Awoken (former Muslim)
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[Letter from Awoken to Ali Sina]
Testimony of Leaving Islam
Dear Ali Sina,
I am a Somali girl who left Islam 6 years ago. When I left Islam I did was not aware of all the things that I have come to find out about Mohammed and Allah from your website. I left Islam because I always felt that religions were man made institutions created to control the minds of the masses in order to have a more affective ruling by those who sought power in the world. There were also several things like: the dress code and having Arab name, even though you are not; in order to qualify as a Muslim. that did not make sense to me. I used to ask my father, whose name is Abdullah, how it was that his name was Muslim, since the prophet mohammed, whose father was not a Muslim was named Abdullah? All the names that people identify as Muslim names already existed with non-Muslim Arabs. Islam did not create these names. There was also that part about women being considered dirty (as written in the Quran) when she is on her period. Why did Allah give us something which he considered to be filthy??
I could go on forever about all the things that did not make sense about Islam, but I know you already know them. I wanted to just thank you from the bottom of my heart for creating this site. I admire and respect you for it. I will always love you for it. Would you believe me if I ever told you that there was a period in my Muslim years when I was a fanatical Muslim? I used to voluntarily dress like those Taliban women and I used to convert Christians using Ahmad Deedat videos. Even though things didn't make sense, I thought by going deep into it that maybe it will eventually make sense.
There is one little beef I have with you though Sina: I ran into a comment you made where by you said something about explaining Islam in such a manner that even a "~ Muslim" would understand. I am an ex-Muslim black woman and I was surprised that a man with such intellect would make such an ignorant statement. I must say I was disappointed in you. maybe one day you can clarify for me what you meant by that? I want to thank you again for this site and I hope one day we prevail in making Islam a thing of the past. I just wished so many did not have to die in order for this to be.
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