Anouar Majid noted as free thinker in article on dissent and Islam

Anouar Majid, Ph.D., associate provost for global initiatives, was cited as a modern freethinker in an June 20, 2010 article published in filipino freethinkers, the  publication of the largest group of freethinkers in the Philippines. Titled "Dissent and Islam," the article covers the history of dissent and heresy in Islamic history stretching from the 9th century to the present. Majid's latest book is We Are All Moors: Ending Centuries of Crusades against Muslims and other Minorities.

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