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Why you should contribute to Reem Abdel-Razek’s campaign today

UPDATE: Thanks to the generous support of others, Reem was able to raise enough money to help her until she got her work permit. She now has a job and is building a new life while waiting for her asylum decision. A few nights ago, I was frustrated at a …

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Formalities and what not…

This is my first experience blogging. From what I understand, it is customary to give your readers a little bit of background about who you are, why you are writing, and why they should care. I’ll try to do a little bit of that here. But before I get into …

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Welcome to Mehfil-e-Skeptics (part 2)

As promised, this is part 2 of my introductory post. You can read part 1 here. It didn’t take long to notice that few people actually took their faith, beliefs, and religious ideas seriously. An uncomfortably large number of people were essentially living double lives, displaying a certain piety for …

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The ExMuslim Blogs and the Stories from Ex-Muslim Women project

Hello folks! I have two important and teeth-chatteringly exciting updates. A day I’ve been anticipating has finally arrived. I’m excited to announce the unveiling of a unique collaborative effort: The world’s first unified Ex-Muslim blog platform! Check it out at http://www.exmuslimblogs.com/ The Ex-Muslims of North America has created this website …

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Welcome to Mehfil-e-Skeptics (part 1)

My name is Kiran, and I will be your hostess. 🙂 I have been working in the ExMuslim movement and on the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain (CEMB) forum since 2008. I’ve administered and served on the boards of various Muslim and Ex-Muslim organizations, and I am a co-organizer of …

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Quick Update: Facebook page and social media.

Between a Veil and a Dark Place’s new Facebook page. I have been prone to posting short updates, important and interesting links, and commentary on my personal Facebook page. Generally I’m better at consistently sharing cool things if I have more than 140 characters to say something about it, and …

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Why you should contribute to Reem Abdel-Razek’s campaign TODAY

UPDATE: Since Reem fell short of her goal on her first campaign, she created a new one. Help Reem this month! Her new campaign can be found HERE. UPDATE2: Kind thanks to all who have been contributing. A note: for some reason the campaign website doesn’t load properly some of …

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Between a Veil and a Dark Place Online!

Hello, world. Marwa here. This is my first blog post. Over a week ago I very carefully wrote up the pages of this blog.  They explain who I am and what this blog wants to do, what the title of this blog is all about, and what the images of …

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