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56 - The Atheist Spring? Emerging Non-belief in the Islamic World

from Part VIII - Emerging Atheisms in the Twenty-First Century

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 September 2021

Michael Ruse
By
Karin van Nieuwkerk
Edited by
Stephen Bullivant
Michael Ruse
Affiliation:
Florida State University
Stephen Bullivant
Affiliation:
St Mary's University, Twickenham, London
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Summary

One of the most interesting features of the twenty-first century is the emergence of atheist discourses within Muslim-majority countries. Largely enabled by the Internet (see Chapter 55), atheist ideas appear to be acquiring an unprecedented audience in regions where such things are not merely outré, but actively illegal and even dangerous, as attested by several well-publicized instances of bloggers being imprisoned or even executed on conviction of apostasy.

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The Cambridge History of Atheism , pp. 1040 - 1058
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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