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05 Mar 2018, 5:53 am

According to stats and obeservations, the numbers of atheists in Arab World is booming

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NRLZR4fJwA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G46GDFMTRgE&t=1s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTKdGxAIAKQ

The more atheists in Middle East the more the muslims get crazy, those who are sticking to Islam are becoming more and more narrow-minded, hysterical and idiot.



Omfg...I need a psychiatrist treatment asap, now those who believe in winged space-traveling creatures and invisible jinns are more sane than me.



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05 Mar 2018, 6:13 am

I remember the one with a non-hijāb wearing female host screaming at a male guest that they don't want unbelievers on the show, also from Egyptian TV.

Good to see the population maturing there. There is hope for us all. :-)



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05 Mar 2018, 6:22 am

FUN FACT: Al-Namrood is a Saudi metal band. They release their music in secret because their music contains anti-Islamic lyrics.

All metal is supposed to sound badass, but Al-Namrood is a rare example of a metal band that actually does badass stuff in real life.



The phrase "give me metal or give me death" usually isn't this literal.

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05 Mar 2018, 6:26 am

DarthMetaKnight wrote:
FUN FACT: Al-Namrood is a Saudi metal band. They release their music in secret because their music contains anti-Islamic lyrics.


Not into metal, but good on them.



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05 Mar 2018, 6:48 am

Al-namrood means the one who's always angry.



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05 Mar 2018, 6:52 am

The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
Al-namrood means the one who's always angry.


I'm sure it's repressed like everything else that's good in Saudi Arabia.



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05 Mar 2018, 6:56 am

Remember: The Saudi Royals receive funding from several Western leaders, including both Donald Trump and Justin Trudeau.

If Al-Namrood is put to death, the Western authorities will be at least partially responsible.

This is proof that Western democracy isn't working as intended. The Western upper class continues to financially support King Salman even though just about all Westerners in the middle and lower classes despise him intensely.


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05 Mar 2018, 12:32 pm

<--- Wouldn't survive a day in the Arab world because he's an atheist and gay.


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05 Mar 2018, 12:36 pm

redrobin62 wrote:
<--- Wouldn't survive a day in the Arab world because he's an atheist and gay.


Atheist? You keep your gob shut.

Gay? They're rampant. Enormously rampant.



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05 Mar 2018, 1:46 pm

DarthMetaKnight wrote:
FUN FACT: Al-Namrood is a Saudi metal band. They release their music in secret because their music contains anti-Islamic lyrics.

All metal is supposed to sound badass, but Al-Namrood is a rare example of a metal band that actually does badass stuff in real life.



The phrase "give me metal or give me death" usually isn't this literal.

HAIL IBLIS! :twisted:


Wow that's awesome, I will have to seek out more of their stuff.


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05 Mar 2018, 1:50 pm

The_Face_of_Boo wrote:
Al-namrood means the one who's always angry.


Well I'd be surprised if this band isn't angry about religious oppression...so seems like a good name.


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05 Mar 2018, 1:59 pm

I used to play tekken with a girl in Iran who had to wear the hijab ghost suit thing but she HATED the fact she had to live in a muslim country. Another reason to lift the ban on muslim immigrants.



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05 Mar 2018, 2:02 pm

I love old school american death metal so as a judge yeah that band isnt anything I would like to hear. I remember a story where slayer came to iraq and everyone had to sit on their hands as they played lol!



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05 Mar 2018, 3:19 pm

Many Arab atheists seek asylum in Germany for example. It is estimated that of the Syrians coming to Germany, 8% are atheists or agnostic and another 10% are "cultural Muslims" aka Muslims who don't attend mosques are tend to be not very religious.



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05 Mar 2018, 3:29 pm

Aniihya wrote:
Many Arab atheists seek asylum in Germany for example.


I remember being in Berlin some years ago outside a train stop and hearing that wailing racket known as the adhān.



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06 Mar 2018, 5:52 am

Aniihya wrote:
Many Arab atheists seek asylum in Germany for example. It is estimated that of the Syrians coming to Germany, 8% are atheists or agnostic and another 10% are "cultural Muslims" aka Muslims who don't attend mosques are tend to be not very religious.


They are seeking asylum because of the war, not because it wasn't culturally acceptable in Syria.

Atheism wasn't something weird during the Arab leftist/socialist regimes.

Yes, their grandparents were more likely to be open about their atheism.