Ex Muslim AMA

Where did I say certain aspects of the Prophet's life are not applicable?

Well, even 300 years ago it was acceptable to marry girls that young. As soon as a girl reached puberty (meaning she is ready to have children) she was thought of as being ready for marriage. By today's standards, yes, that is too young, but these things change and it was considered the norm in the olden days. So just because you find this "simply unacceptable" it means Islam is not the right religion? It's not a good enough reason for abandoning your religion.

You ever heard of Romeo and Juliet...?

You know Romeo married a 10-11 year old Juliet and everyone loves that plot? But when put into context with Islam it's unacceptable? I know it's a play but it was written inn times when marriage like this was normal for everyone where men who were much older married much younger woman...

You disagree with it now, but had you been born earlier and in a different society perhaps you wouldn't look at it the same way. Society is what shapes our views, and it's the reason why today most people will believe this is pedophilia, as opposed to say 100 or more years ago when this was widely practiced and accepted.

Also, no one knows for sure how old she was when they consummated the marriage. Scholars have had a lot of debates over this. However what's certain is that Aisha had gone through puberty before the marriage was consummated, meaning she was physically ready. If a girl is physically mature enough to bear children, why is it wrong for her to be married? You seem to appreciate science a lot more, and scientifically puberty is an indicator that the girl is now ready to have children.

Overwhelming majority of Islamic scholars agree she was 6 when Muhammad married her and 9 when he raped her and these ages are from Sahih Hadeeth.

Let's not be ridiculous here. No 9 year old girl is physically or mentally ready to have sex. Puberty is a process that occurs over many years, not a point that is reached and completed once a girl has her first period.

Would you find it hard to start consuming alcohol and non-halal food?

where u from?

You disagree with it now, but had you been born earlier and in a different society perhaps you wouldn't look at it the same way. Society is what shapes our views, and it's the reason why today most people will believe this is pedophilia, as opposed to say 100 or more years ago when this was widely practiced and accepted.

How do you know so much about Islam? I use to practice it quite a bit and you probably know more than me lol

How do you know so much about Islam? I use to practice it quite a bit and you probably know more than me lol

As somebody who claims a divine mandate, you're not allowed to appeal to the old, 'that's just how things were' excuse like the rest of us. If you claim to be following an absolute, perfect morality revealed by God as true for all times (as you must, being a Muslim), then you can't appeal to a lack of human progress to justify slavery.

Taking your worldview, slavery was either always wrong, or always acceptable within the rules set by the Islam. Which is it? (Either way, you end up contradicting one of your earlier claims, which may be one reason for you to re-consider your worldview.)

You ever heard of Romeo and Juliet...?

You know Romeo married a 10-11 year old Juliet and everyone loves that plot? But when put into context with Islam it's unacceptable? I know it's a play but it was written inn times when marriage like this was normal for everyone where men who were much older married much younger woman...

This is the thing, most people assume just because someone is not muslim or no longer muslim, they know nothing about Islam, whereas in reality, this mentality comes from the fact that most muslims think that we leave Islam or choose not to be muslim for purely sinful reasons. They do not understand that it is possible to not believe in Islam due to intellectual reasons.

Because physical maturity is reached far sooner than emotional maturity.

How you manage to not recognise this is absolutely horrifying.

Quran is meant to be perfect word of God so all it takes is one error or questionable verse in there to disprove it for someone.

Thank you. There are many factors tbh, too many to list here, but it is definitely not just scientific errors. I also disagree with many other aspects, like the prophets marriage to Aisha, and the fact that Islam does not condemn slavery.

Even more horrifying considering that, if I remember rightly, yasminkattan's situation is the diametric opposite of OP's: she's a convert to Islam who hasn't told her parents about her conversion. It somewhat alarms me that somebody who's had the benefits of a modern, Western education and, as far as I know, no parental brainwashing, can indulge in apologetics of this kind.

At least indoctrination somewhat rationalises someone's conviction in their religious beliefs. Believing solely on your own accord is inexplicable.

At least indoctrination somewhat rationalises someone's conviction in their religious beliefs. Believing solely on your own accord is inexplicable.

People could be indoctrinated by their circle of friends... And there are good aspects of every religion that people fall in love with. I don't see the harm in it tbh