Washington Examiner, “Ex-Muslims in U.S. want civil rights assurances” by D. M. Murdock:
A new American civil liberties organization has been formed to ensure that ex-Muslims receive full protection from the law and to investigate possible “hate crimes and civil rights violations against apostates from Islam.” The organization, Former Muslims United, was founded by prominent ex-Muslim and anti-sharia activists and authors Nonie Darwish and Ibn Warraq, as well as Mohammad Asghar, Dr. Wafa Sultan and my friend Amil Imani.
On September 24, 2009, Former Muslims United will hold a press conference to announce their organization. As their press release says:
At the press conference, Former Muslims United founders Nonie Darwish and Ibn Warraq (both internationally-respected authors and scholars) will release letters calling on the Depart of Justice and the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights to investigate possible hate crimes and civil rights violations against apostates from Islam, including the circumstances of the current Florida case of 17-year old Rifqa Bary, a former Muslim. The letters are also signed by Former Muslims United co-founders Mohammad Asghar, Wafa Sultan and Amil Imani.
Darwish and Warraq will release the text of Former Muslim United’s groundbreaking “Muslim Pledge for Religious Freedom and Safety from Harm for Former Muslims,” copies of which will be received in the offices of dozens of Muslim leaders across America by September 25, the 220th anniversary of Congress passing the Bill of Rights. They will also distribute a list of the names of this first group of Muslim leaders to be asked to sign the Muslim Pledge. Additional Muslim leaders will be sent the pledge in the next month as the national campaign gets underway. The names of all pledge recipients will be listed at Formermuslimsunited.org.
These ex-Muslims know Islam well, and they can attest to their fears in declaring their apostasy, which is a death sentence under Islamic doctrine. While Darwish discusses her experiences in Egypt and Sultan in Syria, Amil Imani testifies to the atrocious human-rights abuses that have accompanied Islam in his native land of Persia, also known as Iran. Amil writes cutting-edge and honest articles full of facts and truth, reflecting a courageous man who would love to see his beautiful and precious homeland free of this oppression—and Amil is clear that it is Islamic doctrine itself, not “extremism,” that is destroying his beloved mother country…..
