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  2. Irreligion in Indonesia - Wikipedia

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    Atheists are subject to discrimination in Indonesia, seeing as irreligion violates the first principle of Pancasila (i.e. Ketuhanan yang Maha Esa, The One and Almighty God). Religious tolerance in Indonesia is limited to muted acceptance of other religions apart from Islam. Indonesian atheist activists are pursuing their religious freedom. [5]

  3. Indonesian Atheists - Wikipedia

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    Indonesian Atheists (IA) is a community that accommodates atheists, agnostics, and irreligious in Indonesia. [1] [2] The community provides a place for Indonesian nonbelievers to express their opinions. [1] [3] IA was founded by Karl Karnadi [1] [2] [3] in October 2008. [4]

  4. Religion in Indonesia - Wikipedia

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    Blasphemy is a punishable offence (since 1965, see § History) and the Indonesian government has a discriminatory attitude towards its numerous tribal religions, atheist and agnostic citizens. [8] In addition, the Aceh province officially applies Sharia law and is notorious for its discriminatory practices towards religious and sexual minorities.

  5. Freedom of religion in Indonesia - Wikipedia

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    In 2022, Freedom House rated Indonesia’s religious freedom as 1 out of 4, [25] noting that Indonesia officially recognizes Islam, Protestantism, Roman Catholicism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism. Individuals may leave the “religion” section on their identity cards blank, but will often face discrimination.

  6. Discrimination against atheists - Wikipedia

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    Atheism is prohibited in Saudi Arabia and can come with a death penalty, if one is charged as an atheist. [ 155 ] [ 156 ] [ 157 ] In March 2014, the Saudi interior ministry issued a royal decree branding all atheists as terrorists, which defines terrorism as "calling for atheist thought in any form, or calling into question the fundamentals of ...

  7. Alexander Aan - Wikipedia

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    Alexander Aan (born 1981 [1]) is an Indonesian atheist and ex-Muslim of Minang descent. [2] [3] He was imprisoned in 2012 for posting comments and images to Facebook that were judged to be "disseminating information aimed at inciting religious hatred or hostility" by the Muaro Sijunjung district court.

  8. History of atheism - Wikipedia

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    The word "atheist" appears in English books at least as early as 1566. [90] The concept of atheism re-emerged initially as a reaction to the intellectual and religious turmoil of the Age of Enlightenment and the Reformation, as a charge used by those who saw the denial of god and godlessness in the controversial positions being put forward by ...

  9. Demographics of atheism - Wikipedia

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    Accurate demographics of atheism are difficult to obtain since conceptions of atheism vary considerably across different cultures and languages, ranging from an active concept to being unimportant or not developed. Also in some countries and regions atheism carries a strong stigma, making it harder to count atheists in these countries.