Egyptian scientist called an apostate by islamists, for receiving science award

by Kal El on July 28, 2009 · Comments

Sometimes islamists make me laugh, at their rampant silliness. This is one of those times.

Egypt: Progressive Thinker Dr. Sayed El Qemany Challenged as “Apostate” for Receiving Egyptian Award for Social Sciences

By R.E.A.L. Organization • on July 27, 2009

– Global Voices Report: “Egypt: The Egyptian Apostate”
– Report: “Egyptian progressive thinker, Dr. Sayed El Qemany was granted the State Award for Social Sciences. Egyptian liberals and seculars hailed the award while Wahabis and conservatives declared war on the ‘Egyptian Apostate’”
– Facebook group supporting Dr. Sayed El Qemany
— Report quotes Dr. Sayed El Qemany: “The State Award is not given to anyone based on the degree of his piety or his following of Islam – we are in Egypt not in Saudi Arabia. The award is granted to Egyptian icons who have avidly applied the ethics and basics of scientific research reaching conclusions and facts based on true references without tampering or twisting. Once again, the State Award is not a religious award.”
— Report quotes Tarek Heggy addressing Dr. El Qemany: “Granting you this award – last given to Taha Hussein half a century ago – is a well deserved honor; it is a celebration of the scholar and thinker whose publications are each worthy of the most prestigious of awards. Your publications assumed leadership in three fields; comparative religions, the study of the history of Islam and Islamic dogma, and modernism, post modernism, and contemporary studies”

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  • dunno_moire
    More information/perspective on El Qemany from an Israeli paper's piece on the award:

    http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1100329.html
  • dunno_moire
    It must be clearly understood that Dr. El Qemany's endeavors in analyzing Islam and its history. His analyses are not always flattering. Courageous behavior when done anywhere most especially when done in a Muslim country. I hope the award comes with a bullet proof vest.

    The R.E.A.L. link above is quite interesting especially where it lists the doctor's antagonists.

    The blog post referenced in the above links is well worth reading
    http://www.marwarakha.com/index.php?categoryid=...

    Unfortunately I couldn't find anything directly quoting the doctor's work - has anyone been able to do so?
  • hellosnackbar
    Typical Muslims; instead of applauding a home grown thinker who has been awarded
    a national honour;they castigate him as an apostate(automatic death penalty).
    Surely there are some people in these benighted countries who have the intelligence to recognise the retarding force that the dead hand of Islam imposes.
    Islam =garbage in; followed by garbage out.
    Not just silly John but downright pathetic.
    When will the brain dead of Islam recognise the meaning of the expression"stupid is as stupid does!"
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