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Yasmine Mohammed is a human rights activist and author of Unveiled: How the West Empowers Radical Muslims. Yasmine is one of the most prominent and vocal figures supporting persecuted freethinkers across the globe, from elevating the voices of marginalized freethinkers on her podcast, to creating a global network of allies across religious and political divides through the CLARITy Coalition.

Yasmine shares how her childhood was dramatically changed when her mother became an unofficial “second wife” to a devout Muslim man, and how Canada failed to protect her due to the bigotry of low expectations. She describes her journey from non-practicing Muslim to becoming an open atheist, and how the trauma of her childhood continued to haunt her as an adult. We also discuss how countries suffer under Islamic rule, the particular hatred of Jews that is a core element of Islam, and the origin of and problems with the term Islamophobia.

Learn more about Yasmine and support her efforts: Free Hearts Free Minds (https://www.freeheartsfreeminds.com/) Yasmine Mohammed Podcast ( / @yasminemohammedxx ) Unveiled: How the West Empowers Radical Muslims (https://a.co/d/2MyTb27) Clarity Coalition (https://claritycoalition.org/)

You can also find Yasmine on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and BlueSky.

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I really enjoy pointing out the amazing part of being, the little things, the butterfly that appears unexpectedly that flutters and passes by, the stars in the sky, an amazing coincidence of happenstance that flutters by. I don't assign any of that to someone or something, inexplicably, unexpectedly, deciding that this tiny being on an insignificant ball of rock should suddenly command attention. It makes no sense. I prefer the idea that I make my own meaning, and I choose my own destiny. I choose to be a good person, and I choose to be who I want to be. I don't need a Sky Daddy to tell me to be good. I just am good.

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Brought the family to a meeting and it was a lot like UU. Good solution for the atheist parent problem? Anything to be aware of?