Secular Islam Summit

Secular Islam Summit

Secular Islam Summit was an international forum for secularists of Islamic societies, held in March 2007 in St. Petersburg, Florida, organized and sponsored by the Center for Inquiry, a global federation committed to science, reason, free inquiry and secularism, in partnership with the International Intelligence Summit, a non-partisan and neutral forum that brings together members of the international intelligence community to discuss issues of terrorism. [Kuwait News Agency Feb 2007 First "Secular Islam Summit" to convene early next month in Florida ]

The summit was broadcast live on CNN 's Glenn Beck program. [Washington Post March 17 2007]

t. Petersburg Declaration

On March 5 delegates to the summit released a public manifesto calling for reform within Islam. The text, known as the St. Petersburg Declaration, urged Islamic societies to reject sharia law and fatwa courts, and to accept freedom of religion and the equality of all citizens under the law.

Those who signed the declaration included Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Wafa Sultan, and Ibn Warraq, among others

Criticism

The summit was criticised by the Muslim group Council on American-Islamic Relations for being organized by non-Muslims instead of a Muslim group. [http://www.investors.com/editorial/editorialcontent.asp?secid=1501&status=article&id=258076311558394 What Is CAIR Afraid Of?] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUJErMA4d9Q]

References

External links

* [http://www.secularislam.org/ Official website]
* [http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/susan_jacoby/2007/04/first_the_muslim_religion_and.html Newsweek article coverage of Secular Islam Summit]
* [http://www.kuna.net.kw/Home/Story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=956319 Kuwait News Agency]
* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/16/AR2007031601941.html Washington Post A more Islamic Islam Article by Cair keynote speaker]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkuRvb-7LlA Cnn Glenn Beck Video interview of Wafa Sultan on Secular Islam Summit]
* [http://www.torontosun.com/News/Columnists/Mansur_Salim/2007/03/10/3725446.html Toronto Sun:Pulling Muslims from Dark Age]
* [http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/070408/16muslims_2.htm US News and Word report: Fighting for the soul of Islam]
* [http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB117314819125027850-lMyQjAxMDE3NzAzNjEwNDY4Wj.html Wall Street Journal: Islam's other radicals]


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