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== Ex-Muslim atheists are becoming more outspoken, but Muslim tolerance is still rare ==
== Ex-Muslim atheists are becoming more outspoken, but Muslim tolerance is still rare ==
[[File:Flag of Turkey.png|right|200px|According to ''The Economist'', in a handful of majority-Muslim countries atheists can live safely, if quietly. [[Turkey]] is one example.<ref>[http://www.economist.com/news/international/21567059-ex-muslim-atheists-are-becoming-more-outspoken-tolerance-still-rare-no-god-not Ex-Muslim atheists are becoming more outspoken, but tolerance is still rare],'' The Economist'', 2012</ref>]]
In 2012, ''The Economist'' indicated:
In 2012, ''The Economist'' indicated:
{{cquote|In a handful of majority-Muslim countries atheists can live safely, if quietly; [[Turkey]] is one example, [[Lebanon]] another. None makes atheism a specific crime. But none gives atheists legal protection or recognition. [[Indonesia]], for example, demands that people declare themselves as one of six religions; atheism and agnosticism do not count. Egypt’s draft constitution makes room for only three faiths: Christianity, Judaism and Islam.<ref>[http://www.economist.com/news/international/21567059-ex-muslim-atheists-are-becoming-more-outspoken-tolerance-still-rare-no-god-not Ex-Muslim atheists are becoming more outspoken, but tolerance is still rare],'' The Economist'', 2012</ref>}}
{{cquote|In a handful of majority-Muslim countries atheists can live safely, if quietly; [[Turkey]] is one example, [[Lebanon]] another. None makes atheism a specific crime. But none gives atheists legal protection or recognition. [[Indonesia]], for example, demands that people declare themselves as one of six religions; atheism and agnosticism do not count. Egypt’s draft constitution makes room for only three faiths: Christianity, Judaism and Islam.<ref>[http://www.economist.com/news/international/21567059-ex-muslim-atheists-are-becoming-more-outspoken-tolerance-still-rare-no-god-not Ex-Muslim atheists are becoming more outspoken, but tolerance is still rare],'' The Economist'', 2012</ref>}}