Skeptic Mohamed

Mohamed Amara is an ex-Muslim atheist blogger. He is critical of Islam, and anti-monarchist.
==Deconversion==
Mohamed is originally from Morocco, and grew up Muslim. He lost his belief around the age of sixteen, but pretended to believe for around six years, for his own safety. In Morocco, it is illegal to leave Islam. Mohamed has not changed his name, because “having a religious name doesn’t mean you’re religious, it means that your parents are or were religious and they gave you a religious name.” In addition, “Muhammad” was originally an Arab pagan name, or merely descriptive.
In late 2018, Mohamed was attacked with a knife by a Muslim extremist, after Mohamed said something he deemed offensive. He was not physically injured, but did suffer PTSD and depression, which a doctor deemed to be life-threatening. He had a valid Swedish Visa, because he once travelled there to see a rock band. His partner is a Swedish citizen living in Sweden.
===Asylum applications===
Mohamed sought asylum in Sweden, where he arrived in 2019. He is unable to seek asylum in another country due to the Dublin Regulation, amongst other reasons.
The Migration Agency rejected his application, and stated that, if Mohamed were to return to Morocco, he should keep “a low profile” and be “restrained in his criticism against Islam and the monarchy.” An assessment stated that “atheists cannot be considered to have a need to express their views in words or active deeds in the same manner as converts.” He blamed the decision on “Swedish islamophilia” and “prejudice against ex-Muslim atheists by the Swedish Migration Board and Courts.”
Around April 2021, when asked to try Mohamed’s case, The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) requested interim measures (suspending the deportation decision by Sweden) against the retrial. He has started a change.org petition, which refers to the decisions as “explicit discrimination against ex-Muslim atheists.” Under the threat of deportation, he emailed a letter, in English, French, and Arabic, to all the Moroccan embassies in Europe that he could, and the Moroccan Ministry of Justice. He also Cc’d several Human Rights organizations and European media outlets. In the letter, he renounced both Islam and his Moroccan nationality, in protest against the “aggressions and oppressions” he endured in Morocco, and for his right to political asylum.
Around June 2021, Mohamed requested re-opening the case to Sweden’s Migration Board. In April 2022, Mohamed announced that the Swedish Migration Board had granted him a residence permit, officially preventing him from being sent back to Morocco.
==Videos==
===First video===
On February 12, 2020, Mohamed uploaded his first video, which was filmed in front of the Moroccan embassy and a mosque. In it, he denounces , and specifically denounces , stating that “he is not my King, since he is considered the commander of the believers, and since I’m a non-believer, that makes him not my king.” If made in Morocco, this video would lead to Mohamed receiving at least three years imprisonment. He also mentions some of the penalties for leaving Islam.
===Second video===
On May 24, 2021, Mohamed uploaded his second video, in which he on a grill. The link to the video was sent to the Moroccan authorities, “so that the Swedish authorities don’t complain and say “Well, we don’t know for sure that the Moroccan authorities are aware of [Mohamed’s] activities.”
Mohamed’s video was re-posted by many other channels, which he encouraged.
==References==
Category:Moroccan YouTubers
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