Hemant Mehta is the founder and editor of FriendlyAtheist.com, a YouTube creator, and podcast co-host. He is a former National Board Certified math teacher in the suburbs of Chicago. He has appeared on CNN and FOX News and served on the board of directors for Foundation Beyond Belief and the Secular Student Alliance. He has written multiple books, including I Sold My Soul on eBay and The Young Atheist's Survival Guide. He also edited the book Queer Disbelief.
Ahmad Al Shamri, a Saudi Arabian man who allegedly “renounced Islam and the Prophet Mohammed” on social media and was sentenced to death for apostasy had his appeal dismissed by the nation’s Supreme Court. That effectively means he’ll die for the “crime” of challenging Islam in the Muslim theocracy. Read more