u/Cupcakke_slurper_03

Hey guys ex Muslim here. I’ve been a lurker of this sub for a little while and from I noticed, so many of the posts made towards Christianity and christians can easily be applied to Islam and Muslims. The reason why I see Islam as the other side of the same coin is because it has almost the same number of followers as Christianity today and is colonial like Christianity. You can even call Islam an Arab man’s spinoff of Christianity cause of so many things like nonbelievers being in hell for eternity, Adam and Eve, etc. I keep telling various ex Christians on TikTok “same thing about Islam” in various posts. Except from my view, I’d argue that Islam is even worse than Christianity cause most women regularly cover up head to toe like how misogynistic is that? And how you have to blindly memorize the Quran in a 1,000+ Arabic dialect and pray to god 5 times a day which makes god even more narcissistic than the one from the bible. These 2 giant Abrahamic cults take up over half of the entire populations planet. I can go on and on all day long about why Islam is essentially Christianity’s cousin. They both enslaved millions of people and erased entire cultures. Sorry if my post can seem a little bit jumbled but like I said, I can go on and on all day long about why Islam and Christianity are just the same coin. Those 2 are the worst offenders when it comes to common criticisms of religion in general. To all of those on this sub thinking about converting to Islam, DON’T!!!

This definitely isn’t a Muslim hate post but I feel like I need to share this feeling on here that I finally found the words to describe it. I live in the United States and for a while even before I left Islam, It would bother me and I’d get weirded out when I see random Muslims out in public such as the park, the store, walking outside, them as customers at my old job, and even in traffic. I’m like “Damn, I can’t believe I’m associated with this kind of people and I wish I never grew up under their religion”. If I never grew up Muslim then I wouldn’t gaf about Muslims even existing. For example if I’m having a nice peaceful time at a park alone and I see a Muslim family arrive I’m like, nope. I love my late afternoon walks but the majority of the times, I would see at least some Muslims and that includes them driving by me. I live in a suburban neighborhood in Florida where Muslims are common since my old mosque is around 2 miles/3km away from my home. One of my city’s neighborhoods not far from me that I actually really like due to how connected to nature it really is but what really irks me is that fact that it’s filled with Muslims and it’s full of countless businesses ran by Arab immigrants. I literally can’t get myself to go there very often cause that would mean that I have to prepare getting bothered by seeing Muslims and being reminded of the fact that I was born in an Arab Muslim family which I really wish I wasn’t. I feel the same feelings when I’m alone and I hear Arabic speakers, which literally makes me wish I could just erase all the Arabic from my brain and understand nothing cause I genuinely dislike that colonial language that much. Let me know if you guys in non Muslim countries get similar weirded out feelings like me whenever you see random Muslims cause I could really use someone to relate to.

Hey guys, 23M who left Islam last year. I’ve been dealing with the fear and anxiety of what if I somehow get pulled back into Islam ever since last March which thankfully I’ve been healing from. Earlier I’ve been feeling the true effects of leaving religion such as some religious trauma and even fear when I see any symbol or phrase relating to Islam. It was so exhausting and I would get anxiety attacks seeing apologist responses and Islamic propaganda. I’ve even been fearing heaven way more than Hell cause I thought it would somehow pull me back into Islam when really it was just grief that I was suppressing because I thought grief would make me want to go back to Islam. I let it all out and thankfully, it didn’t alter my views. Once I let all my grief out, I started feeling better and lighter. I still feel some fear and anxiety left but at least it’s easier for me to be happy and distract myself. I’m dealing with existential dread now though. Lmk if any of you guys went through this similar experience months after leaving Islam