We are a global coalition founded by Muslims, ex-Muslims, academics, scholars, authors, and activists who stand for peace, democracy, liberty, and secular governance and who are deeply concerned by the continuing threat posed to these values by the actions and demands of Islamists in various places around the world.
We embrace democratic values founded in reason and critical debate and the fundamental freedoms set forth in the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948.
We support liberty and dignity for all persons, including women and girls, and whether or not one is Muslim.
We believe that, without fear of apostasy and blasphemy laws, every individual has the right to speak freely, engage in critical thinking, publicly express criticism of Islam, and has the right to freedom of religion or to have no religion.
Because we value peace and democracy, we reject the acceptance of and justifications for jihad, the use of dawa for political purposes, and advocacy for the institutionalization of sharia.
We invite all like-minded people to join in supporting these core principles.
Human rights campaigner Yasmine Mohammed advocates for the rights of women living within Muslim majority countries, as well as those who struggle under religious fundamentalism in general.
Yasmine is co-founder and co-director of the CLARITy Coalition. She is the author of bestselling book “Unveiled: How Western Liberals Empower Radical Islam.” She is also the host of the Yasmine Mohammed Podcast, where she has conversations with freethinkers, exMuslims, cult survivors, whistleblowers, and dissidents from the Middle East and beyond.
Co-Director
M. Zuhdi Jasser, M.D., is the son of Syrian immigrants who fled Ba’athist oppression in 1966. Dr. Jasser is a physician, former U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander, and President and founder of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy (AIFD). He is a co-founder of the Muslim Reform Movement (MRM) and a former Vice-Chair of U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) appointed by the U.S. Senate from 2012-2016.
Zuhdi is an internationally recognized expert on Islamism (political Islam). He is widely published in the field, featured in many top-tier media, and regularly testifies to the U.S. Congress on the Islamist global threat and our domestic and foreign strategy.
