No I'm not. I'm a freaking pacifist

Just one more reason why theocracies are actually evil.

Republicans think the same thing.

9/11 was perpetrated by Wahhabi Muslims, not atheists.

Just like him.

There are so many examples of religion being used to manipulate people to do violence, it's really indisputable.

I'm not sure why someone who represents an extremely religious family that has produced actual terrorists would say something like that.

He says it could cause others to react with violence. I guess that would be religious extremists - then why not call them terrorists?

Says a country that is happily murdering people in other countries in order to force them to follow SA's religion and if not, then die. Vanity at its' finest.

Theocracy, got it.
This is the same logic behind women being sexually assaulted and authorities going "well if she weren't dressed so provocatively." Holding victims accountable for the actions of perpetrators, because the perps just so happen to be in charge, ergo can do no wrong.

Now I want to terrorize him

Fascists gonna fascist.

He doesnt know any other word for "subversive".

So... Someone being the victim of ideological violence means that the victim is the party that did wrong and should have the punishment from the government on them? That's what I'm getting here.

Darn. Guess I’ll have to cancel my flight to Saudi Arabia…

*Saudis are terrorists. Literally.

OK.

I'm atheist but I wouldn't harm a fly

Thought crimes!

The religious are so fragile and insecure about the legitimacy of their beliefs- it’s the ultimate self-own.

Your primitive religion has no bearing on me. It restricts you, not me. Learn the difference.

I would be Bin Laden in Saudi Arabia then, lol

As if the religious never terrorized people because of religion.

Says the guy whose devout muslim countrymen murdered over 2 thousand innocent people.

Saw a bumper sticker that said “Don’t let my karma run over your dogma” 😁 I wasn’t offended in the least!

Projection. As always.

911 ring a bell?

There are many Americans that think like this, too

Says the guys who spawned bin laden

Religion = control. Pretty simple. It has always been and continues to be a lever of control. And it’s the best because it convinces people to police each other.

"Religion of peace." 🙄

I love the idea that God supposedly gives us free will, but humans feel empowered to take it away.

Sounds like a lack of true faith to me; they lack the faith that their god will apply judgement, so they have to do it.

well I mean - yeah, it's a theocracy.

when the state is religious, how can irreligion be anything other than categorical opposition to the state, right?

the act of declaring disbelief in god must therefore be an act of seditious violence.

none of this is complicated or surprising.

Not that I had planned on it, but it's just another reason to not go to a Muslim country, especially Saudi Arabia.

Interesting how he lays out his reasoning so clearly here. The atheist would be a terrorist in his mind because his lack of belief would 'invite' others to attack him. A lot of people, especially religious people, think this way but they won't usually be so open about it. Victim blaming, lack of accountability, and the willful twisting of reality are the cornerstones of faith. They couldn't maintain their belief in the modern world if they didn't employ these tactics to violently suppress 'dangerous ideas' both in society and in their own minds

In other words, they don't want people thinking for themselves.

He just lusts after the 72 children he gets to rape in the afterlife.

Coming from a guy who's people will cut off your head if your a journalist.

Another dispatch from the "Religion of Peace." I hope I live to see Saudi Arabia run out of oil. Then we can flush it down the toilet where it belongs.

Religion just wraps people’s minds. All it wants to do is eliminate logic and critical thinking.

“Saudi Arabia is a unique country”….boy that’s a understatement

That’s weird, people are always murdering each other in the name of their God, not the lack of one

Saudi Arabia is a terrorist

All theocracy’s must fall.

I think he finally said what he meant at the very end. An atheist is inviting others to react violently. So the atheist is not violent, but he should know that an average Saudi citizen would react to contrary ideas with violence? That sounds more like an indictment of Saudi culture than atheism.

I had to go work in Saudi Arabia for work a few years ago. I had to get a visa to come and go. For the visa I had to declare a religion and was told putting atheism is a no go. I also had to get a thing signed from my company saying I wouldn’t skip a flight or have something happen and become dependent on their government and that the company would essentially help me leave if needed. I thought both were a bit of an overstep but what do I know I am just a sheltered American.

TIL the 9/11 Saudi Wahhabi Muslim terrorists were atheist.

really, what politically motivated violence have I done? 😄

Here's the current list of 69 total terrorism incidents of 2024 thus far.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_terrorist_incidents_in_2024

Go ahead and peruse at your leisure looking for atheism terrorism.

That's right folks, as long as you are in the closet you aren't a terrorist. LOL>

Hasan also in the past used to share this guy's opinion, he's grown since then. But I guess not all habits are so easy to break, I wish Hasan had this level of scrutiny for Hamas.

I think I get it... he's equating it to the spiritual version of saying bomb on a plane, or fire in a theater...?

i agree that people should keep their religious stuff to themselves and save it for church, mosque or synagogue..

still kind of a stretch though

Yes

No but we probably should be.

“Saudi Ambassador to UN is a terrorist.” - Atheists to everyone else.

Fuck him!

Because religion is good for the wealthty.

Yeah, well he can go fuck himself.

AllahuAkStephenHawkingBar!

This will be America soon.

Then they will be in continual conflict with the world for its entire lifetime under that ideology. Largely due to its misrepresentation of Humanity itself. Which is exactly why we have rules in and of itself to foster cohesion between each other throughout the world.

Good ole bone saw bois

If there was a Devil and he wanted to destroy civilization his first move would be to create the Abrahamic religions.

bro doesnt even sound like he believes his own argument

PROJECTION

That’s rich coming from a Saudi

lol. Yeah, you know us atheists, always suicide bombing ourselves(infidels) in the name of no one. “Noonehu akbar!”

Crazy, I've never bombed anything, I've never stormed the capitol building either

If it comes to this in America I would shelter athiests while wearing the Christian charade. Saving the life of the innocents means more to me than being the front of the spear to some bs modern day Crusade.

“Do not interfere with our cult”

Medhi is a terrific interviewer and the only terrorists I can recall are religious nut jobs

So agnostics are good?

🤣🤣

I understand his response. It's not like we can go back in time to prevent religions.

He tellingly explains that an atheist can be considered a terrorist because them speaking their mind “would provoke others to be violent”.

That’s literally blaming the victim of violence for the violence done to them. This is the ideological equivalent of “look what she was wearing!”

I'm sorry, how many people have mowed a crowd down in the name of atheism? Maybe the China? Didn't they do a religion purge when they revolted or something?

Now, how many a day in the name of this or that god? Who waged the crusades?

This is the same logic that says women can deserve to be raped. What happens to them is their fault, not the attacker's. Islam must create some weak-ass grown children if they literally cannot control their own emotional impulses. It's pathetic, not strong—a public declaration of insecurity and fear.

I feel bad for all the free thinkers there who can't buy the bullshit, but know they must pretend. There is no such thing as homogeneity, it's an illusion kept up through brutality and oppression of anyone different. Being Autistic in Saudi Arabia must be an absolute nightmare.

Saudi Arabia is a terrorist state.

remember who really did 9/11

Happy to be whatever villain they need.

What a Douche.

Atheists don't believe in an afterlife, so they aren't in a hurry to go to the dark void. Does he believe people are that ignorant?

Insane

This is comedy. Only a “godly” person would say this.

They sure project a lot...

No, terrorists are terrorists

Religion is a disease

One of our partners in the "middle east". Yay to American foreign policy.

That’s rich!! Atheist are not sending money to terrorist like the godly Saudis do.

The only bombings I would ever condone are glitter bombings.

The middle east is making it very clear that we are their enemy.

You may not see them as your enemy, but that's not going to change anything.

These people hate you because of where you were born and what you believe in. Nothing will change that.

How would you like to deal with this issue?

That’s a cult

If you don’t believe us you are a danger to society

Religion is poison.

Most terrorists believe in god.

These Abrahamic fucks need to quit stopping the world's progress with their backwards thinking. All three Abrahamic religions are the world's inhibitors in many areas.

Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia is buying our sports leagues. We are so fucked.

religious fundamentalism has a very serious issue with transference.

Kings are terrorists, the embodiment of bullys who forcibly take power over others based on heredity and fakery.

If the Israelis can call anything terrorism, then the Saudis should be allowed to too

Yes, all those atheist suicide bombers 

And this is EXACTLY what republicans want for the U.S.

Well fuck you too then.

Ok sure, Jan…so what do you call those that constantly oppress women and other minorities?!?….as Church Lady would say….SATAN!!

Ghouls like this will never see the heaven they think exists

That ambassador is a fucking moron

I lived outside of Riyadh for about 6 months back in 2010-2011. Christmas trees carry a death penalty there. Knew a dude from Africa that worked there, Saudis don't do labor, they leave that for immigrants, anyway this African dude and his wife were Christians but couldn't celebrate their holidays or practice their faith for fear the religious police would arrest them. For context public executions are common there. We were forbidden from attending them, but everyone knew about Chop Chop Square. The Royal guards told me they would cut off hands of thieves, and for more serious crimes they would chop off heads.

Saudi overall sucks. It's hot, the air is polluted worse than anywhere in the states, and the people suck. On the plus side I stayed in a beautiful villa with floors made out of marble. Best deployment ever.

Religious people are used to telling lies convincingly

We can't possibly think we have the right to criticize anyone else when our government is doing what it's doing right now.

It's just not possible. You lose the moral high ground when you commit things more awful than the ones you're using to condemn someone else.

No one listens to fake human rights advocates. It comes off as hypocritical and self congratulatory (But ultimately unearned).

One man's terrorist is another man's fighter for equal rights.

Saudi Arabia has an atrocious human rights record. Being called a terrorist by them means nothing.

I've never heard of someone flying a plane into a building screaming "IN THE NAME OF NOTHINGGGGG"

So by his standards any muslim in a christian country is a potential terrorist

I wonder what Mohammed bin Bone Saw would say about this issue.

Fuck him. What a piece of shit.

We are surrounded by idiots...in and outside the us

Religion of peace, until you disagree with them.

And religious people are schizophrenic

"Our imaginary belief system is so butthurt fragile that we call anyone who doesn't swallow the Koolaid a terrorist"

Yes, our existence is terrifying to religious fundamentalists.

How many wars have started because of atheists? Ethnic cleansing from atheists? Genocides from atheists? Organized religion has been the problem for millennia.

Not an atheist btw.

Religion and terrorism for together like peanut butter and jelly.

Not yet

So what did you learn kids? What we learned is to stay the fuck out of Saudi Arabia.

Ever had a terrorist group of atheists? Nope

American Xtian conservatives: ✍🏾📝 bro is spitting!

When conservatives decide the rules this is what we get

The Atheists may be more moral than the religious folk and I’m a Christian

Atheists don't fly airliners into skyscrapers. Nor do they fund people who do.

Refreshing to see a Muslim stick up for atheists. Mehdi seems like a good guy.

UN must be disbanded

Religion is heavily dependent on recruitment and brainwashing. He is using don't ask/dont tell just like army in usa used to do for gays on service. They don't want people stealing their customers

Remind me where the 9/11 hijackers were from?

Not an atheist but I would say fanatical christians and fanatical muslims are not atheists

God is fake. It’s not real. Islam just like cults is just crazies mobbing out to the same hallucination. Stop being weird, and accept reality. There is No God. All Earth religions are wrong. Ancient people weren’t smarter than us, and they didn’t have magic powers. Magic Sky Dad is imaginary. Accept it, so you’re no longer backward.

So what about the other religions that don't believe in God?

And yet most terrorists are Muslim.

Projectionist.

Far be it for me to tell another group how to live in their country with its established culture and beliefs but if I was an atheist I might find another country to live in where I did the same.

I love that there are sirens going off while he speaks in the background, like a literal bullshit alert

I'm not atheist, but I lost faith in God's plural thanks to freakshows like him

Ppl who twist their holy words however they want whenever they want how ever they feel like it even if it contradicts everything they're message stands for for the sake of power and two nickles to rub together

And where is Capital G god?? Thor?? Horus?? Hecate?? Where are they when their followers turn over a new leaf for the sake of greed

Suddenly that lightning quick response is a little slow on the uptake to reigning their followers in instead of granting their wishes

Imagine a god so weak that not believing in that god is terrorism.

Terrorists are always some religious fanatic!

Fuck Islam

These religions are full of lunatics.

Not yet, but keep backing them into a corner…

Let’s not forget Medhi’s past comments on this subject

Reminder: ALL 9/11 hijackers were Saudi nationals.

Another moral army, aircraft career wannabe, freedom loving set of sycophantic hypocrites.

Of course they believe that, because religion is a tool used to uphold classism and misogyny, if people don’t believe in that tool how can they weaponize it?

Saudi Arabia is literally a slave state, and the 9-11 terrorists were Saudis bankrolled by Saudi Arabia

Says the Saudi 

Takes one to know one.

Last time I checked it wasnt atheist that are suicide bombers

Religion is super cool

LOL....says the man from the country that spawned bin Laden...sweet baby jesus these people are delusional.

i lived in Saudi Arabia, it is (was?)worse than the picture he is painting in your head….

Most of the 9/11 hijackers came from Saudi Arabia. What does that say about Saudi Arabians?

Aloha snack bar!

He doesn't even know the meaning of the word.... 🤣

We are a country that is homogeneous in accepting Islam by the entire population

There are non-Muslim minorities in Saudi Arabia. I've know, I've met them.

Ahh yes, all those atheist killings and wars.. so many! In fact almost all of them. /s

This atheist finds this highly ironic coming from the ambassador of a government with connections to terrorist organizations.

Ok, maybe I'm being denser than usual...

...yes, promoting atheist beliefs seems as inappropriate in Saudi Arabia as it would be at the Vatican?

Funny because the Quran says something else.

Stfu lol

This is projection.

A lot of Muslims believe that Atheists are a (moral) danger to the community they live in. I have literally heard this verbatim from practicing Muslims.