About Fauzia Ilyas
Born 1989. Fauzia Ilyas is a Dutch and Pakistani human rights defender and women's rights activist.
Fauzia Ilyas (; born 1989 Ilyas, an open atheist and apostate of Islam, fled from Pakistan after receiving threats to her life and faced potential legal charges for blasphemy in Pakistan. Ilyas received asylum in the Netherlands, where she is a critic of Islam and campaigner for feminism, secularism, and atheist rights in Pakistan.
She argued that Facebook should be a platform for freedom of expression, and stop facilitating the Islamist crackdown against so-called "blasphemers".
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Who is Fauzia Ilyas?
Dutch Pakistani speaker
When was Fauzia Ilyas born?
Fauzia Ilyas was born on 26 May 1989 in Lahore.
What is Fauzia Ilyas's occupation?
Fauzia Ilyas is a human rights defender and women's rights activist.
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Fauzia Ilyas is Dutch and Pakistani.
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