As an ex-Muslim Christian, I have experience spending time with Muslims and Christians in many different circumstances, which include, but were not limited to, their respective places of worship, i.e. the mosque and the church. I will now compare how attending the mosque as a Muslim is different from attending the church as a Christian, […]
Germany: Man leaves Islam, Muslim threatens him, accuses him of insulting Muhammad
“On the one hand I want to de-escalate, but on the other hand it annoys me that it’s impossible to criticize Islam without it being considered an insult.” Welcome to my world, Mr. Sherwan. This is true the world over. And the worst part is that the non-Muslim world accepts this claim uncritically. “Ex-Muslim in […]
Sudan: Four converts to Christianity arrested under apostasy law that was annulled in 2020
This recalls the case of Robert Hussein Qambar Ali, a Kuwaiti national who converted from Islam to Christianity in the 1990s. Hussein was arrested and tried for apostasy, even though the Kuwaiti Constitution guaranteed the freedom of religion and said nothing about the traditional Islamic prohibition on conversion to another faith. Mohammad Al-Jadai, one of […]
Uganda: Muslims murder convert to Christianity for leading other Muslims to convert
The death penalty for apostasy is part of Islamic law. It’s based on the Qur’an: “They wish you would disbelieve as they disbelieved so you would be alike. So do not take from among them allies until they emigrate for the cause of Allah. But if they turn away, then seize them and kill them […]
From Muslim to Christian: My Journey (Part 7)
Part 1Part 2Part 3Part 4Part 5Part 6 While I was in that state of spiritual confusion, I didn’t know what to do or who to turn to, so I made dua to Allah, asking for help, because I felt that only Allah would understand, but it didn’t work. I tried reading many passages of the […]
From Muslim to Christian: My Journey (Part 5)
Part 1Part 2Part 3Part 4 My goal at trying to prove that Islam was a Religion of Peace continued to get more difficult because I found more Islamic teachings and practises that had nothing to do with Jihad, such as capital punishments prescribed by Sharia that I unknowingly condemned. I discovered how Sharia was really […]
From Muslim to Christian: My Journey (Part 4)
Part 1Part 2Part 3 I was taught by my Maulana that Jihad has nothing to do with holy war, but was about internal spiritual struggle. I assumed that warfare was just something that Muhammad and his followers participated in for sake of protecting the Muslim community from persecution, rather than the purpose of spreading and […]
From Muslim to Christian: My Journey (Part 3)
Part 1Part 2 As this journey continued, I had seen a large number of YouTube videos that began to shake my belief that Islam was a Religion of peace. I cannot name all of them because I do not remember them all, but one of them was called “Muslim Leader Admits Islam Not a Religion […]
From Muslim to Christian: My Journey (Part 2)
Part 1 is here. I had also heard many theories from other Muslims on social media. One of those theories was that Wahhabism is to blame for ISIS. Another theory was that ISIS are the modern day Khawarij that Prophet Muhammad reportedly warned us about. Another theory was that Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi, the leader […]
From Muslim to Christian: My Journey (Part 1)
Introduction: This is my written testimony of how I went from being a Muslim to Christian. Disclaimers: If there are any Muslims reading this, I suggest that you take great caution because I have used a lot of strong terminology that will likely offend you, and you might end up reading something that you wish […]