COMING OUT! The danger, death threats, and alienation Muslims face when they decide to leave Islam

Here are some stories of ex-Muslims who have come out and as a result, risk being killed, maimed, or at best, being disowned by their families.

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ExMuslim TV @ExMuslim_TV

#ExMuslims - The untold battle within muslim communities.

5:13 PM - 12 Jan 2017

 
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"Mum said, 'You can't tell anybody else … they will kill you.'"
Sadia, British #ExMuslim

11:53 AM - 23 Jan 2017

 
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The #ExMuslim trap:
1. abused by family
2. law of silence in the community
3. misunderstood by the rest of us
4. murdered

4:57 AM - 18 Jan 2017

 
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"So many ex-muslims hide because so many muslim scholars say ex-muslims should be put to death."
Imtiaz, British #ExMuslim

11:39 AM - 27 Dec 2016

 
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"My dad said he wished he strangled me when I was born."
Safiyya, British #ExMuslim

5:35 AM - 26 Jan 2017

 
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Murdered for... questioning islam
Avijit, American-Bangladeshi #ExMuslim

2:38 PM - 19 Jan 2017

 
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"Islam was used to control what I did, what I wore, who I spoke to, how I ate and how I thought."
Aliyah, British #ExMuslim

7:30 AM - 10 Jan 2017

 
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"I have turned into the enemy."
Sara, British #ExMuslim

7:16 AM - 14 Dec 2016

 
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"Killing ex-muslims isn't a wahhabi or salafi law: it is islam."
Aliyah, British #ExMuslim

10:09 AM - 9 Dec 2016

 
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"If my family finds out I married a Christian, I will be subject to what's dictated by islam."
Maryam, Egyptian #ExMuslim

4:21 PM - 8 Dec 2016

 
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"My ex-muslim friends pretend to be muslims so family doesn't become hell."
Sara, British #ExMuslim

3:29 PM - 6 Dec 2016

 
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"The community will tell my parents they should probably have killed me when I was young."
Sameera, British #ExMuslim

5:34 AM - 26 Jan 2017