A TikToker by the name of Momen Suliman Abu Mecca made a revolting video in which he attacks gays. He compares them to Pedophiles and rapists. In that video he asks, “Are pedophiles born that way? Rapists?”. I am going to respond to his questions as well as push back on his ill-informed ideas while also highlighting the difference between secular morality (humanistic values) and religious morality.
So YouTube has cancelled me. Your friendly neighborhood ex-Muslim. What do I mean by that? I mean that I have been permanently kicked out of the YouTube Partner Program. So this means no more ad income. Not on any of my old videos, nor on any new videos. Forever. And there is no way to get it back.
Zara Kay, an Australian citizen and founder of Faithless Hijab, was held in Tanzanian police custody for 32 hours without charge. She was interrogated about her work to help women who are leaving Islam. Her charges are a form of state blasphemy and include being critical of the government. (more…)
I received some comments recently about a certain type of video that we’ve been making in particular the ones were mocking Islam. Here is the tweet:
This was a response to my initial tweet in which I had said, “Allah’s hell is so gory it’s funny! chains and whips and devils oh my” So the question is why did we mock hell? Why are we mocking religion? Why do we mock the idea of hell?
Hi everyone! It’s your friendly neighborhood ex-Muslim Abdullah Sameer. Someone asked me “How do you deal with the fear of some radical Islamist or some crazy person coming and hurting you? Even though you’re living in Canada what you are doing is still dangerous and risky right?” and here is my response to these concerns.