Hany Firebird (former Muslim)

The following is a testimony of a Muslim leaving Islam The testimony was originally posted at the ApostatesOfIslam.com website and has been reproduced here with permission

Hany Firebird Personal information Country of origin    Egypt Gender    M Age    20 Faith Information Current faith Atheist Born or convert to Islam? Born into Islam Parents' faith Islam

My Testimony of Leaving Islam

There are many reasons why I left Islam. I can not give all the reasons since they are many. Here are the main reasons summed up below:

1. The eternity of pain in hell, and there is no way out, and this all for what? Is it because some people did not see the proofs of god's existence? I think god did not give importance to show the world real evidence of his existence. And what remains from all this is just words - great words (he said)! Whereas there are great women and men who brought to humanity their best works, whether it is art, science, philosophy, etc.
2. Science tells us about the evolution of living beings which contradicts the supernatural explanations given by religion.
3. I just do not understand the attitude of Islam toward different arts. Islam prohibits fine arts such as music, sculpture, painting, etc - and the reasons given by Islamic fundamentalists can really be considered as a joke rather than taking it seriously!
4. The stance of Islam towards different kinds of freedoms, such as freedom of thought, religion, gathering (between men and women), freedom to practice personal freedom without harming other human beings such as private relations between men and women, and the list is so big to mention it here.
5. The very strange attitude that Islam takes of narrowing the rights of women and limiting their freedom; and Islam states clearly that a man (by default) is higher degree than a woman (el-kawama principle)!

The list of reasons that make me be an atheist is increasing and the age of supernatural explanations for natural phenomena are sleeping away......zzz...zzz...

---

Apostasy related links: Add your testimony | Other Apostates | Islam and Apostasy | Helpful Hints for ex-Muslims | Qur'an, Hadith and Scholars:Apostasy