Former Muslim critics of Islam

The list Former Muslim critics of Islam includes Salman Rushdie, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Mosab Hassan Yousef and Taslima Nasrin. The list consists of 126 members.

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Salman Rushdie

British, Writer

Overview: Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie (born 19 June 1947) is an Indian-born British-American novelist. His work often combines magic realism with historical fiction and primarily deals with connections, disruptions ...

Date of birth: 19 June 1947

Age: 77

Nationality: British

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

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People with Overseas Citizenship of India 11T

Substack writers 88T

Eyepatch wearers 61T
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

Turkish officer and statesman

Overview: Kemal Atatürk (or alternatively written as Kamâl Atatürk, Mustafa Kemal Pasha until 1934, commonly referred to as Mustafa Kemal Atatürk; c. 1881 – 10 November 1938) was a Turkish field marshal, revolu ...

Date of birth: 19 May 1881

Date of death: 10 November 1938

Age: 57 (age at death)

Nationality: Turkish

Occupation: Head of State

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

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Military personnel from Thessaloniki 17T

Politicians from Thessaloniki 35T

20th-century Presidents of Turkey 15T
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Dutch feminist and author

Overview: Ayaan Hirsi Ali ( Somali: Ayaan Xirsi Cali: Ayān Ḥirsī 'Alī; born Ayaan Hirsi Magan, 13 November 1969) is a Somali-born Dutch-American activist, feminist, author, scholar and former politician. She received ...

Date of birth: 13 November 1969

Age: 55

Nationality: Dutch

Occupation: Activist

Gender: Female

Partner: Niall Ferguson (Married)

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American atheist writers 19T

American critics of Islam 115T

Secular critics of Islam 75T
4.

Rita Panahi

Australian columnist and commentator (born 1976)

Overview: Rita Panahi (born March 3, 1976) is an Iranian Australian opinion columnist. She works for The Herald and Weekly Times (HWT), a subsidiary of News Corp Australia and is host of The Friday Show on Sky News ...

Date of birth: 3 March 1976

Age: 49

Nationality: Australian

Occupation: Journalist

Gender: Female

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Australian critics of Islam 10T

Former Muslims turned agnostics or atheists 67T

Sky News Australia reporters and presenters 42T
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Mosab Hassan Yousef

former Palestinian spy for Israel now living in the United States and author

Overview: Mosab Hassan Yousef (Arabic: مصعب حسن يوسف‎; nicknamed "The Green Prince"; born 5 May 1978) is a Palestinian who worked undercover for Israel's internal security service Shin Bet from 1997 to 2007 ...

Date of birth: 1978

Age: 46

Nationality: Palestinian

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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Palestinian people imprisoned by Israel 32T

People of the Shin Bet 13T

Critics of Islam 369T
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Zuhdi Jasser

American doctor, Muslim activist, and commentator

Overview: Zuhdi Jasser, also known as M. Zuhdi Jasser, and Mohamed Zuhdi Jasser (Arabic: محمد زهدي جاسر‎; born 17 November 1967) is an American medical doctor specializing in internal medicine and nuclear ...

Date of birth: 17 November 1967

Age: 57

Nationality: American

Occupation: Doctor

Gender: Male

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Recipients of the Meritorious Service Medal (United States) 231T

Islam in Arizona 1T

21st-century American male writers 3,233T
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Taslima Nasreen

Poet, columnist, novelist

Overview: Taslima Nasrin (born 25 August 1962) is a Bangladeshi-Swedish writer, physician, feminist, secular humanist, and activist. She is known for her writing on women's oppression and criticism of religion; ...

Date of birth: 25 August 1962

Age: 62

Nationality: Bangladeshi

Occupation: Author

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

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Sakharov Prize laureates 45T

20th-century Bangladeshi women writers 15T

21st-century Bangladeshi women writers 14T
8.

Henda Ayari

French ex-Salafi, feminist and secularist

Overview: Henda Ayari (born 4 December 1976 in Rouen, France) is a French writer, feminist and secular activist.

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Sarah Abdali Idan

Iraqi-American model and politician (born 1990)

Overview: Sarah Abdali Idan (Arabic: سارة عيدان‎; born 4 February 1990) is an Iraqi-American model, television host, musician and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned as Miss Universe Iraq 2017 and ...

Date of birth: 4 February 1990

Age: 35

Nationality: Iraqi

Occupation: Model

Gender: Female

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English language singers from Iraq 6T

21st-century women singers 8,493T

Miss Universe 2017 contestants 81T
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Nabeel Qureshi (author)

Pakistani-American author

Overview: Nabeel Asif Qureshi (Urdu: نبیل قریشی; April 13, 1983 – September 16, 2017) was a Pakistani-American Christian apologetic, author and speaker. He was a convert to Christianity from Ahmadiyya. He was a ...

Date of birth: 13 April 1983

Date of death: 16 September 2017

Age: 34 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Author

Gender: Male

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American critics of Islam 115T

21st-century American male writers 3,233T

American male non-fiction writers 4,581T
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Zineb El Rhazoui

French journalist

Overview: Zineb El Rhazoui (born 1982) is a Moroccan-born French journalist. She was a columnist for Paris-based satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo from 2011 to 2017. She was in Morocco during the Charlie Hebdo m ...

Date of birth: 19 January 1982

Age: 43

Nationality: French

Occupation: Journalist

Gender: Female

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Opposition to Islam in Morocco 6T

Former Muslims turned agnostics or atheists 63T

French atheism activists 18T
12.

Shahin Najafi

Iranian musician (born 1980)

Overview: Shahin Najafi (Persian: شاهين نجفى‎) (born in 1980 in Bandar-e Anzali, Gilan, Iran) is an Iranian musician, singer, songwriter and political activist currently residing in Germany.

Date of birth: 10 September 1980

Age: 44

Nationality: Iranian

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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21st-century male musicians 9,676T

21st-century guitarists 1,266T

Iranian blues singers 3T
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Rabia Kazan

Turkish journalist

Overview: Rabia Kazan (born 25 June 1976) is a Persian background Turkish award-winning women's rights activist, and the president of the Middle Eastern Women's Coalition (MEWC), former board of directors in the ...

Date of birth: 25 June 1976

Age: 48

Nationality: Turkish

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

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Turkish nationalists 53T

Opposition to Islam in the United States 109T

Turkish women journalists 31T
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Maryam Namazie

Iranian activist and broadcaster

Overview: Maryam Namazie (Persian: مریم نمازی‎; born 1966) is a British-Iranian secularist, communist and human rights activist, commentator, and broadcaster.

Date of birth: 28 July 1965

Age: 59

Nationality: Iranian

Occupation: Activist

Gender: Female

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British critics of Islam 38T

Secular critics of Islam 75T

Former Muslims turned agnostics or atheists 63T
15.

Nazmiye Oral

Dutch actress and writer

Overview: Nazmiye Oral (born 1969) is a Dutch actress and writer. She has won a Golden Calf for Best Acting in a Television Drama.

Date of birth: 28 May 1969

Age: 55

Gender: Female

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21st-century Dutch dramatists and playwrights 18T

Former Muslims turned agnostics or atheists 74T

21st-century Dutch women writers 86T
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Zara Kay

Australian activist

Overview: Zara Kay (born 1992) is a Tanzanian-born ex-Muslim atheist, secular activist and women's rights activist, based in London. She is the founder of Faithless Hijabi, an international non-profit organisation ...

Date of birth: 1992

Age: 32

Nationality: Tanzanian

Occupation: Activist

Gender: Female

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Tanzanian emigrants to Australia 2T

Women human rights activists 491T

Former Muslims turned agnostics or atheists 63T
17.

Rana Ahmad

Syrian activist (born 1985)

Overview: Rana Ahmad or Rana Ahmad Hamd (born 1985) is the pseudonym of a Syrian women's rights activist and ex-Muslim born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, who fled to Germany in 2015, where she currently resides. Her ...

Date of birth: 1985

Age: 39

Nationality: Syrian

Occupation: Activist

Gender: Female

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Saudi Arabian emigrants to Germany 1T

Saudi Arabian refugees 2T

21st-century Syrian women writers 13T
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Aliyah Saleem

British author and secular activist

Overview: Aliyah Saleem (born August 1989), is a British secular education campaigner, writer and market researcher. She is an ex-Muslim atheist, feminist and humanist activist, and co-founder of advocacy group ...

Date of birth: August 1989

Age: 35

Nationality: British

Occupation: Educator

Gender: Female

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British critics of Islam 38T

Women human rights activists 491T

Former Muslims turned agnostics or atheists 63T
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Fauzia Ilyas

Pakistani, Activist

Overview: Fauzia Ilyas (Urdu: فوزیہ الیاس‎, born 1989) is a Dutch Pakistani speaker, political activist,and the president and co-founder of Atheist & Agnostic Alliance Pakistan. Ilyas, an open atheist and ...

Date of birth: 26 May 1989

Age: 35

Nationality: Pakistani

Occupation: Activist

Gender: Female

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Former Muslims turned agnostics or atheists 63T

Dutch atheism activists 6T

Critics of Sunni Islam 61T
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Arzu Toker

German writer

Overview: Arzu Toker (born 1952) is a German-speaking writer, journalist, publicist and translator of Turkish descent.

Date of birth: 1952

Age: 72

Nationality: Turkish

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

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Former Muslims turned agnostics or atheists 63T

Opposition to Islam in Germany 27T

German former Muslims 6T