RE: What is your problem with Islam? Think about it
June 7, 2018 at 3:52 am
(This post was last modified: June 7, 2018 at 3:58 am by Fake Messiah.)
OK, let's see what some ex Muslims have to say on their problems with Islam. Back in 2015 in preparation for International Human Rights Day began a campaign inviting ex-Muslims from around the world to use photographs, videos, and handwritten signs to explain why they left Islam. The movement was named #ExMuslimBecause
Within twenty-four hours, #ExMuslimBecause became the number one trending hashtag on Twitter in the United Kingdom. There was also an article in Huffington Post with compilation of some of the most popular tweets
Here are those of most popular:
#ExMuslimBecause Bacon—what other reason could there possibly be?
—@Wraithiest
#ExMuslimBecause I know being a woman doesn’t make me lesser. I shouldn’t have to worship behind men, or be segregated from them.
—@NiceMangos
#ExMuslimBecause No real God should need protection from bloggers and no real prophet should need protection from cartoons.
—@aliamjadrizvi
“#ExMuslimBecause I’d be sentenced to death if I was [outed] as an apostate in Saudi Arabia.
—@alina_mmz
#ExMuslimBecause I am not an abomination by virtue of being gay.
—@DudeInDistress
#ExMuslimBecause Atheist [bloggers] are being killed in my country #Bangladesh but my Muslim friends are directly or indirectly supporting it.
—@sh1shazal
#ExMuslimBecause I couldn’t handle hearing my own family say that Shi’as, my neighbors and best friends, are kuffar [infidels].
—@riyamnm
#ExMuslimBecause My own mother told me I should be killed because I didn’t believe the same things she did.
—@YasmienMills
#ExMuslimBecause The Quran, in my view, is literature that was written by men. We are yet to know who wrote it.
—@Ali_Jones89
#ExMuslimBecause I’m told Islam gives you freedom of thought and religion but at the same time punishes apostasy by death.
—@Zxop11
#ExMuslimBecause For some reason Islam bans alcohol and pre-marital sex but not slavery.
—@MalayBoy87
#ExMuslimBecause [I] was indoctrinated as a child and denounced my religion as soon as I was old enough to think for myself.
—@90degree_flow
#ExMuslimBecause I care about what is true.
—@FilthyApostate
#ExMuslimBecause I simply used my brain.
—@M37158
#ExMuslimBecause I was tired of trying to fit inside a box that was never made for me.
—@hossain_food
#ExMuslimBecause I prefer reality over myth and reason over ignorance.
—@musaaziz
#ExMuslimBecause LGBT are humans and not my [enemies].
—@AaalaKaatiba
#ExMuslimBecause I have a deep yearning for knowledge about our world, nature, and the universe. Religion can’t provide adequate answers.
—@slumdoglove
#ExMuslimBecause I couldn’t debate or criticize Islam without my parents yelling or screaming at me, and threatening me.
—@nukacola11
#ExMuslimBecause People should have the right to leave whatever religion they want.
—@Aren_Armenian
#ExMuslimBecause I’d rather look through a telescope than read a book that says I came out of a man’s rib to be lured by a talking snake.
—@SecularlyYours
#ExMuslimBecause I didn’t want to live in guilt anymore.
—@super_trampp
#ExMuslimBecause Speaking my truth shouldn’t be a death sentence.
—@SuraiyaSimi
#ExMuslimBecause … I am a #Saudi … enough said …
—@AtheistHijazi
#ExMuslimBecause I cannot fathom the idea that wretched morality of 7th century is unchangeable no matter how barbaric it is.
—@DesiZeus
#ExMuslimBecause Misogyny, homophobia, stoning people to death, and killing apostates don’t suddenly become “respectable” when put in a holy book.
—@LibMuslim
and also this photo
Within twenty-four hours, #ExMuslimBecause became the number one trending hashtag on Twitter in the United Kingdom. There was also an article in Huffington Post with compilation of some of the most popular tweets
Here are those of most popular:
#ExMuslimBecause Bacon—what other reason could there possibly be?
—@Wraithiest
#ExMuslimBecause I know being a woman doesn’t make me lesser. I shouldn’t have to worship behind men, or be segregated from them.
—@NiceMangos
#ExMuslimBecause No real God should need protection from bloggers and no real prophet should need protection from cartoons.
—@aliamjadrizvi
“#ExMuslimBecause I’d be sentenced to death if I was [outed] as an apostate in Saudi Arabia.
—@alina_mmz
#ExMuslimBecause I am not an abomination by virtue of being gay.
—@DudeInDistress
#ExMuslimBecause Atheist [bloggers] are being killed in my country #Bangladesh but my Muslim friends are directly or indirectly supporting it.
—@sh1shazal
#ExMuslimBecause I couldn’t handle hearing my own family say that Shi’as, my neighbors and best friends, are kuffar [infidels].
—@riyamnm
#ExMuslimBecause My own mother told me I should be killed because I didn’t believe the same things she did.
—@YasmienMills
#ExMuslimBecause The Quran, in my view, is literature that was written by men. We are yet to know who wrote it.
—@Ali_Jones89
#ExMuslimBecause I’m told Islam gives you freedom of thought and religion but at the same time punishes apostasy by death.
—@Zxop11
#ExMuslimBecause For some reason Islam bans alcohol and pre-marital sex but not slavery.
—@MalayBoy87
#ExMuslimBecause [I] was indoctrinated as a child and denounced my religion as soon as I was old enough to think for myself.
—@90degree_flow
#ExMuslimBecause I care about what is true.
—@FilthyApostate
#ExMuslimBecause I simply used my brain.
—@M37158
#ExMuslimBecause I was tired of trying to fit inside a box that was never made for me.
—@hossain_food
#ExMuslimBecause I prefer reality over myth and reason over ignorance.
—@musaaziz
#ExMuslimBecause LGBT are humans and not my [enemies].
—@AaalaKaatiba
#ExMuslimBecause I have a deep yearning for knowledge about our world, nature, and the universe. Religion can’t provide adequate answers.
—@slumdoglove
#ExMuslimBecause I couldn’t debate or criticize Islam without my parents yelling or screaming at me, and threatening me.
—@nukacola11
#ExMuslimBecause People should have the right to leave whatever religion they want.
—@Aren_Armenian
#ExMuslimBecause I’d rather look through a telescope than read a book that says I came out of a man’s rib to be lured by a talking snake.
—@SecularlyYours
#ExMuslimBecause I didn’t want to live in guilt anymore.
—@super_trampp
#ExMuslimBecause Speaking my truth shouldn’t be a death sentence.
—@SuraiyaSimi
#ExMuslimBecause … I am a #Saudi … enough said …
—@AtheistHijazi
#ExMuslimBecause I cannot fathom the idea that wretched morality of 7th century is unchangeable no matter how barbaric it is.
—@DesiZeus
#ExMuslimBecause Misogyny, homophobia, stoning people to death, and killing apostates don’t suddenly become “respectable” when put in a holy book.
—@LibMuslim
and also this photo
![[Image: 9kgBpNjw_o.jpg]](https://images2.imgbox.com/bb/80/9kgBpNjw_o.jpg)
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"