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My story out of Islam, A thread: #ExMuslim #ExMuslimBecause
I left Islam in 2014, I didn’t realise that I had left it until I found more people on the internet who shared the same views as me, this was in 2016. My reasons for leaving are not uncommon, I just couldn’t (1/8)
I left Islam in 2014, I didn’t realise that I had left it until I found more people on the internet who shared the same views as me, this was in 2016. My reasons for leaving are not uncommon, I just couldn’t (1/8)
believe in a narcissistic all-knowing god that brought destruction upon his supposedly own creations, I couldn’t believe in a God that demanded that I worship him or I would go to hell, I couldn’t believe in a religion that promoted misogyny and sex slavery. (2/8)
It’s pretty straightforward putting those reasons out there but there was something that planted the seed of doubt in my mind, it was that god was never there for me when I needed him. Growing up, my family was extremely unstable - both emotionally and financially, (3/8)
we had a lot of ups and downs which included my dad trying to end his own life by ODing because he didn’t have money for us to survive on after his business took a hit and he had no savings. My mum would tell me it’s all a test from Allah but this “test” lasted the better (4/8)
part of my childhood (and it’s still going on to this day LOL, my parents have never been financially or emotionally stable. I soon realised that religion is nothing but bullshit and I made a decision that I would never turn to God for anything in life because he (5/8)
doesn’t exist. I pretended till February of this year, finally snapped and came out to my parents after their constant pressure to practice Islam, I was having a depressive episode and mourning the end of a romantic relationship and all my mother had to say was “Allah is (6/8)
punishing you for not praying, that is why you’re depressed”, that was my breaking point and I came out to her snd my dad. They are still in denial, I’m not gonna lie by saying I’m not playing along because the truth is, (7/8)
I may never get a chance to leave my country, or my home as a matter of fact - I’ll eventually have to give in if all my plans fail. (8/8)
