Apostacy from Islam in Britain

http://religiousreader.org/apostasy-islam-britain-god-trust/

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Apostasy can feel like a dirty word. Ex-Muslims who leave Islam often feel like outsiders, rebels, and without community. Naturally like any group ex-Muslims are not homogenous. We are of different ethnic backgrounds and hold varying political views. Some left Islam after the death of a loved one when they began to question the validity of a moral God that oversees a cruel world. Others like myself were unable to reconcile ideological differences with the religion that we were raised in. Atheists and agnostics of Muslim heritage are under threat and facing isolation in many places in the world including Britain. The recent horrific murders of atheist bloggers Avjit Roy and Washiqur Rahman in Bangladesh has highlighted the necessity for those of us who consider freedom of belief as a fundamental human right to raise our voices.

Many ex-Muslims in the UK are from countries where sharia is part of the penal code. Prison sentences, the annulling of marriage contracts and execution is a reality for those like us born to Muslim parents who choose our own beliefs. Although apostates in Britain are not subjected to these inhumane practices, the taboo of apostasy is severe enough that some apostates live in fear that their families may find out. I have spoken to ex-Muslims in Britain as young as sixteen who struggling with the potential backlash to their loss of faith. One told me that she feels alienated and depressed even though her family do not know about her irreligious views. Just like other closeted ex-Muslim women she still has to wear hijab which she finds suffocating.....

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