Al Razi (former Muslim)
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Testimony of Leaving Islam
I was raised in a conservative Muslim family in Kuwait. Now, Kuwait is not as religious as Saudi Arabia. I will give you that. But children have to endure the same level of brainwashing as other Middle Eastern kids. Since as long as I remembered. Every time I tried to do something that my parents disapproved of they would say "Allah will Punish you!". I scoffed at the idea of Allah. He seemed like one of those imaginary cartoon characters. Except he was insane and very violent. But my mother and father believed in him. Surely they can't be wrong?
As the years passed by I began questioning many things taken for granted in Islam. Why did the Quran begin with a chapter that sounded like a prayer? Why did the Second chapter say that Allah sealed the kuffar's hearts? Why are there so many contradictory verses in the Quran? Why are there two different sects of Islam in Kuwait? Why do they keep arguing?
So many questions. As time passed by, I discovered the answer to every single one of them.
The Quran is not divine. It's merely rhymed prose recited by an opportunistic man which was later written by people who wanted to benefit from it as well. The Hadith is just a large mass of nonsense compiled by people who collected stories and myths about Muhammad. The explanations of the Quran were merely the opinions of people whose views agreed with the current time and rulers around them. Islam, evolved, from a seemingly benign make believe thought into a blood thirsty death cult. Because Muhammad's demands changed.
I looked at my family. All of them thinking this life is a piece of crap. My mother does not care about this life. She keeps hoping for the best in the "Life to come". So does my dad. What a waste. They're always so depressed and unwilling to live life. This kind of philosophy only comes from selfish people who don't want to try hard enough at life. The bad part was that my siblings were being dragged into this way of thought as well. Good thing I was able to release them from the absurdity known as Islam. But my parents won't listen. I am wrong, I am corrupted and I am being lead by Satan. I was wrong because I opened the Quran and actually thought about its claims. Every single tool I used to examine Islam is accepted by 90% of Muslims (i.e. Sunnis) as canonical. I didn't read a philosophy book or an anti religion book written by Dawkins or Hitchens. I just used my own common sense plus what they wrote in their books. It doesn't take a tremendous amount of mental effort to free yourself from Islam.
Just a hint of common sense, some logic and reason then presto chango! You're a free person!
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