Background: Sam Benjamin Harris (born April 9, 1967) is an American author, philosopher, neuroscientist, blogger, and podcast host. He is a critic of religion and proponent of the liberty to criticize religion. He is concerned with matters that touch on spirituality, morality, neuroscience, free will, and terrorism. He is described as one of the "Four Horsemen of atheism", with Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens and Daniel Dennett.
Context: Harris considers Islam to be "especially belligerent and inimical to the norms of civil discourse," relative to other world religions. He asserts that the "dogmatic commitment to using violence to defend one's faith, both from within and without" to varying degrees, is a central Islamic doctrine that is found in few other religions to the same degree, and that "this difference has consequences in the real world."  In 2006, after the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy, Harris wrote, "The idea that Islam is a 'peaceful religion hijacked by extremists' is a dangerous fantasy--and it is now a particularly dangerous fantasy for Muslims to indulge. It is not at all clear how we should proceed in our dialogue with the Muslim world, but deluding ourselves with euphemisms is not the answer. It now appears to be a truism in foreign policy circles that real reform in the Muslim world cannot be imposed from the outside. But it is important to recognize why this is so--it is so because the Muslim world is utterly deranged by its religious tribalism. In confronting the religious literalism and ignorance of the Muslim world, we must appreciate how terrifyingly isolated Muslims have become in intellectual terms." He states that his criticism of the religion is aimed not at Muslims as people, but at the doctrine of Islam.  Harris wrote a response to controversy over his criticism of Islam, which also aired on a debate hosted by The Huffington Post on whether critics of Islam are unfairly labeled as bigots:  Is it really true that the sins for which I hold Islam accountable are "committed at least to an equal extent by many other groups, especially [my] own"? ... The freedom to poke fun at Mormonism is guaranteed [not by the First Amendment but] by the fact that Mormons do not dispatch assassins to silence their critics or summon murderous hordes in response to satire. ... Can any reader of this page imagine the staging of a similar play [to The Book of Mormon] about Islam in the United States, or anywhere else, in the year 2013? ... At this moment in history, there is only one religion that systematically stifles free expression with credible threats of violence. The truth is, we have already lost our First Amendment rights with respect to Islam--and because they brand any observation of this fact a symptom of Islamophobia, Muslim apologists like Greenwald are largely to blame.  Harris has criticized common usage of the term "Islamophobia". "My criticism of Islam is a criticism of beliefs and their consequences," he wrote following a controversial clash with Ben Affleck in October 2014 on the show Real Time with Bill Maher, "but my fellow liberals reflexively view it as an expression of intolerance toward people." During an email exchange with Glenn Greenwald, a critic of the New Atheists, Harris argued that "Islamophobia is a term of propaganda designed to protect Islam from the forces of secularism by conflating all criticism of it with racism and xenophobia. And it is doing its job, because people like you have been taken in by it." CANNOTANSWER
Question: has his views gotten him into trouble?

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Harris wrote a response to controversy over his criticism of Islam, which also aired on a debate hosted by The Huffington Post
Bakgrund: Sam Benjamin Harris (född 9 april 1967) är en amerikansk författare, filosof, neurovetare, bloggare och poddradiovärd. Han är en religionskritiker och förespråkare för friheten att kritisera religionen. Han är intresserad av sådant som berör andlighet, moral, neurovetenskap, fri vilja och terrorism. Han beskrivs som en av "Ateismens fyra ryttare", med Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens och Daniel Dennett. Sammanhang: Harris anser att islam är "särskilt stridslysten och inimisk mot civildiskursens normer", relativt andra världsreligioner. Han hävdar att det "dogmatiska engagemanget att använda våld för att försvara sin tro, både inifrån och utan" i varierande grad, är en central islamisk lära som finns i få andra religioner i samma grad, och att "denna skillnad har konsekvenser i den verkliga världen." År 2006, efter Jyllands-Posten Muhammads kontroverser, skrev Harris, "Idén att islam är en 'fredlig religion kapad av extremister' är en farlig fantasi - och det är nu en särskilt farlig fantasi för muslimer att hänge sig åt. Det är inte alls klart hur vi ska gå vidare i vår dialog med den muslimska världen, men att vilseleda oss själva med eufemismer är inte svaret. Det verkar nu vara en truism i utrikespolitiska kretsar att verkliga reformer i den muslimska världen inte kan påtvingas utifrån. Men det är viktigt att inse varför detta är så – det är så eftersom den muslimska världen är fullständigt rubbad av sin religiösa stamism. När vi konfronterar den religiösa bokstavligheten och okunnigheten i den muslimska världen, måste vi uppskatta hur skrämmande isolerade muslimer har blivit i intellektuella termer." Han uppger att hans kritik av religionen inte riktar sig till muslimer som människor, utan till läran om islam. Harris skrev ett svar på kontroverser över sin kritik av islam, som också sändes på en debatt värd för The Huffington Post om huruvida kritiker av islam orättvist stämplas som bigoter: Är det verkligen sant att de synder som jag håller islam ansvarig för är "engagerade åtminstone i lika hög grad av många andra grupper, särskilt [min] egen"? ... Friheten att retas med mormonismen garanteras [inte genom Första tillägget utan] av att mormonerna inte skickar ut lönnmördare för att tysta sina kritiker eller frammana mordiska horder som svar på satir. ... Kan någon läsare av denna sida föreställa sig iscensättningen av en liknande pjäs [till The Book of Mormon] om islam i USA, eller någon annanstans, under 2013? ... I detta ögonblick i historien finns det bara en religion som systematiskt kväver yttrandefriheten med trovärdiga hot om våld. Sanningen är, vi har redan förlorat våra första ändringsförslag rättigheter med avseende på islam - och eftersom de märke någon observation av detta faktum ett symptom på islamofobi, muslimska apologeter som Greenwald är till stor del att skylla. Harris har kritiserat vanlig användning av termen "islamofobi". "Min kritik av islam är en kritik av trosuppfattningar och deras konsekvenser", skrev han efter en kontroversiell sammandrabbning med Ben Affleck i oktober 2014 på showen Real Time med Bill Maher, "men mina medliberaler ser det reflexivt som ett uttryck för intolerans mot människor." Under ett e-postutbyte med Glenn Greenwald, en kritiker av New Atheists, menade Harris att "Islamofobi är en propagandaterm avsedd att skydda islam från sekularismens krafter genom att sammanblanda all kritik av den med rasism och främlingsfientlighet. Och det gör sitt jobb, eftersom människor som du har tagits in av det." CANNOTANSWER Fråga: Har hans åsikter fått honom i trubbel? Svar:
Background: Sam Benjamin Harris (born April 9, 1967) is an American writer, philosopher, neuroscientist, blogger and podcast host. He is a critic of religion and advocate of freedom to criticize religion. He is interested in matters related to spirituality, morality, neuroscience, free will, and terrorism. He is described as one of "The Four Horsemen of Ateism", with Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens and Daniel Dennett. Context: Harris considers Islam to be "especially combative and inimical to the norms of civil discourse", relatively other world religions. He claims that the "dogmatic commitment to use force to defend one's faith, both from within and without" to varying degrees, is a central Islamic doctrine found in few other religions to the same degree, and that "this difference has consequences in the real world." In 2006, following the controversy of Jutland-Posten Muhammad, Harris wrote, "The idea that Islam is a 'peaceful religion hijacked by extremists' is a dangerous fantasy - and it is now a particularly dangerous fantasy for Muslims to indulge. It is not clear at all how we should proceed in our dialogue with the Muslim world, but misleading ourselves with euphemisms is not the answer. It now seems to be a truism in foreign policy circles that real reforms in the Muslim world cannot be imposed from outside. But it is important to understand why this is so—that is because the Muslim world is completely disturbed by its religious tribalism. When confronting the religious literality and ignorance of the Muslim world, we must appreciate how frighteningly isolated Muslims have become in intellectual terms." He states that his criticism of religion is not addressed to Muslims as human beings, but to the doctrine of Islam. Harris wrote a response to controversy over his criticism of Islam, which was also broadcast on a debate hosted by The Huffington Post on whether critics of Islam are unfairly labeled as bigots: Is it really true that the sins for which I hold Islam responsible are "involved at least equally by many other groups, especially [my] own"? ... The freedom to tease Mormonism is guaranteed [not by the First Amendment but] by the Mormons not sending out assassins to silence their critics or summon up murderous hordes in response to satire. ... Can any reader of this page imagine the staging of a similar play [to The Book of Mormon] on Islam in the United States, or elsewhere, in 2013? ... At this moment in history, there is only one religion that systematically stifles freedom of expression with credible threats of violence. The truth is, we have already lost our first amendments rights with regard to Islam - and because they notice any observation of this fact a symptom of Islamophobia, Muslim apologists whom Greenwald is largely to blame. Harris has criticized common use of the term "islamophobia". "My criticism of Islam is a critique of beliefs and their consequences," he wrote after a controversial clash with Ben Affleck in October 2014 on the show Real Time with Bill Maher, "but my fellow liberals see it reflexively as an expression of intolerance to people." During an email exchange with Glenn Greenwald, a critic of New Atheists, Harris argued that "Islamophobia is a propaganda term designed to protect Islam from the forces of secularism by confusing all criticism of it with racism and xenophobia. And it does its job, because people like you have been brought in by it." Question: Has his views got him into trouble? Answer:
Harris skrev ett svar på kontroverser över sin kritik av islam, som också sändes på en debatt värd för The Huffington Post
Harris wrote a response to controversy over his criticism of Islam, which was also broadcast on a debate hosted by The Huffington Post