Brian Whitaker

is an editor at The Guardian and author of Arabs Without God: Atheism and Freedom of Belief in the Middle East (CreateSpace, 2014) and What’s Really Wrong with the Middle East (Saqi Books, 2009). He blogs at al-bab.com.

Articles

Mosque in Iraq

Against the grain

Religion, politics and Arab atheists

In the Middle East, the God question is far more than a matter for intellectual debate; apostasy is punishable by death in six Arab countries. And yet, writes Brian Whitaker, there is a perception that Arab atheists are becoming more numerous; and more visible too, thanks largely to social media.

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