What it’s Like to be an Ex-Muslim Immigrant
Conventional wisdom goes that the children of immigrants will become more naturally integrated into their societies than their parents. Exposed to their country’s culture from birth, second-generation...
View ArticleThoughtcrimes, blasphemy, and sexuality persecuted
May 10 – May 24, 2021 thoughtcrimes, blasphemy, and sexuality persecuted This week: progressive Islamic scholar Abu Layth home raided by an Islamist mob, Pakistani feminists embattle blasphemy...
View ArticleEXMNA Announces Apostate Report, Findings from the First Ever Survey of North...
EXMNA Announces Apostate Report, Findings from the First Ever Survey of North American Ex-Muslims Washington, DC — 06/08/2021 Today, Ex-Muslims of North America (EXMNA) announced the release of its...
View ArticleEx-Muslims of North America Call on Facebook to Reverse New Policy, Says...
CONTACT: Conor Casey (860)-899-6920 conorcasey@exmuslims.org Washington, DC — 06/15/2021 On July 6, Facebook’s Director of Content Policy Stakeholder Engagement, Peter Stern, wrote to Ex-Muslims of...
View ArticleAn Iranian plot to kidnap an American regime critic
July 19, 2021 An Iranian plot to kidnap an American regime critic In the past few weeks: a plot to kidnap Masih Alinejad, objectionable comments from Pakistan’s Prime Minister, and objectionable...
View ArticleThe intensifying plight of Pakistan’s Ahmadi minority
Aug 2, 2021 The intensifying plight of Pakistan’s Ahmadi minority Developments on blasphemy cases in Saudi Arabia and Nigeria, continuing persecution of Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan, a stabbing in...
View ArticleThe wolves descend on Afghanistan
Aug 17, 2021 The wolves descend on Afghanistan The Taliban mounted a quick takeover of Afghanistan, condemning it to a dark future. In its respect for human rights, the country now seems likely to...
View ArticleEx-Muslims of North America Announce New Features and Additions to...
Washington, DC — 09/30/2021 Ex-Muslims of North America (EXMNA) is proud to announce a new milestone in the growth of its Persecution Tracker, which catalogs instances of hate and violence motivated by...
View ArticleThe Lies of the “New and Improved” Taliban
Oct 13, 2021 The Lies of the “New and Improved” Taliban The Taliban have proven unsurprisingly contradictory in word and deed on women’s rights to education in their new Islamic Emirate. LGBT Afghans...
View ArticlePakistan Caves to the Militants
Nov 22, 2021 Pakistan Caves to the Militants In Pakistan, a prominent Islamist has been de-listed from the terror watchlist in response to violent protests. Elsewhere: the Ghanaian parliament considers...
View ArticleThe Incorrigible Violence of Blasphemy Laws
Dec 7, 2021 The Incorrigible Violence of Blasphemy Laws New blasphemy cases surface in Egypt and Pakistan, the latter of which led—unsurprisingly, given the passions at play—to rioting and destruction....
View ArticleEx-Muslims of North America Voices Concern over Recent Islamophobia Act, Says...
CONTACT: Conor Casey (860)-899-6920 conorcasey@exmuslims.org Washington, DC — 12/16/2021 Ex-Muslims of North America (EXMNA) expresses strong concern over the recent passage of H.R. 5665, the...
View ArticleThe LGBT Rights Divide
Dec 7, 2021 The LGBT Rights Divide An Iranian lesbian faces charges—while France bans conversion therapy. The state of LGBT rights in most Muslim-majority countries is disastrous, and it is not a...
View ArticleAcross Civilizations, Conservative Authoritarians Meet
jan 5, 2021 Across Civilizations, Conservative Authoritarians Meet In the wake of a spate of blasphemy prosecutions and convictions in the Islamic world—part of an ongoing and endless stream—Vladimir...
View ArticleIn Pakistan, Bails Granted and Denied
jan 19, 2021 In Pakistan, Bails Granted and Denied A mixed bag over the last two weeks in ongoing Pakistani blasphemy cases: a harsher sentence given to one victim and bail denied to three others,...
View ArticleBlasphemy Murders, From State and Vigilante
jan 19, 2021 Blasphemy Murders, From State and Vigilante An Indian man has been murdered in Gujarat over a Facebook post allegedly blasphemous to Islam. Also: a slew of new blasphemy incidents in...
View ArticleEx-Muslims of North America Condemns Sentencing of Mubarak Bala, Calls for...
CONTACT: Muhammad Syed muhammad@exmuslims.org Washington, DC — 04/07/2022 Ex-Muslims of North America (EXMNA) strongly condemns the recent sentencing of Mubarak Bala, who was given 24 years in prison...
View ArticleA Decade’s Imprisonment Ends
Mar 23, 2022 A Decade’s Imprisonment Ends Raif Badawi is finally free, though the struggle to reunite him with his family in Canada continues. Also: a telling intersection of Islamic zealotry and...
View ArticleEx-Muslims of North America Strongly Condemns Attack on Salman Rushdie
CONTACT: Muhammad Syed muhammad@exmuslims.org Washington, DC — 08/12/2022 Ex-Muslims of North America (EXMNA) strongly condemns the public stabbing of author Salman Rushdie at the Chautaqua...
View ArticleEXMNA Urges UN General Assembly to Condemn the Use of the Death Penalty for...
CONTACT: Muhammad Syed muhammad@exmuslims.org Washington, DC — 08/22/2022 Today, August 22nd, marks Apostasy Day—a day established two years ago by Ex-Muslims International to celebrate the right to...
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