Former Muslim critics of Islam

Indian-born British-American novelist (born 1947)

Dutch-American political activist and author

Palestinian essayist and writer

author, secular humanist, and feminist

'''Abu al-Ala al-Ma'arri (; December 973May 1057), also known by his Latin name Abulola Moarrensis''', was an Arab philosopher, poet, and writer from Ma'arrat al-Nu'man, Emirate of Aleppo (in present day Syria). Because of his antireligious worldview, he is known as one of the "foremost atheists" of his time", although his worldview was closer to deism. However, in his defensive treatise Zajr al-Nabeh (The Repelling of the Barker)—a manuscript edited and published in 1965—al-Ma'arri explicitly identified himself as a faithful Muslim and systematically refuted the accusations of heresy leveled

Iranian Azerbaijani playwright and literary critic

Algerian and French writer

American Syrian-born psychiatrist

Egyptian writer

Pakistani writer

Iranian activist and broadcaster

Egyptian women's rights activist

Arab-Christian-American human rights activist and author; aka The Green Prince

Egyptian-born Italian politician, journalist, author, columnist

Turkish poet and writer (1905–1975)

Persian poet who wrote in Arabic (714–783)

human rights activist

Danish poet and writer

Iranian musician

French journalist

citizen of Saudi Arabia who fled the country in fear of her life

Islamic scholar

American activist

Iranian-born ex-Muslim atheist and secular activist, author, podcaster and vlogger, currently living in Vancouver, Canada.

German political scientist and historian

Turkish scholar of religious studies and writer (1934–1990)

Austrian writer

Turkish-German writer (born 1959)

pakistani-American ex-Muslim activist

Turkish journalist (born 1976)

Moroccan feminist and human rights activist

Turco-German feminist and social scientist

Dutch politician

Syrian activist

Norwegian comedian and writer

French-Tunisian film director

Iranian-born Canadian activist and critic of Islam

Turkish-Swedish journalist and writer (born 1969)

Saudi Arabian writer and intellectual

Afghan pornographic actress

Iranian politician (1951-2002)

Egyptian political activist and blogger

politician and activist from Germany

Azerbaijani journalist (1950–2011)

Moroccan-Dutch writer

Canadian human rights activist and author

Dutch journalist

American missionary

Tunisian writer and journalist

Moroccan-Dutch writer

Egyptian writer

Moroccan blogger, writer, activist (born 1990)

Iranian-born Belgian activist

writer

journalist, activist

Christian missionary

Dutch writer

Iraqi Catholic convert from Islam

Dutch Pakistani speaker

Dutch actor (born 1969)