Testimony

I was born in the Maldives, where all citizens are forced to adhere to Islam to maintain the so-called 100% Muslim character of the country. Brain-washed by what I had been told by parents, I had no reasons in early childhood to doubt the truth of Islam. I faced the moment of truth when I was in 7th grade in the high school. I got an English translation of the Quran, and read it with great expectations, looking for infinite wisdom. But what I saw in the book was incoherence and stupidity. Thereafter, I did a systemic study of all material on Mohammed and Islam available to me and satisfied myself that the religion was not just stupid, but dangerously stupid.

In the Maldives, it is dangerous to let anyone know that you are not Muslim. Even a few years back, a group of men and women who converted to Christianity were kept in solitary confinement in jail till they re-converted. For this reason, I am still forced to show outward appearance of being Muslim, while in the Maldives.