Six months after a far-right Swedish-Danish activist and politician enraged the entire Muslim community by publicly burning the Quran in front of the Turkish embassy in Sweden’s capital, Stockholm, another Quran-burning stunt occurred in the capital, this time during the celebration of Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of Sacrifice.
Several Iranian lawyers, activists, and ordinary citizens aired their concerns over the condition of rapper Toomaj Salehi, an Iranian rapper who opposes the Islamic Republic. The 33-year-old dissident musician and metalworker from Esfahan was recently put on a secret trial by authorities after his arrest last October 30, 2022.
Sherif Gaber lived a typical life as a university student in Egypt, studying sociology at the Suez Canal University in Ismailia. But his life would change because of an argument with a teacher and a few Facebook postings that got him into legal trouble.
Around a decade after that, Sherif Gaber became a vlogger and political activist, fighting for human rights in a country notorious for its human rights violations under its authoritarian government.
Human rights organization Democracy for Arab World Now (DAWN) warned that Saudi authorities could sentence six renowned Saudi judges and four former justices to death after charging them with "high treason" due to accusations they were “too soft” on women’s rights activists.
A mob in India’s southern state of Telangana attacked an atheist activist while inside a police van, according to reports by Indian media outlets. The assault happened in the state’s Hanamkonda district.
ok...so goons can casually assault someone in police custody in a police vehicle. Wow @TelanganaCOPs
Officials announced on January 27 that the US Department of Justice charged three men after allegedly plotting to kill Iranian-American author and human rights activist Masih Alinejad, who has criticized the human rights abuses committed by Iran.
Iran's Islamic regime is now carrying out a series of protest-related executions after the first victim, Mohsen Shekari, was executed on December 8.
Shekari was hanged after Iran's Revolutionary court found him guilty of "moharebeh" (enmity against god). He was hanged after a staged court trial, less than three months after being accused of being a rioter.
An online movement is gaining traction to celebrate December 2022 as the first-ever ExMuslim Month.
According to movement pioneer, HaramDoodles, December is a good choice to celebrate ExMuslim Month since it follows November, which is Islamophobia Awareness Month.
