Religion:Fadew

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Fadew
File:Fadew-logo.png
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Fadew's cover for Spring 2022 issue
EditorShoaib Rahman
CategoriesSceptic magazine
FrequencyQuarterly
FounderShoaib Rahman[1][2]
Year founded2017
CompanyFadew, Inc.
CountryUnited Kingdom
Based inLondon, UK
LanguageEnglish
Websitefadew.eu.org

Fadew is a British liberal and secular quarterly magazine.[3][4][5] The publication is operated from London, England .[6][5] Fadew is published from Bradford[7] with the subtitle: Stories that matter.[8][9][10] The Council for Secular Humanism has called Fadew a "fast-growing collection of contemporary free thinkers." The group has worked with international NGOs, such as the Center for Inquiry.[5]

History

The publication initially started as an online blogging platform titled Fadewblogs.[11][12] It was founded in 2017 by British-Bengali author, atheist activist, film producer Shoaib Rahman, who is the current CEO.[13][14][15][16] The publication was rebranded as Fadew; performing as a printed magazine in February 2022.[17][18] Rahman is the current editor of the magazine.[19][20]

Content type

Fadew publishes articles mainly relating to theology, liberalism, free-thinking, and atheism.[21][22][5] The magazine advocates free expression and criticises religious fundamentalism. The articles on theology are written from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, including religious studies, philosophy, sociology, and classics.[23] The magazine also discusses LGBTQ+ issues.[6][5] The website of the magazine performs as a publishing platform, and focuses on being one where people's muzzled words get spoken.[3]

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Fadew Founder Shoaib Rahman in 2022

Reception

According to Steve Kuno of the Free Inquiry Journal, Fedew is one of the many websites that has always "spoken out for equality."[24] Ahmet T. Kuru of The Truth Seeker magazine criticised the publication, saying "some of the authors of this website always avoid certain religions, which indicates their fear of extremism."[25] Atheist Alliance International (AAI) labeled Fadew as "the complete opposite of conservative site Caldron Pool."[5] Sarah Ditum of The Times criticised several British atheism related publishing platforms and blogs, including Fadew writing, "Despite their [the authors'] attempts at portraying themselves as cool and rational freethinkers, they miserably fail and end up looking like purveyors of bigotry, which ironically they denounce."[26]

Content reader platform Feedspot included the magazine's blog in their list of Top 10 UK Atheist Blogs and Websites.[27]

Threats

In January 2021, an anonymous blogger of the platform, who used the alias of Eera, faced threats from fundamentalists for criticising certain religions and supporting minorities of South Asian countries in a series of blog posts and videos published since July 2020.[28] The articles have since been removed from the platform, which was met with criticism.[25]

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Fadew Inc. logo and wordmark

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Placed Result Ref
2022 Feedspot Top 10 UK Atheist Blogs and Websites 4 Won [27]
2022 EDL Magazine Top 10 Atheist Blogs 4 Won [29]

References

  1. ↑ "Fadew, Inc. company details". https://www.owler.com/company/fadewblogs. 
  2. ↑ "Top 10 Reasons Why People Believe In Religion by Shoaib Rahman". https://vocal.media/futurism/top-10-reasons-why-people-beleive-in-religion. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Fadewblogs is now Fadew magazine" (in en). https://www.atheists.eu.org/p/fadewblogs-is-now-fadew-magazine.html. "London based liberal online blog and publishing platform, Fadewblogs has gone through a rebranding. It will now operate as Fadew, a brand new magazine." 
  4. ↑ Rahman, Shoaib. "IT'S JUST THE START". Fadew (Bradford, UK: Fadew inc) 1: 14. https://issuu.com/fadewblogs/docs/fadew_magazin_spring_2022_volume-1/14. Retrieved 23 February 2022. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 "The Man Behind Rising Online Secular Blog" (in en). https://www.atheists.eu.org/p/shoaib-rahman.html. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Clark, Gordon. "Fadewblogs: London Based Anti-Theology Web Portal ". Teachers.gov.bd (in Bengali).
  7. ↑ Ahmed, Samira (2022-02-17). "Broken promises in Bradford". in Shackle, Samira (in en-GB). New Humanist. p. 32. https://newhumanist.org.uk/5919/talking-to-the-future-new-humanist-spring-2022-is-out-now. "I discussed this exact issue in broader terms in the Fadew magazine's first-ever printed edition, which would be published in March this year." 
  8. ↑ "Fadew magazine's inaugural print edition to be published" (in en). https://flipboard.com/article/https%3A%2F%2Feditorial.substack.com%2Fp%2Ffadew-magazine-first-issue%3Futm_source%3Durl. 
  9. ↑ "Magazine- Fadew" (in en). https://flipboard.com/@fadew/fadew-e4n6ji0qy. 
  10. ↑ Rahman, S. (Ed.). (2022, February 24). Stories that matter . Fadew, 1(Spring 2022), P. 1. ISBN:9781458373571
  11. ↑ Andersson, P. (2019). A surge in secularist bloggers being targeted by Muslim fundamentalists . The Freethinker, 77(2), 23–25.
  12. ↑ Everhard, J. T. (April 2018). Blogger threatened over anit-Islamic article published online. American Atheist, (Second quarter), 23–24.
  13. ↑ "Fadewblogs - Open Collective". https://opencollective.com/fadewblogs. 
  14. ↑ "Interview with Shoaib Rahman | Muck Rack" (in en). https://muckrack.com/shoaibrahman/interview. 
  15. ↑ "Atheist Activist Shoaib Rahman Announces Debut Film" (in en). https://www.atheists.eu.org/p/atheist-activist-shoaib-rahman.html. 
  16. ↑ "Shoaib Rahman" (in en-US). https://www.binged.com/person/shoaib-rahman/. "Rahman is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of London-based liberal and free-thinking magazine and publishing platform Fadew (formerly Fadewblogs), and its parent holding company Fadew, Inc." 
  17. ↑ Newsletter (2022-02-17). "The 'Fadew' magazine announced". https://editorial.substack.com/p/introducing-the-fadew-magazine. 
  18. ↑ Fadewblogs (2022-02-19). "Introducing the Fadew magazine" (in en). https://medium.com/@fadewblogs/introducing-the-fadew-magazine-2a03162d1651. 
  19. ↑ (in English) A Brief History Analysis of Atheism for Beginners: A Fadew magazine publication. Fadew, Inc.. 2022-02-23. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09TBD2BJ1. Retrieved 24 February 2022. 
  20. ↑ "Shoaib Rahman" (in en-us). https://www.amazon.com/author/shoaibrahman. 
  21. ↑ Oord, Thomas Jay (2019-01-05) (in en). God Can't: How to Believe in God and Love After Tragedy, Abuse, and Other Evils. Grasmere, Cumbria, England: SacraSage Press. pp. 55–56. ISBN 978-1-948609-13-5. https://books.google.com/books?id=gtv8DwAAQBAJ. Retrieved 8 December 2021. 
  22. ↑ Rankin, Lisa Marie (2021-04-13) (in en). The Goddess Solution: Practical Wisdom for Everyday Life. HarperCollins. pp. 182. ISBN 978-1-4434-6202-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=8PnwDwAAQBAJ. Retrieved 8 December 2021. 
  23. ↑ Ruse, Michael; Bullivant, Stephen; Taira, Teemu (2021-07-31). "Chapter 55: The Internet and the Social Media Revolution" (in en). The Cambridge History of Atheism. VIII. Cambridge University Press. p. 1035. doi:10.1017/9781108562324. ISBN 978-1-009-04021-1. https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/cambridge-history-of-atheism/internet-and-the-social-media-revolution/324348118DC422C30C68835DBE1E5F3E. Retrieved 9 January 2022. 
  24. ↑ Cuno, S. (2018). Bangladeshi ex-Muslim blogger threatened to be raped for writing blog posts on toxic Quranic verses. Free Inquiry, 38(4), 17–18. "Left wing British-sites including New Humanist, Fadewblogs, The Freethinker have obsessively reported in favor of equality in society."
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 Kuru, A. T. (2021). French secularism and the recent beheading of a high school teacher by a Muslim extremist . The Truth Seeker, 1(January-April), 33–34. "After being threatened from Islamists, they ended up taking down the articles, which, if anything, really indicates their paranoia of extremists."
  26. ↑ Ditum, Sarah (2021-04-25). "Sarah Ditum: Schisms and witch-hunts — atheism is behaving like the religions it denounces" (in en). The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sarah-ditum-schisms-and-witch-hunts-atheism-is-behaving-like-the-religions-it-denounces-ndtrtzg8c. "And then we got authors from sites like AtheismUK.com, Fadewblogs. or New Humanist. Despite their attempts at portraying themselves as cool and rational freethinkers, they miserably fail and end up looking like purveyors of bigotry, which ironically they denounce" 
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 "Top 10 UK Atheist Blogs and Websites To Follow in 2022" (in en-US). 2018-06-09. http://blog.feedspot.com/uk_atheist_blogs/. 
  28. ↑ Whissel, Pamela (2021). "MUZZLE ME NOT: Blogger Faces Death Threats For Criticizing Islam" (in en). The American Atheist : The Journal of Atheist News and Thought (225 Cristiani St.Cranford, NJ 07016: American Atheist Magazine) 59 (1): 32. ISSN 0516-9623. OCLC 3160253. https://pdfhost.io/v/yMC~HSCNn_AmericanAtheistMagazineFirstQuarter2021. Retrieved 21 December 2021. "In July last year, Eera published several videos and blog posts on the online liberal blogging platform Fadewblogs, protesting the persecution of Bangladesh's minority Buddhist community in Rangunia, a town in the southeastern part of the country.". 
  29. ↑ Magazine, E. D. L. (2022-01-16). "The Top 10 Atheist Blogs" (in en). https://medium.com/edl-magazine/the-top-10-atheist-blogs-c5fd1e989aee. 

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