Kacem El Ghazzali
Kacem El Ghazzali (Berber languages: ⵇⴰⵙⵎ ⵍⵖⴰⵣⴰⵍⵉ, Arabic: قاسم الغزالي; born 24 June 1990), is a Moroccan-Swiss secularist essayist and activist and is one of the few publicly atheist Moroccans. Kacem speaks English, as well as German, French, Arabic and Berber. Mostly known for his publicly voiced atheism, his writings stress the importance of freedom of thought which, in his view, is lacking in countries dominated by Islam. His articles have been published in/by the Richard Dawkins Foundation, Huffington Post, Le Monde, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Basler Zeitung, Tages Anzeiger, Berlingske and others.
Kacem El Ghazzali | |
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El Ghazzali in 2020 | |
| Born | 24 June 1990 Sidi Kacem, Morocco |
| Nationality | Moroccan, Swiss |
| Occupation(s) | Essayist, human rights activist |
| Known for | International representative of IHEU at the UNHRC |
| Website | kacemelghazzali |
In 2017, El Ghazzali was granted Swiss citizenship, and was chosen as one of the 14 most influential Swiss intellectuals of the year by the Basler Zeitung. El Ghazzali was also named Swiss of the Year 2018 by the Sunday newspaper SonntagsZeitung among 30 other personalities. In the same year he was one of the 200 most prominent Zurich personalities of the Swiss Magazine Who is Who.