Ex-Muslims of North America

Ex-Muslims of North America
Founded September 28, 2013
Location
Website www.exmna.org

Ex-Muslims of North America (EXMNA) is an organization that seeks to support individuals who have left the Islamic faith and have not rejoined any other faith. EXMNA states their goal is to develop a safe haven for ex-Muslims that are seeking a community outside of their religious background.[1][2]

Reasons for organizing

EXMNA states their goal is to provide support for ex-Muslims who remain private about their lack of belief in Islam.[3] EXMNA believes Muslim communities often shun those who are accused of apostasy as well as their families[4] and that fear of excommunication and violence makes it dangerous for closeted ex-Muslims if they are exposed as disbelievers.[5]

Organization size

EXMNA members have stated that there are groups of various sizes and have chapters in cities such as Toronto, Washington D.C., Houston, New York, and Chicago.

Activism

In 2014, Twitter provided its "Country Withheld Tool" to the Pakistani government. The tool allows government agencies to hide or block potentially illegal content or accounts within a specific country.[6][7] Ex-Muslims of North America protested on Twitter with the hashtag TwitterTheocracy and urged Twitter to remove Pakistan's access to the tool.[8] Twitter later restored access to the accounts previously blocked.[9]

References

  1. ↑ About Us - Ex-Muslims of North America
  2. ↑ "Leaving Islam for Atheism, and Finding a Much-Needed Place Among Peers". nytimes.com. May 23, 2014.
  3. ↑ Choosing Family or Freedom: The Trials of 'Coming Out' as an Ex-Muslim in Britain
  4. ↑ For Muslim apostates, giving up their faith can be terrifying, alienating and dangerous
  5. ↑ "I shall always be ready with a lie".
  6. ↑ https://support.twitter.com/articles/20169222
  7. ↑ "Twitter Agrees to Block ‘Blasphemous’ Tweets in Pakistan". nytimes.com.
  8. ↑ "Activists fight Twitter censorship in Pakistan with #TwitterTheocracy". June 11, 2014. Retrieved April 3, 2015.
  9. ↑ Twitter Restores Content Blocked at Pakistan’s Request - Digits - WSJ

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