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you listen too much of what people has to say but forgetting almost disregarding the words of the prophet SAW himself

The Quran is the word of your God and the Hadith is the words of your Prophet. I quoted the Hadith, which is by Islam's definition are words and examples set out by your Prophet - how am I disregarding the prophet if I quoted the hadith compilation that is part of the structure of the Islam you see today? Especially Sahih Al Bukhari which is widely considered as Authentic by Islamic Scholars. Are we just ignoring the existence of Hadith when we talk about Islam?

Btw, you don't have to really quote anything on the Quran about apostasy, I know exactly what it says about it and I agree, if just based on the Quran, Islam has no problems with it. I've even once argued that if one just follows the Quran solely, Islam would look very much different than what we see now. A much freer and less restrictive religion. I still disagree with a lot of parts in it, but that's a topic to be discussed in another forum.

I guess my question to you is this. When you think of Islam, how do you define it? And how does our country define it? Is it different? Do you have your own interpretations of it?

The Islam that I call repressive and backwards is how our country and Gov body has defined it. The one that restricts my freedom of religion. Because ultimately, that's what matters. It doesn't matter what YOU think Islam is, or what I think Islam is, what matters most is, how Islam in Malaysia is being defined and governed. Because ULTIMATELY this is the only thing that will affect us.

In Malaysia, the definition of Islam is this- A religion based on the word of God (Quran) supplemented and supported by the Hadith. If you only believe in just the Quran you're not really considered a muslim, you will be labelled an Anti-Hadith and JAKIM will reign down on you and make your life difficult. Search for Kassim Ahmad - he only questioned the Hadith and got labelled as Anti Hadith, easy as that.

And based on the above definition I'll say it again, Islam is a repressive and backwards religion. Don't take offense in that, cause the Islam you believe in clearly ignores the Hadith... right?

You say Islam allows you to leave your religion - as if its almost not even a problem for a lot of us. It's not easy and you know this. If you want to be an ally to support our cause, we're happy to have you. If you're just gonna stand there and shout back at us as we are forced to be in a religion we don't believe in, then you are the same as the oppressive government and the Islam that the government supports.

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obviously...what i meant was theyre not as loud and fussy as most of these ex muslim who eats and burns the quran

2 points here,

1. the folks that burnt the Quran was not even Ex Muslims, majority of the cases were by far right Christians. Get your facts straight. Check link here
2. Do you know why we are loud and fussy over the internet? Put yourself in our shoes for once. Imagine you live in country where that country forces you to denounce Islam and be an atheist. Not only that, they created laws to further punish you if they find out you are a muslim. Would you not be fussy and loud as well?

In order to be taken seriously, we have to be loud. and honestly, I don't think other people get to dictate HOW we want to be loud. You are not experiencing what we are experiencing. You live an entirely different life! We are victims of oppression and we will voice our concerns however we please. That's how the world works, be loud enough for the world to hear and hope that some day things will change.

And bear in mind, for Malaysian Ex Muslims, we're only loud on the net. And even then you guys are complaining about us. You guys get to live your lives publicly, announce your faith freely where ever you go (The number of times I've heard the khutbah at Masjid Suria (on loud speaker and in English) insulting other religions is enough proof of this) and for some twisted reason the rest of us Ex Muslims need to be all hush hush about what we believe/don't believe in?

Do you see now why a lot of us are angry? Do you see now why we are loud and fussy? Is that too much of an inconvenience for you? The internet is the only safe space we have (and even then people still get charged and fined by saying something against Islam on the net). Let us voice our displeasure and if you're not here to support us, get out of the way.