Sometimes she looked at herself in the mirror and questioned her choices. “I thought, ‘Why am I hiding myself? Why am I hiding for God?’ I missed the wind in my hair.”
I am going to be interviewing Tania Joya as she shares her story of becoming a religious Muslim, marrying a an American convert who rose to the ranks of being one of the highest members in ISIS, and how she left him and that life behind.
My friend Wael Taji has been examining narratives around conversion to Islam in the West and was able to identify a few specific types of converts and motives behind conversion. Here is a summary of his findings around major reasons why people convert to Islam.
I have created a new YouTube channel – Abdullah Sameer Clips. In order to keep the main channel uncluttered and maintain high quality videos, I will be uploading shorter videos here.
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Abdullah Sameer
Why do Muslims continue to not engage when offered the chance to defend their religion? Is it not time for the scholars and preachers of Islam to stand up and defend their religion? Exmuslims are continuing to gain popularity and our arguments are being noticed. I constantly get thank you notes from individuals appreciating my work and telling me I helped them leave Islam. Yet nobody is really responding to my arguments or agreeing to discuss with me. Look at the following and see if you notice any pattern.
EDIT: May 2022, I’m happy to say things have improved a lot. There is a lot more engagement and debates between Muslims and ex-Muslims now. This list will stay up for posterity