What an excellent choice for Speakers !!

There is huge belief in the mind of the Muslim commoners across the Muslim world , that the west hate them and hate Islam and this belief thanks to the Western practices towards the Muslims after 9/11 was strengthened more and more , after the veil affair in France , the Danish Cartoons and the Pope's statements.

And really it looked to me that there are certain people in the west who got benefits mostly politically from this defame image , yes Muslims themselves helped a lot but we should n't forget or ignore the other bitter facts of life

I don't why I remember all this when I read about some summit that would take place in Florida in America in the last couple of weeks , it is about and listen and read carefully "The Secular Islam" 

Of course very few knew about this summit , mostly from Al-Arabiya Network ,but there was nothing in the official and unofficial media as I recall , at least in Egypt all were busy with the POWs

Anyhow the Summit started and finished and really in the Islamic east no one felt there was something that took place that discussed their religion

I won't go now in a sick debate about whether it is right or wrong , I will save for another day because as everyone in Egypt I am busy with the POWs

But I am going to speak about the Choice of the Speakers in the Summit because that's what took my attention and forced me to speak about it

I don't know how the organizers of the Summit of were thinking , it seems that they chose all the outcasted and hated personalities from intellectual secularists across the Muslim world and those who got nothing to do in their miserable life except to write down books blaming Islam for all the tragedies in their lives to be in the international spot light

Let's say couple of the names , the speakers in the summit

1. Irshad Manji , the famous lesbian who wrote a book "The trouble with Islam" which she changed its name twice , once "Trouble with Muslims" and "Trouble with Islam today"
2. Shaker Al-Nabulsi , those who read Elaph.com ,will know that guy immediately , a sick person who hates Egypt and likes Star academy as it presents a wonderful culture of hope not hate !!
3. Wafa Sultan, some secular Syrian lady who lives in the United States , didn't know about her ,I am sorry for my ignorance but I knew her only from her appearance against some closed mind religious man in Al-Jazeera , Sultan is among the persons who are accused of Spoiling the mind of world famous Abdel Karim Soliman , who is in Jail now , his mom named her in particular last Sunday in weekly "Sowat El-Oma"
4. Ibn Warraq, an enigmatic personality who fears to appear in photos so the radicals who reach out to him ,never heard before about him except today !!
5. Noni Darwsih , this is a very interesting personality , really that I was going to write about her and her great father but the POWs came in and I could n't because as soon as I read her name I feel angry , Darwish is trying now to enhance her photo in Egypt after a big expose was published about her in "El-Fagr" weekly
6. And of course the fun won't complete if Ayaan Hirsi didn't send a message to the summit

with my all respect those are the not the ones to speak about Islam , already a woman like Sultan who doesn't believe in any religion despite she is a Muslim , I don't know how or Darwsih who went to the church instead of the mosque !!

I don't know if they are with the Islam or against it ,I mean if they want a real reform as they call it then they must choose better speakers,if they only want to reach the minority and leave the majority then this is a perfect choice, it is just like setting in cave and screaming , hearing the echoes respond

This makes Muslims think more and more that there is a conspiracy against their faith from the west

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