Podcaster and author Armin Navabi had been scheduled to give a talk entitled ‘The Case Against Islamic Reform’
Citing the recent anti-Muslim attacks in New Zealand, a Calgary university suddenly cancelled an event by Armin Navabi, an Iranian-Canadian atheist activist who was scheduled to deliver a talk critical of Islam.The event, scheduled for Thursday afternoon, was entitled The Case Against Islamic Reform. Hosted as part of a speaker series organized by the Atheist Society of Calgary, it was to be held at Mount Royal University.
The Atheist Society of Calgary has since said the cancellation was akin to acceding to the wishes of the New Zealand gunman.“ feels that to cancel this event communicates to terrorists, in general, that these tactics will accomplish their objectives,” they wrote in an online post notifying attendees of the cancellation.
Navabi is the founder of Atheist Republic, an online news and information site designed to provide support to “non-believers around the world.” He is also a co-host of the podcast Secular Jihadists along with fellow Canadian ex-Muslim Ali Rizvi and is the author of the 2014 book Why There Is No God. He was recently the subject of a feature article in Cherwell, a weekly student paper published by students of Oxford University. However, the article was withheld from online publication on the grounds that Navabi’s comments about atheism and against Islam “might be considered offensive.”
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