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The organization was founded in 2013 in Washington, D.C., by Sarah Haider and Muhammad Syed, and in Toronto by Sadar Ali and Nas Ishmael. They say that it is the first organization of its kind to "establish communities exclusive to ex-Muslims in order to foster a sense of camaraderie and offer a space free of judgement for lack of religiosity."
Ex-Muslim atheist author Ali Amjad Rizvi expresses his anguish at the 'liberal left in non-Muslim majority countries' contradictory attitude to treat non-Muslim far-right ideas as bad, but hesitating in extending the same level of criticism to questionable illiberal ideas and practices advocated in Islamic holy books like the Quran from ...
Former Muslims or ex-Muslims are people who were Muslims, but subsequently left Islam. Although their numbers have increased, ex-Muslims still face ostracism or retaliation from their families and communities due to beliefs about apostasy in Islam. [1] In 23 countries apostasy is a punishable crime and in 13 of those it carries the death ...
Muslims in the United States have increasingly made their own culture; there are various Muslim comedy groups, rap groups, Scout troops and magazines, and Muslims have been vocal in other forms of media as well. [150] Hijab is commonly worn by Muslim women in the United States, and is a very distinctive cultural feature of Muslims in America.
The diversity of Muslims in the United States is vast, and so is the breadth of the Muslim American experience. Relaying short anecdotes representative of their everyday lives, nine Muslim Americans demonstrate both the adversities and blessings of Muslim American life.
First ex-Muslim organisation. Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain (CEMB) 2007 United Kingdom: Central Committee for Ex-Muslims [2] 2007 Netherlands: Dissolved in 2008. Former Muslims United [3] 2009 United States: Ex-Muslims Initiative [4] 2010 Austria: Founded as Council of Ex-Muslims of Austria [5] Movement of Ex-Muslims of Belgium [6] 2011 Belgium
Sarah Haider is an American writer of South Asian ancestry, public speaker, and political activist. [1] She cofounded the advocacy group Ex-Muslims of North America (EXMNA), which seeks to normalize religious dissent and to help former Muslims leave the religion by linking them to support networks. [2]
First Muslim woman to serve as a United States federal judge. [24] Robert D. Crane – former foreign policy advisor; author [25] Sada Cumber – first US envoy to the Organisation of the Islamic Conference [26] Hamida Dakane – first Black and first Muslim to serve in the North Dakota House of Representatives [27]