Islamists' Objection: Why are ex-Muslims obsessed with Islam? You left Islam, yet you are always talking about Islam. Why don't you criticize other religions like Christianity and Judaism?
Response:
Both the criticism of Islam and the preaching of Islam go hand in hand. There are no limitations on criticizing ideologies like Islam, just as there are no limitations on Muslims preaching Islam.
Addressing Practical Oppression: Ex-Muslims focus their criticism on Islam because we face real and present persecution and oppression from Islamic societies. We are not subjected to the same level of persecution by Jews or Christians. It makes sense to address and combat the source of our suffering, which is currently Islam and the Muslim community.
Historical Precedent: When the Prophet Muhammad faced persecution by the Meccan pagans, the Quran's criticisms were directed solely at the pagans and their gods. He did not criticize Jews, Christians, Hindus, or any other religion because they were not the source of his persecution at that time. Similarly, when he moved to Medina and faced opposition from Jews and Christians for not accepting him as a prophet, the Quran's condemnations were directed at them, not at other religions that were not persecuting him.
Double Standards: Islam and Muslims often exhibit an obsession with ex-Muslims, actively persecuting and even calling for the killing of apostates under the charge of Murtad (apostasy). It is not ex-Muslims who cannot let go of Islam; it is Islam that refuses to let go of us.
Demand for Equal Rights: Ultimately, our criticism stems from a demand for equal human rights and justice. We seek only the same freedoms and rights that are afforded to others. The call for equal rights is a fundamental principle of justice, and anyone who values humanity should recognize that our demands are justified.
In summary, ex-Muslims focus on criticizing Islam not out of an obsession, but out of a need to address the tangible persecution they face. This criticism is aimed at achieving equal rights and justice, principles that are inherently fair and just.
Even after Muhammad left the pagan religion, still this Quran kept on teaching that Kafirs:
- Are donkeys 62.5, 74.50
- Are dogs 7.176
- Are cattle 7.179, 25.44, 47.12
- Are losers 2.121, 3.85, 5.5, 8.37, 10.95, 27.5, 29.52, 39.63, 39.65
- Are wicked 8.37
- Are insolent 6.146, 7.166, 40.75, 67.21
- Are hard-hearted 39.22, 57.16
- Are deaf 2.171, 5.71, 6.39, 17.97, 30.52
- Are blind 2.171, 5.71, 17.97, 30.53, 41.44
- Are dumb 2.171, 6.39, 17.97
- Are ignorant 6.111, 39.64
- Are miserly 4.37
- Are begrudging 3.120
- Are transgressors 5.64, 5.78, 6.110, 7.186, 10.11, 10.74, 37.30, 50.25
- Are corrupting 5.64, 10.40
- Are filthy 9.28
- Are superficial 19.73-74
- Are traitors 5.13, 22.38
- Are liars (Over 10 verses)
- Are perverse 5.75, 9.30, 10.34, 35.3, 40.63
- Are envious 2.90, 2.109, 2.213, 3.19
- Are evildoers (Over 10 verses)
- Are degraded 5.41
- Are feeble 22.73
- Are deluded 3.24, 6.130, 7.51, 35.40, 45.35, 67.20
- Are arrogant (Over 10 verses)
- Are defiant (Over 10 verses)
- Are conceited 38.2
- Are ungrateful 22.38, 35.36, 39.3
- Are the vilest of animals in Allah's sight 8.55
- Are the worst of all creatures 98.6
- Are Allah's enemy 2.98, 8.60, 41.28, 60.1
- Are Muslims' enemy 4.101, 8.60, 60.1-2
- Have impure hearts 05.41
- Have schadenfreude 3.120
- Allah hates them 35.39, 40.10
- Allah does not love them 3.32, 22.38, 30.45
- Allah destroys them 3.141, 17.58, 21.6, 28.43
- Allah disgraces them 9.2, 16.27
- Allah defiles them 6.125, 10.100
- Allah tortures them 4.56, 18.29, 22.19-22, 40.71-73
- Allah forsakes them 7.51, 20.126, 32.14, 45.34
- Allah curses them (Over 10 verses)
- Allah humiliates them (Over 10 verses)
- Allah casts terror into them 3.151
- Allah turns them into apes 2.65, 5.60, 7.166
- Allah turns them into pigs 05.60
- Allah turns them into worshippers of evil 05.60
- Allah turns them into scum 23.41
- Allah sends devils on them 19.83
- Allah ignores their good deeds 18.105
Ex-Muslims claim that Islamic preachers are only showing double standards, where they make Quranic/Prophetic criticism HALAL, but if others criticize Islam, then they label it as an obsession.
Muslim Objection:
An Islamist wrote:
Live your life and there is no need to keep returning back to Islam and Muslims. Just go and live your life. Stop comparing Islam. Just do something else.
Response:
Do you accept the same rule that the prophet should have quietly left the pagan religion without making a noise about it and no one would have noticed and missed him?
Are you able to see your double standards here?
Please see, if Muslims have a right to criticize religions and gods of others, then humanity within us guides is clearly that others also have the same right to criticize Islam and Allah.
Please also see this important video.
Hassan Radwan