I used to be a Muslim for most of my youth. I come from a country where the penalty for apostasy is no less than death, and women are forbidden from basic rights such as driving, travelling alone, and visiting the graves of their loved ones.
Your works, as well as those of Hitchens, Dennett and Harris have had an enormous impact on my position as a strident atheist today. I feel indebted to you for making me realize how invaluable our fleeting moments of existence really are, and that it is a crime against human potential to spend any amount of time or energy on unsubstantiated, ancient beliefs.
I am now part of an ex-Muslim community that is helping those who have lost their faith find a sense of themselves without the aid of religion.
Do you have any advice you would like to impart for my community?
If an ex-Muslim were to write a book or make a documentary about leaving Islam, what would especially interest you?
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Prof. Dawkins,
Thank you so much for spending your time with us.
I used to be a Muslim for most of my youth. I come from a country where the penalty for apostasy is no less than death, and women are forbidden from basic rights such as driving, travelling alone, and visiting the graves of their loved ones.
Your works, as well as those of Hitchens, Dennett and Harris have had an enormous impact on my position as a strident atheist today. I feel indebted to you for making me realize how invaluable our fleeting moments of existence really are, and that it is a crime against human potential to spend any amount of time or energy on unsubstantiated, ancient beliefs.
I am now part of an ex-Muslim community that is helping those who have lost their faith find a sense of themselves without the aid of religion.
Do you have any advice you would like to impart for my community?
If an ex-Muslim were to write a book or make a documentary about leaving Islam, what would especially interest you?
Thanks again.
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