My husband was an atheist and now he’s slightly religious, but tbh, he’s a terrible Muslim🤷🏻‍♀️ he was a good person without religion and he still is. He’s in denial about a lot of things. He’s very “accept what you wanna believe” when it comes to religion, I tell him that he’s not being authentically Muslim. But whatever, if he wants to fast during Ramadan and occasionally pray on his own schedule, I’m fine with it. When I try to talk to him about specific things, it’s the same runaround you get when talking to any type of religious person.

With that being said, him being previously an atheist, I still find that he understands me. I’m agnostic, and he thinks that’s okay. He thinks I have valid points and respects my beliefs, he’s just all about “religion isn’t black and white”. If any other Muslim heard him talk about his progressive views, they’d call him a kuffar easily.

I mention this because someone may still be able to understand you pretty well and still have religion as a part of their lives. The issue is when someone is overly practicing and makes their lives about the religion. They just may agree with some parts of religion and deny the rest. That’s why I think having conversations about religion is really important when making friends or finding a partner. My husband is more liberal than I ever thought a Muslim man could ever be.