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Why the West is Best

  • Writer: Michael Connolly
    Michael Connolly
  • Sep 22
  • 1 min read

Updated: Oct 25

Why the West is Best: A Muslim Apostate’s Defense of Liberal Democracy by Ibn Warraq, Encounter Books, 2011. 


Apostate from Islam Embraces the West

Pakistani apostate from Islam, Ibn Warraq, discusses several reasons why Western culture is superior to all others:

  • Greek reason

  • Roman law

  • Separation of church and state

  • Intellectual freedom

  • Science

  • Capitalism

  • Industrial Revolution

  • Universal values

  • Abolition of slavery

  • Opposition to racism

  • Objectivity

  • Ability to criticize and laugh at oneself

  • Curiosity

  • Freedom of religion

  • Freedom of speech, press

  • Private property rights

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