Taboo of atheism in Saudi Arabia
- Atheism remains one of the most extreme taboos in Saudi Arabia. It is a red line that no one can cross. Atheists in Saudi Arabia have been suffering from imprisonment, maginalisation, slander, ostracisation and even execution. Indeed, atheists in Saudi are considered terrorists. Efforts for normalisation between those who believe and those who don’t remain bleak in the kingdom. Despite constant warnings of Saudi religious authorities of “the danger of atheism”, which is, according to them, “equal to disbelieving in God”, many citizens in the kingdom are turning their back on Islam. Perhaps inter alia the Saudi dehumanising strict laws in the name of Islam, easy access to information and mass communication are the primary driving forces pushing Saudis to leave religion. Unfortunately, those who explicitly do, find themselves harshly punished or forced to live dual lives.
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| Author: | Hakim Khatib |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-437615 |
| URL: | http://www.sicherheitspolitik-blog.de/2017/07/06/taboo-of-atheism-in-saudi-arabia/ |
| Parent Title (German): | sicherheitspolitik-blog.de |
| Place of publication: | Frankfurt am Main |
| Document Type: | Report |
| Language: | English |
| Year of Completion: | 2017 |
| Date of first Publication: | 2017/07/06 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
| Release Date: | 2017/08/15 |
| Tag: | Saudi Arabia; atheism; human rights; religion |
| Note: | Dieses Werk bzw. Inhalt steht unter einer Creative Commons Namensnennung-NichtKommerziell-KeineBearbeitung 3.0 Unported Lizenz.Über diese Lizenz hinausgehende Erlaubnisse können Sie unter redaktion@sicherheitspolitik-blog.de erhalten |
| HeBIS-PPN: | 416394930 |
| Institutes: | Gesellschaftswissenschaften / Gesellschaftswissenschaften |
| Exzellenzcluster / Exzellenzcluster Die Herausbildung normativer Ordnungen | |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 3 Sozialwissenschaften / 32 Politikwissenschaft / 320 Politikwissenschaft |
| Sammlungen: | Universitätspublikationen |
| Licence (German): |  Creative Commons - Namensnennung-Nicht kommerziell-Keine Bearbeitung 3.0 |
