ALI A. RIZVI spent the first twenty-four years of his life as a Pakistani youth growing up in Libya, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan and the next fifteen years as an adult living in Canada and the United States. Rizvi is one of only a handful of nonbelievers from Islamic backgrounds that have openly voiced their views and told their stories without significant “risk to their livelihoods. He has been writing extensively about the subject for several years, contributing to The Huffington Post and other major media outlets like CNN.com. In addition to being a writer, Rizvi is a medical communications professional and a trained physician with residency and fellowship training in oncologic surgical pathology.