Posted on 07/19/2021 12:10:00 AM PDT by Cronos
...No group of spiritual refugees is more organized, perhaps, than the Ex-Muslims of North America. Founded in 2013 as a nonprofit, EXMNA raises and spends funds to better understand its members’ experiences. Three years ago the group surveyed its membership, and the results offer a fascinating glimpse into not only the factors that make it more likely someone will leave Islam, but the challenges those leavers face.
...According to the survey of these people, defection from Islam happens at a very young age for many. When asked “How old were you when you left the faith?,” 16% of the sample indicated that this occurred when they were 16 years old or younger. Rates of defection rose dramatically as respondents moved into their late teens.
By 18 years old, nearly a third of EXMNA members had left Islam behind, and that percentage increased to 54% by age 21. Just four years later, three-quarters of respondents said that they were no longer followers of Islam.
Thus, the likelihood of leaving Islam appears to be at its highestwhen young people’s lives are the most unsettled. As teenagers and 20-somethings seek to earn a degree, get a job and possibly find a life partner, their attachment to the religion of their youth begins to wane.
...Two-thirds of EXMNA respondents reported that they hid their deconversion from some people in their lives, while 62% said that they lost friendships. Forty-five percent of the sample indicated that they had been ostracized by some members of their family, and 30% said that they lost financial support as well.
Just about 1 in 5 ex-Muslims said that they were kicked out of their home once they renounced Islam and about 1 in 7 reported that they were physically abused.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Typically incoherent Washington Post article.
Exactly why the girl in the other article was concerned about converting to Christianity, and why the parents are so full of it over their whining about being being hurt and offended.
Illionois Muslim Parents Sue School after Teacher Allegedly Helped Their Daughter to Convert to Christianity
Christian Headlines ^ | 19 June 2021 | Michael Foust
https://freerepublic.com/focus/religion/3977258/posts?page=1
It’s the Hotel California religion. You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave. Those who do are always at risk of being attacked or killed. This is something the Left can never seem to admit, but it is the reality of the situation.
islam is a scourge upon the Earth and must be expunged.
The struggles of Ex-Muslims. One in four Muslims born in the USA and UK leaves Islam by the time they are 25
Abandoning the faith of their immigrant parents and adopting the majority faith of the new country. In this case, secularism.
Rules of Engagement with Muslims -
If Infidels are present, Sunni with unite with Shi’a sects to enslave (physical, sex, monetary), convert, and annihilate all Infidels.
If no Infidels present, Sunni will turn against Shi’a until one or the other is enslaved or annihilated.
The rising population of Muslims over 1200 years shows the effectiveness of their tactics.
How “unscientific” of you both.
A couple of news stories coincidentally appear right next to each other, and you transform those random dots into a pattern and therefore assume there’s some kind of meaningful relationship between the two where none exists.
/s
Ask bot for whom PDJT Trolls.
He trolls for thee!
I don’t quite get your reply, but I wondered after posting mine if it wasn’t quite clear what I meant, even though I added the “/s” (sarcasm). I was just imitating what often is passed off as truth and logic these days. Sorry if it was still confusing, though.
Not confusing. I got it.
I also got the troll factor, even if unintended.
LOL.
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