Secular Jihadists For A Muslim Enlightenment

Watch the video version of this show: https://youtu.be/agJH-rukB-c  For years, ex-Muslims had been dismissed as a fringe phenomenon that supposedly couldn't gain any traction or influence. In 2019, we know that nothing could be further from the truth. A young Saudi ex-Muslim woman, Rahaf Al-Qunun, escaped her family while they were on a trip to Kuwait, and fled to Thailand, en route to Australia where she planned to apply for asylum. Thai authorities detained her, ready to ship her back to her family, where she would face almost certain death. When she started tweeting about her situation, it took less than 24 hours for her story to become a media firestorm. The world's ex-Muslim community—more united than ever—brought mass attention to the story in real time, leading to features in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, the BBC, and CNN. Even Muslim supporters like Mona Eltahawy and new US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar tweeted their support. Today, Rahaf—a Saudi openly ex-Muslim woman—has been declared a refuge