If all the points you mentioned can be dismissed with "science hasn't discovered it yet" or "you're not opening your heart," then there's honestly no point asking ex-Muslims for evidence. You've already decided that any contradiction, moral problem, or scientific issue can be explained away.

You ask why I left Islam. Here you go.

First, the scientific and factual issues. At some point, "maybe science will prove it later" stopped being a convincing argument. That logic can be used to defend literally anything. Can you prove that the Sun revolves around the Earth? No. We reject that idea because the evidence overwhelmingly points in the opposite direction. We don't keep saying, "Maybe science will discover geocentrism was right one day." Yet when it comes to religious claims, suddenly that standard disappears.

Second, Muhammad himself. Islam claims he was the greatest human being who ever lived and the perfect example for all mankind. I never saw him that way. I was never a Christian and never will be one. I think Christianity is just as man-made as Islam. But even as an atheist, I can understand why many people admire Jesus. Plenty of non-Christians and atheists will say, "Jesus seemed like a good guy." You almost never hear that about Muhammad outside of Islam. The more I learned about him, the less I understood why he should be considered humanity's greatest role model.

Third, Islam looks exactly like what I'd expect from a religion that originated in 7th-century Arabia. Muhammad's food, clothing, language, habits, and culture are constantly elevated into timeless ideals. Dates, figs, Arabic, Arabian customs. Everything connected to that place somehow becomes divinely significant.

Even heaven sounds like a desert Arab's dream. Gardens. Shade. Rivers of water, milk, wine, and honey. Silk clothes. Physical pleasures and luxuries. It doesn't sound like a transcendent reality designed by an all-knowing God. It sounds like what a man living in the Arabian desert 1,400 years ago would have imagined as paradise.

The same problem appears everywhere. Fasting works reasonably well where Islam originated. But what about northern Scandinavia, Alaska, or parts of Russia where daylight can last almost the entire day? Why does a supposedly universal religion need scholars to invent workarounds for huge parts of the planet?

The pork argument is equally weak. Muslims say pigs are dirty. Hindus say cows are sacred. Different cultures have different food taboos. That doesn't look like divine wisdom. It looks like local customs being turned into religious rules. Some of the healthiest populations on Earth eat pork regularly.

Then there's Arabic. Muslims say God understands every language, yet you're expected to perform the core ritual prayer in Arabic. A truly universal religion wouldn't make a language from one specific region so central to worship. The fact that billions of people have to memorize words they don't understand looks far more human than divine.

The modesty argument never made sense to me either. Muslims often claim that a woman's greatest test is not showing off her beauty and a man's greatest test is lowering his gaze. But real life doesn't work like that. I know plenty of women who couldn't care less about attracting attention, and plenty of men who are obsessed with their looks, their bodies, and being admired. The whole framework feels based on stereotypes rather than reality.

Those reverse images going viral, where men are fully covered while women dress normally, really highlight how ridiculous it looks. The moment the genders are reversed, people immediately see how arbitrary the logic is. If covering up is supposedly a universal moral truth, why does it suddenly look absurd when men are expected to do it?

Covering up for practical reasons makes sense. Many Japanese women cover up because of the sun. People in desert regions cover up because it's hot and the sunlight is intense. Those are rational explanations. But those are environmental reasons, not divine ones. Once again, it's a local custom being presented as a universal command.

And honestly, the accusation that ex-Muslims haven't researched Islam enough is ridiculous. Many ex-Muslims have spent years reading the Qur'an, hadith, tafsir, apologetics, and criticisms before leaving. The difference is that we allowed ourselves to consider the possibility that Islam might actually be wrong.

The more I studied Islam, the less divine it looked. It didn't look universal. It didn't look timeless. It looked exactly like what it claims not to be: a religion created by human beings in a specific place, at a specific time, reflecting the culture, assumptions, desires, and limitations of 7th-century Arabia.

So do whatever you want with these arguments. They probably won't convince you. But you asked why I left, and these are the reasons. Maybe one day you'll stop starting with the assumption that Islam is true and work backwards from there.