Atheist-Kuwaiti (former Muslim)

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Atheist-Kuwaiti Personal information Country of origin    Kuwait Gender    M Age    22 Faith Information Current worldview Atheist Born or convert to Islam? Born into Islam Parents' worldview Islam

Testimony of Leaving Islam

I'm a 22 year old student from Kuwait. I was born and raised in Kuwait city to Muslim parents, although I never saw my father pray in his life. My mother and the rest of the family are pretty religious. Since I was young, I have hated praying and thought of it as a waste of time and that there was no point of doing it, but I was forced to. I used to lie to my mother about praying. Since then, the day came when my mother said: "I don't see you pray anymore" I explained, saying: "Mom, I never prayed, and will not pray, so just leave me alone and accept as I am." She later accepted it and since then she never bothered me about praying; not even once!

Now, since I have become brave enough to tell my mom that I left Islam, I have the confidence to tell everyone I know! Many of my friends have stopped talking to me. I have some relatives that said that I am sick and evil and don't deserve to live a good life! But overall, I have gotten more respect from the open-minded side of my family and friends for having the guts to speak out. i even wrote a poem I want to share with you about religion:

Religion it's all about control

Don't drink, don't eat

Don't f**k

Do this, Do that

Allah is very controlling

Maybe he doesn't exist

If he does why he cares if I drank a glass of wine,

with pork and then f*cked my lover

Why he cares?

Isn't he busy controlling the universe

So this is my conclusion:

Religion

It's all about control

So I decided to be free

A free soul

And let my soul guide me to what is right and wrong

You can't imagine how liberating it is to be yourself - not hiding under this evil religion. You can't imagine how my life is so much better than before; the feeling of freedom is overwhelming. Thank you for this website, I'm very glad to find people who went through my experience being an outcast in an anti-liberty region.

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