2019 Call for Volunteers!
Ex-Muslims of North America needs your help! This year we are ramping up our outreach and educational programming – we want our message to reach even the most isolated communities around the world....
View ArticleEXMNA Summer Internships
We’re hiring! Applications for two internships at Ex-Muslims of North America are open for Summer 2019! We invite any student with a passion for our mission to come join us at Ex-Muslims of North...
View ArticleReturning “ISIS Brides”- What happens now?
What should be done about the women who joined and married ISIS fighters? It’s estimated that as many as 1,000 Western women may have left to join the Islamic State, but recent military losses in...
View ArticleEx-Muslims of North America Statement on New Zealand Mosque Attack
Ex-Muslims of North America strongly condemns the terrorist attack on the mosques in New Zealand and supports the Muslim community in their time of grief. While we believe the Islamic religion (and...
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Statement for ISNA
The following is a message from Ex-Muslims of North America, which we shared at the Islamic Society of North America’s annual conference. Share and stand with us for Ex-Muslim Rights! Who are...
View ArticleEx-Muslims will be at NYC Pride!
This summer, Ex-Muslims of North America (EXMNA) will be at New York City’s LGBT Pride March to stand for the rights of LGBT people all over the world. We stand in solidarity with LGBT ex-Muslims and...
View ArticleForced Hijab – A Brief Overview
By Sadie Fuchs What makes the wearing of the hijab so controversial? Why is it a human rights issue and why are Westerners loath to get involved? Who are the brave Muslim and ex-Muslim women leading...
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Mahad: Kidnapped for Allah
Mahad: Kidnapped for Allah A gay, ex-Muslim Somali man describes his escape from a conversion therapy camp in Kenya with the help of local atheists and Ex-Muslims of North America. PrevPreviousHiba:...
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Syed Rizvi: Sixty Years as an Ex-Muslim
Syed Rizvi: Sixty Years as an Ex-Muslim An ex-Muslim for more than sixty years, Syed Rizvi’s path to non-belief is a story as old as the partition of India.With the wisdom of more than eighty years...
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Huda: Leaving Islam as a Family
Huda: Leaving Islam as a Family Huda and her parents speak about their journey away from Islam. How it has affected their lives and family bonds. PrevPreviousSyed Rizvi: Sixty Years as an Ex-Muslim...
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Lawan: Between Two Narratives – Kurdish and Ex-Muslim
Lawan: Between Two Narratives – Kurdish and Ex-Muslim Growing up in Dubai and studying Islam for 12 years, Lawan (now an atheist) shares his thoughts on leaving the faith and forming a sense of...
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Ghada: Saudi Women are Not Worth Any Less
A Story of Family, Faith and #Pride Raised in Saudi as a hijabi, Ghada shares her story going from a believing woman to a life happy and free without god. She reflects over the gendered nature of...
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Stephanie: The Price a Mother Paid for Leaving Islam
Stephanie: The Price a Mother Paid for Leaving Islam A Canadian woman who converted to Islam in her late-teens, Stephanie married a Libyan Muslim man, and gave birth to two daughters.After a few years...
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Hina: Islam and Shaming Women
Hina: Islam and Shaming Women Having resided in Pakistan and Indonesia in her youth (the two largest Muslim countries in the world), Hina has experienced the religious hypocrisy plaguing the Muslim...
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Sarra: I Will Not Be Erased by Islam
Sarra: I Will Not Be Erased by Islam Born in Tunisia, Sarra witnessed radical changes in the practice of Islam in her homeland, transitioning from a more peaceful religion infused with Tunisian...
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Obaid: “How weak is your God?”
Obaid: "How weak is your God?" Born in India and raised in Canada, Obaid began questioning faith at a young age: early-on his sense of wonder was kindled by Carl Sagan’s Cosmos and science classes....
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Jamal – Family, Conditional Love, and Leaving Islam
Jamal - Family, Conditional Love, and Leaving Islam What does it mean to lose faith within the context of an American Somali family? Jamal talks about his loss of faith as a teenager and how his...
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Ex-Muslim, LGBTQ, Defiant
Ex-Muslim, LGBTQ, Defiant Omar (not his real name) tells his story of growing up as a gay ex-Muslim in a country where both homosexuality and apostasy can be met by death. PrevPreviousJamal – Family,...
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Ex-Muslims of North America debuts billboards in Atlanta, Chicago, Houston
Immediate Release Ex-Muslims of North America debuts billboards in Atlanta, Chicago, Houston Alongside a first-of-its-kind “coming out” social media campaign, #AwesomeWithoutAllah, Ex-Muslims of North...
View ArticleFacebook’s reporting system being used to suppress religious freedom, says...
Facebook can help prevent harassment, persecution, and violence from gaining any traction on its platform.” – Congressman Jared Huffman WASHINGTON, DC (Dec. 6, 2019)—Facebook faced accusations this...
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