Former Muslims Reveal Heartbreaking Reasons Why They Left Islam on Trending Twitter Hashtag

Leah Marieann Klett : Dec 2, 2015
The Gospel Herald

"#ExMuslimBecause my own mother told me I should be killed because I didn't believe the same things she did." -Yas

(United Kingdom)—Using the hashtag #ExMuslimBecause, thousands of former Muslims are taking to social media to reveal why they left Islam—and some of the reasons are heartbreaking. (Photo via Gospel Herald)

Islam is one of the largest religions in the world, with over 1 billion followers. According to the Pew Research Center, Muslims will grow more than twice as fast as the overall world population between 2010 and 2050 and, in the second half of this century, will likely surpass Christians as the world's largest religious group.

However, there are at least thirteen Muslim majority nations on earth where apostasy and atheism are punishable by death, according to a report from the Huffington Post. In addition, in Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of Islam and Mohammed, atheists are considered terrorists.

Those who are able to escape, face physical torture, imprisonment and exclusion from the job market. In the West, ex-Muslims are often disowned from their families or even murdered by their own families in "honor killings."

Thus, last week, the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain started the #ExMuslimBecause to encourage dissidents from across the Muslim world to come out and...

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