So you’ve heard about the fact that there are multiple variant readings of the Quran. You KNOW this but (maybe) you haven’t really understood the details or how this affects the validity of the Quran (or doesn’t). I have something big to share with you. I’m Abdullah Sameer, your Friendly Exmuslim.
Hello everyone it’s your friendly ex-Muslim Abdullah Sameer. In this post, I will be discussing Umar Ibn Al-Khattab who became a close friend of Mohammad. He became one of the most powerful men in Islam – the 2nd caliph of Islam. Was he really a good man? Was he really someone Muslims should be looking up to? (more…)
Hey everyone! It’s your friendly ex-Muslim Abdullah Sameer. I am sure you must have heard the argument that Islam is a feminist religion. In this post, I will be going through an article by Huffington Post, that explains that Islam is a feminist religion and that Islamic feminism is the best. (more…)
This episode is the 5th installment in the series ‘The Epileptic Prophet’ in which Abdullah Gondal and I tackle the question of Muhammad’s mental health and possible epilepsy. Our aim is to provide an alternative explanation to Muhammad’s supposed prophethood from a neurological perspective.
For this episode, I was joined by Tarek, an Egyptian ex-Muslim who is now based in Canada. We started off the conversation by discussing Tarek’s religious background in Egypt and the role that religion played in his life.