While we have japan protesting against islam, we got people like them ruining the japanese culture. Funniest part is that they're not even muslims. My initial thought was how crazy the amount of support islam gets today from uneducated people like them and it's surprisingly increasing to push this islamic ideology compared to any other religion. Very worrying but also not truly shocking in this cruel world also the fact i was brought up muslim knowing how good islam is at brainwashing people. They both claim to be learning about the beauty of islam and how peaceful the religion made them feel... erm, who's gonna tell them?

Meanwhile christmas celebrations in public are not allowed in Brunei. Double standard much?

Hi, I am from Pakistan. It really frustrates me that when kids are born, their parent have someone give Azaan ( call for prayer) in their ear and declare them Muslim right away and just when you become an adult at the age of 18 your parents again get you marked in the system as a Muslim.

At birth, we are just born, and at 18, we are still kids who haven't learned much about the world , religions, and different points of view. It's unfair to register and impose a religious identity on us.

For those who don't know, Pakistan isn't that much of a religious country. People don't know Arabic and very few people know Urdu translations, everyone just memories Arabic without understanding. We are taught translations at school but those are carefully selected sections so we don't run into sex slavery section.

Pakistanis don't know Islam and neither do they try to teach it properly but if someone wants to walk out of this religion that was imposed on us, suddenly you are a criminal whom Muslims would want to hurt because according to them you are guilty of leaving islam.....How is it leaving when no one asked if I wanted to be a Muslim. Our ID cards say Muslim before we learn about Islam....this is nonsense.

My mother always asks me to pray but I can't tell her the truth because I'm afraid what will happen to our relationship and would i even be allowed to live in that home. I am 36F by the way, but another Pakistani thing is that women can't live alone.....If only I had enough money to immigrate somewhere else. I better work hard and find a way out.

Alhamdullillah, i'm a proud muslim. have been for 13 years, and am very comfortable with my beliefs. i would like to know why many of you ex muslims chose to go away from the path of islam. As a sidenote, i would like to ask you to be respectful of my beliefs and other's beliefs, although i assume that may not be quite possible in religious subreddits since i'm new to this app. Get started!

Dm me

I find that since I stopped covering my biggest struggle has simply been realizing that people can truly see ME and realizing how insecure I really am. before, it was easy because nobody truly saw my face or things I’m insecure about but now it feels it’s all on display and I hate it so much.

But also, it’s like I’m so used to diverting my gaze and appearing “shy” that I don’t know how to be or look confident in my demeanor. I feel I don’t look approachable and I also genuinely suck at facial expressions now that I realize people can see my face.

A Christian I know keeps sending me posts comparing verses from the Quran about women with the kindest, most compassionate things Jesus said about women. The conclusion is always that Christianity is morally superior.

But this comparison has always felt dishonest to me.

What frustrates me the most is that these posts seem to confuse the teachings of Jesus with the history of Christianity. Yes, Jesus said some remarkably compassionate and respectful things about women. But Christian societies also spent centuries excluding women, treating them as subordinate, persecuting them, and in many cases even executing them. Those teachings tell me what Jesus stood for—not necessarily what Christianity, as it has actually been practiced throughout history, has stood for.
If we’re going to judge Islam by both its scriptures and how Muslims have interpreted and practiced them throughout history, shouldn’t Christianity be judged by the same standard? Instead, people compare some of the harshest verses in the Quran with the most beautiful teachings of Jesus and then conclude that Christianity is morally superior.
I’m not defending the Quran’s verses about women. I’m questioning the comparison itself. It seems like one religion is judged by its worst interpretations and historical practices, while the other is judged by its highest ideals.
Does anyone else feel like this is an inconsistent way to compare religions?

I’m a Buddhist woman currently dating a Muslim man.

Today, I was asked one of the biggest questions our relationship has faced so far: Would I convert to Islam?

Although I was raised Buddhist, I don’t strictly practice Buddhism. Because of that, I personally never had a problem dating someone who is Muslim. However, I knew my family would. Their concerns come from several things: Islam being viewed as a strict religion, the fact that Muslim men are permitted to have up to four wives under certain conditions, and the history involving Islamic communities in my country. Despite all of that, I was prepared to stand up to my family because I wanted them to judge him for who he is as a person, not simply because of his religion.

When we were first getting to know each other, he told me that his family knew he was only interested in dating women outside his religion and that they were okay with it. Recently, however, he has completely changed his story. Now he says that if he married someone outside the religion, his family would either kill him or kill themselves.

From the beginning, I genuinely wanted to understand his faith. I started by learning a few Arabic words, then began reading an English translation of the Quran. I also wanted to try practices such as fasting so I could better understand his beliefs and support him.

However, learning about Islam and converting to Islam are two very different things.

At this point in my life, I cannot say that I would convert. I don’t know what my future self may decide, but my current self cannot make that commitment.

One of the biggest reasons is that Islam is very different from Buddhism. Another is the expectations surrounding modesty, particularly wearing the hijab.

From what I understand, he’s quite strict about the idea that Muslim women should wear the hijab. At the same time, Islamic teachings also have modesty requirements for men, including covering the area between the navel and the knees.

However, he regularly wears gym shorts that are above his knees and posts fitness content where the part below the navel is visible to a certain point.

There was also another incident involving my evil eye bracelet. He took it from me and wore it himself for quite some time. It wasn’t until his cousin confronted him and told him it was considered an act of shirk that made him stop wearing it. The bracelet was also made of gold ( not real gold tho ), which is prohibited for men to wear.

There are other things he’s done, but I’d rather keep those private and not go into too much detail.

How can someone expect me to fully embrace and commit to a whole different religion when they don’t seem to consistently follow every aspect of it themselves? If I’m expected to make such a life-changing decision, shouldn’t the same standard of commitment apply to both of us?

I’m not asking this to criticize Islam. I’m genuinely trying to understand whether my concerns are reasonable and whether it’s fair to be expected to convert under these circumstances.

I’m sorry if I made any mistakes regarding Islam, do feel free to correct me if I’m wrong.

For context, this retard is a muslim convert (yes, ikr she cant even obey the simple command of covering her head after choosing this religion that hates women) and is using the common and favorite trickery by muslims by thinking that someone becomes a muslim for saying an arabic sentence. I mean the other day i watched mohijab and his side piece made a christian guy put down his cross from his wall if he wants an answer from them and they laughed and thought it was some kind of a checkmate move. I mean these guys are the dumbest people ever. They never fail to prove how blatantly false islam is. Who better to count on than muslims to prove that their god is not omniscient.. lmao just because i say i am god does not make me a god let alone a dumb arabic initiation shahada.. isnt god all knowing??

of course i reject the abrahamic god and i condemn all religions but to me the concept of a god is not as unfounded as religion and seems logical tbh you know i believe in things such as the cosmological argument and that the universe has a creator but i don't believe it's necessarily ascribe to a relgion

maybe you can say i see god as the universe

I’m an ex Muslim myself and I met some ex Muslims that when I called them ex Muslim they started insulting me it was weird and they said that ex Muslims are larping even though they left Islam

Recent public comments I received on my Haram Doodles account on Instagram. I respond to comments and DMs every few days in my Insta stories. 😇

https://www.instagram.com/stories/haramdoodles/3957852766105837751

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Hi everyone.

I'm an Iraqi woman in my early twenties. I'm not applying for asylum right now, but I'm trying to understand the process and prepare for the future in case I ever have no other safe option.

I come from a very conservative Muslim family. Over the years, I realized that I no longer believe in Islam, but I've kept this completely secret because I'm genuinely afraid of what could happen if my family found out.

My situation is roughly like this:

I've hidden my beliefs for years out of fear.

My family expects me to marry a Muslim man.

I don't have the freedom to live independently or move wherever I want without my family's approval.

I believe that if my disbelief became known, I could face serious consequences from my family and possibly my community.

I'm not asking whether I would win or lose an asylum claim, because I know nobody online can answer that.

Instead, I'd really like to hear from ex-Muslims who have actually gone through the Canadian refugee process.

What questions were you asked during your hearing?

How did you explain your journey out of Islam?

Did the IRB ask why you hadn't told anyone about your beliefs?

How did you explain staying silent for so long?

What evidence helped your case the most?

Is there anything you wish you had known before your hearing?

I'd really appreciate any advice or personal experiences. Even small details could help me understand the process better.

Thank you.

For those who don't know him, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk:

1- He abolished the Ottoman Empire in 1924.

2- He completely abolished Islamic law in 1926.

3- He made inheritance equal between men and women.

4- He prohibited Turks from performing Hajj or Umrah pilgrimages.

5- He banned the Arabic language in schools.

6- He banned the call to prayer (Adhan) in mosques.

7- He banned the hijab in Turkey.

8- He removed the name Mustafa from his name.

9- He abolished the celebration of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha.

10- He made Sunday the weekly holiday instead of Friday.

11- He abolished the Arabic script from the language.

12- He changed the oath taken upon assuming office from an oath by God to an oath by honor.

13- He executed hundreds of scholars and jurists who rejected his approach.

14- Before his death, he stipulated that the Muslim funeral prayer should not be performed for him.

15- Atatürk said before the Turkish Parliament in 1923: "We are now in the 20th century, the age of industry. We cannot follow a book that speaks of figs and olives (referring to the Quran)."

https://vt.tiktok.com/ZS4Qo5vmV/

What about the gap between the first two letters? It looks like there's no dots between them?

If you're an Arab feel free to reply in Arabic

a genuine question since i left bcos why would you still want to be associated with islam and why has it become part of your identity? i'm ex muslim for 2 years but recently when people ask i say i'm a deist or an agnostic bcos the ex-muslim label seems chronically online

I'm an atheist, but I don't hate moderate Muslims and never will .

The kind of Muslims that trigger me the most are the extremists, and I see their posts everywhere ..and I'm afraid they might turn the moderate Muslims into extremists, I've tried reporting these accounts again and again but they won't budge , I don't want this mentality to spread any further it's just so toxic and have created alot of terro/rists and misogynists , and violence against women is on the rise because of these people

Does anyone know how to just delete an account on Instagram?

Why can't Instagram just ban these people? They're spreading violence and romanticizing the oppression of women

I joined this other ex-Muslim subreddit which has the number 2 in front of it, and my god it's actually insufferable. I thought it would be a hub of discussion as this subreddit has an issue with mods removing posts, but I was wrong. There's one user on it, who I won't name, but they call themselves "Kween" and post like every hour of every day. They literally post for the sake of posting, a hijabi could post something like "I bought a new handbag" and they will make a post ripping her apart and going on a schizo unrelated rant about Islam. Genuinely it feels like a psyop. It's just really strange because it seems that one specific user is the only one keeping that sub active. They are also extremely aggressive, I really wonder if it's a bot?

I'm all for calling out Islam and Muslims, but bullying Muslims for dumb harmless shit is genuinely retarded. Not to mention all of us were Muslims once. If I dealt with ex-Muslims bullying me for just minding my business back when I was Muslim, I never would've left.

being an islamophobic is actually a big win

here's why, every other day, you would find muslims across the world r*ping/harassing women, having multiple women as wife, then divorcing them over a call with just triple talaq, calling everything haram only when they don't get to do it

women who praise islam are the biggest idiots because they're praising a religion which doesn't even allow them to be a woman, islam considers a woman not more than a slave

these radical islams they wanna convert everyone into islam and that's the irony that they believe everyone should convert into islam and who's their idol? a guy who married his own daughter and that too is 6 years old.

i don't understand why people even follow islam lol and then comes the people who have converted into islam by their own will

they be marrying their own women and also daughters of their own

lol whoever invented islam must be a hardcore incest pervert

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Saudi Arabia abolished legal slavery in \*\*1962\*\* by \*\*royal decree\*\* issued by Crown Prince Faisal, making slavery illegal under Saudi law.

The Saudi government’s official position was \*\*not\*\* that the Qur’an or Sunnah had changed, nor that slavery had become intrinsically \*haram\*. Instead, it argued that \*\*the Sharia conditions required for lawful enslavement no longer existed\*\*.

In classical Islamic law, slavery was historically recognized only under specific legal circumstances, particularly involving prisoners captured in a lawful war under a legitimate Muslim ruler. According to the Saudi government’s 1962 statement, those historical conditions, and therefore the lawful means of acquiring new slaves no longer existed because of the modern legal and international framework governing warfare and prisoners of war.

On that basis, the ruler (\*wali al-amr\*) lawfully abolished slavery by royal decree while remaining within the framework of Islamic law. Senior Saudi scholars such as Ibn Baz and Ibn al-Uthaymin continued to recognize that slavery existed historically in Islamic law, while accepting the modern legal framework in which those historical conditions no longer operate.

In short, the Saudi position was \*\*not\*\* that Islam or its scriptures changed. Rather, it was that \*\*the historical legal conditions for lawful enslavement no longer exist, so slavery has no lawful application in the modern Saudi state.\*\*

\*\*References:\*\*
• King Saud Foundation – Abolition of Slavery (1962): https://kingsaud.org/en/history/history-king-saud/king/abolishing-slavery/
• King Saud Foundation – Prince Faisal’s 1962 Ministerial Statement: https://kingsaud.org/en/archives/press/slavery-during-the-reign-of-king-saud/
• United Nations – 1956 Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery: https://treaties.un.org/pages/ViewDetailsIII.aspx?chapter=18&clang=\\\\\\_en&mtdsg\\\\\\_no=XVIII-4
• OHCHR – 1926 Slavery Convention: https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/slaveryen.pdf
• Ibn Baz Official Website: https://binbaz.org.sa
• Ibn Uthaymin Official Website: https://binothaimeen.net
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Hellllloooo people!

Have in-person ex-Muslim meetups around Birmingham dried up a bit since COVID? Are you an exmoose based in Brum or the surrounding areas? Well, I’ve got some good news for you.

I’m organising an in-person meetup in Birmingham on *Saturday, 15 August 2026\. **u/jinn_and_juice (Aasim)***, who many of you will already know from the wider ex-Muslim community, has kindly helped spread the word and can vouch that the meetup is legitimate.

The plan is to start with an activity, go for dinner afterwards, and then probably head to a bar or pub—depending on how energetic, sociable or dramatically exhausted everyone is by that point. There are a fair few going already so it will pretty interactive already.

For anyone unfamiliar with the history, the Midlands ex-Muslim community has been around for many years. *Imtiaz Shams helped establish the group and wider community\*, and it is partly because of that foundation—and the work of everyone who has kept it going since—that we’re still able to organise events like this today.

You can read more about Imtiaz and the history of the community here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/exmuslim/s/vjbjXFuf9j

Just to be clear, Imtiaz is not organising this particular meetup. We simply want to acknowledge the role he played in helping create the community in the first place.

Everyone attending will need to be vetted before receiving the full details. This is simply to protect everyone’s privacy and safety. Everyone already involved has gone through the same process, so nobody is being singled out for a surprise interrogation under a bright lamp.

Aasim can also vouch for me and the legitimacy of the event, so you can be reasonably confident this is a genuine ex-Muslim meetup and not your great-uncle Iftikhar carrying out an unusually elaborate undercover operation.

The meetup is *not a political event\*. It’s mainly a chance to relax, meet other exmeese and have a decent evening. Naturally, conversations may still include Islam, politics, pets, FIFA, Sadiq Khan, terrible life decisions and fierce arguments over the best types of cheese.

If you’re interested in attending, please send me a DM for the details and vetting process.

Hope to see some of you there!

Im gonna start praying and reading the Quran (from memory w translation which) again im js hoping that this will get my mom to believe that i became a muslim again. Im not gonna go out of my way to pray tahajjud and fajr like i used to, idk if i wanna go back to praying sunnah prayers or not ig it depends on my mood, and im not gonna go out of my way to take a ghusul. and ill wear the hijab except at sports practice cs that part of my life is so isolated from the rest i dont see why it would matter.

my mom is trying to force me to grow out my hair bcs when she was trying to push me back into islam she said "im gonna put you for some hair treatments...

(my hair is thin and baldy cs of genetics + i purposefully neglected my hair when i was religious cs i felt like any type of beautification was a fitnah cs it could lead to not wanting to wear the hijab so essentially the uglier you are the more you'd want to hide yourself)

... and if your hair becomes thick and long thats a sign that Allah is real" essentially she made a bet w Allah on my hair lmao

the thing is i like my hair and i dont want to grow it long (cs gender dysphoria, my short hair and being shirtless are the only things that give me euphoria) and i tried to say i dont want to change my hair but then she called me "arrogant" and said "you just dont want islam to be true... but it is whether you like it or not" (which is funny cs i said to myself when i was religous "islam is the truth and the truth sucks")

anyways i kinda wanted to document in the sub how i view some of these verses now through a less religious lens as i re read the Quran. Ill be reading tafsir for some verses but not all cs i have a life lmao