{"id":193,"date":"2020-07-20T09:58:53","date_gmt":"2020-07-20T13:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abdullahsameer.com\/podcast\/?p=193"},"modified":"2021-07-12T17:25:49","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T21:25:49","slug":"045-interview-with-former-taiwanese-muslim-convert-now-exmuslim-abdul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendlyexmuslim.com\/podcast\/045-interview-with-former-taiwanese-muslim-convert-now-exmuslim-abdul\/","title":{"rendered":"045 – Interview with Former Taiwanese Muslim Convert Now Exmuslim Abdul"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I am interviewing a Taiwanese Muslim Convert who has left Islam. He is going to tell us how he became Muslim and eventually left it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The YouTube version of this podcast can be found here: https:\/\/youtu.be\/ppvAh2BYq7Y<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are the timestamps for this podcast:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0:00 Introductions
0:40 Why Abdul is sharing his story? Why is he doing it anonymously?
3:35 How Abdul found out about Islam? What drew him to Islam exactly?
9:40 Ignoring ex-Muslim friends’ advice.
11:30 Inconsistent faith. Having moments of doubts and faltering faith.
13:20 Doubts and why Abdul left Islam – real-life experience with a hardcore Salafi. Quran 3:28. Why was this a problem?
20:30 Not being able to practice cultural aspects because of Islam.
24:00 Leaving Salafism to become a non-sectarian Muslim. Doubting Islam and the many problems in Islamic texts and history.
27:35 When did Abdul learn about the problematic issues in Islamic texts and history? How did he reconcile them with modern moral values when he was a practicing Muslim?
32:00 How Abdul came to the final conclusion that Islam was not for him. Vestiges of the old Islamic states being taken seriously and being applied in the modern-day.
38:40 Paradox of nominal Muslims being disappointed by people living Islam when they themselves are not fully practicing.
44:20 If Islam is really true, why not go all the way instead of the half-hearted attempts? The Kaaba.
50:10 Is the Kaaba pagan? Demi-gods.
52:42 Spreading religion by the sword. Forcing both followers and non-believers to pay different types of taxes.
56:00 The unholy alliance of religion and politics and how it feeds into the concept of jihad.
1:01:20 Channel announcements.
1:03:12 How Abdul is planning to handle the process of leaving Islam and coming out.
1:07:10 Cultish characteristics of Islam particularly regarding apostates. How nominal Muslims take Islam more as an Identity\/cultural heritage and less of a religion.
1:10:20 Having Muslim friends who have other things in common with you. It is a personal decision on whether to disclose information about your apostasy.
1:13:45 Adbul’s current spiritual status. The importance of skepticism.
1:17:43 Abdul and Abdullah’s final remarks.<\/p>\n

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