Hello CEMB
I am captaindisguise. I am ex-muslim. I left Islam approximately 3 years ago. I call myself an Agnostic Atheist now. [ I was born in a very religious family. My family is Indian. As a muslim child, I was taught a very positive version of Islam.
captaindisguise.. Captaan.. that is a biggy and well written so welcome to CEMB.. Ah Ha! that is It., you Muslims of India and Bangladesh are already half Apostates.. You guy sneed real teaching Islam from preachers of Pakistan.
So How did you find CEMB?? Is it popular in India?? I had never heard Muhammad’s marriage to child Aisha, his battles against Jews, his “prophecies” calling for the genocide of non-muslims. I had never heard of the mistreatment of women or non muslims etc….I believed and I was told a very idealistic view of Islam which was all about peace, spirituality and charity…
Huh! what is new in that?? that is well known., that is true for 100s of millions of Muslims.Unless you read Quran/Hadith/sunnah s and start thinking, you will never go there..
It was when I was around 18 that I started to doubt my beliefs. It bothered me that the only reason I was a muslim and had the conviction that I had was due to my coincidental birth to religious muslim parents. This thought eventually led me to ask myself “why am I a muslim? Why do I believe what I believe?”
18 is a very bad age., Around that age, You Indian Muslims need to move out of India and get education foreign Madarassas.
This process of doubting proved to be destructive to my faith. I was going through a period of questioning almost everything I used to believe. It came to the stage where I started asking whether Islam was a lie ?
I remember when I was around 19, the doubting and questioning had driven me into a spiritual crisis. At this moment, I decided to sit down and read the Quran from cover to cover in the hope that Allah will show me a sign. I sat down opened the quran. Read the first chapter, which is just a normal prayer. Started the 2nd chapter and stopped after reading verse 6 and 7 which goes
“As for the Disbelievers, Whether thou warn them or thou warn them not it is all one for them; they believe not. (6) Allah hath sealed their hearing and their hearts, and on their eyes there is a covering. Theirs will be an awful doom. (7)”
The next words that came out of my mouth were “SCREW THIS”. It was the moment I became an apostate.
That is classic problem with 18 year olds, they have very little patience .. So you never Quran all 114 Chapters?? Just chapter-2 enough for you to Question Islam? That is Sad and you are very smart Captain., I have to read all 114 chapters that to more than 5 times to question Islam and subsequently every faith/Scriptures..
I told my parents about 6 months later (more like they figured it out and forced it out of me). Then they did something wild. They arranged an Islamic scholar from one of the nearby Islamic schools to come and speak to me ( I won’t say his name). He came to my house and the first question I asked him was “How do I know Islam is true?”
Oh common tell me his name., ., is he famous preacher in india??
What followed was every single one of Zakir Naik’s and Harun Yahya’s miracle claims plus a few others that I have never seen anywhere, blasting at me without interval. At the time, I had not looked into any of these claims and I was quite defenseless against the onslaught. I said that I will look into these claims and verify them myself.
Huh! Preacher didn't read Qutran to you but reading f Zakir Naik’s and Harun Yahya’s miracles?? That is worse., Now I know why you left Islam. I think the reason was Zakir Naik’s and Harun Yahya’s miracles., You fed with rubbish they preach.,
Any ways welcome to CEMB and you being from India I wish you could tell the names some famous Islamic preachers of your country..
with best wishes
yeezevee
Topic: Hello CEMB ! I am an ExMuslim