Former Muslims United is a group formed in October 2009 in the United States which seeks to protect former Muslim

Muslim

A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...

s from persecution by those Muslims who believe that Sharia

Sharia

Sharia law, is the moral code and religious law of Islam. Sharia is derived from two primary sources of Islamic law: the precepts set forth in the Quran, and the example set by the Islamic prophet Muhammad in the Sunnah. Fiqh jurisprudence interprets and extends the application of sharia to...

 (Muslim religious law) requires such persecution. They are vocally outspoken against honor killings.

The wrote a pledge rejecting punishment by death for apostasy that was sent to many people.
The Director of the organization is Nonie Darwish

Nonie Darwish

Nonie Darwish is an Egyptian-American human rights activist, and founder of Arabs For Israel, and is Director of Former Muslims United. She is the author of two books: Now They Call Me Infidel; Why I Renounced Jihad for America, Israel and the War on Terror and Cruel and Usual Punishment: The...

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Murfreesboro Mosque

The group was against a mosque going up Murfreesboro

Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Murfreesboro is a city in and the county seat of Rutherford County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 108,755 according to the United States Census Bureau's 2010 U.S. Census, up from 68,816 residents certified during the 2000 census. The center of population of Tennessee is located in...

, Tennessee. They put up a billboard saying “Stop the Murfreesboro Mosque".

Swiss minaret ban

Former Muslims United supported the Swiss Government Referendum Victory Banning Minarets

Minaret controversy in Switzerland

The minaret controversy in Switzerland refers to construction of minarets, which has been subject to legal and political controversy in Switzerland during the 2000s and a Swiss referendum regarding this issue. In a November 2009 referendum, a constitutional amendment banning the construction of new...

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Park51

Former Muslims United has been outspoken in their opposition to the construction of Park51.

See also

• Fathima Rifqa Bary conversion and custody controversy
  Fathima Rifqa Bary conversion and custody controversy
  Fathima Rifqa Bary, born on August 10, 1992, is a U.S. resident of Sri Lankan origin who drew international attention in 2009 when she ran away from her Ohio home at age 16 saying that her Muslim parents were going to kill her for becoming a Christian. Her story was broadcast on TV and discussed on...
  
  
• List of former Muslims
• Leaving Islam: Apostates Speak Out
  Leaving Islam: Apostates Speak Out
  Leaving Islam: Apostates Speak Out is a book, authored and edited by secularist Ibn Warraq that researches and documents cases of apostasy in Islam.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• Apostasy in Islam
  Apostasy in Islam
  Apostasy in Islam is commonly defined in Islam as the rejection in word or deed of one's former religion by a person who was previously a follower of Islam...
  
  
• Walid Shoebat
  Walid Shoebat
  Walid Shoebat is a Palestinian immigrant to the United States and campaigner for Christianity and Israel, against Islam. He was born to a Jordanian father and Caucasian American mother, and claims to have been a former PLO militant, although neither the PLO nor the Israeli government have any...
  
  

External links

• Former Muslims United home page
• Former Muslims United facebook page