EP123: An Atheist Who Escaped Saudi Arabia: Zac Alrayyis

Watch the video version of this conversation (for patrons): https://www.patreon.com/posts/atheist-who-zac-30896129  Zac Alrayyis is an atheist from Saudi Arabia and was raised in an extremely religious Salafi Islamic family. He abandoned Islam at age 13 and a few years later, escaped to Germany where his asylum application has recently been accepted. He is an activist for secularism, freedom, human rights, and animal rights. We spoke about his childhood, his journey from religion to reason, his complicated relationship with his family, atheism in Saudi Arabia, and his views on MBS (Muhammad bin Salman) and its current leadership. 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: Zac on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwXPo-8clF_2OFETjaiiBKw  Zac on Twitter: @ZacAAlrayyis