"From Iraq To Texas: A Humanist Activist Comes To America", 13 mei 2013. Geraadpleegd op 11 januari 2016. “Faisal founded the Global Secular Humanist Movement in September 2010. GSHM, which encourages humanist values, critical thinking and scientific inquiry over faith, mysticism and dogma, has more than 185,000 “likes” on Facebook.”
"A Conversation Between Two Atheists From Muslim Backgrounds (Part 1)", Huffington Post, 24 januari 2015. Geraadpleegd op 11 januari 2016. “I used to email Hitchens about how the Iraqi and Arab media covers the war and about Iraqi people's general opinions about the war and post-Saddam Iraq, etc. Hitchens had strong relations with the Kurds, and the Kurdish prime minister was one of his best friends, as well as Ahmad Chalabi, so I was simply a fan who thought that he was the writer who most closely understood the situation in Iraq and had a solution for it.”
"Criticizing Islamism Without Offending Muslims", The Huffington Post, 17 december 2015. Geraadpleegd op 13 januari 2016. “I think that we have been sold this theme of Islamaphobia that been pretty much been trying to silence genuine criticism of the faith.”
"Faisal al Mutar Lectures on the Future of Iraq and ISIS", The Cornell Review, 18 november 2015. Geraadpleegd op 11 januari 2016. “When he turned towards ways to defeat ISIS, al Mutar said most commentators and political analysts do not fully understand the relationship between terrorist groups and their ideology, which in this case of ISIS and other groups like Al Qaeda and the Taliban is Islamism, the political expression of Islam.”
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"Refugee crisis tests Islam’s fundamental tenet of Ummah", The Islamic Monthly, 11 september 2015. Geraadpleegd op 13 januari 2016. “The media and public are focusing on Europe in calling on it to open its doors to refugees and European leaders are tackling the question, but no such calls are being made of the Gulf’s responsibility, something activist Faisal Saeed Al Mutar calls “the racism of lower expectation.” Ignoring the responsibility of the Gulf means that we expect Europeans to be naturally kinder and more humane than people from the Gulf.”
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Faisal on Twitter. Twitter (16 augustus 2016). Gearchiveerd op 18 september 2021. Geraadpleegd op 18 augustus 2016. “Thank you America and thank you @WhiteHouse for giving me President's Volunteer Service Award (Gold Medal).”
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"Iraqi refugee works to make life safer for secular humanists", Religion News Service, The Washington Post, 3 december 2015. Geraadpleegd op 11 januari 2016. “Reared in a moderate Muslim family that encouraged him to think for himself and make up his own mind, Al-Mutar said he became an atheist at an early age.”
"Coming Out Conversations – EP. 8", Secular Safe House. Gearchiveerd op 13 januari 2016. Geraadpleegd op 12 januari 2016. “He became an activist at the age of 15 when he began organizing the Iraqi Humanist Youth completely unbeknownst to his family at the time. After the tragic murder of his brother, cousin and best friend by Al-Qaeda, he escaped Iraq, first to Lebanon and then Malaysia.”
"Faisal Al Mutar: The Rationalist from an Irrational World Pt. 1", Eggvan, 25 december 2013. Gearchiveerd op 14 januari 2016. Geraadpleegd op 11 januari 2016. “FAM: Well … (takes in a deep breath) … I think probably because they had mistaken him for me, because I am the one that actually gets the death threats.”
Faisal on Twitter. Twitter (16 augustus 2016). Gearchiveerd op 18 september 2021. Geraadpleegd op 18 augustus 2016. “Thank you America and thank you @WhiteHouse for giving me President's Volunteer Service Award (Gold Medal).”
