Breaking the Silence: My Journey from Belief to Liberation
Welcome to My Story I’m ExMuslim Rizwan, and this is the first step in sharing my journey—a journey that took me from unquestioning faith to the hard-won freedom of independent thought. This blog isn’t just my personal narrative; it’s a platform for anyone who has ever felt confined by dogma or silenced by fear. From Tradition to Turmoil I was born into a world where religion was more than a set of beliefs—it was the core of identity and community. Growing up, my every thought, emotion, and dream was filtered through a rigid framework of tradition. Yet, as I grew older, the questions began to mount: Why must doubts be suppressed? When I started questioning the teachings I’d been raised with, the answers I received were often harsh and unyielding. Can compassion exist alongside dogma? I witnessed firsthand how religious strictures sometimes left no room for empathy or individual moral judgment. Where does truth reside? The answers I found were not in the scriptures or the...