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🎬 Videos(12)

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10 Ways to Overcome Fear of Hell

Apostate Aladdin

1. Acceptance and Awareness 2. Seek Others 3. Keep a List 4. Ground Yourself 5. Trust "God" (if you believe) 6. Submit to the Plot 7. Control your Exposure 8. Seek Knowledge 9.Identify the Source 10. Seek Help

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Banaz A Love Story. An Emmy and Peabody winning film by Deeyah Khan ©Fuuse Films

Fuuse

This is a documentary film chronicling an act of overwhelming horror -- the honour killing of Banaz Mahmod, a young British woman in suburban London in 2006, killed and "disappeared" by her own family, with the agreement and help of a large section of the Kurdish community, because she tried to choose a life for herself.

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RfRx Religion Spotlight - Islam with Yasmine Mohammed

Recovering from Religion

Content warning: child marriage and rape In this RfRx session Yasmine will discuss her experience growing up in a fundamentalist Islamic home, how she was forced into a marriage with a terrorist and her search for freedom. She will also talk about her current work supporting others who denounce Islam.

📄 Articles(22)

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Science in the Quran?

Atheist Republic

One of the most common arguments heard from Muslims is that everything in the Quran has been confirmed by modern science. Is there really any accurate science in the Quran? What kinds of things are Muslims claiming to be science in the Quran? Some of the most prevalent claims concerning science in the Quran are reviewed here. Do those claims stand up to scrutiny?

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Dare to Doubt

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Reason on Faith

Reason on Faith

A blog commenting on faith and religion through the eyes of reason. Special emphasis on Islam/Ahmadiyyat from an ex-Ahmadi, ex-Muslim who rejects bigotry.

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Wadjda

Haifaa Al-Mansour

An enterprising Saudi girl signs on for her school's Koran recitation competition as a way to raise the remaining funds she needs in order to buy the green bicycle that has captured her interest.

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Honor Diaries

Micah Smith

Several Muslim women activists discuss their stories and the state of women's rights in Muslim-majority nations.

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Ali A. Rizvi - Huffpost

#ExMuslimBecause: Thousands of Former Muslims Are Speaking Out After Paris

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Revisionist school of Islamic studies

Wikipedia

The Revisionist school of Islamic studies, (also Historical-Critical school of Islamic studies and skeptic/revisionist Islamic historians) is a movement in Islamic studies that questions traditional Muslim narratives of Islam's origins.

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Translations Project

Center for Inquiry

The Translations Project was created by the Center for Inquiry in response to a growing appetite for scientific literature in Muslim-majority countries, where accessing such literature in the local language can be difficult, and sometimes dangerous. The program began by offering free translations of evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkin's many books and today records over 20,000 downloads a year. The translation of the Harris sisters' books marks the first time the program has taken on children's literature -- and the response has been overwhelming.

📚 Books(12)

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Unveiled

Yasmine Mohammed

Her escape from radical Islam

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The Atheist Muslim

Ali A. Rizvi

Struggling to reconcile the Muslim society he was living in as a scientist and physician and the religion he was being raised in, Ali A. Rizvi eventually loses his faith. Discovering that he is not alone in his beliefs, he moves to North America and promises to use his new freedom of speech to represent the voices that are usually quashed before reaching the mainstream media―the Atheist Muslim. In The Atheist Muslim, we follow Rizvi as he finds himself caught between two narrative voices he cannot relate to: extreme Islam and anti-Muslim bigotry in a post-9/11 world. The Atheist Muslim recounts the journey that allows Rizvi to criticize Islam―as one should be able to criticize any set of ideas―without demonizing his entire people. Emotionally and intellectually compelling, his personal story outlines the challenges of modern Islam and the factors that could help lead it toward a substantive, progressive reformation.

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Goodbye My God

Ahmed Kashef

I am an Ex-Muslim and I suffered a lot until I get rid of my inherited religion. I tried many times to return back to Islam but my mind refused to believe again in this faith which admires old myths and impossible miracles as well as it prompt to violence and terrorism. I live in Egypt so I cannot share my opinions with anyone or I will be considered as an apostate. Therefore, the skeptic or the atheist in Muslim countries is a victim of the distorted religious discourse, which is based on the avidity of its transports and the gullibility of its receivers.

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The Wind in My Hair: My Fight for Freedom in Modern Iran

Masih Alinejad

A photo on Masih's Facebook page: a woman standing proudly, face bare, hair blowing in the wind. Her crime: removing her veil, or hijab, which is compulsory for women in Iran. This is the self-portrait that sparked 'My Stealthy Freedom,' a social media campaign that went viral. Masih is a world-class journalist who grew up in a traditional village where her mother, a tailor and respected figure in the community, was the exception to the rule in a culture where women reside in their husbands' shadows.

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Infidel

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Infidel shows the coming of age of this distinguished political superstar and champion of free speech as well as the development of her beliefs, iron will, and extraordinary determination to fight injustice. Raised in a strict Muslim family, Hirsi Ali survived civil war, female mutilation, brutal beatings, adolescence as a devout believer during the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood, and life in four troubled, unstable countries ruled largely by despots. She escaped from a forced marriage and sought asylum in the Netherlands, where she earned a college degree in political science, tried to help her tragically depressed sister adjust to the West, and fought for the rights of Muslim women and the reform of Islam as a member of Parliament. Under constant threat, demonized by reactionary Islamists and politicians, disowned by her father, and expelled from family and clan, she refuses to be silenced.

🏢 Organizations(13)

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Free Hearts Free Minds

Free Hearts Free Minds is a nonprofit corporation committed to helping people living in countries that will persecute them or execute them for what they believe or for who they love. Free Hearts refers to members of the LGBT community and Free Minds refers to freethinkers who choose to denounce the religion they were born into. We offer a free 8-session psychosocial support program specifically for ex-Muslims living in Muslim-majority countries. Our program has been designed by qualified mental health professionals who have also lived through the experience of leaving Islam. Free Hearts Free Minds is run by Yasmine Mohammed and a group of generous people passionate about helping individuals who yearn to be able to live with a free heart and a free mind.

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Secular Rescue

Center for Inquiry

Secular Rescue is a program of the Center for Inquiry designed to provide emergency assistance or asylum to writers, bloggers, publishers, and activists who face threats due to their beliefs or expressions regarding religion. Generous public support has allowed the Center for Inquiry to assist more than three dozen individuals and their families in escaping to safety, either temporarily or permanently.

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Atheist Refugee Relief

Help for refugees in Germany. Site is in English, German, Arabic, and Persian The Atheist Refugee Relief (Säkulare Flüchtlingshilfe e.V.) provides important assistance to refugees, especially those who are persecuted twice. When people have to flee their homeland from repression, many can only cast off their state-ordered beliefs in Germany. Often, however, they are still exposed to exclusion, contempt and threats from religious fanatics. These people then need special help: a protective community with tolerance between cultures, religious or non-religious world views. With its commitment, the Atheist Refugee Relief strengthens this foundation of an enlightened humanism.

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Emergency Aid

Ex-Muslims of North America

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HALO Project

The Halo Project Charity is a national project that will support victims of honour-based violence

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The AHA Foundation - Founded by Ayaan Hirsi Ali

The AHA Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that believes in liberty for all. That means liberty from female genital mutilation, honor violence and forced marriages.

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Central Council of Ex-Muslims (Germany)

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Central Committee of Ex-Muslims in Scandinavia

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Council of Ex-Muslims of New Zealand

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Ex-Muslims of North America

Ex-Muslims of North America advocates for acceptance of religious dissent, promotes secular values, and aims to reduce discrimination faced by those who leave Islam.

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Faith to Faithless

Faith to Faithless was founded in 2015 to raise awareness of apostasy and support those who have left religion in the UK. We stage regular panel discussion events and lectures across the UK as well as hosting apostate socials and peer support meetings. We also provide training to frontline services and safeguarding professionals to help them understand the harmful consequences of particular cultural and religious practices. Faith to Faithless supports people who have left many religions including ex-Evangelical Christians, ex-Ultra-Orthodox Jews, ex-Muslims, ex-Jehovah's Witnesses, and others. Today, Faith to Faithless is a programme within Humanists UK, the national charity for the non-religious that has worked to create a tolerant society where rational thinking and kindness prevail since 1896.

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Movement of Belgian Former Muslims

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Muslims for Progressive Values

Creating a Culture Rooted in Human Rights in Muslim Societies.

📁 Other Resources(6)

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Exittors Reddit

where the "ex" subreddits, such as /r/exmormon, /r/exmuslim, /r/exjew, /r/exadventist, /r/exJW /r/exscientology, /r/exchristian, and /r/excatholic can unite and revel in their shared walk away from religion

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Sherif Gaber

Sentenced to 4 years in prison in 2 different cases for contempt of religion, criticizing the Islamic religion and supporting LGBT rights. Banned from leaving Egypt indefinitely. Trying to survive while working on a way out. Still going. Still believe it's worth it.

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The Masked Arab

YouTube Channel

An informative, critical and often light hearted view of the world's major religions by an atheist ex-Muslim Arab who just wants to make the world a better place for future generations!

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