Controversial scientist accused of 'dressing his bigotry up as atheism' following comments on social networking siteThe outspoken atheist Richard Dawkins was involved in an online Twitter row on Thursday after tweeting: "All the world's Muslims absorb fewer Nobel Prizes than Trinity College,Cambridge. They did distinguished things in the Middle Ages, though."As users piled in to criticise him, or the scientist continued: "Why mention Muslim Nobels rather than any other group? Because we so often hear boasts about (a) their total numbers and (b) their science."Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com