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To raise the subject of apostasy is to risk demonising an embattled minority. Some will see it, almost by definition, as Islamophobic or even racist. But what of the minority within the minority who have to deal with fear, guilt, shame and isolation? Must they remain invisible as a mark of religious respect?
Vali has seen his mother just once for a few minutes four years ago. She believes this number represents just the tip of the problem because the consequences of coming out deter many more from doing so. Many of the cases the CEMB deals with concern forced marriages, which Namazie says have been used to control those seeking to leave Islam.
I can understand it. It is the same mental and emotional struggle Cottee observed when researching his book. One of those was year-old Irtaza Hussain, originally from Pakistan, who hanged himself in September He had written on the CEMB forum: The then year-old Nasreen soon followed her sister.
It was this kind of pseudo-intellectualism. Spiritual religion gets a bit boring as a kid, so I liked the idea of politics too.
It felt like a social movement and I was excited by that. She loved the sense of rebellion her pronounced Muslim identity conferred. That was largely the extent of the politics. At first she tried to crush her doubts. What was wrong with me? She felt unable to speak to those closest to her, and was too ashamed to consult an imam. Like Vali, she researched online and the more she read, the more difficult it became to maintain her Islamic beliefs. But losing her religion has exacted a toll. It took me a long time to appreciate my sexuality and my femininity.
There was a lot of stress. I lost my friends. She blames the ghettoisation of multiculturalism and identity politics for this shift, the tendency to view individuals as members of separate cultural blocks. Or as Namazie puts it: One success of the Islamist movement in Britain has been to define the cultural identity primarily in terms of religion. Even my brother wears long Arab dresses. How dare you call me up to remind me. She took a degree in anthropology at the University of London. She had to complain to get another supervisor, who was very supportive, and, undaunted, continued with the research.
I felt quite vindicated by that. Nevertheless, she detects a strong reluctance at universities to confront the concerted efforts by Islamist groups to lay claim to Muslim students. Not only are Islamic societies often run by extremists, with groups like the Islamic Education and Research Academy seeking to impose gender segregation , but the terms of academic discourse tend to endorse their brand of grievance politics. They are two different things.
She believes there needs to be secular spaces within Muslim communities. Shams, who seems remarkably self-possessed for his young age, agrees that there are particular gender issues that afflict disillusioned Muslims. To this end he has tried to link up with feminist societies at universities.
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Especially in universities, where the politics are insane. He has a point.
In recent times the National Union of Students have refused to condemn Isis on the grounds that this would justify Islamophobia. Shams believes that this kind of gesture and the NUS decision last month to lobby alongside Cage, the militant Islamic prisoners pressure group, undermines the position of dissenting Muslims.
Shams has set about combatting the intimidating atmosphere for nonbelieving Muslims on campuses by holding several Faith to Faithless meetings in universities around the country. The idea is to enable ex-Muslims to speak about their experiences publicly. The events, which can be seen on YouTube , have been tense as Islamists have staged protests, but they feature heart-rending tales of familial rejection and suicidal thoughts that have at least stimulated debate.
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