Asif Mohiuddin
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| image = Asif EHYD 2.jpg
| caption = Asif Mohiuddin at the
European Humanist Youth Days 2016 in
Utrecht, Netherlands.
| nationality = Bangladeshi
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Dhaka, Bangladesh
| occupation =
Secular activist
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| children = 1
| awards =
The Bobs-Best of Online Activism
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Asif Mohiuddin (born 24 February 1984) is a Bangladeshi
atheist and
secular activist,
religious critic and
feminist. In 2012, he won
The Bobs-Best of Online Activism award from
Deutsche Welle, who stated that "Asif's blog was one of the most read web pages in Bangladesh and is known for its strong criticism of
Islamic fundamentalism in Bangladesh's "anti-people politics", his blog was later blocked and banned in Bangladesh by its government. On 15 January 2013, he survived an assassination attempt by Islamic extremists. A few months later, he was imprisoned twice by the
Bangladesh Government for posting "offensive comments about
Islam and
Mohammad". Due to sustained international pressure, Mohiuddin was released, after which he fled from his country to
Germany in 2014. In 2015, he received the
Anna Politkovskaya Prize for Journalism, awarded by Italian magazine ''
Internazionale''.
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