I’ve just read about what seems to be a very worthwhile initiative, The Apostasy Project. Alom Shaha has set this up to support apostates from all faiths. A while back I posted about some of the responses to his Young Atheist’s Handbook. Ex-Muslim Shaha reported that, happily, he had had no negative responses to his book from Muslims but is well aware of the huge problems faced by many atheists from a Muslim background. He touches on the issue here, and there’s some excellent coverage on the Council of ex-Muslims’ Forum. But Shaha’s project is designed to help all apostates, not just Muslims, and on this video atheists from a range of different background discuss the problems – and pleasures – of apostasy.
