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CONTACT:  Conor Casey (860)-899-6920 [email protected] Washington, DC — 12/16/2021 Ex-Muslims of North America (EXMNA) expresses strong concern over the recent passage of H.R. 5665, the Combating International Islamophobia Act, through the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill, passed on December 14th, 2021, establishes an Office to Monitor and Combat Islamophobia within the U.S. Department of …

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Washington, DC — 09/30/2021 Ex-Muslims of North America (EXMNA) is proud to announce a new milestone in the growth of its Persecution Tracker, which catalogs instances of hate and violence motivated by blasphemy and apostasy accusations throughout the Islamic world and beyond. Now, one year out from the Tracker’s initial launch, the organization marks 2021’s …

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CONTACT:  Conor Casey (860)-899-6920 [email protected] Washington, DC — 06/15/2021 On July 6, Facebook’s Director of Content Policy Stakeholder Engagement, Peter Stern, wrote to Ex-Muslims of North America (EXMNA) Director Sarah Haider outlining the platform’s new policy banning “attacks” against religious institutions. The email came on the heels of EXMNA expressing concern that ex-Muslims were being …

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EXMNA Announces Apostate Report, Findings from the First Ever Survey of North American Ex-Muslims Washington, DC — 06/08/2021 Today, Ex-Muslims of North America (EXMNA) announced the release of its Apostate Report, the results of a wide-ranging, first-of-its-kind survey of North American ex-Muslims. Conducted by contracted researchers from George Mason University, the groundbreaking survey drew participants …

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Washington, D.C. – 05/17/2021 – Ex-Muslims of North America (EXMNA), along with Freedom from Religion Foundation, Center for Inquiry, American Humanist Association, and American Atheists, met with the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Friday, May 14th, for an hour-long meeting organized by the Secular Coalition for America.   In addition to highlighting …

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March 18th, 2021 Ex-Muslims of North America is proud to announce the completion of a milestone in our overhaul of WikiIslam, bringing us one step closer towards producing a fair, unbiased, yet skeptical resource on Islam. For years, WikiIslam was among the few available resources for critical analysis of the religion, housing thousands of articles …

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September 30th, 2020 Ex-Muslims of North America unveils a first-of-its-kind tool designed to catalog global incidents of violence and persecution against religious minorities and freethinkers at the hands of states and Muslim extremists. The ‘Persecution Tracker’ (https://persecution.exmuslims.org) will be a comprehensive warehouse of detailed accounts of persecution, bringing together information from varied sources such as …

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Immediate Release EX-MUSLIMS OF NORTH AMERICA CONDEMN KILLING OF GEORGE FLOYD, SUPPORT PROTESTS AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY. Washington, D.C. – 06/02/2020 By Muhammad Syed – President of Ex-Muslims of North America We at Ex-Muslims of North America wholeheartedly condemn the brutal murder of George Floyd. The casual loss of life at the hands of law enforcement …

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Facebook’s reporting system being used to suppress religious freedom, says bipartisan Congressional letter.

“Facebook can help prevent harassment, persecution, and violence from gaining any traction on its platform.” – Congressman Jared Huffman

Immediate Release Ex-Muslims of North America debuts billboards in Atlanta, Chicago, Houston Alongside a first-of-its-kind “coming out” social media campaign, #AwesomeWithoutAllah, Ex-Muslims of North American stands up on behalf of those who have left Islam with national billboard campaign. Washington, D.C. – 09/04/2019 Today, Ex-Muslims of North America (EXMNA) launches billboards to support former Muslims …

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