Pride month
2025-06-01 - 2025-06-30
Celebrate Diversity and Inclusion During Pride Month!
This June, join millions around the world in honoring and supporting the LGBTQ+ community during **Pride Month**. It’s a time to celebrate love, diversity, and the freedom to be yourself.
Why Participate?

Support Equality: Stand up for the rights and acceptance of all, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.
Embrace Diversity: Celebrate the rich tapestry of identities and experiences that make our communities vibrant.
Build Community: Connect with others who are passionate about inclusivity and positive change.

How to Get Involved:

Attend Events: Join local parades, festivals, and virtual events celebrating Pride.
Educate Yourself: Learn about LGBTQ+ history and the ongoing fight for equal rights.
Show Your Support: Wear rainbow colors, display Pride flags, or share supportive messages on social media using **#PrideMonth**.

Let’s come together to promote love, acceptance, and equality. Be a part of Pride Month and help make a difference!

Refugee Day
2025-06-20
Stand with Refugees on World Refugee Day!

On June 20th, join millions around the globe in honoring the strength, courage, and resilience of refugees. World Refugee Day is an international day designated by the United Nations to celebrate and support refugees worldwide.

Why Participate?

Show Solidarity: Stand up for the rights and well-being of refugees.
Raise Awareness: Help shed light on the challenges faced by refugees.
Promote Inclusion: Encourage communities to welcome and integrate refugees.

How to Get Involved:

Attend Events: Participate in local activities, workshops, or online webinars.
Share Stories: Use social media to share inspiring refugee stories with #WorldRefugeeDay.
Support Organizations: Volunteer with or donate to groups that assist refugees.

Together, we can make a difference. Join us on World Refugee Day to support and uplift refugees around the world!

International Apostasy Day
2025-08-22
August 22 is Apostasy Day — a day to defend, honor and celebrate our right to courageously leave religion.
THIS YEAR, EX-MUSLIMS INTERNATIONAL IS INVITING YOU AND OUR GLOBAL COMMUNITY TO: END APOSTOPHOBIA. CELEBRATE APOSTASY!
We want a world where Apostophobia is condemned with the same clarity and conviction as racism, homophobia, and misogyny, and apostasy and blasphemy laws are a thing of the past.
On Apostasy Day, August 22, 2025, Ex-Muslims International calls on apostates and allies around the world to:

Join our Apostasy Day livestream on YouTube with Uniting the Cults (link TBD)
Visit, share and utilize Apostophobia.com
Share this Apostasy Day statement from Ex-Muslims International
Discuss Apostophobia in your communities and on your platforms
Call for an end to Apostophobia, apostasy laws, blasphemy laws, and religious punishments
Celebrate the freedom and joy of leaving religion
Stand with those who are persecuted for questioning, doubting, or walking away
Share and amplify apostate stories and apostasy experiences
Name the emotional and psychological abuse faced by apostates, including shunning, forced secrecy, isolation, and coercion disguised as “family honour” or “religious love”
Urge your lawmakers to implement, defend and uphold secularism, freedom of/from religion, freedom of speech, and freedom expression
Use hashtags: #EndApostophobia #CelebrateApostasy #ApostasyDay2025 #ApostasyDay.

Blasphemy Day 2025: Decriminalise Blasphemy! Free Betty!
2025-09-30 - 2025-10-31
Join EXMI’s #FreeBetty Campaign for Blasphemy Day on Sept. 30!
On Blasphemy Day, Betty will have endured 51 days behind bars in Morocco – simply for wearing a T-shirt deemed “blasphemous.”
We need you and your voice more than ever!
Join Ex-Muslims International for a public action on 30 September in support of renowned activist Ibtissame Betty Lachgar. Betty has been imprisoned in Morocco for two and a half years for wearing a t-shirt with the slogan a ‘Allah is Lesbian.’ Call for the decriminalisation of blasphemy and for Betty’s immediate release.
Get in on the “Prison Mugshots” campaign for Blasphemy Day:
Take mugshot photos holding a placard:
Use these templates. Use black background for realism, white background for printer-friendly or make your own.
Use a short caption for social media:

Blasphemy is not a crime and no one should be jailed for a t-shirt! #FreeBetty #BlasphemyDay2025
If Betty can be imprisoned for a t-shirt, any of us could. #FreeBetty #BlasphemyDay2025
Betty is a cancer survivor. She urgently needs medical care. #FreeBetty #BlasphemyDay2025

Find and tag Moroccan authorities on social media:

@ChefGov_ma
@Diplomatie_ma
@Justice_Gov_ma

Post it on your socials with two hashtags: #FreeBetty #BlasphemyDay2025
Why Mugshots, Not Selfies?
We’re not asking for just another solidarity selfie. Mugshots symbolise imprisonment — they show the reality that Betty is behind bars for a T-shirt. By taking a mugshot, you place yourself symbolically in her position, stripped of freedom and dignity for “blasphemy.”
📸 How to Take Your Mugshot Photos (see examples below from Veiled Rose)

Stand against a plain wall or background
Hold the placard chest-high
Keep a straight, serious look (no smiles)
Wear plain/baggy clothes, minimal makeup
Take 3 shots: front, left profile, right profile

This helps people imagine what Betty is enduring — and makes the injustice impossible to ignore.

Join the International Blasphemy Day YouTube livestream on Sept. 30:
Uniting the Cults will be hosting a special livestream for Blasphemy Day featuring members from Ex-Muslims International.
Sign Betty’s petition, get a t-shirt, and visit Ex-MI’s #FreeBetty page to find out more ways to learn about and support Betty.
Let’s show the world that blasphemy is not a crime! #FreeBetty

Day Against the Death Penalty
2025-10-10
Stand for Justice on the World Day Against the Death Penalty!
On October 10th, join people worldwide in advocating for the abolition of the death penalty. The World Day Against the Death Penalty is a global movement to promote human rights, dignity, and justice for all.
Why Participate?

Support Human Rights: Uphold the fundamental right to life and oppose inhumane punishment.
Promote Fair Justice Systems: Encourage legal practices that are just and equitable.
Raise Awareness: Educate others about the impacts and issues surrounding the death penalty.

How to Get Involved:

Attend Events: Participate in local rallies, seminars, or online discussions.
Spread the Word: Share information and stories on social media using #AbolishDeathPenalty
Support Organizations: Volunteer with or donate to groups working towards abolition.

Be a voice for change and help create a more compassionate world.
Take action on the World Day Against the Death Penalty!

2025 Ex-Muslim Awareness Month: Why NOT Islam
2025-12-01 - 2025-12-31
Our doubt, voices and existence as Ex-Muslims is why we’re not asking, we’re saying: why NOT Islam!

Join Ex-Muslims International in collaboration with Haram Doodles and Ex-Muslims of North America for the fourth annual Ex-Muslim Month this December in loudly, proudly and unapologetically saying: “why NOT Islam!”
Ex-Muslim Month 2025 expands the U.S. success of the epic #whyNOTislam campaign earlier this year by Ex-Muslims of North America.
Their message is simple: Losing faith in Islam? You’re not alone!
We Ex-Muslims are a global community of people who, somewhere along the way, lost our faith in Islam too. And, we’re done being treated as a threat and excusing a religious system that continues to harm.
Islam, and the Islamist Muslims who have the power to enforce it, use Islam to turn inequality into law, obedience into virtue, and freedom into a crime. The result is an authoritative, oppressive religious system that allows family, community and government leaders to control, silence and harm people by denying them their basic human rights like freedom of speech or freedom from religion.
Dire consequences are not theoretical for those of us who dare to free ourselves from Islam and advocate for secularism, humanism, free thought, feminism and LGBTQ+ rights. They’re lived, unjust and systemic.
Rampant apostophobia in Muslim communities. Women forced into veils and homes in Afghanistan. An Islamic regime that continues brutalizing dissent and persecuting protestors in Iran.
Anti-blasphemy laws imprisoning human rights activist Betty Lachgar in Morocco or people in Pakistan for speaking freely online. Disappearance of atheist activist Sherif Gaber amidst a war on atheism in Egypt. Human rights violations in Saudi Arabia.

Harm done by Islamist family control in the U.S. or U.K. Half of the countries with anti-LGBTQ laws being Muslim-majority. And, countless dissidents of Islam facing persecution — the harm is real, global, and ongoing.
That’s why ExMuslim Month was started in December 2022, for ExMuslims, Ex-Muslim organizations, partners, allies and friends to raise global awareness of Ex-Muslims and advocate for our rights to safely and freely question, disbelieve and leave Islam.
We leave Islam because we can, no matter what Islam or Islamists say. We speak quietly and loudly because too many of us cannot. Every Ex-Muslim who doubts, deconstructs and leaves Islam is living, breathing evidence of why NOT Islam!
Here are 10 things can you do to celebrate and honor Ex-Muslim month in December 2025:

Use hashtag #ExMuslimMonth and #whyNOTislam
Urge politicians, influencers, organizations and public officials to free Betty in Morocco, free Sherif Gaber in Egypt, and to use their privilege, power and connections to support secularism or keeping religion out of governments.
Visit and share whyNOTislam.net, created by Ex-Muslims of North America. It provides Ex-Muslims and people who are questioning Islam with the most-discussed topics, frequently and secretly-asked questions, and evidence-based information from the Quran.
Share your story anonymously on exmuslim.me. Make a historical contribution with fellow Ex-Muslims and let the world know we exist!
Watch this livestream with members of Ex-Muslims International Secular Spirit, Uniting the Cults, Haram Doodles, Apostate Aladdin, Maryam Namazie from the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain, Egyptian musician Yasmine Elbaramawy, artist Raghed Rustom, and physics professor Usama al-Binni.

Share content about Ex-Muslims from Ex-Muslims to increase belonging.
Talk about Ex-Muslims on social media or with people you feel safe with.
Support fellow Ex-Muslims in your life and in online communities like Reddit or Discord
Donate to Ex-Muslim organizations.
Volunteer your time and talent with Ex-Muslim, atheist, secular and humanist organizations.

History of Ex-Muslim Month: Did you know? ExMuslim Month was born from the Ex-Muslim Subreddit in December 2022, and the Ex-Muslim Subreddit was started on December 1, 2010!
Download and share 2025 Ex-Muslim Month #whyNOTislam graphics

No Hijab Day 2026
2026-02-01
No Hijab Day was created on 1 February as a direct response to World Hijab Day, which promotes the hijab as a symbol of women’s choice and empowerment. Rather, No Hijab Day seeks to illuminate the coercive and oppressive realities of the hijab as a pillar of sex apartheid and a war on women.
For many, the hijab is not a choice but a religious requirement imposed by honour culture, toxic modesty norms, and legal or familial pressures. It is a visible marker of a broader Islamic system that restricts women’s rights and autonomy.
The religious origins of the hijab underscores its role in control rather than empowerment. Historically, the hijab was used to differentiate amongst believing, free and enslaved women. The idea behind the hijab is that uncovered women and girls will cause fitnah or chaos in society by tempting men. Therefore, Islamic teachings have instilled a culture of shame and submission, warning of women being the majority in hell or facing divine punishment for showing their body or hair.
Across the globe, women face both legal mandates and societal pressures to wear the hijab and cover from head to toe. In countries like Iran and Afghanistan, the hijab is a legal requirement as part of a system of sex apartheid that is imposed by violence and terror. In Iran, mandatory hijab laws have been in place since 1979, sparking decades of protests, including the recent Woman, Life, Freedom movement ignited by the murder of Jina Mahsa Amini in September 2022. In Afghanistan, women and girls are denied access to education, work and freedom of movement by the Taliban. In Saudi Arabia, where so-called reforms have ostensibly loosened hijab restrictions, women continue to be imprisoned for defying dress codes, as exemplified by the case of Manal al-Otaibi.
In Western countries, too, women from Muslim families often face intense social and familial pressures. Tragic cases such as Aqsa Parvez in Canada and Shafilea Ahmed in the UK—both murdered by their families for defying modesty norms—illustrate the grave consequences of these religious pressures.
A symbol that has been used to shame, control, and suppress women cannot be used to combat intolerance and racism. A sexist tool to control and erase women is antithetical to women’s empowerment and visibility. Whilst anti-Muslim bigotry and xenophobia are undeniable, racism cannot be combatted with sexism and the hijab, rooted in modesty culture and oppression.
No Hijab Day stands in solidarity with women who resist mandatory religious dress codes, societal pressures, and institutionalised sex apartheid, which like racial apartheid must be considered a crime against humanity.
No Hijab Day calls for global recognition of the struggle against sex apartheid and the hijab and a commitment to supporting the fight for women’s freedom, equality, and rights.
How to take part in No Hijab Day:

Use this opportunity to spark meaningful conversations about purity culture in Islam, challenge sex-apartheid, and show your solidarity with ex-Muslim, Iranian, Afghan, and other women around the world who refuse to wear the hijab.
Share your thoughts, experiences, and support using #NoHijabDay and #HijabSilences
Let your voice inspire real change for women’s rights.
