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In-Sight Publishing, Langley, British Columbia, Canada Published electronically from In-Sight Publishing in Langley, British Columbia, Canada 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Designed by Scott Douglas Jacobsen 3 Contents I Acknowledgements ................................................................................................................... 5 i Interview with Will Lane on Personal Background, Brexit, and the UK ........................ 6 ii Needs Fulfilled from Cults, and Benefits to Leaders and Followers ............................... 9 iii In Conversation with Professor Tom McLeish, B.A., Ph.D. .......................................... 13 iv Developed Nations, Healthcare, and Pharmacare with Professor Gordon Guyatt ....... 16 v Interview with Rakshit Sharma – Writer, Conatus News................................................ 18 vi Interview with Mandisa Thomas – Founder, Black Nonbelievers, Inc. ........................ 21 vii Concerns for Safety Among the French Ex-Muslim Community .................................. 23 viii Interview with Vivek Sinha – Writer, Hindustan Times and The Times of India ....... 25 ix Millennials More Probable to Believe in Afterlife ........................................................... 28 x Male and Female Ex-Muslims – Narrative Interpretation and Escape .......................... 30 xi In Conversation with Hari Parekh – President Emeritus, Humanist Students .............. 32 xii Interview with Ghada Ibrahim on Islam, Saudi Arabia, and More ................................ 35 xiii Iraqi Atheists Arrested for Atheism ................................................................................... 39 xiv Are Outcomes Better in Afghanistan? ............................................................................... 41 xv Chinese Authorities Restrict Christianity .......................................................................... 42 xvi Stephen Skyvington on Early Life, Belief, God, New Book, and Trends in Canadian Politics and Religion ............................................................................................................ 43 xvii Free Hearts, Free Minds GoFundMe ................................................................................. 47 xviii Pastor Paul VanderKlay on the Christian Reformed Church .......................................... 49 xix The Existential Risks and Trauma of Leaving a Cult ...................................................... 53 xx Interview with Amitabh Pal – Director of Communications, Freedom From Religion Foundation ............................................................................................................................. 58 xxi Sodfa Daaji on the Urgent Case of Noura Hussein Hammad ......................................... 60 xxii Interview with Molly Hanson – Editorial Assistant, Freedom From Religion Foundation ............................................................................................................................. 62 xxiii Marieme Helie Lucas on the Case of Noura Hussein Hammad ..................................... 65 xxiv Chat with Bwambale Robert Musubaho on the Kasese Humanist School ................... 68 xxv Activism for Noura Hussein Hammad ............................................................................... 70 xxvi In Conversation with Sara Al Iraqiya on Leaving Islam, Global Affairs, and Society71 xxvii In Conversation with Vidita Priyadarshini – MA in Political Science Student, Central European University ............................................................................................................. 81 4 xxviii On Tanzanian Youth and Fundamentalist Religion with Nsajigwa I Mwasokwa (Nsajigwa Nsa’sam): Founder, Jicho Jipya/Think Anew Tanzania ............................... 83 xxix Prof. Imam Syed Soharwardy on the Current State of Affairs for Religion and Irreligion in Canada .............................................................................................................. 85 xxx In Conversation with Justin Trottier – Executive Director, Canadian Centre for Men and Families........................................................................................................................... 87 xxxi In Conversation with Dr. Leo Igwe on the Responsibility of Recognition ................... 92 xxxii Updates from the Executive Director of the British Columbia Humanist Association ................................................................................................................................................. 95 xxxiii In Conversation with Karrar Al Asfoor on Atheism: Co-Founder, Atheist Alliance – Middle-East and North Africa & United Atheists of Europe.......................................... 98 xxxiv Interview with the Co-Founder of the United Atheists of Europe Nacer Amari........ 100 xxxv In Conversation with Ismail Mohamed of “The Black Ducks” .................................... 102 II License and Copyright .......................................................................................................... 105 5 Acknowledgements I express gratitude to Mark Gibbs, Zachary R.W. Johnson, George Thindwa, Bwambale Robert Musubaho, Laurence A. Moran, Violine Namyalo, Kareem Muhssin, A.M., Takudzwa Mazwienduna, Sarah Mills, Terry Murray, Gary McLelland, Tina Block, Isaiah Akorita, Jen Takahashi, Caleb Lack, Nsajigwa I Mwasokwa (Nsajigwa Nsa’sam), Angelos Sofocleous, Christine M. Shellska, Suzie Mason, Avery Sapoznikow, Cheri Frazer, Ian Bushfield, Angel Sumka, Mohammed Charlie Khadra, Chiedozie Uwakwe, Bayo Opadeyi, Moninuola Komolafe, Terry Sanderson, David Orenstein, Mother of Trans Child, Mark A. Gibbs, Imam Syed Soharwardy, Renton Patterson, Jon King, Rome Bethea, Sophie Shulman, Reva Landau, Janet French, Monica Miller, Bamidele Adeneye, George Ongere, Diego Fontanive, Waleed Al-Husseini, Jessica Schab, Angelos Sofocleous, Faisal Saeed Al Mutar, Anouar Majid, Houzan Mahmoud, Dr. Paul Munyenyembe, Minister Gretta Vosper, Kathy Dawson, Lee Moore, Joseph Lagumbay, Allie Jackson, Michael Kruse, Uthman Khan, Mike Ivanov, John Brown, Rich Lyons, Dave McKee, Rick Heller, Kuya Manzano, Yasmine Mohammed, Faisal Saeed Al Mutar, Lita Bablitz, Leslea Mair, Helen Austen, Peter Gajdics, Charlotte Frances Littlewood, Dr. Leo Igwe, Angie Johnson, Ellen Wiebe, Devon P. Hargreaves, Gil Leclair, Roger C., Greg Oliver, Bruce Gleason, Tammy Pham, Moses Kamya, Arifur Rahman, Andrew Seidel, Diego Fontanive, David Orenstein, Joyce Arthur, Steven Tomlins, Gordon Henry Guyatt, Colleen MacQuarrie, Catherine Dunphy, Pete, Stephen LeDrew, Ammar Anwer, Teemu Taira, Christopher Haggarty-Weir, Gauri Hopkins, Roger Dubar, Lucas Lynch, Frances Garner, John Carpay, EJ Hill, Damon Conlan, Scott, Anouar Majid, Melissa Krawczyk, Tim Klapproth, Diana Bucur, Kevin and Benedict, Dina Holford, Justine Nelson, Matt Sheedy, Abiodun Sanusi, Bishop George Kuhn, Suzanna Mason, Robert Jensen, Sarah Wilkins- LaFlamme, Benjamin David, Clovis Munezero, Aloys Habonimana, Andrew Copson, Stephen Law, Amardeo Sarma, Will Lane, Tom McLeish, Gordon Guyatt, Rakshit Sharma, Mandisa Thomas, Scott (Skeptic Meditations), Tom McLeish, Gordon Guyatt, Rakshit Sharma, Mandisa Thomas, Waleed Al-Husseini, Vivek Sinha, Hari Parekh, Ghada Ibrahim, Stephen Skyvington, Paul VanderKlay, Amitabh Pal, Sodfa Daaji, Molly Hanson, Marieme Helie Lucas, Bwambale Robert Musubaho, Sara Al Iraqiya, Vidita Priyadarshini, Prof. Imam Soharwardy, Justin Trottier, Leo Igwe, Ian Bushfield, Karrar Al Asfoor, Nacer Amari, and Ismail Mohamed. I feel honored to contribute to Canadian Atheist. Scott 6 Interview with Will Lane on Personal Background, Brexit, and the UK April 9, 2018 Scott Douglas Jacobsen Will Lane is a Contributor to Conatus News. Here we talk about Brexit, the UK, progressive politics, and more.