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Ali Sina (activist)

Iranian-born Canadian activist and critic of Islam From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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For other uses, see Ali Sina (disambiguation) and Ibn Sina Peak.

Ali Sina is the pseudonym[1]: 100  of an Iranian-born Canadian ex-Muslim[2] activist and critic of Islam.[3] Sina is the founder of the anti-Muslim[4]: 161  website WikiIslam[4] and maintains a number of websites promoting what he refers to as the truth about Islam.[3] He is associated with the counter-jihad movement.[5]: 85 

Sina was born in Iran, raised as a non-practicing Muslim, and educated in Pakistan and Italy before settling in Canada.[6] He has attributed his use of a pseudonym to security concerns.[6]

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Work

In 2001, Sina founded Faith Freedom International (FFI),[7] a popular anti-Muslim[8][9][10] counter-jihad website[5]: 47  that describes its aims as "unmask[ing] Islam and help[ing] Muslims leave [the faith]."[4] He later founded WikiIslam in 2006[4] and also began the alisina.org blog "dedicated to attacking Islam."[1]: 100 

He hoped to begin filming a biopic of Muhammad in 2013, claiming to have raised $2 million out of a total $10 million goal for the film as of 2012.[3]

Sina is a board member of Pamela Geller's Stop Islamization of Nations,[5] an offshoot of the Stop Islamization of America, which the SPLC lists as a hate group.[11]

He defends his work as an attempt to promote peace, stating: “I want to win [Muslims] as friends and allies… That is the real victory.”[6]

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Views

Sina has positioned himself as strongly opposed to Islam, describing himself as "probably the biggest anti-Islam person alive."[6] He has called Islam an "unreformable, violent, militant political cult"[2] and argued that it is intrinsically evil rather than a legitimate religion.[12] Sina has claimed that Muhammad suffered from a range of mental disorders and stated that "the only way to reform Islam is to throw away the Koran," comparing reform efforts to attempts to reform Nazism.[6]

Sina deemed the word "Muslim" to be synonymous with "stupid, barbarian, thug, arrogant, brain dead, zombie, hooligan, goon, shameless, savage and many other ignoble things."[a][2]

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Reception

Sina,[2] FFI,[8][9] and WikiIslam have been noted for their anti-Muslim rhetoric.[10] Sina has been cited as an example of "anti-Islamic fanaticism"[1]: 98  and is considered a virulently anti-Islamic activist.[2] He has been quoted by Geert Wilders, a Dutch far-right politician.[2]

Publications

  • Sina, Ali (2008). Understanding Muhammad: A Psychobiography of Allah's Prophet. Felibri.Com. ISBN 978-0980994803.

Notes

  1. As of 2017, Sina's website stated: "I find the word 'Muslim' very derogatory and insulting. It is synonymous to stupid, barbarian, thug, arrogant, brain dead, zombie, hooligan, goon, shameless, savage and many other ignoble things. I don't know whether this most disgusting word elicits the same meanings in you or not. So when I want to show my despise [sic] of someone I call him 'Muslim'. But because Muslims are stupid, they don't know all these things and they are proud of this name. This is a win/win situation because I insult them and they are happy and thank me for it. Isn't that smart?"[2]
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