![]() ![]() Most are in the closet and those that do speak out openly do so at great risk. Rizvi has corresponded with thousands of atheists, agnostics, and secularists in the Muslim world over the last decade-from LGBT+ youth in Saudi Arabia, to young feminists in Iran, to underground secular bloggers in Bangladesh, and more. In thirteen countries-all Muslim-majority-atheism is punishable by death.Īli A. Those who dare to criticize their religion are often disowned by their families, ostracized by their communities, and frequently persecuted, even executed, by their governments. Apostasy from Islam is widely accepted by scholars of most Islamic sects to be a capital offense. What we don’t hear about as much is the growing number of non-believers in the Islamic world. ![]() We have heard of lapsed Catholics, secular Jews, and ex-Scientologists. ![]()
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