The above is from a debate between British journalist Mehdi Hasan and Prof Richard Dawkins, in 2012. Of course, it should be "winged" not "wind" horse. |
LATER: When I had a close look at the suggestions for countering objections to one's criticism of Islam (objections like "but the Bible is also violent", or "I know Muslims who are very friendly" or "It's only a tiny minority", etc, etc, I find I do know most of the counters, as surely I ought, after so many years. Though I did find some of them a bit long-winded and noone could surely be expected to recall them all. Perhaps a super simple version would be useful.
PS: the Chinese also have a "winged horse" tradition, called "Tian Ma", but they don't make the mistake of believing it really really exists, as do pious Muslims, even the likes of the otherwise intelligent Mehdi Hasan.