Atheism

=== Arab world ===

In recent years, the profile of atheism has risen substantially in the [[Arab world]].<ref name="auto">{{cite web |url=https://newhumanist.org.uk/articles/4898/the-rise-of-arab-atheism |title=The rise of Arab atheism |date=June 29, 2015 |access-date=February 8, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160206085946/https://newhumanist.org.uk/articles/4898/the-rise-of-arab-atheism |archive-date=February 6, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> In major cities across the region, such as [[Cairo]], atheists have been organizing in cafés and social media, despite regular crackdowns from authoritarian governments.<ref name="auto" /> A 2012 poll by Gallup International revealed that 5% of Saudis considered themselves to be "convinced atheists".<ref name="auto" /> However, very few young people in the Arab world have atheists in their circle of friends or acquaintances. According to one study, less than 1% did in Morocco, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, or Jordan; only 3% to 7% in the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Palestine.<ref name="Tabah2016">[http://mmgsurvey.tabahfoundation.org/downloads/mmgsurvey_full_En_web.pdf Muslim Millennial Attitudes on Religion and Religious Leadership, Arab World] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160208013343/http://mmgsurvey.tabahfoundation.org/downloads/mmgsurvey_full_En_web.pdf |date=February 8, 2016 }}, Tabah Foundation, Abu Dhabi, 2016</ref> When asked whether they have "seen or heard traces of atheism in [their] locality, community, and society" only about 3% to 8% responded yes in all the countries surveyed. The only exception was the UAE, with a percentage of 51%.<ref name="Tabah2016" />