Ex-Muslim voices

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Re: Ex-Muslim voices
Reply #30 - March 20, 2010, 10:53 PM

Quote from: Omaar Khayaam on March 16, 2010, 03:35 AM
I live in a city in the North of England where there is a large minority of Muslims. Amongst the twenty and thirty somethings, there are more and more practicing "brothers" and "sisters", most of them are fairly peace loving individuals, however it doesn't take long for the leopard to change it's spots once it learns that there is an ex-muslim atheist amongst them.

Other than my immediate family, a few relatives and two "friends", there aren't many people aware of my atheism. I've not even bothered telling my nominal muslim friends about it. Simply because it's committing social suicide where I live. I don't think there is anything worse than learning from your wife that she's been taunted or risking your kids being teased and beat up at school. Why would you want to put them through that?

I suppose if you live in a larger city where there isn't so much bigotry, then it might be easier. I've learnt to keep it under wraps from past experience and from people who have been through the backlash of broadcasting their apostasy. I'm just waiting for the kids to get a little older so that I can move from this shitty little city!

How awful that in 21st century UK someone should have to suffer this!
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Reply #31 - March 20, 2010, 11:10 PM

Quote from: Hassan on March 20, 2010, 10:53 PM
How awful that in 21st century UK someone should have to suffer this!

That's just how it is unfortunately.
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Reply #32 - March 21, 2010, 12:06 AM

I dont think the BBC is afraid of exmuslims, they've had Maryam Namazie on the Big Questions before, that was pretty interesting. The guy that hosts that show doesn't seem to be too fond of Islam either.

The BBC have also done a show on exmuslims who have converted to Christianity and as a result have been ostracised from their comunities.

Maybe we're not that interesting...

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Reply #33 - March 22, 2010, 01:47 PM

maybe 'not interesting' isnt quite the reason, could it simply be that screaming Islamoheads,raging Englunders and outraged priests ( yes we buggered thousands of kids ,but that is no reason to be impolite about my religion !! ) get more ratings and are then deemed more interesting?.
It could also be the 2 dimensional political mindset of broadcasters ,where they feel they have to show 'both' sides of an argument,as if each arguement can only have two sides instead of the myriad of positions between or beyond the two put forward.

I think though that to get your own points of view out there these days its not just about the importance or strength of what you have to say but also how media savvy you can be. Its pile of steaming shite of a media we have,howver you can stand at the sidelines indignant or use their own methods against them and do your shouting from within.

According to the polls only 1.6 % of Americans are athiests. So what gives you the right to call the other 80% morons?'
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