*Content Warning: Many mentions of physical abuse & sexual abuse* Tricked into moving to Iraq at age 14, Ellaf was separated from her mother and forced into a chiId marriage by her father who felt she was too much of a burden to raise. Ellaf’s husband was even more controlling than her father and knew that he could get away with hurting her in many ways, because she was alone in an unfamiliar country and didn’t know the culture or the language. Forbidden to use birth control, she had 3 chiIdren before she was 21 years old and after years of suffering, courageously stood up to both her husband and father and got away. This is her story of perseverance and victory against all odds.

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*Content Warning: Domestic Violence, SA, CA* Determined to fight for the human rights of the oppressed, Yasmine Mohammed speaks out and shares her experiences with Islam extremism. Her mother forced her to marry a terrorist and it wasn’t until she fell pregnant with a daughter that made her realize she had to escape in order to secure her a better life. In search of freedom, she also found her voice and now she platforms countless other people who share their experiences.

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Her book: “Unveiled: How Western Liberals Empower Radical Islam”
The Yasmine Mohammed Podcast
YouTube: @yasminemohammedxx
Non-Profit: Free Hearts Free Minds
Website: https://www.yasminemohammed.com/
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• Why is critiquing Islam is such a sensitive subject?
• What are some of the dangers of speaking out against Islam?
• Muslims vs the Islamic religion as a whole
• Yasmine on the current situation in Gaza
• TW: R*pe, SA- prisoners of war
• How does this relate to Islamic doctrine?
• The nuance of Islam vs Palestine
• Some of the good that has happened
• How Yasmine’s mother got more fundamentalist
• Forced to marry a member of Al-Qaeda
• What were some of the rules Yasmine had to follow as a chiId?
• TW: CA & SA- What was her stepfather like outside of his religious adherence?
• Did Yasmine ever fully believe in Islam?
• TW: DV& r*pe- Yasmine's first week of marriage
• How did racism effect Yasmine's ability to get help?
• Yasmine gets pregnant and has a daughter
• How University opened her mind
• What was the deconstruction process like for Yasmine?
• Creating your own values and morals after leaving a high demand religion
• How did Yasmine's daughter impact her drive to change their lives?

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**Content Warning: DV, rape, SA** Tia Levings discusses her dark reality in Christian fundamentalism, with evangelical patriarchy and religious trauma. Having appeared in the Amazon docu-series, Shiny Happy People, and written a harrowing memoir, A Well-Trained Wife she reveals how she had to save herself and her family and details the ways that extreme views can manifest in a marriage.

Recruited into the fundamentalist Quiverfull movement as a young wife, Tia Levings learned that being a good Christian meant following a list of additional life principles––a series of secret, special rules to obey. Being a godly and submissive wife in Christian Patriarchy included strict discipline, isolation, and an alternative lifestyle that appeared wholesome to outsiders. Women were to be silent, “keepers of the home.” But in the patriarchy, a woman with opinions is in danger, and eventually, Tia faced an urgent and extreme choice: stay and face dire consequences, or flee with her children.

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IG: @tialevingswriter
The Anti-Fundamentalist

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• How Tia was raised that led to falling prey to her husband
• Did Tia's parents read her book?
• Nightmarish doctrine Tia learned in her youth
• All that's needed is a submissive and willing spirit
• You will drown in a lake of fire if you are not pleasing to God
• Selling the patriarchal movement to women- what that literally means
• Not allowed to have anything for yourself as a woman
• TW: Domestic ab*se- calling it a "correction"
• How Tia emerged from the isolation through secret online communication with women
• What it was like being a mother within this ab*sive reality
• Tia decided to escape when she saw how it was hurting her chiIdren
• Tia's escape story
• How Tia's children handled it all
• When did Tia feel safe enough to deconstruct and begin healing?
• Advice for someone going through a similar situation

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