Among Nonbelievers

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Among Nonbelievers
Titlecard showing the text Among Nonbelievers, with a gathering of Turkish atheists in the background.
DutchOnder Ongelovigen
Directed byDorothée Forma
Country of originNetherlands
Original languagesDutch
English
Production
Running time53 minutes
Original release
Release2 September 2015 (2015-09-02)
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Among Nonbelievers (Dutch title: Onder Ongelovigen) is a 2015 bilingual English–Dutch documentary on the situation of endangered nonbelievers, especially ex-Muslims, around the world. Set in the United Kingdom, Turkey, the Netherlands and Switzerland, the film is directed by Dorothée Forma and produced by HUMAN with the support of the Dutch Humanist Association.[1] In 2016, it was succeeded by Non-believers: Freethinkers on the Run, which dealt with the fate of apostates and freethinkers in Dutch refugee camps.[2]

Synopsis

Trailer Among Nonbelievers.

Ateizm Derneği, an association that serves the interests of atheists, who are regularly threatened, harassed and discriminated in Turkey.[4][5] Religion is also exploited by president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's AKP
government as an economic power tool, some activists explain in Istanbul.

Next, Van der Ham attends the Secular Conference 2014 in London,[6] organised by the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain led by Maryam Namazie, where 'secular thinkers, filmmakers and experts convene to raise awareness about the problems experienced by nonbelievers.' There, regular calls are made on Western and European humanists to show more solidarity and dedicated to the rights of nonbelievers outside the Western world. Sudanese ex-Muslim Nahla Mahmoud was targeted by an Islamist hate campaign after she criticised British sharia courts.[7]

Van der Ham also goes to

IHEU representative at the United Nations, explains how Muslim-majority countries internationally always invoke the argument of 'defamation of religion' to continue to violate the human rights of their citizens. Finally, Van der Ham holds a plea for freedom of thought against religious intolerance at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva
.

Cast

Maryam Namazie's opening speech at the Secular Conference, partially shown in the film.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ In 2009, during his tenure as Member of Parliament, Van der Ham took the initiative of abolishing the Dutch law against blasphemy, which was finalised in 2014.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b "2Doc: Onder ongelovigen". NRC Handelsblad. 2 September 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Ongelovig: vrijdenkers op de vlucht NPO 2, 22.55-23.50u". NRC Handelsblad. 12 December 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  3. ^ Gert Jan Geling (13 September 2015). "Emancipatiestrijd van ex-moslims is hard nodig". ThePostOnline. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Ateizm Derneği'ne panik butonu". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 5 May 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  5. ^ Daniela Wakonigg (17 June 2017). ""Es sollte keinen Mut erfordern müssen, Atheist zu sein"". Diesseits (in German). Humanistischer Pressedienst. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  6. ^ Ruben Gischler (28 August 2015). "Onder Ongelovigen (interview met Boris van der Ham)". Opiniez. Vimeo. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  7. ^ Hussein Kesvani (17 October 2013). "Leaving Islam Behind Is a Scary Prospect for Britain's Ex-Muslims". Vice News. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  8. ^ Ekke Overbeek; Alwin Kuiken; Antoine Verbij; Thijs Kettenis; Kleis Jager (14 January 2015). "In Europa kun je veel zeggen, maar niet alles". Trouw. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  9. ^ Gerrit-Jan Kleinjan (10 December 2015). "Atheïst staat wereldwijd bloot aan discriminatie of erger". Trouw. Retrieved 1 October 2017.

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