Is secular koranism a cult. Many seem to think so. Including a retired deputy USA District Attourney.

I have just showed this (it was posted inthe Virtual Bnai Noah-Nohide Community but seems to have disappeared now from both - the moderators plainly thought it was as megalomanically iffy as I did - of course given Claire Khaw's total lack of morality, it is still on her timeline at the time of posting this some hours later) to a very old school friend of mine who I have met who I've not seen for years an is a recently retired deputy District Attourney in the USA. He was popping though the UK travelling on elsewhere to see family for Christmas (2023).

Without knowing anything about secular koranism or Claire Khaw, he intoned "This is a cult leader, isn't it, and why is she using the image of a Jewish service with rabbis and a rabbi "name" for her page if she's not Jewish herself? Looks like veiled antisemitism to me as a back stop to blame Jews for her outpourings should her fellow Muslims object and need someone to blame". 

I also think that with such a delusionary, megalomaniacal post  as above, there has to be some form of mental problem. No sentient person, especially one who claims to be Agnostic and secular would post the above. Not to mention this:

and this: 

Before you decide, let's look objectively at, and "compare and contrast", the defining features of a cult in terms of secular koranism.

Bear in mind, in Claire Khaw's own words, she claims: "I am a psychologist, legally-qualified moralist, scientist, philosopher, therapist and religious expert, probably the most theologically knowledgable in the west if not the world"

1. The leader is the ultimate authority - if you’re not allowed to criticise your leader, even if the criticism is true, and the group leader is always right, even when they are obviously wrong

  

   

2. The whole truth but nothing near the truth - the group/leader is the exclusive means of knowing "truth" or receiving validation, no other process of discovery is really acceptable or credible (she only ever cites either Wikipedia or other completely unqualified bloggers, many of whom are conspiracy theorists)

According to Wikipedia itself: "Wikipedia is NOT a reliable source"

 

 
(I have been a member of a Holocaust Foundation and Education Group for over 30 years, presenting lectures on the subject in the past!)

3. The group (i.e. here there is just Claire Khaw) suppresses scepticism - if you’re only allowed to study what your organisation wants you to study

 

 

(No he isn't. And the Pope is Catholic and bears do defalcate in the woods)

4. The group is paranoid about the outside world - if your group insists the end of the world or the end of some part of world order, such as a recognised and long-established religion, is near

  

 

5. The group relies on shame cycles - if you need your group in order to feel worthy, loved, or sufficient

One of her common traits is to say anyone who disputes her point of view or proves her wrong is either an Islamophobe or very wickedly, for the self-declared  "moralist" she claims to be, suffering from senile dementia; to accuse someone you do not know to be suffering from senile dementia as she does, sums her up as the deviant antisocial person her posts themselves prove that she is: 

 

Er, no Claire, I want him jailed because he abuses women!

6. The leader is above the law - if you’re held to a different moral standard, specifically in regard to sex or religion

  

 

 

7. The group uses “thought reform” methods - if your serious questions are answered with clichés, questions or deflection techniques

An average of 2 out of 3 responses to her posts on her Facebook timeline are just return questions from her

 8. The group is elitist - if your group is the solution for all the world’s problems

 

 

 

9. False justification - anything the group/leader does can be justified, no matter how harsh or harmful

 

(Because he's a jailed Holocaust denier and recognised conspiracy theorist, that's why Claire!) 

10. Communications - if there is no identifiable registration, means of communication, articles of association, published support for organisational ideals

There are NONE apart from a derided self-published book. Someone I know has purchased the secularkoranism.org URL - Clair is not interested and doesn't seem to care. I'm sure His Holiness the Pope would be somewhat displeased if someone bought a Vatican URL! Secular koranism has nil third-party provenance whatsoever after 14 years in existence.

Below, again from Wm. Halim Breiannis, an expert in Islamic and Muslim affairs, in his review of her book on secular koranism

11. Abject hypocrisy

 

 

12. Other sources - There are records, books, news articles, or television programmes that document the abuses of the group/leader (WARNING: the content of the following is extremely unpleasant and quite offensively inhumane).

See also: Disabled people against Claire Khaw

MY OWN CONCLUSION IN DIAGRAMMATIC FORM