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Ali Sina is the pseudonym used by the founder of Faith Freedom International ^[1], a secularist organization dedicated to advising Muslims to leave Islam. Because he hides his identity little is known about him. ^{[citation needed]} His website describes him as an ex-Muslim and as a Canadian writer of Iranian descent. There has been some speculation however that he actually might be an Indian Hindu with links to the Vishwa Hindu Parisad.

Ali Sina uses a pseudonym because, he says, he has received death threats as a result of his outspoken criticism of Islam. His critics allege that he is hiding his identity in order to make a false claim about being an apostate of Islam in order to lend credence to his criticisms of Islam and Muslims. ^{[citation needed]}

Traffic ranking for Sina's website, faithfreedom.org, has fluctuated since its inception in June of 2001. According to the online source Alexa, in early 2003 faithfreedom.org was in the top ten thousand sites on the internet. Currently it is in the top fifty thousand. It has become a meeting ground for people who use the internet to expound their criticism of Islam.

Ali Sina writes commentary articles on Islam on a number of other websites including Rational Thinking ^[2]. His writings have also been included in Ibn Warraq's book Leaving Islam: Apostates Speak Out.

Views and beliefs

Sina claims:

Islam is a doctrine of hate.
The ultimate goal of Islam is to have world hegemony. ^[3]
His mission is to let muslims leave the hateful doctrine.

Ali Sina believes that the war against Islamic terrorism must also be fought on ideological grounds, and he claims that Islam must either be weakened or eradicated. "Moderate Islam means less Islam", says Sina and "Islamic moderation is a myth. Such thing does not exist just as a round square does not exist." ^[4]

Ali Sina has consistently claimed that Islam is the greatest danger Mankind is facing today. However, he also says that Islam is "a house of cards that will collapse if sufficiently pushed", and that we may see the end of Islam within the next few decades. He has compared Islam both to Communism and Nazism, claiming that it will either collapse from within as the former did or will have an apocalyptic end like the latter, after causing the death of millions and even billions in a nuclear Armageddon. ^[5]. It is his belief that if enough people start voicing their criticism, Islam will fall the way communism and Nazism fell. ^[6].

Sina believes that modern communication technology such as the Internet may prove a turning point no less crucial to Islam today than the printing press was to Christianity. ^[7] "This is a new dawn for the followers of Muhammad," says Sina. "This is the beginning of the renaissance of Islamic world. And this renaissance is going to take place now and in our own lifetime." ^[8]

In reply to a letter, he has stated "Islamic culture is an oxymoron, while Islamic terrorism is redundancy" ^[9].

Criticisms

Critics of Sina have argued that he:

incites hatred of Islam ^[10].
is racist and uses derogatory comments ^[11].
views muslims as stereotypes ^[12].
chooses specific translations (of Islamic sources) that best supports his arguments ^[13].
uses Islamic sources out of context ^[14]
has a distorted view on the history of Islam ^[15].
is a hypocrite ^[16]

Yamin Zakaria, one of Sina's critics has called him "a rabid anti-Islamic zealot" who "advocates the indiscriminate killing of Muslims by the US forces even using nuclear weapons" ^[17]. Sina has allowed articles on his website, advocating the nuking of Islamic holy cities such as Mecca and Medina, in the event of a nuclear attack on US soil ^[18].

However, he has called it a stupid idea. He wrote:

Suppose you bomb a city and destroy it, in what ways you have proven that Islam is false and Allah does not exist? All you have proven is that you are a brute and a criminal. Muslims will not go home convinced that Islam is false once you demolish Mecca. They will be convinced that they are being victimized and it is time to get even. Then they will start the wholesale massacre of every innocent non-Muslim person. ^{[citation needed]}

Ali Sina also claims to be an admirer of pacifists such as Gandhi ^[19] and Krishnamurthi ^[20].

In addition, Zakaria has also criticized Sina's interpretation of the Golden Rule. Ali Sina has accused Islam of being the only religion, beside the white supremacists Creativity Movement, to oppose the Golden Rule claiming that many teachings and actions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad violate the rule of "Do unto others as you would have others do unto you" ^[21]. Mr. Zakaria’s response has been "The “Golden Rule” is not universal, not self-evident, subjective, inadequate and not absolute...it is flawed as a fundamental principle. At best it is just a moral advice to individuals to exercise self-restraint. Therefore, the allegations against the final Prophet (SAW) cannot be levied." ^[22]

Sina responded that "As it is clear from Mr. Zakaria's rejection of the Golden Rule, true Muslims do not possess conscience. Conscience has not evolved in them. The Golden Rule can only be understood by humans. Animals and Muslims do not understand it." ^[23].

References

External links

Online sources

World Net Daily Article Headline: "Ex-Muslim's site trashes Muhammad"
FrontpageMag.com Symposium: Gender Apartheid and Islam
Asia Times SPENGLER on Sina
Hugh Fitzgerald on Ibn Warraq and Ali Sina

Opposing views

Faithfreedom.com, is a site created to refute Sina's writings, The goal of this site as described by its creators), is "to expose the well organized campaign of hate and deceit launched against Muslims and Islam on the Internet."
thetruereligion.org an article criticising Sina for among other things, re-hashing polemic orientalist material.
Doctrine of Unmitigated Hatred against Islam A secular article discussing methods of referencing and evocative articulation, and their context from a linguistic perspective within Ali Sina's site.
Bassam Zawadi Rebuttals Rebuttals to Ali Sina's Articles.
Responses To FFI A collection of responses to FaithFreedom.org
Examinethetruth.com Challenging Sina's views
The Independent Centre for Strategic Studies and Analysis - A Debate between Yamin Zakaria and Ali Sina

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	'''Ali Sina''' is the [[pseudonym]] used by the founder of ''Faith Freedom International'' {{ref\|ffi}}, a [[secularist]] organization dedicated to advising Muslims to leave Islam. Because he hides his identity little is known about him. {{fact}} His website describes him as an [[Apostasy in Islam\|ex-Muslim]] and as a [[Canadian]] writer of [[Iran]]ian descent.		'''Ali Sina''' is the [[pseudonym]] used by the founder of ''Faith Freedom International'' {{ref\|ffi}}, a [[secularist]] organization dedicated to advising Muslims to leave Islam. Because he hides his identity little is known about him. {{fact}} His website describes him as an [[Apostasy in Islam\|ex-Muslim]] and as a [[Canadian]] writer of [[Iran]]ian descent. There has been some speculation however that he actually might be an Indian Hindu with links to the Vishwa Hindu Parisad.

	Ali Sina uses a pseudonym because, he says, he has received death threats as a result of his outspoken criticism of Islam. His critics allege that he is hiding his identity in order to make a false claim about being an apostate of Islam in order to lend credence to his criticisms of Islam and Muslims. {{fact}}		Ali Sina uses a pseudonym because, he says, he has received death threats as a result of his outspoken criticism of Islam. His critics allege that he is hiding his identity in order to make a false claim about being an apostate of Islam in order to lend credence to his criticisms of Islam and Muslims. {{fact}}