Recently, an ex-Muslim of Shia background—Ithna’ashariyyah to be precise—came out publicly to her friends and family on Facebook. While it was a shock to some of them, this is something she’s already come to terms with a long time ago. For privacy, I won’t include the original post—just a collection of my comments on it […]
Memes Missing References: The ‘True Islam’ & ‘Muslims for Peace’ Campaigns
I often see memes from Ahmadi Muslim outreach campaigns on Twitter that aim to convey Islam in a progressive light. The statements are meant to break stereotypes about Islam. The memes are often provocative in that way. This post is part critique and part advice for those creating such memes. The trouble is that often—even […]
Why Focus on Islam if Christianity has More Adherents?
Why do I focus on critiquing Islam and not Christianity? A Muslim on Twitter asks in this conversation. I haven’t been asked this before, and I would think it obvious—but apparently not. See my response below this Twitter exchange. Firstly, I do make the occasional references to Christianity. See this blog post for an example. […]
Changing Species: On Dogs and Wolves
This post explores an exchange about Ahmadi Muslim claims regarding speciation and evolution, as gleaned from the Q&A section of the Rational Religion website’s page on Evolution. Twitter user @hasanahmad80 (Hasan Ahmad) responded to my tweet, correcting me on my supposition that dogs evolved from wolves. This post is my more detailed response to Hasan. […]
Advice to Cultural Muslims on Reconciling with Leaving Islam
I often receive messages from Muslims, including former Ahmadi Muslims, who no longer believe. But they stick around as cultural Muslims because they enjoy the sense of community they’ve grown up with. They wish and hope for there to be an afterlife. They just cannot accept Islam theologically as they’ve taken a critical and close […]
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