Arab Atheists and Qatar Living

Last week I posted a topic on Qatar Living that has been trending on Twitter. It is the One Million Arab Atheists campaign. A campaign rather like coming out for gays, except this is for Arabs who choose not to believe in God. You would think this would be their choice and no one would care. However in many Arab countries it is illegal to leave the Muslim faith on pain of death. They are also discriminated against and 'true believers' even called for them to be killed.

Qatar itself is on the whole a place of tolerance, where they have even allowed the building of churches for Christians in Doha. However on Qatarliving.com free speech is suppressed and by banning such a topic they indirectly support the religious intolerant and abusive, thus allowing themselves to be justified in spilling their hate for other religions and non believers. (As well as discriminating against women as well in the name of religion)

I believe people should be free to choose what they believe in without others calling for them to be killed and they should be able to say that out loud. Whether that is with their family, in the street or on the Internet. Censoring them is the same as saying they are wrong and they should stay hidden, thus supporting the bigots. Support the right form individuals to choose!


If you wish to view this campaign on twitter it goes by the hash tag of #OMAA