Navabi, Armin

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Armin Navabi is an Iranian-Canadian ex-Muslim atheist, author, and podcaster. In 2012, he founded the online free thought community Atheist Republic, a Canada-based non-profit organization. Atheist Republic now has over two million fans and followers worldwide and hundreds of branches in several countries, such as Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines, enabling non-believers to interact in societies where irreligion, apostasy, and blasphemy are often criminalized and repressed. As an author, he debuted with the book Why There Is No God (2014), and in 2017 he became a co-host of the podcast Secular Jihadists.

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Articles by Armin Navabi

By Any Means Necessary: Iran, Hamas, and the Left

History shows that when the revolutionary left and Islamist right start sounding alike, it’s time to start worrying.

“Queers for Palestine” and the Death of Irony

Imposing Western identity politics onto the Middle East is a formula for moral insanity.

Pride Flags, Kid Gloves, and Islam’s Religious Right

Religiously inspired anti-LGBT bigotry must be opposed — regardless of the religion.

Women Loving Women in Islam: A Hidden History

Persecution, secrecy, and time have obscured them, but fragments of lesbian and bi love in Islamic history remain.

Iran’s Theocrats’ Worst Nightmare is Coming True

For 40 years, the Iranian regime has ruled with divide and conquer. Now Iranians are united.