List of ex-Muslim organisations

This article is about organisations by and for ex-Muslims. For the sociological perspectives of ex-Muslims, see Ex-Muslims. For a general description of the religious and legal meaning and implications of the concept and process of apostasy from Islam, see Apostasy in Islam. For the situation of actual or purported apostates from Islam (ex-Muslims) in each individual country, see Apostasy in Islam by country.

This is a list of organisations that aim to support individuals that have renounced Islam sorted by date of founding.

Name	Founded	Region served	Notes
Central Council of Ex-Muslims (ZdE)[1]	2007	Germany	First ex-Muslim organisation.
Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain (CEMB)	2007	United Kingdom
Central Committee for Ex-Muslims[2]	2007	Netherlands	Dissolved in 2008.
Former Muslims United[3]	2009	United States
Ex-Muslims Initiative[4]	2010	Austria	Founded as Council of Ex-Muslims of Austria[5]
Movement of Ex-Muslims of Belgium[6]	2011	Belgium
Association of Ex-Muslims of Switzerland	2012	Switzerland	Founded by Kacem El Ghazzali.[7]
Atheist Republic[8]	2012	Worldwide/International	Founded by Armin Navabi[8] in Iran as "Iranian Atheists" on Orkut.[9]
Atheist & Agnostic Alliance Pakistan[10]	2012	Pakistan
Ex-Muslims North Meetup Group[11]	2012	Northern England	Based in Bradford.
Council of Ex-Muslims of Singapore[12]	2012	Singapore
Muslimish[1]	2012	United States	welcomes both ex-Muslims and Muslims[13]
Ex-Muslims of North America (EXMNA)[1][14]	2013	Canada  United States
Council of Ex-Muslims of France (CEMF)[15]	2013	France
Council of Ex-Muslims of Morocco (CEMM)[16]	2013	Morocco
Ex-Muslims of Scotland[1][17]	2014	Scotland
Association of Atheism	2014	Turkey	First legal atheist organisation in Turkey.[18]
Faith to Faithless[19]	2015	United Kingdom	Founded by Aliyah Saleem and Imtiaz Shams.
Platform New Freethinkers	2015	Netherlands	Supported by the Humanistisch Verbond.[20]
Ex-Muslims of Norway[21]	2016	Norway
Atheist Alliance of the Middle East and North Africa[22]	2016	MENA
Council of Ex-Muslims of Sri Lanka	2016	Sri Lanka
Iranian Humanist Atheists & Agnostics[23]	2016	Iran
Ex-Muslims of South Africa[24][25]	2016	South Africa
Ex-musulmani d'Italia[26]	2016	Italy	Supported by the Unione degli Atei e degli Agnostici Razionalisti.[27]
Council of Ex-Muslims of Jordan[28]	2018	Jordan
Alliance of Former Muslims[29]	2017	Ireland
Faithless Hijabi	2018	Australia
Ex-Muslims of the Netherlands[30]	2019	Netherlands
Iranian Atheists & Agnostics[31]	Unknown	Iran
Council of Ex-Muslims of New Zealand.[32]	Unknown	New Zealand
Central Committee for Ex-Muslims of Scandinavia[33]	Unknown	Scandinavia
Ex-Muslims of Kerala[34][35]	2019	India	Observes January 9 as ex-Muslim day[36]
Ex Muslim Sahil[37][38]	2022	India
Young Apostates	2021	United States	Voice Of Ex-Muslims

The Central Council of Ex-Muslims, founded in Germany in January 2007, was the first of its kind.

See also

• Apostasy in Islam
• Apostasy in Islam by country
• Ex-Muslims
• List of former Muslims

References

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11. "Ex-Muslims North (EMN) (Manchester, Verenigd Koninkrijk)". Meetup. Archived from the original on 2017-09-16. Retrieved 2017-09-15.
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20. "Vrij om niet te geloven". Platform Nieuwe Vrijdenkers. Humanistisch Verbond. Archived from the original on 23 April 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
21. "Ex-Muslims Of Norway". www.facebook.com.
22. "Atheist Alliance - Middle-East and North Africa". www.facebook.com.
23. "Iranian Humanist Atheists & Agnostics خداناباوران ودین ناباوران انسانگرا". www.facebook.com.
24. "Ex-Muslims of South Africa". www.facebook.com.
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26. "Ex-musulmani d'Italia". www.facebook.com.
27. "Unione degli Atei e degli Agnostici Razionalisti". Unione degli Atei e degli Agnostici Razionalisti. Archived from the original on 2020-05-27. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
28. "About Us". CEMJ. Archived from the original on 2018-10-11. Retrieved 2018-06-15.
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37. "Ex Muslim Sahil". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
38. "Ex Muslim Sahil Uncensored". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2022-04-18.

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