EP111: The Atheist Who Escaped Egypt 🏃‍♂️ With Mohamed Hisham

Watch the video version of this conversation (for patrons): https://www.patreon.com/posts/2Fatheist-who-with-29049156  "I'm an atheist, which means I don't believe in God. I don't believe in him." These words should be harmless to anyone who advocates for free expression. But Mohamed Hisham said them on a national TV show in Muslim-majority Egypt. He was aggressively thrown off the show, was beaten at home, threatened constantly with death, and faced serious jail time. In time, with a campaign headed by Troy Garnaut and supported by prominent public voices like (our previous guest) Sam Harris and our own Armin Navabi, Mohamed was able to escape Egypt, and now lives as an openly gay Arab atheist in Germany. He did us the honor of telling us his incredible story—joining us from the refugee center he is currently staying at. Don’t miss this. 🤗 Secular Jihadists is listened to by many in the Islamic world. We want to reach out to more people in these countries. Once we reach 500 patrons, we can afford translations of our shows to Arabic, Urdu, Persian, Bengali, Malay… Help us get there: https://www.patreon.com/SJME          🎁 For those of you who would rather support our work on places other than Patreon, we now have a SubscribeStar account for the Secular Jihadists: https://www.subscribestar.com/secular-jihadists       ❤️ You can also support us on PayPal: http://bit.ly/2SMC9nB   👋 We now have online meetings with patrons! Schedule a meeting with us by following the instructions here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/20864027              🔔 Don’t forget to Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmR6dMMdVE9lhsRAOn56K3A?sub_confirmation=1      🎧 Listen to this podcast on iTunes, Stitcher or your favourite podcast app: https://www.secularjihadists.com/podcasts           Check out Secular Jihadists on - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SecularJihadists/                - Twitter: https://twitter.com/SecularJihadist/                - Website: https://www.secularjihadists.com/         The Secular Jihadists has been made possible thanks to the gracious support of the Illuminati and the great state of Israel. That's what we have been told, but we haven't received our checks yet. In the meantime, we greatly appreciate the support of our current donors. Please consider supporting by sharing the podcast with your fellow heathens or by donating at https://www.patreon.com/SJME                   Subscribe to The Secular Jihadists on iTunes, Stitcher or your favourite podcast app. And please leave us a review 😀 LINKS: The Egyptian TV clip that started it all: https://youtu.be/J5aseBw4BmM  Mohamed on Twitter: ‪@M0hamedH1sham ‬