This video covers it all: my early Islamic upbringing as a Palestinian Sunni Muslim living in Dubai, the guilt and shame I experienced as a Muslim including my never-nude phase (yep...you read that right), the existential crisis and depression that sparked my doubts about Islam, and finally, my journey away from Islam towards becoming a humanist atheist and Ex-Muslim YouTuber living in Canada today.
I originally did a live stream sharing my story three years ago, but the stream had a lot of technical issues so I'd been meaning to do this improved and extended version for a very long time. And I figured, since this December is Ex-Muslim Awareness Month, now was the perfect occasion.
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LINKS:
Muslim Apologist Tries (And Fails) to Defend Muhammad's Marriage to Aisha:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjDWxe2kqzg
The Banu Qurayza Incident: Why Did Muhammad Allow the Massacre and Enslavement of a Jewish Tribe?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX8fAnlfSNU
Top Six Things Muslims Get Wrong About Ex-Muslims:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMIXicEzApk
Haram Doodles interview @CultstoConsciousness:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks4BhgrF4-c
The Message movie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-F7Cz_ZMEo
Leaving Islam on X/Twitter:
https://x.com/Leaving_Islam
Leaving Islam on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/leavingislam/
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00-2:30 Intro
2:30-22:02 How I first learned Islam
22:02-23:30 My never-nude phase
23:30-29:00 Learning how to pray
29:00-38:31 Islamic education intensifies
38:31-47:09 Learning about the Day of Judgment
47:09-51:40 Positive things about Islam
51:40-1:00:35 Guilt and judgment around sex
1:00:35-1:14:19 My existential crisis
1:14:19-1:24:13 Doubts about Islam
1:24:13-1:26:01 Exploring atheism
1:26:01-1:46:16 Investigating Islam
1:46:16-1:50:44 Accepting life without God
1:50:44-2:00:48 Seeing the harms of Islam/religion
2:00:48-2:03:14 Dating and sex after Islam
2:03:14-2:09:13 Anger at my parents
2:09:13-2:20:32 My “angry ex-Muslim” phase
2:20:32-2:27:11 Criticizing Islam as Secular Spirit
2:27:11-2:29:02 My personal life as an atheist
2:29:02-2:33:47 My dating life as an atheist
2:33:47-2:41:40 My politics as a secular humanist
2:41:40-2:43:48 Normalizing leaving Islam
2:43:58-2:45:11 Outro
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