| | Yes, I am an atheist. I will never stop writing about the atheists martyred in Bangladesh for the "crime" of blogging their opinion. I will never let the world forget [[Raif Badawi]], sentenced to 1,000 lashes for secular blogging. I will never let the world forget atheism is punishable by death in Afghanistan, Iran, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritania, Nigeria, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen. I will never forget that 5% of Saudis are atheists, forced out of cafes to mosques to pray to a deity that doesn't exist.<ref>{{cite news|title= Global Index of Religiosity and Atheism |publisher= [[WIN/GIA|Gallup]]|date=|url= http://www.wingia.com/web/files/news/14/file/14.pdf |accessdate=2017-03-01}}</ref> Believing in a higher power should be a choice, not codified into law upon penalty of death. | | Yes, I am an atheist. I will never stop writing about the atheists martyred in Bangladesh for the "crime" of blogging their opinion. I will never let the world forget [[Raif Badawi]], sentenced to 1,000 lashes for secular blogging. I will never let the world forget atheism is punishable by death in Afghanistan, Iran, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritania, Nigeria, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen. I will never forget that 5% of Saudis are atheists, forced out of cafes to mosques to pray to a deity that doesn't exist.<ref>{{cite news|title= Global Index of Religiosity and Atheism |publisher= [[WIN/GIA|Gallup]]|date=|url= http://www.wingia.com/web/files/news/14/file/14.pdf |accessdate=2017-03-01}}</ref> Believing in a higher power should be a choice, not codified into law upon penalty of death. |
| | ''"Secularism respects everyone and does not offend anyone ... Secularism ... is the practical solution to lift countries (including ours) out of the third world and into the first world."'' -Raif Badawi, secularist political prisoner in Saudi Arabia | | ''"Secularism respects everyone and does not offend anyone ... Secularism ... is the practical solution to lift countries (including ours) out of the third world and into the first world."'' -Raif Badawi, secularist political prisoner in Saudi Arabia |