Zayn Malik has confirmed he no longer identifies as Muslim in a new interview.
Speaking to British Vogue, the former One Direction singer, 25, said he is not a practicing Muslim anymore and no longer believes in ‘any’ of the religion.
He told the publication: ‘I’m not professed to be a Muslim’ and when asked if he would consider himself to be Muslim, he responded: ‘No, I wouldn’t.’
I don’t suppose for one minute that he is alone in this. I’m sure there are many so-called Muslims who reach this conclusion in the same way that there are many erstwhile Christians who do. It’s just that the former Christians don’t have to worry about a death sentence being carried out by some zealous nutter in the name of Allah.
The star’s revelation has sparked a backlash online from fans. He was previously one of the world’s most notable Muslims.
Fairly predictable. They can’t just accept that he no longer believes in the hogwash invented by a deranged medieval warlord. Good for him. Hopefully more will do likewise.
There is a UK Council of Ex Muslims. When the government is bending over backwards to accommodate the Muslim community, this organisation is pointedly ignored.
The leader is an actual communist. For real.
I did not know that. So basically he has traded one violent fruit loop religion for another one.
Good for him speaking out so honestly. Just the other night I was listening to a radio programme where they were interviewing a young woman from a strictly Muslim country (can’t remember which one now – possibly Iran) who was saying that there are in fact many, many Muslims – often young ones – in such countries who harbour similar reservations about many of the “teachings” of their religion and their religious leaders, but who are understandably reluctant to state such views openly for fear of the horrific repercussions. Which, of course, is precisely the reason for those threatened repercussions to be there in the first place – it’s the final resort for any bully: if you don’t have a good enough argument to persuade people to do what you want voluntarily, use threats and, if necessary, force, to make them do it instead. In fact, looked at objectively, the very fact that those threats had to be written in from the start is an indication of how weak their persuasions have been from the outset; the fact that they’re still there indicates how weak they still are.
All religions have played this game over the centuries, mainly because all religions’ arguments are shallow and unconvincing to people living in a real, often harsh and unforgiving, world and their promises must necessarily be unspecific and open-ended for fear of being shown to be the falsehoods that they are. The difference, of course, is that most of the other religions did – albeit sometimes reluctantly – come to realise that coercion and “punishments” didn’t actually result in an increase of adherents, but merely led to an increase in people pretending to be adherents whilst quietly despising whichever god or prophet they were supposed to be worshipping. In other words, the other religions grew up. Literally. They stopped stamping their feet and saying: “It’s my game, and I make the rules” and moved to a position whereby people who came to their religion did so with genuine goodwill and willingness to adhere to that religions’ philosophy and principles.
Islam, it seems, has yet to make that transition. Hopefully, if the likes of Malik start speaking out in this way, others may follow and Islam may just find a way to transform itself out of the brutal and inhumane medieval mindset it’s currently stuck in, and into the modern world, reborn as the religion of peace and tolerance which it always claims itself to be, but, at the moment, categorically still isn’t.
Well put.
+1
well said Jax
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Your Kawa:
Have you ridden on unlit roads at night?
What’s the H7(?) LED headlight like?
Have you bought workshop manual?
Suspension ex-factory setup still for rider in full riding gear being 60kg?
Yes, I have. It’s not bad. Not as much spread as the RT, but perfectly usable.
I’ve not bought a manual as I no longer do any spannering. I gave that up years ago when I realised that it was more chore than pleasure. In fact, I hated it.
The suspension seems fine as it is – I’m 10st and haven’t yet felt the need to tweak it, so I guess so. I don’t much like the OE tyres. Dunlops. I’ll be fitting Street Pilots at the earliest opportunity.
Thanks for feedback. I wonder if beam pattern is reflector/lens or lamp*.
Workshop manual Q was related as it’s only place I’ve seen OE weight setup. It should be in owner’s manual too.
10st – I’m jealous! I was 9st 7lb (5’8″) until I married – she wants meals.
* Maybe review a Philips, Osram, Bosch H7 LED vs OE 😉
Tyres
On bikes imho it’s a very personal feel/feedback thing – I like how Pirellis work with me. Bridgestone OKish, Dunlop borderline tolerable.
Why were ribbed front tyres superseded?
It’s a rare person who is brought up with religion from birth and then finally realises it’s hogwash. If nobody was taught about religion until they became adults, there probably wouldn’t be very many religious people in existance
Not really rare at all Bucko. On atheist forums I think that apostates tend to outnumber those who have been atheist from birth. A couple of generations ago my entire extended family were all religious nuts, now hardly any of them are.
A lot of us had a mildly religious upbringing, but are now full-blown atheist.