The Daily Populous Thursday January 30th, 2025 evening edition
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starberry101 on January 30th, 2025 at 15:00 UTC »

Very rarely do I wake up to news that shakes me like this but today was one of those days.

I am an ex Muslim. I had to flee the country I was born in (Egypt) because my own family wanted to kill me. This is not a minority view. The vast majority of Egyptians believe that I deserve the death penalty.

Even here in Canada I get death threats. Because of my name and appearance most people assume I am Muslim until I tell them otherwise. When I have said I am not Muslim I have had people get very angry, one time a cab driver threatened me and I had to leave the car in an area where it was not safe to do so. I get death threats online and sometimes I pretend to be Muslim to feel safer.

The left is typically the group you would expect to stand up against religious extremism but that has not been my experience. I've been accused of being Islamophobic or told that sharing my story "isn't helpful when there is a genocide going on". Last year in my campus a large mob (made up primarily of white kids) marched through campus chanting "Allahu Akbar".

This is not OK. We should be safe in Sweden. I should safe in Canada. Stand up for us because I am losing hope

lostredditorlurking on January 30th, 2025 at 15:03 UTC »

For a religion who thrives on martyrdom, these guys really don't know that they just make him a martyr, and that will make their situation in Sweden so much worse.

weeds96 on January 30th, 2025 at 15:08 UTC »

damn, imagine murdering someone because they burnt your special book. humanity is screwed