Ali Sina - Understanding Muhammad

Understanding Muhammad
Our minds were not able to comprehend the atrocity of the situation because none of
the feedback we were receiving was accurate
The feedback one received from the outside was limited, and the feedback from
inside the Temple member was distorted. By justifying the previous actions and
commitments, the groundwork for accepting the ultimate commitment was
established.
Only months after we defected from Temple did we realize the full extent of the
cocoon in which we lived. And only then did we understand the fraud, sadism, and
emotional blackmail of the master manipulator. 372
The testimony of Jeanne Mills is in many ways identical to those of ex-
Muslims. Ex-Muslims admit that they were not aware of the abuse that they
were subjected to when they were believers. It is only after they leave Islam that
they realize the enormity of the abuse and mind control. A Muslim woman
marrying a Muslim man is just as subject to domestic violence as a non-Muslim
woman converting to Islam and marrying a Muslim man. However, the former
is often unaware of the abuse. She is used to abuse because she grew up with it.
She saw her mother, aunts, and other women she knew abused. This is normal to
her and she resigns to her fate with no complaints. Non-Muslim women
marrying Muslim men, often come from families where women are not
denigrated, beaten and abused. For them, the marriage to a Muslim man is much
more oppressive than for a woman born and raised as a Muslim, who may even
defend the right of her husband to punish her.
Christians, Jews or Hindus also leave their faiths. However there is not
much anger and resentment in them. When Muslims leave Islam, they leave it
with bitterness in their hearts. It is because only then they see the extent of their
victimization. This is not how the apostates of other religions feel about their
prophets. Ex-Muslims hate Muhammad intensely. The awakening is terribly
painful. What is hurtful is the bitter taste of deception.
Osherow explains: “A few hours before his murder, Congressman Ryan
addressed the membership: “I can tell you right now that by the few
conversations I’ve had with some of the folks, there are some people who
believe this is the best thing that ever happened in their whole lives.” [Cheers
and applause can be heard in the background] (Krause, 1978). The acquiescence
372 Mills, J. Six years with God. New York: A & W Publishers, 1979.
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