Hello!
I want to join the ex Muslim community because I've finally come to terms with the lies I've been fed my whole life. I'm from a devout Muslim family and since I was a child I was forced to go to mosque and prayer school. But now since my mother has brought us here in somalia I've realised that I don't believe in anything I was taught. I'm starting to think she suspected my lack of faith when I got a tattoo and stopped going to mosque, so to keep us from straying the path, she brought us to somalia. I live a double life here and pretend to pray because if I don't, my family will kill me. They don't value anything but Islam and It feels like I'm suffocating. As you can imagine, Al-Shabab is a very dangerous terrorist group and they have a few supporters around, so if they hear that I'm no longer a Muslim, well you can image how things will go.
The only time I feel like myself is when I read what other ex Muslims have gone thought and it brings joy to me that I'm not alone.

Please hide my email address- I fear for my safety at this time due to my location.