Armin Navabi

Armin Navabi
Navabi speaking at the Atheist Days 2019 in Warsaw.
Born (1983-12-25) 25 December 1983 (age 40)
Tehran, Iran
NationalityIran
Canada
Occupations
  • Political Activist
  • Author
  • Speaker
  • Podcaster
Known for
  • Secular activism
  • Human rights activism
  • Ex-Muslim
  • Atheist Republic
Notable workWhy There Is No God: Simple Responses to 20 Common Arguments for the Existence of God
MovementSecularism
WebsiteOfficial website

Armin Navabi (Persian: آرمین نوابی; born 25 December 1983) is an Iranian-Canadian ex-Muslim atheist, author and podcaster, currently living in Vancouver, Canada. In 2012, he founded the online freethought community Atheist Republic, a Canada-based non-profit organisation[1] which now has hundreds of branches called "consulates" in several countries around the world such as Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines,[2] enabling non-believers to interact in societies where irreligion, apostasy, and blasphemy are often criminalised and repressed.[3] As an author, he debuted with the book Why There Is No God (2014), and in 2017 he became a co-host of the Secular Jihadists from the Middle East podcast with Ali A. Rizvi, Yasmine Mohammad and Faisal Saeed Al Mutar.[4] In January 2018, the show was renamed Secular Jihadists for a Muslim Enlightenment, with Rizvi and Navabi as co-hosts.[5]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Eleftheriou was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Atheism is unconstitutional, says Malaysian deputy minister". Today Online. Mediacorp. 23 November 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  3. ^ Wouter van Cleef (7 August 2017). "In Maleisië geldt: gij zult geen atheïst zijn". Trouw (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 September 2017.
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  5. ^ "Secular Jihadists for a Muslim Enlightenment". Retrieved 1 May 2018.