Contemporary media technologies and quality access to the Internet in the countries
of Middle East and North Africa provide regional
mass media
the possibility to relatively freely
express their views, share them with like-minded people, and form groups of followers. The
number of so-called
Arab atheists
among active social network users, as shown by recent studies,
has increased. Atheism, along with Islamic feminism, sublimated into various forms of
protest
media content
, is perceived among traditionally religious Arab society as a challenge to the
principles and traditions of the Middle Eastern society. The Muslim religious leaders, scholars
and thinkers decry the manifestation of this kind of freethinking and see it as a
threat to national
security
in the countries of the Middle East and North Africa. Migration processes taking place
in contemporary Europe are making their ambiguous contribution to the further evolution of the
moral and ethical codes of the Muslim society.