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Permalink Reply by Dionysus on May 30, 2009 at 9:09am

I guess it would depend on where you live. If you're in the US, England or any other progressive country there isn't any reason you wouldn't be able to join your local freethinker groups. You're certainly very welcome here. I've only known one Arab atheist and most people will never meet one so you guys are pretty rare; I'll hope to see more Arabs walking away from the enslavement of religion.

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Permalink Reply by Angie Jackson on June 4, 2009 at 4:30pm

You may want to start by forming a group here on A/N of arab atheists, or arab-friendly atheists. I'd be more than happy to do my bit - I was a middle east major in college and now have a few muslim friends (all women of course haha)

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Permalink Reply by Little Name Atheist on June 4, 2009 at 9:39pm

Arab atheist groups, as well as Arab-friendly groups already on Atheist Nexus.

Arab Atheists

Atheists Who Were Muslims

Ammonian Atheists

Atheists for the Gaza

Could be more, but this is all I know of.

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Permalink Reply by ethan oximoxi on June 4, 2009 at 7:03pm

i live in the worst and the best spot you would ever be in...
west-bank (palestinian terretory)

the worst: because religous terrorism is everywhere from both sides muslims fundamentalists and jewish fundament. despite now it's much less than let's say 4 years ago.....

the best: because i'm in west-bank not in gaza... and here is a great difference, there's somehow peace, i mean our government after death of Arafat became more open-minded, now one can easily go out to the street and say "i hate Abbas or i don't believe in god." so, there's alot of freedom here especially in universities we are unlike any other arabic country.

hope i explained myself well.

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Permalink Reply by David Agaybi on July 7, 2009 at 1:35pm

I'm an arab atheist...born in Egypt and grew up in Canada. I support and hope all arabs would be atheists. I think the addition of rationality to our richly cultured lives would make for a wonderful new way of life for the region and the world in general.

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