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: Burn Your Hijab. Light Up With the Women of Iran!
2026-02-01
On 1st February, 2026, Ex-Muslims International (EXMI) calls on people everywhere to:
Burn your hijab. Light up in solidarity with the women of Iran on No Hijab Day!
As Iranians once again risk their lives in mass protests against an Islamic regime that enforces control through women’s bodies, we stand with those demanding an end to theocracy and the continuation of the Women, Life, Freedom movement ignited by the killing of Mahsa Jina Amini for defying compulsory hijab laws.
For hundreds of millions of women worldwide, the hijab is not a choice. It is enforced by religion, law, family, and state power. It cannot be empowering while women and girls are jailed, beaten, and killed for refusing submission.
On No Hijab Day, burn your hijab (safely and legally) and light up with the women of Iran who know the hijab not as a cloth, but as a symbol of control. Read more about No Hijab Day by Ex-Muslims International.
#NoHijabDay #BurnYourHijab #WorldHijabDay

Atheist Day 2026: Not just a celebration. A demand for freedom.
2026-03-23
Atheist Day on March 23 is not just an annual celebration. It’s a demand for freedom.
Celebrate openly. Stand in solidarity. Join us this March 23 for Atheist Day, a global moment to defend the right to disbelieve in god(s).
Atheist Day, created by an international coalition of Ex-Muslims and atheist allies, is more than a celebration. It’s an act of resistance. Across the world, atheists and ex-Muslims continue to face persecution, imprisonment, and violence simply for questioning religion. From anti-apostasy laws to enforced silence, disbelief is still treated as a threat rather than a human right.
This event brings together a global community to:

Affirm the freedom of belief and non-belief

Raise awareness of ongoing persecution

Stand in solidarity with those who cannot speak freely

Call for the release of imprisoned atheists and activists, including Sherif Gaber (#FreeSherif)

Whether you’re openly atheist, questioning, or an ally—this day is for you!
Read why Atheist Day matters now more than ever.
