Some of the reasons why apostates were expelled, stoned, lynched and venerated by their fellow Muslims.....
Al-Rawandi
All religious dogma is contrary to reason in which case it must be rejected.
Koran is inferior piece of work from the literary point of view, since it is neither clear or comprehensible nor of any practical value, therefore certainly not a revealed book.
Al-Razi
One could live in an orderly society without being terrorized by religious law or coerced by the prophets.
Through philosophy and human reason not through religion can human life be improved.
Progress can only be made through scientific and philosophical progress, not following religion.
Sufi orders
Bektashi order rejected all external ceremonies of Islam and other religions. This order is famous for theor mala-matiya dervaishes who go around naked and inviting contempt upon themselves from the genral populace.
There is no heaven or hell.
Religion is love and love alone.
A little doubt is better than total credulity. (Al Maarri)
The majority of Muslims are are trapped in denial. They are unable or unwilling to admit that the Koran is a hoax. They desperately try to explain the unexplainable, to find miracles in it, and are not ashamed to bend all the rules of logic to prove that the Koran is right. Each time they are exposed to a shocking statement in the Koran or a shameful act performed by Muhammad, they retreat in denial. This is what I was doing. Denial is a safe place. It is the comfort zone. In denial you are not going to be hurt, everything is okay; everything is fine. (Ali Sina)
The book is filled with stories of modern apostates of Islam who generally cite the treatment of women, vagueness of Koran, dubiousness of Hadith to justify their conversion. It does get pretty monotonous and tedious with the repetition of the same narrative over and over again. The book resembles a collection of blogs against Islam. I think it is an important addition to the sceptic debate within Islam. Trouble is if Muslims are in denial than the apostates are in blame. Both positions seem pretty extreme to me.......
Al-Rawandi
All religious dogma is contrary to reason in which case it must be rejected.
Koran is inferior piece of work from the literary point of view, since it is neither clear or comprehensible nor of any practical value, therefore certainly not a revealed book.
Al-Razi
One could live in an orderly society without being terrorized by religious law or coerced by the prophets.
Through philosophy and human reason not through religion can human life be improved.
Progress can only be made through scientific and philosophical progress, not following religion.
Sufi orders
Bektashi order rejected all external ceremonies of Islam and other religions. This order is famous for theor mala-matiya dervaishes who go around naked and inviting contempt upon themselves from the genral populace.
There is no heaven or hell.
Religion is love and love alone.
A little doubt is better than total credulity. (Al Maarri)
The majority of Muslims are are trapped in denial. They are unable or unwilling to admit that the Koran is a hoax. They desperately try to explain the unexplainable, to find miracles in it, and are not ashamed to bend all the rules of logic to prove that the Koran is right. Each time they are exposed to a shocking statement in the Koran or a shameful act performed by Muhammad, they retreat in denial. This is what I was doing. Denial is a safe place. It is the comfort zone. In denial you are not going to be hurt, everything is okay; everything is fine. (Ali Sina)
The book is filled with stories of modern apostates of Islam who generally cite the treatment of women, vagueness of Koran, dubiousness of Hadith to justify their conversion. It does get pretty monotonous and tedious with the repetition of the same narrative over and over again. The book resembles a collection of blogs against Islam. I think it is an important addition to the sceptic debate within Islam. Trouble is if Muslims are in denial than the apostates are in blame. Both positions seem pretty extreme to me.......
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