Loubna Berrada is a Dutch liberal politician and founding and now former member of the Central Committee for Ex-Muslims

Central Committee for Ex-Muslims

The Central Committee for Ex-Muslims was a Dutch committee that aimed to aid Muslims who wish to leave Islam through the constitutional right of freedom of religion...

. Berrada was raised in a Moroccan immigrant family strictly abiding by Islamic customs. In her twenties she rejected Islam, and the negative reactions to her apostasy

Apostasy

Apostasy , 'a defection or revolt', from ἀπό, apo, 'away, apart', στάσις, stasis, 'stand, 'standing') is the formal disaffiliation from or abandonment or renunciation of a religion by a person. One who commits apostasy is known as an apostate. These terms have a pejorative implication in everyday...

 made her politically active. She later joined the liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

People's Party for Freedom and Democracy

The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy is a conservative-liberal political party located in the Netherlands. The VVD supports private enterprise in the Netherlands and is often perceived as an economic liberal party in contrast to the social-liberal Democrats 66 alongside which it sits in...

 and founded the party's "Advisory Committee for Integration".
Together with Ehsan Jami

Ehsan Jami

Ehsan Jami is a Dutch politician of Iranian origin. From March 7, 2006 until November 6, 2007 he was member of the city council of Leidschendam-Voorburg on behalf of the Dutch Labour Party . From that date until 2010 he continued to be a member of the city council as independent member 'fraction...

 she founded the "Central Committee for Ex-Muslims" but left because she found Jami had his personal agenda and his increasingly radical anti-Islam stance. She said all she wanted was to make apostasy in Islam

Apostasy in Islam

Apostasy in Islam is commonly defined in Islam as the rejection in word or deed of one's former religion by a person who was previously a follower of Islam...

 debatable.
Berrada is a candidate for the liberal Libertas Party for the 2009 European Parliament election

European Parliament election, 2009

Elections to the European Parliament were held in the 27 member states of the European Union between 4 and 7 June 2009. A total of 736 Members of the European Parliament were elected to represent some 500 million Europeans, making these the biggest trans-national elections in history...

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External links

Video of Dutch current affairs programme Netwerk

Netwerk

Netwerk is a Dutch 'behind the news' television show on Nederland 2....

featuring Berrada (26-09-2007).