Richard Dawkins is responding to what he called the "stirring towards atheism" in some Islamic countries with a programme to make free downloads of his books available in Arabic, Urdu, Farsi and Indonesian.
The scientist and atheist said he was "greatly encouraged" to learn that the unofficial Arabic pdf of the book had been downloaded 13m times. Dawkins writes in The God Delusion about his wish that the "open-minded people" who read it will "break free of the vice of religion altogether". It has sold 3.3m copies worldwide since it was published in 2006 – far fewer than the number of Arabic copies that Dawkins believes to have been downloaded illegally.
Richard Dawkins to give away copies of The God Delusion in Islamic countries
(Score: 3, Informative) by NotSanguine on Sunday March 25 2018, @03:53PM
As an atheist myself, I am unconcerned with the beliefs of others and respect their right to believe as they choose, even if I don't share or respect the dogmas associated with those beliefs.
The only time I have an issue is when someone with religious beliefs attempts to push them on me. That doesn't happen very often, and when it does I politely request that they stop doing so. If that is insufficient, I take more drastic measures.
At the same time, I'm perfectly comfortable discussing my non-belief and the reasons for it, but I never push that on others. It's not my business to do so, and the beliefs of others are not my concern.
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr