{"id":435,"date":"2021-01-18T23:30:26","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T03:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abdullahsameer.com\/podcast\/?p=435"},"modified":"2021-07-12T13:47:21","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T17:47:21","slug":"081-interview-with-arab-ex-muslim-alaadin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendlyexmuslim.com\/podcast\/081-interview-with-arab-ex-muslim-alaadin\/","title":{"rendered":"081 – Interview with Arab Ex-Muslim Alaadin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Alaadin is a former Sunni who lived most of his life in Saudi Arabia. Went from being an enthusiastic, devout Muslim to helping ex-Muslims deal with leaving Islam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

YouTube version of this conversation: https:\/\/youtu.be\/gqS8XmwQMBw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

His YouTube: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCCUvpcW30kyMJGIgI4LtmkQ<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

IG: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/apostatealaddin\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/ApostateAladdin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are the time stamps for our conversation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

0:00 Introductions and announcements.
1:40 What does the name Alaadin mean? Alaadin\u2019s religious background – growing up in Saudi Arabia.
4:01 Censorship of \u201cblasphemous\u201d content in Saudi Arabia. What caused Alaadin to start having doubts
5:29 Tik Tok stream issue
5:54 Back to Alaadin\u2019s doubts – the issues he had with the free will arguments. The \u201cgame of chance\u201d. The problem of hell.
10:55 Middle and upper-class Muslims tend to be cultural and not orthodoxy.
13:43 Alaadin\u2019s relationship with the Imam who was teaching the Quran. The \u201cYou were not a true Muslim\u201d issue.
18:16 Memorizing the Quran. Alaadin\u2019s favorite Surah and its meaning.
21:21 Treating Muhammad like a demi-god: the gross practice of drinking the water used by the prophet Muhammad for wudu.
22:20 Alaadin\u2019s varsity experience in a foreign country and being exposed to a very diverse group of people.
25:50 Is Alaadin a natural skeptic?
26:53 Would Alaadin describe himself as an atheist or as an agnostic person?
28:25 Defending Islam online and how it ultimately led both Abdullah and Alaadin out of the religion.
31:55 Did Alaadin try to seek help to shore up his faith when he started having doubts? How was that emotional journey like? Living a double life (munafiq) and how it wore down Alaadin.
37:42 How Islam pushes people into living double lives.
41:00 Was leaving Islam relieving for Alaadin? Seeking answers from reliable Islamic sources. WikiIslam and the genetic fallacy that most Muslims use to try to discredit it.
50:25 Christian apologetics against Islam
51:43 The \u201cOh, you don\u2019t speak Arabic so you can\u2019t know if Islam is false\u201d argument. Was Arabic the best language to give the final revelation?
58:38 The \u201cOh, the Quran is memorized by many people\u201d argument. Variants in the Quran.
1:02:20 How Alaadin finally realized that he was no longer Muslim.
1:03:53 Channel announcements.
1:04:33 Working on living an authentic life and existential questions.
1:09:17 Moderate Muslims VS Orthodoxy Muslims.
1:10:58 How Abdullah and Alaadin got connected.
1:13:00 What is moderate Islam? Is it a cult? Applying the BITE model to moderate Islam.
1:22:30 People who joined Islam at a later stage in their lives are not as affected by it as the people who were born into Muslim families and grew up Muslims.
1:25:36 Religious trauma especially in kids and how it affected Alaadin.
1:32:46 Is Tharnos better than Allah? The absurdly low chances of getting into heaven. The materialistic view of the Islamic heaven.
1:35:13 How is Alaadin\u2019s life now after leaving Islam? – dealing with nihilism, making a positive impact in the world, dealing with coming out to family members.
1:40:14 Responding to comments in the live chat – Is Abdullah starting a new religion? Humanism.
1:43:55 Advice for ex-Muslims living in Muslim majority countries.
1:50:11 Final remarks.<\/p>\n

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