“The day I took off my headscarf”
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- 22/07 American: ‘Return to Islam or I'll kill you now’ said my friend
- 11/07 Maldivian: Accused of disrupting religious unity in the Maldives
- 03/07 Uyghur: Dad locked me in for 3 months when I took off my hijab
- 23/06 Canadian: I decided to take a look at Islam objectively
- 16/05 Sudanese: When I stopped pretending, my friend tried to kill me
- 17/02 Saudi: Here is my ID, I announce leaving Islam
- 24/01 Iraqi: Forced to believe, forced to wear hijab, I escaped
- 29/12 Saudi: ‘I announce leaving Islam.’ Saudis embrace freedom
- 21/08 Iraqi: Mom, why do you want me killed by Daesh?
- 14/06 Saudi: If our father kidnaps us back to Saudi Arabia we will die
- 02/04 Sudanese: I am no more a Muslim: they need me to die
- 29/03 Sudanese: The Muslim Brotherhood is after me to kill me
- 28/03 Egyptian: Egypt bans my existence, Twitter bans my voice
- 12/03 Moroccan: They kill us ex-Muslims to stop us from talking
- 02/02 Turkish: Is Twitter siding with our oppressors?
- 06/01 Saudi: My family will kill me if I go back
- 08/11 Iranian: Iranian women have a dream: the end of forced hijab
- 04/08 Saudi: I fear not to die but to fail
- 26/07 Ethiopian: How I became an ex-Muslim activist
- 23/07 Ethiopian: Many are secretly leaving Islam in America
- 21/07 Saudi: Many ex-Muslim women hide in Saudi Arabia
- 19/07 Moroccan: A religion with a way in but no way out
- 14/07 Canadian: Did you just call fully covered women ‘beautiful’?
- 14/07 Canadian: What was it like leaving Islam?
- 12/07 British: This is the first time I say it: I am an ex-Muslim
- 09/07 LGBT: Persecution of gays of Muslim heritage must end
- 08/07 Saudi: Our own brothers will kill us if they find us
- 04/07 British: Wonderful Muslims don't make Islam wonderful
- 04/07 British: I didn't know one could just leave Islam
- 30/06 Iranian: Time to break free from the source of our problems
- 28/06 Qatari: I don't want to wear hijab or pray, I want to be free
- 25/06 American: I had bought into a whitewashed Islam
- 20/06 Syrian: I escaped, if my family finds me they will kill me
- 19/06 Pakistani: Studying physics led me out of Islam
- 17/06 Egyptian: I realized I am not alone
- 05/06 Moroccan: A proud Muslim for 25 years, I've had enough
- 03/06 Kurdish: I thought Europe would be a free place
- 01/06 Iranian: I cannot believe in the Quran anymore
- 30/05 Lebanese: Fear is keeping many ex-Muslims in the closet
- 28/05 British: We Muslims are not free to ask too many questions
- 27/05 British: Inner thoughts of a questioning Muslim
- 23/05 Canadian: Social networks are censoring us
- 19/05 Pakistani: I never had any say in what I believed
- 16/05 Saudi: I am from Mecca; there is no love in the Quran
- 14/05 Bahraini: I am now exposed to the whole truth on Islam
- 11/05 The Movement: The ex-Muslim struggle is real(ly invisible)
- 10/05 British: How has leaving Islam affected you?
- 08/05 Egyptian: Muslim woman, how can you accept being beaten?
- 07/05 Egyptian: Muslim woman, don't be fooled by men
- 06/05 Egyptian: Muslim woman, how could you accept such a life?
- 04/05 Chechen: Mohammed legalized slavery
- 29/04 Turkish: I am not afraid anymore
- 07/04 Saudi: The helpline reported me to my abusing father
- 02/04 Bangladeshi: Those who want me dead at home are in Australia
- 28/03 Saudi: End the male guardianship system in Saudi Arabia
- 27/03 Jordanian: We are reclaiming our rights
- 26/03 American: I thought I was the only ex-Muslim
- 21/03 Saudi: The Saudi prisons for women victims of abuse
- 19/03 Iraqi: How Tunisians gained ground against Islamic extremists
- 17/03 Jordanian: Muslims, what if Islam is not the truth?
- 11/03 Moroccan: Once they knew, the manhunt began
- 11/03 Moroccan: Don't be afraid: talk, debate!
- 09/03 Somali: Mohammed made me leave Islam
- 08/03 Pakistani: We ex-Muslims need a platform to speak out
- 07/03 British: Islamic rules were not aligned with my own ethics
- 04/03 British: The day I took off my headscarf
- 02/03 Australian: Millions could come out as ex-Muslims
- 28/02 Pakistani: I am a blasphemy, anyone could kill me
- 26/02 Sudanese: Dad used to beat me ‘for my own good’
- 24/02 Lebanese: We are rising, political change is inevitable
- 22/02 Somali: They call Islam peaceful but kill you if you leave
- 17/02 British: Islam was used to control everything I did and thought
- 17/02 Apostasy Law: How would you treat an ex-Muslim?
- 14/02 Australian: Why leaving Islam needs to be normalized
- 13/02 Canadian: Fled Saudi blasphemy law, found its Canadian version
- 10/02 Iranian: Anti-'Islamophobia' legislation silences ex-Muslim voices
- 05/02 Iranian: Solidarity with women of Iran oppressed by forced hijab
- 04/02 Saudi: ‘World Hijab Day’ insults millions of women and girls
- 03/02 Iranian: Women of Iran are standing up against forced hijab
- 02/02 Australian: Even in Australia, we ex-Muslims are in danger
- 31/01 British: Why I left ISIS and Islam
- 29/01 Bangladeshi: Killed for expressing thoughts on Islam
- 24/01 Egyptian: Many would expect spiritual reward for killing me
- 24/01 Australian: I remember the day I took off my hijab
- 20/01 Australian: I am terrified someone finds out
- 19/01 British: I spent 25 years as a Muslim: we need to talk!
- 17/01 Egyptian: Genitally mutilated, beaten, but I'll exercise my rights
- 15/01 Egyptian: I told my devout family I am taking off my hijab
- 06/01 Women's Rights: This verse established wife beating as lawful
- 03/01 Saudi: I left Islam after I discovered what Mohammed did
- 02/01 The Movement: YOU (ex-Muslim) ARE NOT ALONE
- 02/11 Saudi: Six reasons why I left Islam
- 28/10 Saudi: If you're watching this, something bad happened to me
- 28/10 Saudi: My family wants to kill me, the government offers me jail
- 16/10 Bangladeshi: Ex-Muslim because I believe in freedom
- 16/10 Bangladeshi: Tell the world proudly why you are an ex-Muslim
- 12/10 Lebanese: There's a backlash against our rise
- 09/10 British: Your religion offends me for teaching to kill me
- 05/10 British: How you can help an ex-Muslim
- 03/10 The Movement: We ex-Muslims will be silent no more
- 01/10 Algerian: Shocked by the content of a street prayer in Paris
- 24/09 Moroccan: Claiming Islam is good won't change reality
- 24/09 American: The stigma-silence-isolation-fear vicious circle
- 21/09 Saudi: Shamed at UN Human Rights for its inhuman law
- 20/09 Lebanese: Raised as a Muslim, every moment felt like trauma
- 19/09 Lebanese: I had no choice but to say ‘I like wearing hijab’
- 18/09 British: Not free to be ourselves in the free Europe
- 17/09 Moroccan: They think they do you a favor by killing you
- 15/09 Canadian: Many liberals shut us ex-Muslims down
- 13/09 American: Raised around misogyny and Jew hatred in America
- 09/09 American: I was tired of hating and cursing my enemies
- 08/09 Saudi: We need dad back, free Raif Badawi!
- 05/09 British: Must I still say ‘Islamism’ or just ‘Islam’?
- 31/08 German: I ran away to Germany as a refugee from Islam
- 30/08 Bangladeshi: Abolish Islamic laws that bring injustice, inequality
- 28/08 Saudi: I announce leaving Islam and Saudi Arabia
- 26/08 Canadian: I am done covering myself for Islam, so here I am
- 24/08 American: We ex-Muslims are the next civil rights movement
- 24/08 Canadian: We are beaten, flogged, disowned, honor killed
- 20/08 Jordanian: Face the Islamic tsunami, encourage our tsunami
- 18/08 Jordanian: We die for our freedom in Jordan, don't give up yours
- 16/08 Swedish: What's the point of being a Muslim?
- 16/08 Saudi: Westerners don't have a clue about Islam
- 14/08 American: Bring sharia law to America? This would happen to us
- 08/08 American: Be serious and you will find a way to escape
- 08/08 Iranian: What Muslim reformers fight for can't be called Islam
- 06/08 Irish: This mosque teaches hate to impressionable youth
- 03/08 Western: Muted voices underneath mosque’s loudspeakers
- 30/07 American: Is there really only one Quran?
- 28/07 Sudanese: They still enslave non-Muslims here
- 26/07 Iranian: I attempted suicide at 12 years old to win heaven
- 22/07 Pakistani: Abandoning Islam here is like having a death wish
- 21/07 British: Free speech is crucial to ridicule bad ideas
- 20/07 The Movement: We're millions, we're here, we're ex-Muslims
- 19/07 American: Cultures are being erased to adopt Islamic identity
- 18/07 German: Gender segregation generates latent bisexuality
- 17/07 German: Many have to pretend to be Muslims
- 03/07 Danish: Despite the risks, I wrote my story to prompt dialogue
- 03/07 Somali: A man is never allowed to hit his wife
- 03/07 Iranian: I have the right to choose my clothes and my faith
- 03/07 Egyptian: Egypt aims to ‘deradicalize’ ex-Muslims
- 02/07 Canadian: Criticizing ideas moves societies forward
- 02/07 Canadian: Millions forced to publicly identify as Muslims
- 23/06 Sudanese: I left Islam because I was born a gay man
- 21/06 Canadian: Why would I follow Mohamed's arbitrary guidelines?
- 18/06 Moroccan: Islam silences us in both the East and the West
- 15/06 Moroccan: Hiding and suffering in freedomphobic Morocco
- 10/06 British: I questioned the things no one is allowed to ask
- 09/06 British: I left Islam in Sudan then faced threats in the UK
- 06/06 British: Ex-Muslim videos woke me up to questioning
- 06/06 British: I believed afterlife will be a lot better than life
- 01/06 Kuwaiti: Owning slaves is allowed in Islam
- 31/05 Bangladeshi: I'm an ex-Muslim because I believe in equality
- 27/05 German: Stunned by the naivety of the West
- 27/05 German: Questioning Mohammed's actions is considered a sin
- 27/05 German: A sword now hangs over my head
- 22/05 Iraqi: The hidden meaning of the daily Islamic prayer
- 18/05 The Movement: Ex-Muslims, let's break the law of silence!
- 15/05 Somali: Caught by her family as she moved away from Islam
- 13/05 American: I couldn't defend Mohammed's morality anymore
- 07/05 Somali: Appeasing Islamists invites more aggression
- 06/05 Saudi: Shocking UN answer to the enslavement of Saudi women
- 29/04 Pakistani: I left Islam because of how it treats women
- 26/04 Canadian: Muslim author under threat for questioning Islam
- 22/04 Pakistani: I awoke and found the world still asleep
- 18/04 Egyptian: Sayyid al-Qimni on an immoral Islamic jurisprudence
- 14/04 Afghan: Islam is a global problem, it is time to…
- 11/04 Tunisian: Treated like a terrorist for promoting secularism
- 08/04 Somali: Islamic schools inculcate the inferiority of human law
- 08/04 Somali: These women defend laws that steal their rights
- 05/04 British: Lots of us British Muslims fear to speak up against Islam
- 30/03 British: Fear of being attacked silences us
- 27/03 Indian: Murdered by friends for losing faith
- 24/03 American: Don't shame kids who question Islam
- 24/03 American: Islam views peace and killing as non-conflicting ideas
- 23/03 Egyptian: Better in danger but free than safe without freedom
- 22/03 Egyptian: Even here in Sweden we are afraid to come out
- 20/03 Saudi: We left Saudi Arabia and are now leaving Islam
- 18/03 French: Why you rarely meet open ex-Muslims
- 16/03 Saudi: We escaped Saudi Arabia, Islam and its law of fear
- 06/03 Egyptian: Could violent Islamic laws be updated?
- 05/03 Egyptian: Should society give freedom to teach unfreedom?
- 03/03 Yemeni: I see God in flowers, you see him in graveyards
- 01/03 Saudi: I fled to Canada and found imams calling for my death
- 26/02 British: Many turn away from Islam in secrecy
- 23/02 Syrian: I hid my disbelief so my family wouldn't kill me
- 23/02 Syrian: My time as a devout Muslim was a period of stupor
- 22/02 Syrian: My family would kill me for not believing
- 11/02 German: Be watchful, engage, criticize, speak up!
- 10/02 Moroccan: Lots of us are suffering, wish to die, have nothing
- 10/02 Moroccan: Islam rewards men with power, money and sex
- 03/02 Somali: Nothing demeans women more than Islamic law
- 02/02 German: Why I don't believe Islam can be reformed
- 01/02 British: Mum said ‘If it's between you and Allah, I choose Allah’
- 31/01 British: I blame the killings of ex-Muslims on Mohammed
- 30/01 German: A culture of intimidation dominates, we never question
- 29/01 Palestinian: What if your sister tells you she doesn't believe?
- 24/01 American: Tahani Mansour was honor killed by her own dad
- 23/01 British: Mum said ‘You can't tell anybody else, they'd kill you’
- 22/01 American: Philosophy and morality impacted me
- 22/01 American: The world immediately felt like a more beautiful place
- 19/01 Bangladeshi: A scientist murdered for questioning Islam
- 18/01 British: The ex-Muslim trap in 4 steps
- 14/01 British: I just wish my parents accepted me the way I am
- 13/01 Canadian: How weak is your faith if no questioning is allowed?
- 12/01 The Movement: An untold battle within Muslim communities
- 07/01 Saudi: Enough, I quit Islam and the Saudi army
- 03/01 Saudi: Atheists are terrorists, they invite others to retaliate
- 02/01 Apostasy Law: The most shocking of all Islamic laws 01/01/2017
- 31/12 American: Closet tips for closeted ex-Muslims
- 30/12 Afghan: My child bride voice against sharia
- 27/12 British: I used to think I was the only one who left Islam
- 27/12 Egyptian: My belief is none of your business!
- 27/12 British: Even in the UK my life is threatened
- 26/12 British: My parents would be blamed for not killing me
- 26/12 British: I told my parents I am not a Muslim anymore
- 20/12 French: Islamophobia, an intellectual imposture
- 16/03 French: If a Muslim race exists, how can I be an atheist?
- 18/12 Apostasy Law: TV viewers voted ‘Kill him’
- 15/12 British: My family now sees me as the enemy
- 15/12 Somali: And one day I realized that my prophet was immoral
- 09/12 British: Can a child of devout parents leave Islam?
- 09/12 British: Killing us is not a wahhabi or a salafi law, it is Islam
- 08/12 Egyptian: If my family found out, they'd do what Islam dictates
- 06/12 British: My friends have to pretend they believe
- 06/12 Saudi: We Saudi women live in slavery 01/01/2016