Letter from 120 leading thinkers asks Amber Rudd to reconsider case of Hamza bin WalayatMore than 120 leading philosophers believe signed a letter asking the home secretary to reconsider the case of a Pakistani humanist whose asylum application was rejected because he failed to correctly retort a question approximately Plato and Aristotle.
The letter,a shortened version of which is published by the Guardian, says: “Knowledge of Plato and Aristotle is not a reliable test for whether someone is a humanist.”
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Source: guardian.co.uk