Many in the West, in fact, an increasing number, agree with Zaid Hamid, and think that any criticism or negative portrayal of Islam is “racist” and “Islamophobic,” and should accordingly be silenced.
“Indeed, those who malign Allah and his messenger, Allah has cursed them in this world and the hereafter, and has prepared for them a humiliating punishment.” (Quran 33:57)
Zaid Hamid describes himself as “a veteran of Soviet-Afghan war, presently Strategic Security Analyst & founding Consultant BrassTacks – The Advanced Threat Analysis Think Tank.”
According to their website: “The mission of BrassTacks Think Tank is to provide analysis, study and policy recommendations on the issue of strategic national importance particularly focusing on current restive geopolitics and geostrategic milieu around Pakistan where internal and external threats to the national security have become too challenging to be dealt by any single state organization.”
