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  • Hey there!
     OP - February 21, 2013, 09:17 PM
    Im so glad I found this forum. I thought people like me didnt exist. Thrilled to find a place full of murtads and kafirs!

    Im a 24 year old Algerian woman, born and raised in a muslim family. I was practicing and wore hijab til the age of 19, when I moved out. This upset my parents greatly, but they have learned to live with it. My mother still occasionally takes this up with me and tries to make me wear hijab and so on. But they are really a lot more tolerant than what I thought.

    What they dont know is that I've left Islam and been an atheist for 5 years. After I started reading and studying Islam more critically, I felt I couldnt reconcile myself with it. I felt it made life harder for women like me and it made us servants of men. I found leaving Islam liberating and Im generally happier now than as a muslim. I've kept this secret to myself and two other friends.  It is really risky for me to reveal it more. I dont want to dissapoint my family even more either. So Im really glad I've found more people I could share my thoughts with.
  • Hey there!
     Reply #1 - February 21, 2013, 09:38 PM
    Hello and welcome.

    Yes there are lots of people here with a little secret Smiley
    And if there were a God, I think it very unlikely that He would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt His existence - Bertrand Russell
  • Hey there!
     Reply #2 - February 21, 2013, 09:59 PM
    Wow, I'm so glad to see Algerian murtads! Smiley
    Welcome here. Don't worry, you're not alone. Keep that in mind.  parrot
    I also admire you, it must not have been easy for you to take off the hijab especially in an islamic country like Algeria.
    Il faut savoir grandir et aller de l'avant.
  • Hey there!
     Reply #3 - February 21, 2013, 10:01 PM
    Welcome Ines, great to see you  Afro
    "we can smell traitors and country haters"


    Quote from: arX on May 01, 2011, 03:33 AM
    God is Love.
    Love is Blind. Stevie Wonder is blind. Therefore, Stevie Wonder is God.

  • Hey there!
     Reply #4 - February 21, 2013, 11:19 PM
     Smiley hi and welcome ..
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV9vdUjuWxc
  • Hey there!
     Reply #5 - February 21, 2013, 11:30 PM
    Quote from: Ines on February 21, 2013, 09:17 PM
    I thought people like me didnt exist


    I've seen that sentence sooooo many times over the past 5 years from new members.

    Once upon a time I thoughtI was the only one too.

    It saddens me to think there are far more out there who may spend years - or their whole life - thinking they are the only one.
  • Hey there!
     Reply #6 - February 22, 2013, 12:31 AM
    Welcome to the forum  signwelcome


    We really are one big family  down here.
    In my opinion a life without curiosity is not a life worth living
  • Hey there!
     Reply #7 - February 22, 2013, 01:56 AM

    welcome to the forum. are you planning to move to europe or north america?
  • Hey there!
     Reply #8 - February 22, 2013, 03:02 AM
    Hello and welcome parrot

    Yup, there's a lot of murtads running around it seems. Us boring old kaffir aren't very common on this forum compared to the murtads, but I'm sure that's fine Tongue
  • Hey there!
     Reply #9 - February 27, 2013, 09:38 AM
    Quote from: Hassan on February 21, 2013, 11:30 PM
    I've seen that sentence sooooo many times over the past 5 years from new members.

    Once upon a time I thoughtI was the only one too.

    It saddens me to think there are far more out there who may spend years - or their whole life - thinking they are the only one.


    First of all - Welcome to Ines!

    Second of all. Maybe CEMB should have some kind of campaign with posters (if they have funds) - Which says something simple as: "Left Islam? You Are Not Alone!"
    "Beauty is truth, truth beauty," - that is all
            Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.

    - John Keats
  • Hey there!
     Reply #10 - February 27, 2013, 12:10 PM
    ^That's a good idea.

    I'm glad you've found us Ines, especially since you live in an Islamic society. Hopefully this place can serve as a sanctuary away from all the religion that surrounds you IRL. Have a bunny and a parrot


  • Hey there!
     Reply #11 - February 27, 2013, 02:28 PM
    Quote from: Al-Ma`arri on February 27, 2013, 09:38 AM

    Second of all. Maybe CEMB should have some kind of campaign with posters (if they have funds) - Which says something simple as: "Left Islam? You Are Not Alone!"


    I agree. Something that says you are not alone, you are not crazy, you are not wrong. You are RIGHT ON, and here's why...
  • Hey there!
     Reply #12 - February 27, 2013, 02:42 PM
    Quote from: Al-Ma`arri on February 27, 2013, 09:38 AM
    First of all - Welcome to Ines!

    Second of all. Maybe CEMB should have some kind of campaign with posters (if they have funds) - Which says something simple as: "Left Islam? You Are Not Alone!"


    We'd love to do stuff like this. It comes down to resources and time and manpower. Unlike da'wah organisations with funding, we're basically running on voluntary  work.

    If anyone has skills, ideas, designing, video making skills, it would all help get the message across.
    "we can smell traitors and country haters"


    Quote from: arX on May 01, 2011, 03:33 AM
    God is Love.
    Love is Blind. Stevie Wonder is blind. Therefore, Stevie Wonder is God.

  • Hey there!
     Reply #13 - February 27, 2013, 02:51 PM
    That is the gist of the video I'm working on for Allat. I think it's far more useful to let people who are doubting Islam to know that they are not alone and that they are actually correct.
  • Hey there!
     Reply #14 - February 27, 2013, 03:17 PM
    It sounds brilliant. And the positive message and tone is something we definitely should try and get out there.
    "we can smell traitors and country haters"


    Quote from: arX on May 01, 2011, 03:33 AM
    God is Love.
    Love is Blind. Stevie Wonder is blind. Therefore, Stevie Wonder is God.

  • Hey there!
     Reply #15 - February 27, 2013, 07:03 PM
    Quote from: happymurtad on February 27, 2013, 02:28 PM
    I agree. Something that says you are not alone, you are not crazy, you are not wrong. You are RIGHT ON, and here's why...


    Brilliant idea  Afro
  • Hey there!
     Reply #16 - February 27, 2013, 07:04 PM
    Quote from: happymurtad on February 27, 2013, 02:51 PM
    That is the gist of the video I'm working on for Allat. I think it's far more useful to let people who are doubting Islam to know that they are not alone and that they are actually correct.


    Looking forward to it. Afro
  • Hey there!
     Reply #17 - February 27, 2013, 08:29 PM
    Along with 'you're not alone' perhaps you could add:

    You're not evil or bad for questioning Islam, nor are you stubborn or arrogant for having doubts.

    You won't go to hell.

    Hell doesn't exist.

    A god who is both the most merciful of those who show mercy and tortures his creation without end is an impossibility. Such a god does not exist.

    You have nothing to fear.
  • Hey there!
     Reply #18 - February 27, 2013, 08:32 PM
    ^Yep
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