My late partner, from Iran, rejected religion from the time she could reason. Her mother fostered her critical thinking especially on this subject. The problem with the post is that in most Moslem countries one is forbidden to express any questions concerning religion. How can a survey be made when there is fear about coming out?

Good for you, Huma Qureshi - if all the people of all religions had a similar view the world would be a better place.

I doubt it very much

We will think of her when we have Scotch and soda. Cheers!

We here in the U.S. for the time being can be religious or not and live our lives without fear of being killed for mocking Christ or God. For the time being. There are people in this country who would like to take that freedom of choice away and they call themselves patriots and lovers of the Constitution.

She appears to be an atheist, not a Muslim….

The one formerly Muslim woman I know had her father threaten her life for not conforming to his religion. She managed to flee to the US, but she has both manic-depression and obesity to deal with. It is horribly sad. And it has actually gotten worse for her, but that's a long story...

I think many conform to not die a violent death.

I have longed believed that in all human societies that a proportion of people are born inclined towards religion, a proportion are born inclined not to believe in religion, and a large proportion just go along with religion unenthusiastically to fit in with the group and the culture. The degree to which non religious people identify themselves is usually a reflection of the openness and tolerance of that society, and as we know Islamic societies are generally not open or tolerant due to religious influence. So, I suspect there are as many atheists in Islamic countries as anywhere else. They are just more repressed.

Within all cultures and nations that are dominated by believers, we are a small, more intelligent, courageous minority...