and an "overgrown cult."<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Pulcini |first1=Theodore |title=Cyber-apostasy: its repercussions on Islam and interfaith relations* |journal=Journal of Contemporary Religion |date=4 May 2017 |volume=32 |issue=2 |page=194 |doi=10.1080/13537903.2017.1298902 |s2cid=152164600 |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13537903.2017.1298902 |access-date=23 February 2021 |quote=Although clearly secularist in his perspective, Sina and his associates claim that they do not oppose belief and religion per se, but hate, on which, in their opinion, Islam feeds. Considering Islam a 'false religion' and an 'overgrown cult' that is intrinsically evil, they urge its adherents to repudiate it.}}</ref> He has also made claims to offer [[USD|$]]50,000 to anyone who can refute his accusation that Muhammad was "a narcissist, a misogynist, a rapist, a paedophile, a lecher, a torturer, a mass murderer, a cult leader, an assassin, a terrorist, a madman and a looter".<ref name="O'Malley" /> Sina deemed the word "Muslim" to be synonymous with "stupid, barbarian, thug, arrogant, brain dead, zombie, hooligan, goon, shameless, savage and many other ignoble things".{{Efn|As of 2017, Sina's website stated: "I find the word 'Muslim' very derogatory and insulting. It is synonymous to stupid, barbarian, thug, arrogant, brain dead, zombie, hooligan, goon, shameless, savage and many other ignoble things. I don't know whether this most disgusting word elicits the same meanings in you or not. So when I want to show my despise [sic] of someone I call him 'Muslim'. But because Muslims are stupid, they don't know all these things and they are proud of this name. This is a win/win situation because I insult them and they are happy and thank me for it. Isn't that smart?"<ref name="O'Malley" />}}<ref name="O'Malley" />


When an online commenter asked him what Sina thought as being named as an inspiration for the [[2011 Norway attacks]], the deadliest attacks in Norway since World War II, Sina responded by stating "[Muslim] blood will run in the streets" and that "it would be foolish to try and suppress [anti-Muslim reprisal killings]", declaring both Breivik's actions and the rise of far-right parties in Europe as a "natural" response to Islamic presence in Europe.{{Efn|As of 2024, Sina's website stated: "It is in these crucial times that that voices of reason must prevail. On one hand Muslims are transforming the non-Muslim countries into slums and warzones. They refuse to integrate. They build ghettos and no-go zones for the locals, including the police. They assault non-Muslims, rape their women and try to impose their Islamic way on their hosts. On the other hand their leftist allies are aiding them. Together they work to destroy the western civilization. There is a limit to forbearance. Muslims interpret tolerance as sign of weakness and will escalate their violence. It is only natural for their victims to react. So far the violence in Europe has been one sided – perpetrated by Muslims. Once it becomes reciprocal blood will run in the streets and Muslims will be the losers."}} <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.academia.edu/28132023 | title=In the Tracks of Breivik.PDF | last1=Deland | first1=Mats }}</ref>
When an online commenter asked him what Sina thought as being named as an inspiration for the [[2011 Norway attacks]], the deadliest attacks in Norway since World War II, Sina responded by stating "[Muslim] blood will run in the streets" and that "it would be foolish to try and suppress [anti-Muslim reprisal killings]", declaring both Breivik's actions and the rise of far-right parties in Europe as a "natural" response to Islamic presence in Europe.{{Efn|As of 2024, Sina's website stated: "It is in these crucial times that that voices of reason must prevail. On one hand Muslims are transforming the non-Muslim countries into slums and warzones. They refuse to integrate. They build ghettos and no-go zones for the locals, including the police. They assault non-Muslims, rape their women and try to impose their Islamic way on their hosts. On the other hand their leftist allies are aiding them. Together they work to destroy the western civilization. There is a limit to forbearance. Muslims interpret tolerance as sign of weakness and will escalate their violence. It is only natural for their victims to react. So far the violence in Europe has been one sided – perpetrated by Muslims. Once it becomes reciprocal blood will run in the streets and Muslims will be the losers."}} <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.academia.edu/28132023 | title=In the Tracks of Breivik.PDF | last1=Deland | first1=Mats }}</ref>{{fv}}


==Reception==
==Reception==

Revision as of 17:54, 27 February 2024

For other uses, see Ali Sina (disambiguation) and Ibn Sina Peak.

Ali Sina is the pseudonym[1]: 100  of an Iranian-born Canadian ex-Muslim[2] activist and critic of Islam.[3] Sina is the founder of the anti-Muslim[4]: 161  website WikiIslam[4] and maintains a number of websites promoting what he refers to as "the truth" about Islam.[3] He is associated with the counter-jihad movement.[5]: 85 

Sina was cited by mass-murder and domestic terrorist Andrews Breivik is his 1518 page manifesto – “2083: A European Declaration of Independence.” [6][failed verification]

Work

In 2001, Sina founded Faith Freedom International (FFI),[7] a popular anti-Muslim[8][9][10] counter-jihad website[5]: 47  that describes its aims as "unmask[ing] Islam and help[ing] Muslims leave [the faith]."[4] He later founded WikiIslam in 2006[4] and also began the alisina.org blog "dedicated to attacking Islam."[1]: 100 

He hoped to begin filming a biopic of Muhammad in 2013, claiming to have raised $2 million out of a total $10 million goal for the film as of 2012.[3]

Sina is a board member of Pamela Geller's Stop Islamization of Nations,[5] an offshoot of the Stop Islamization of America, which the SPLC lists as a hate group. [11]

Views

Sina has questioned Islam's validity as a religion and called it "an unreformable, violent, militant political cult".[2] He and his associates have used his platform to argue that Islam is an intrinsically evil and false religion and an "overgrown cult."[12] He has also made claims to offer $50,000 to anyone who can refute his accusation that Muhammad was "a narcissist, a misogynist, a rapist, a paedophile, a lecher, a torturer, a mass murderer, a cult leader, an assassin, a terrorist, a madman and a looter".[2] Sina deemed the word "Muslim" to be synonymous with "stupid, barbarian, thug, arrogant, brain dead, zombie, hooligan, goon, shameless, savage and many other ignoble things".[a][2]

When an online commenter asked him what Sina thought as being named as an inspiration for the 2011 Norway attacks, the deadliest attacks in Norway since World War II, Sina responded by stating "[Muslim] blood will run in the streets" and that "it would be foolish to try and suppress [anti-Muslim reprisal killings]", declaring both Breivik's actions and the rise of far-right parties in Europe as a "natural" response to Islamic presence in Europe.[b] [13][failed verification]

Reception

Sina,[2] FFI,[8][9] and WikiIslam have been noted for their anti-Muslim rhetoric.[10] Sina has been cited as an example of "anti-Islamic fanaticism"[1]: 98  and is considered a virulently anti-Islamic activist.[2] He has been quoted by Geert Wilders, a Dutch far-right politician.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ As of 2017, Sina's website stated: "I find the word 'Muslim' very derogatory and insulting. It is synonymous to stupid, barbarian, thug, arrogant, brain dead, zombie, hooligan, goon, shameless, savage and many other ignoble things. I don't know whether this most disgusting word elicits the same meanings in you or not. So when I want to show my despise [sic] of someone I call him 'Muslim'. But because Muslims are stupid, they don't know all these things and they are proud of this name. This is a win/win situation because I insult them and they are happy and thank me for it. Isn't that smart?"[2]
  2. ^ As of 2024, Sina's website stated: "It is in these crucial times that that voices of reason must prevail. On one hand Muslims are transforming the non-Muslim countries into slums and warzones. They refuse to integrate. They build ghettos and no-go zones for the locals, including the police. They assault non-Muslims, rape their women and try to impose their Islamic way on their hosts. On the other hand their leftist allies are aiding them. Together they work to destroy the western civilization. There is a limit to forbearance. Muslims interpret tolerance as sign of weakness and will escalate their violence. It is only natural for their victims to react. So far the violence in Europe has been one sided – perpetrated by Muslims. Once it becomes reciprocal blood will run in the streets and Muslims will be the losers."

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Hassan, Salah D. (2012). "Infinite Hijra: Migrant Islam, Muslim American Literature and the Anti-Mimesis of The Taqwacores". In Ahmed, Rehana; Morey, Peter; Yaqin, Amina (eds.). Culture, Diaspora, and Modernity in Muslim Writing. New York: Routledge. pp. 87–100. ISBN 9780415896771. OCLC 811728001.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h O'Malley, Nick (27 January 2017). "One Nation, Australia's portal to Trump and the alt-right". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  3. ^ a b c Bensinger, Ken; Ryan, Harriet (25 September 2012). "Is Islam's prophet Muhammad to have more screen time?". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 6 October 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
  4. ^ a b c d Larsson, Göran (2014). "Islamophobia or Legitimate Concern? Contrasting Official and Populist Understanding of Opposition to Muslims". In Mays, Christin; Deland, Mats; Minkenberg, Michael (eds.). In the Tracks of Breivik: Far Right Networks in Northern and Eastern Europe. Vienna: Lit Verlag. pp. 155–66. ISBN 9783643905420. OCLC 881140905. [WikiIslam] was begun by an Iranian ex-Muslim named Ali Sina and is maintained by an organization known as Faith Freedom International (FFI). According to a description found on the website, the aim of FFI is to 'unmask Islam and help Muslims leave [the faith]'.
  5. ^ a b c Busher, Joel (2016). The Making of Anti-Muslim Protest: Grassroots Activism in the English Defence League. London: Routledge. ISBN 9781315661377.
  6. ^ Deland, Mats. "In the Tracks of Breivik.PDF".
  7. ^ Cottee, Simon (2015). The Apostates: When Muslims Leave Islam. London: C Hurst. p. 6. ISBN 9781849044691. There are two principal groups for ex-Muslims: the CEMB, founded in 2007 by Maryam Namazie, and Faith Freedom International (FFI), launched by Dr. Ali Sina in 2001.
  8. ^ a b Christians, Clifford G. (2019). "The Ethics of Human Dignity and Freedom of Expression". Al Jazeera in the Gulf and in the World. Contemporary Gulf Studies. Singapore: Springer. p. 237. doi:10.1007/978-981-13-3420-7_8. ISBN 978-981-13-3420-7. S2CID 182074651. Anti-Muslim sites are strong and active, for example, Faith Freedom (faithfreedom.org)
  9. ^ a b Christians, Clifford G. (21 March 2019). Media ethics and global justice in the digital age. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. p. 268. ISBN 978-1-107-15214-4. OCLC 1083672825. Anti-Muslim sites are vivid and morally repugnant, for example, Faith Freedom (www.faithfreedom.org/).
  10. ^ a b Enstedt, Daniel (2018). "Understanding Religious Apostasy, Disaffiliation, and Islam in Contemporary Sweden". In van Nieuwkerk, Karin (ed.). Moving in and out of Islam (First ed.). Austin, TX: University of Texas Press. p. 74. ISBN 978-1-4773-1748-8. Anti-Muslim rhetoric on internet sites such as WikiIslam.net ... and faithfreedom.org ... reproduce[s] a negative image of religion that is associated with Islam.
  11. ^ Dungca Globe, Nicole (23 November 2015). "MBTA bans all ads on political and social issues - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  12. ^ Pulcini, Theodore (4 May 2017). "Cyber-apostasy: its repercussions on Islam and interfaith relations*". Journal of Contemporary Religion. 32 (2): 194. doi:10.1080/13537903.2017.1298902. S2CID 152164600. Retrieved 23 February 2021. Although clearly secularist in his perspective, Sina and his associates claim that they do not oppose belief and religion per se, but hate, on which, in their opinion, Islam feeds. Considering Islam a 'false religion' and an 'overgrown cult' that is intrinsically evil, they urge its adherents to repudiate it.
  13. ^ Deland, Mats. "In the Tracks of Breivik.PDF".

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