Fundamentalist believers of any religion will always go to extremes. Why did you think it necessary to attack Islam as a whole because of these fundamentalists?

See the above comments. Again, Why We Left Islam: Former Muslims Speak Out is not first an attack against Islam. It is a defense of human rights and human freedoms. When a young women is stoned to death by her own family because she became pregnant and asked for permission to marry her beloved (see the story of Yagmur) then we should hear the phrase, “Where someone is not free, no one is free.” The West is at a very crucial time in its history. It needs to make some very important decisions: Which issues take a higher priority to us; tolerance, openness and multi-culturalism or human rights and human freedoms? Unfortunately, the endemic violation of the latter within Islam is forcing us to choose. For me, there is no question that as important as openness and tolerance are, there must be a limit. When human rights are violated, we must rise up. We must stand in solidarity with these very brave former Muslims. To not do so is to not only throw away the past fifty years of labor that has been poured into the civil rights movement but also the blood sweat and tears that were poured into the very founding of this country. This is an issue that both liberals and conservatives can fully agree on. If we fail to do so, it is because we no longer love or cherish human freedoms and human rights. This would be a tragedy of colossal proportions.

Is there anything else you'd like to tell our readers?

I challenge you to stand in solidarity with and support the people that has shared their stories in this book. When one reads the news these days and finds a dark feeling coming over them, the question is often asked: What can I really do? The answer lies in doing the small things. When an opportunity such as Why We Left Islam comes along, we must take advantage of it and stand up across the boards to support it. When enough people stand their ground and call for genuine reform and refuse to submit to the intimidation of various anti-freedom forces, we truly can make a difference. We owe it to these 23 brave individuals. And we owe it to our children. This is a chance to stand for freedom and the most fundamental of human rights. We cannot fail to miss this opportunity.