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Fadew
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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]

Shoaib Rahman
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". Owler. Archived from the original on 3 January 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Top 10 Reasons Why People Believe In Religion by Shoaib Rahman". Vocal Media. Archived from the original on 10 December 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Fadewblogs is now Fadew magazine". European Atheists. Archived from the original on 19 February 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2022. 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 (Spring ed.). Bradford, UK: Fadew inc. 1: 14. Archived from the original on 23 February 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "The Man Behind Rising Online Secular Blog". Atheist Alliance International. Archived from the original on 7 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  6. ^ a b Clark, Gordon. "Fadewblogs: London Based Anti-Theology Web Portal Archived 8 December 2021 at the Wayback Machine". Teachers.gov.bd (in Bengali).
  7. ^ Ahmed, Samira (17 February 2022) [2022-02-03]. Shackle, Samira (ed.). "Broken promises in Bradford". newhumanist.org.uk (Spring 2022 ed.). United Kingdom: New Humanist. p. 32. ISSN 0306-512X. OCLC 633451253. Archived from the original on 21 February 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2022. 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". Flipboard. Archived from the original on 23 February 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  9. ^ "Magazine- Fadew". Flipboard. Archived from the original on 23 February 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  10. ^ Rahman, S. (Ed.). (2022, February 24). Stories that matter Archived 24 February 2022 at the Wayback Machine. 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". Open Collective. Archived from the original on 16 November 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  14. ^ "Interview with Shoaib Rahman | Muck Rack". muckrack.com. Archived from the original on 10 December 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  15. ^ "Atheist Activist Shoaib Rahman Announces Debut Film". Atheist Alliance International. Archived from the original on 22 February 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  16. ^ "Shoaib Rahman". Binged. Archived from the original on 28 February 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2022. 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 (17 February 2022). "The 'Fadew' magazine announced". The Editorial. Archived from the original on 19 February 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  18. ^ Fadewblogs (19 February 2022). "Introducing the Fadew magazine". Medium.com. Archived from the original on 19 February 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  19. ^ A Brief History Analysis of Atheism for Beginners: A Fadew magazine publication. Fadew, Inc. 23 February 2022. ASIN B09TBD2BJ1. Archived from the original on 24 February 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  20. ^ "Shoaib Rahman". Amazon.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  21. ^ Oord, Thomas Jay (5 January 2019). 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. Archived from the original on 8 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  22. ^ Rankin, Lisa Marie (13 April 2021). The Goddess Solution: Practical Wisdom for Everyday Life. HarperCollins. p. 182. ISBN 978-1-4434-6202-0. Archived from the original on 13 February 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  23. ^ Ruse, Michael; Bullivant, Stephen; Taira, Teemu (31 July 2021). "Chapter 55: The Internet and the Social Media Revolution". The Cambridge History of Atheism. Vol. VIII. Cambridge University Press. p. 1035. doi:10.1017/9781108562324. ISBN 978-1-009-04021-1. S2CID 227318325. Archived from the original on 25 February 2022. 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. ^ a b Kuru, A. T. (2021). French secularism and the recent beheading of a high school teacher by a Muslim extremist Archived 7 December 2021 at the Wayback Machine. 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 (25 April 2021). "Sarah Ditum: Schisms and witch-hunts — atheism is behaving like the religions it denounces". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Archived from the original on 13 November 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022. 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. ^ a b "Top 10 UK Atheist Blogs and Websites To Follow in 2022". Feedspot Blog. 9 June 2018. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  28. ^ Whissel, Pamela (2021). "MUZZLE ME NOT: Blogger Faces Death Threats For Criticizing Islam". 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. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. 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.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  29. ^ Magazine, E. D. L. (16 January 2022). "The Top 10 Atheist Blogs". EDL Magazine. Archived from the original on 18 January 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2022.

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