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  • The Apostates by Simon Cottee
     OP - June 23, 2014, 11:29 AM

    Sharing with you the contents page for the forthcoming book "The Apostates - When Muslims Leave Islam" by Simon Cottee, publication date November 2014

    "A candid appraisal of the challenges and consequences of leaving Islam, drawing on interviews conducted in Britain and Canada"

    http://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/apostates/#sthash.8NQj7RU9.dpuf

    CONTENTS

    Acknowledgments
    Preface

    1.   Introduction
    The Sociological Unimagination
    Politics and Theology
    A Methodological Note
    A Cautionary Note

    2.   Aspects of Apostasy
    The Offence of Apostasy
    Apostasy and Related Concepts
    Dimensions of Apostasy
    Apostasy as a Label
    Apostasy and Social Control
    Apostate Narratives and Anti-Apostate Narratives
    Bringing Reality Back In

    3.   Becoming an Apostate: From Islam to Unbelief
    The How of Apostasy
    The Pre-Apostasy Phase
    Doubt
    Pathways to Doubt
    The Phenomenology of Doubt: Guilt, Fear and Loneliness
    Probing Doubts
    Dissatisfaction
    Discord
    The Pains of Jihad
    The Haram and the Halal Voice
    Self-Denunciation
    Deliberation
    Focusing Events for Deliberation
    Macro Deliberation: The Moratorium on Islam
    Micro Deliberation: The Moratorium on the True Self
    Lonely Deliberation: The Silent Moratorium
    The Apostasy Phase
    Disavowal to Self
    The Phenomenology of Disavowal
    Disavowal Rituals: Disclosure and Pigging Out
    Disinvolvement

    4.   Coming Out: Disclosing Apostasy
    Who, When and How?
    The Catch-22 of Disclosure: Outed and Ostracized or Closeted and Crazy
    Recipients of Disclosure
    Motives for Disclosure
    Personal Motives
    Political Motives
    Methods of Disclosure
    Hinting
    Delivery Systems: The Spoken Word and the Written Word
    Sound Systems: Telling Them Softly and Telling Them Loudly
    Themes in Disclosure Narratives
    The Context of Disclosure
    The Impact of Disclosure
    Telling the Family and Their Reaction
    Telling Muslim Friends and Their Reaction
    Telling Non-Muslims and Their Reaction
    Taking It Back: Regret and Recantation
    The Paradoxes of Disclosure

    5.   Staying In: Concealing Apostasy
    The Deceivers and the Deceived
    The Great Mistake
    Motives for Concealment
    Protective Concern
    Self-Protective Concern
    Necessity
    Methods of Concealment
    Camouflaging
    Covering
    Retreating
    Exposure
    The Costs of Concealment
    Frustration
    Shame
    Loneliness
    The Paradox of Concealment

    6.   Hanging On: Managing Apostasy
    The Post-Apostasy Phase: The Ex-Muslim Jihad
    The Lesser Ex-Muslim Jihad
    The Greater Ex-Muslim Jihad
    Exit Wounds
    Disruption
    Disconnection
    Discreditation
    Anti-Apostate Narratives
    Reclaiming the Self
    Reorientation
    Existential Reorientation
    Practical Reorientation
    The Unlearning Process
    Reference
    Redefinition
    The Dissenting I
    The Affirming I
    The Irreducible I
    Reaffirmation
    The Jihad of the Heart
    Blood and Belonging
    The Clash of Expectations
    Submission
    Resistance
    Détente

    7.   Beyond Islam?
    The Never-Ending Story
    What the Apostate Knows
    Religion and Religious Freedom

    Notes
    Glossary of Arabic and Islamic Terms
    Index


    "we can smell traitors and country haters"


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    Love is Blind. Stevie Wonder is blind. Therefore, Stevie Wonder is God.

  • The Apostates by Simon Cottee
     Reply #1 - June 23, 2014, 12:00 PM
    Looking forward reading it!  dance
    "The healthiest people I know are those who are the first to label themselves fucked up." - three
  • The Apostates by Simon Cottee
     Reply #2 - June 23, 2014, 12:03 PM
    Is there an interview about the book?
    No free mixing of the sexes is permitted on these forums or via PM or the various chat groups that are operating.

    Women must write modestly and all men must lower their case.

    http://www.ummah.com/forum/showthread.php?425649-Have-some-Hayaa-%28modesty-shame%29-people!
  • The Apostates by Simon Cottee
     Reply #3 - June 23, 2014, 12:09 PM
    That contents page reads like something right up my street. I eagerly await an electronic copy!

    I actually sent Mr. Cottee a message about the book and possible interview(s) but I was (and still am, to an extent) going through a depressive phase, so I haven't been able to follow it up.
  • The Apostates by Simon Cottee
     Reply #4 - June 23, 2014, 12:18 PM
    http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Apostates-Muslims-Leave-Islam/dp/1849044694/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1403525855&sr=8-2&keywords=simon+cottee

    On Amazon to pre-order.
  • The Apostates by Simon Cottee
     Reply #5 - June 23, 2014, 12:18 PM
    Will there be an online version of it?
    Because if my parents see it in my hands, it's gonna be  the end. Lol
  • The Apostates by Simon Cottee
     Reply #6 - June 23, 2014, 12:20 PM
    I'm of course dying to read it, just a bit surprised that there was no advance sharing of the findings with those involved in the interview process.  Unless I missed that part.....but then again I am contactable through other methods.

    As it stands right now, I have no idea how I, or other ex muslims appear within the book, which seems to breach the whole promises made at the start.  To share transcripts, and be involved in the process itself, with a chance to say yea or nay to the way one has been portrayed.

    Inhale the good shit, exhale the bullshit.
  • The Apostates by Simon Cottee
     Reply #7 - June 23, 2014, 12:33 PM
    Just noticed my message didn't go though. Will it be in mainstream bookshops? WHSmith, Waterstones, Barnes and Nobel, etc?
    `But I don't want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked.
     `Oh, you can't help that,' said the Cat: `we're all mad here. I'm mad.  You're mad.'
     `How do you know I'm mad?' said Alice.
     `You must be,' said the Cat, `or you wouldn't have come here.'
  • The Apostates by Simon Cottee
     Reply #8 - June 23, 2014, 01:22 PM
    Quote from: INcePtion on June 23, 2014, 12:18 PM
    Will there be an online version of it?
    Because if my parents see it in my hands, it's gonna be  the end. Lol


    Ask on Amazon for the publisher to produce a kindle version of the book and then download the Kindle app for your computer. They may oblige and produce a kindle copy.
  • The Apostates by Simon Cottee
     Reply #9 - June 23, 2014, 01:23 PM
    Quote from: BerberElla on June 23, 2014, 12:20 PM
    I'm of course dying to read it, just a bit surprised that there was no advance sharing of the findings with those involved in the interview process.  Unless I missed that part.....but then again I am contactable through other methods.

    As it stands right now, I have no idea how I, or other ex muslims appear within the book, which seems to breach the whole promises made at the start.  To share transcripts, and be involved in the process itself, with a chance to say yea or nay to the way one has been portrayed.




    Oh no. Email the Author asking about this?
  • The Apostates by Simon Cottee
     Reply #10 - June 23, 2014, 01:37 PM
    Quote from: Lilyesque on June 23, 2014, 01:22 PM
    Ask on Amazon for the publisher to produce a kindle version of the book and then download the Kindle app for your computer. They may oblige and produce a kindle copy.

    thanks
  • The Apostates by Simon Cottee
     Reply #11 - February 22, 2015, 02:27 PM
    Does anyone know anything about the release date for this book? It was due last year and it seems the date is constantly pushed back on Amazon and Hurst. I know that the author has been publishing a lot of articles for various media outlets and they each seem to mention a different release date. Just wondering here if the book is being postponed to build up profile and pre-sales marketing campaigns.
  • The Apostates by Simon Cottee
     Reply #12 - March 09, 2015, 08:44 AM
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    Does anyone know anything about the release date for this book? It was due last year and it seems the date is constantly pushed back on Amazon and Hurst. I know that the author has been publishing a lot of articles for various media outlets and they each seem to mention a different release date. Just wondering here if the book is being postponed to build up profile and pre-sales marketing campaigns.


    According to a shop here, it'll be released on 1 april.
  • The Apostates by Simon Cottee
     Reply #13 - March 09, 2015, 08:47 AM
    It's already out.
    Before it gets too late, you will find escape.
  • The Apostates by Simon Cottee
     Reply #14 - March 09, 2015, 09:50 AM
    I pre-ordered the book. It arrived several days ago and I've nearly finished reading it. It is already available via Amazon.

    As for the constant delays of the book, I PM'd Simon about them and he was having some issues. He cant talk about it publicly... So I'll leave it to him to say what he wants on the matter if you guys feel he needs to.

    Quote from: BerberElla on June 23, 2014, 12:20 PM
    I'm of course dying to read it, just a bit surprised that there was no advance sharing of the findings with those involved in the interview process.  Unless I missed that part.....but then again I am contactable through other methods.

    According to Simon, the publisher was not making this an easy task for him. Our stories are spread throughout the book (and there's 35 of us), and the publisher wanted him to send us only the parts referring to us. It's a lot of work for Simon so he apologised to us all that this would take waay too long and he would not be able to do it.

    This message was sent to you (and several others) on CEMB on December 10th 2014, I can see you in the 'sent to' list.

    Quote
    As it stands right now, I have no idea how I, or other ex muslims appear within the book, which seems to breach the whole promises made at the start.  To share transcripts, and be involved in the process itself, with a chance to say yea or nay to the way one has been portrayed.

    I was a bit upset about this too. I do have the book however so I will let you guys know how you are talked about in the book (PM me if you want specifics).

    After the preface and before the Introduction chapter, there is a short chapter called 'Principle Characters'. It has a brief intro of each of the 35 people talked about in the book. I'll post my intro so you know what to expect:

    Alia lives in South Yorkshire (UK). where she works as a programmer in web development. She was born in Pakistan in 1987, and moved to the UK with her family shortly after birth. Describes her parents as 'traditional sunni muslims'. She is an atheist and open about this to her family, from whom she is estranged. She lives with her boyfriend, who is also an atheist.

    I wish Simon had atleast emailed us with these sections. They can be pretty identifiable. I can understand why he wants this info in there, it makes us more human to the reader and therefore easier to empathise with, but I can see it upsetting a few people.

    I have already posted about this book a few days ago in the Resources section. I plan on reviewing it bit by bit but I've been too busy to do a write-up. I will do a further review today.

    I still have another 2 chapters to go so those will be reviewed sometime this week.
    ~My story~
    ~Collection of unethical hadiths/surahs~
  • The Apostates by Simon Cottee
     Reply #15 - March 09, 2015, 11:37 AM
    Was this a PM on here? I only ask because I didn't get one (although I had other reasons to be distracted on Dec 10).
    Before it gets too late, you will find escape.
  • The Apostates by Simon Cottee
     Reply #16 - March 09, 2015, 01:14 PM
    You don't seem to have been addressed toor. At least not on the one I was sent, the following people are included in my email:

    The book -
    Sent to: BerberElla, allat, Stardust, PeruvianSkies, billy, z10, Iraqi Atheist, nesrin, Abood, ateapotist, Kodanshi, Pepe

    ~My story~
    ~Collection of unethical hadiths/surahs~
  • The Apostates by Simon Cottee
     Reply #17 - March 09, 2015, 06:56 PM
    LOL I read the sample I like the use of "douchebag" in an otherwise professionally written study hahahah.
    إطلب العلم ولو في الصين

    Es sitzt keine Krone so fest und so hoch,
    Der mutige Springer erreicht sie doch.

    I don't give a fuck about your war, or your President.
  • The Apostates by Simon Cottee
     Reply #18 - March 09, 2015, 07:05 PM
    Someday, when it comes time to write up the influence of The Sopranos on the English-language written word, this book will be cited in a footnote.
    Before it gets too late, you will find escape.
  • The Apostates by Simon Cottee
     Reply #19 - May 07, 2015, 09:02 AM
    In the Valley of the Shadow of Asil, on page 120, a new Nadir:

    Quote
    Many closeted respondents said they did it out of protective concern for their families: they didn't want to hurt them. Most of all, they didn't want to hurt their parents. Coming out, they were convinced, would inflict not just hurt, but terrible pain and torment. And shock and even despair.


    Not sure I've ever read such a badly-written book.

    I'll struggle on to the end, but what a wasted opportunity, and what a travesty of the stories that could be told by those on this forum.

    I feel for thee even as I feel for me - 92 tooth-grinding pages to go.
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