Islam
Stand With Us In Solidarity With Saudi Arabia’s LGBTQ+ Community
Last year, on the 26th of June 2021, the Saudi Diaspora association organized international vigils in front of Saudi Arabian embassies around the world to stand in solidarity with our fellow citizens ...
Press release by NonReligious Citizens and Exmuslims of Kerala
PRESS RELEASE March 16th Declared as International Day for Exposing Islamophobia and Combating Muslimophobia An international online event hosted by the NonReligious Citizens (NRC) and Exmuslims of Ke...
‘Improper’ Hijab on Statue Sparks Upset
According to reports, the statue, which was recently put in one of Gorgan’s streets in Iran, has been removed for some repairs and will be reinstalled with some adjustments soon. Some defenders ...
Pakistani Lynch Mob Strikes Again
An enraged mob stoned a middle-aged man to death inside a mosque in a remote village in eastern Pakistan for burning the Quran. The mosque’s servant stated he witnessed a man burning the Quran b...
Women from the viewpoint of Quran
One of the distinguishing characteristics of international law at the dawn of the twenty-first century is its tremendous advancement in the sphere of women’s human rights. One of the reasons is ...
Music, Islam & Iran
Since Muhammad’s death in the seventh century CE, when his companions strove to keep men’s minds away from forbidden pleasures, the permissibility of music has been a point of contention i...
Therefore, we criticize Islam
In view of the public lynching and charring to death of a Sri Lankan citizen in Pakistan by vigilantes of Islam on accusations of blasphemy, I would like to make some points clear. First, this brutal ...
Iranian Adulterers Sentenced to Death
The Supreme Court of Iran has affirmed the decision of Branch 11 of the Tehran Criminal Court, which found a married man and woman guilty of “adultery” and condemned them to death. Last ye...
Albanian Comedian Stirs Islamist Outrage
A comedy club in the night-life district of Tiranë, Albania became a centre of contention and threats by Islamist religious conservatives after a stand-up act by a comedian referred to the Islamic Cal...
Atheist Support Network Story: Standing tall in the face of fear
Ezzat is an Egyptian-born artist. She uses her art for activism (images on this page are her own art). In a normal society, this is something we would appreciate, but in many societies, this could mea...
Honor Killings in Iran
A father stabbed his 16-year-old daughter many times in an honor killing in Iran. The murder of this teenage girl, whose identity was announced as Shakiba Bakhtiar, occurred on Sunday, July 4th, accor...
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An Ex-Muslim: How and Why I Became an Atheist
The following was submitted to the blog by one of AAI’s followers. The writer’s name is being withheld to protect family still in Afghanistan. . . . As Richard Dawkins says about religion ...