By Kirollos Abdalla —
The Cyberpunk Dingo podcaster hides his identity “because as an ex-Muslim, I get extremely peaceful threats on my life from peaceful followers of a particularly peaceful faith.”
A native of Maldives, he questioned Islam while still young and lost his faith because Muhammad’s strange brand of morality (he consummated marriage with a 9-year-old), Hadith literature, death penalty for apostasy, death penalty for blasphemy, treatment of women, historical criticism, scientific claims and freedom of conscience.
He arrived in Australia at age 17 and eventually took up the call of sniping the religion of his childhood. One of this original videos predicting the demise of Islam by the end of the century racked up more than 3 million views.
“The Internet is a unique challenge that Islam has never faced 1,400-year history,” he says.
Lately he’s re-played content of Muslim ladies ditching the hijab.
“Islam impacts women the most,” he says. “If you look at some of the worst places for women in the world today, these are mostly Muslim We’re talking about forced veiling. We’re talking about FGM. We’re talking about child marriages, forced marriages. We’re talking about not having equal representation before courts. We’re talking about inheritance laws. We’re talking about the ability to go out alone, get educated. We’re talking about even things like being able to drive you.”
He predicts that women will lead the charge of overturning Islam. (Keep in mind: a man gets 72 virgins in Paradise. What does a woman get? The Qur’an is vague; she’ll get contentment. A man can marry four wives and have innumerable sex slaves. A woman can’t.)
Mr. Dingo apparently has never discussed his choice for a pseudonym. But a cyberpunk has a futuristic, technological, anti-establishment aesthetic. A dingo is an unmistakably Australian symbol, fitting someone who has lived most of his adult life in Australia.
In Maldives, only Muslims can be citizens, public practice of other religions is prohibited for citizens and public evangelism by non-Muslims is illegal. Criticizing Islam publicly can be prosecuted under the Penal Code. Judges are required to apply Islamic Sharia where legislation or the constitution is silent, and no law may contradict the tenets of Islam.
