“ In a secular democracy, a person is supposed to be punished only when he breaks the law; never because he is evil. That is, after all, what distinguishes a democracy from a theocracy. Thomas Szasz
“ My biggest fear is that the enlightened Arab thinkers are gong to leave the Arab world in search of fresh air: somewhere far away from the sword of the religious authorities. Raif Badawi
“ States that are built on a religious foundation limit their own people in a circle of faith and fear. Raif Badawi
“ Any religion-based state has a mission to limit the minds of its people, to fight the developments of history and logic, and to dumb down its citizens. It’s important to stand in the way of such a men… Raif Badawi
“ The denunciation of injustice implies the rejection of the use of Christianity to legitimize the established order. Gustavo Gutiérrez
“ London is one of the world's centres of Arab journalism and political activism. The failure of left and right, the establishment and its opposition, to mount principled arguments against clerical reac… Nick Cohen
“ Why does a young Muslim, in the prime of life, with a full life ahead, go and blow himself up in a bus full of innocent passengers? In our countries, religion is the sole source of education, and this… Wafa Sultan
