| − | {{Cquote|A MOB attacked Alexander Aan even before an Indonesian court in June jailed him for two and a half years for “inciting religious hatred”. His crime was to write “God does not exist” on a Facebook group he had founded for atheists in Minang, a province of the world’s most populous Muslim nation. Like most non-believers in Islamic regions, he was brought up as a Muslim. And like many who profess godlessness openly, he has been punished. | + | {{Cquote|A MOB attacked Alexander Aan even before an [[Indonesia]]n court in June jailed him for two and a half years for “inciting religious hatred”. His crime was to write “God does not exist” on a [[Facebook]] group he had founded for atheists in Minang, a province of the world’s most populous Muslim nation. Like most non-believers in Islamic regions, he was brought up as a Muslim. And like many who profess godlessness openly, he has been punished. |
| − | 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 No God, not even Allah], ''The Economist''</ref>}} | + | 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 No God, not even Allah], ''The Economist''</ref>}} |
| | == Atheism, lack of ultimate justice and unpunished criminals == | | == Atheism, lack of ultimate justice and unpunished criminals == |