r/ExAlgeria Jun 25 '25

Knowledge Sharing Seeking connections will result in bans

29 Upvotes

Seeking connections compromises the safety of sub members and the level of it is insulting to anyone wanting to make quality contributions. Trying to evade it with an otherwise ok post also isn’t acceptable. Spamming comments begging for DMs is annoying for decent members and mods to constantly be deleting.

The mod team has tried to be nice about it and exercise discretion, but we aren’t a dating or friendship sub. We are a safe space for Algerian ex Muslims. Anyone seeking connections or DMing other members will be banned. Finito.


r/ExAlgeria May 29 '25

Visit Algeria international news sub

6 Upvotes

We have international news sub for Algerian. Post news and talk about other country.

r/algeriainternational


r/ExAlgeria 1d ago

Help

9 Upvotes

Hi guys i need help , omegel streamer posted video of me on tiktok without my consent , i didnt know he was streaming that time , he posted it month ago but its getting viral around me this period , i tried reporting the vid , i tried reporting it to the support team nothing happened, even reported it on StopNCII nothing happened, if any of you guys knows a solution or a way to help me please do


r/ExAlgeria 2d ago

Discussion Happy pride month everyone 💗

34 Upvotes

I hope June will be kind to all of us ❤️ (including everyone ofc)

Another year has passed, and years ago this Reddit was one of my biggest comforts.

Still is, knowing you are not alone is sometimes enough to give you courage :)

Now ofc some questions for queer folks :

- how did you know you were queer, and did it affect you leaving Islam?

- what advices would you give to other queer people?

- do you think our society will ever move to a slightly more accepting attitude towards us?

And lastly for my personal message, never be ashamed of who you are and don't put your head down for the sake of being 'accepted', your happiness and fulfilment matters and we only live once after all :) and ofc stay strong and love yourselves <3


r/ExAlgeria 2d ago

Rant Religious disagreement in a couple

23 Upvotes

I lost the love of my life short after she discovered that I am an atheist, we were together for almost 7 years, when I told her about that after building the courage(dumb me being afraid to lose her, it toom like a year and half) to tell her she took like 20 days trying to convert me back, and I'm past the red line with religion because you all know why, then she simply asked me for peace, and I left simply becaus eshe asked for it and I felt like it was over for us, its been 3 months and I'm here to vent , I'm deeply sad about it and all what I'm thinking of is existentialism, suicidal thoughts or her, were you in a similar situation before ? How did you overcome that? I need some tips because this is tearing me apart honestly.


r/ExAlgeria 1d ago

What is your biggest achievement?

0 Upvotes

Since you left the religion that limited and imprisoned you, what is your biggest achievement? What have you accomplished in life? Living alone, having a job, or moving abroad aren't achievements those are normal things that people do all over the world.


r/ExAlgeria 4d ago

Discussion Existential vacuum (meaninglessness)

8 Upvotes

I apostatized religion for years and I've been having this existential crisis lately whenever i read or get questions in my mind that make me feel that life is senseless and we're just trapped here..

Am i the only one ? I want to find my peple bcz this is making me depressed frl


r/ExAlgeria 6d ago

What became your purpose now that you’re Atheist ?

5 Upvotes

What you live for ?
What drives you ?


r/ExAlgeria 11d ago

Discussion Do you buy the eid sacrifice ?

11 Upvotes

I had this though in my head about non religious married couples who aren't open about that to family and friends , how do you deal with this kind of religious events, do you buy it just to keep appearances ? How do you deal with what people says afterwards especially if you are making good money ( you can't use the too expensive excuse)

Nb: this question isn't for people who don't care about what people think and have an environment that enables them to do so, good for you , I'm asking people who are non religious but still lives near family especially.


r/ExAlgeria 16d ago

Discussion Will you raise your kids to be atheists ?

10 Upvotes

I was wonder how will you raise ur kids if u have them here in Algeria ? Like did anyone ask himself this qst before ?


r/ExAlgeria 18d ago

Random who is having a bad day today

6 Upvotes

anyone else


r/ExAlgeria 18d ago

Rant I wanna take off my hijab.

38 Upvotes

I've worn it for only a year now, I'm keen on taking it off, maybe nhar results t3 lbac (if I got it, or not), or when I'm away maybe, I'm so sick of it, I can't take it anymore, and I'm not forcing it on myself.

I'm scared if my mom's reaction, she's pretty much against women who remove their hijabs and similar stuff, I was planning on telling her first, but I really don't know.

My family is pretty laid back I suppose, her sisters are both cifilizi, my brothers maybe would try to "advise me" but I don't think they'd say much, and my dad said that I didn't have to wear it if I wasn't 9an3a bih.. I was mostly pressured by my mom because my little sister wanted to wear it and it was expected if me too.. we still live somewhere really backwards and bigoted, and I mean I will only apply for colleges away, but I'm still really scared.

I don't know how to break it to them, but I'm longing for the day I'm finally free..


r/ExAlgeria 19d ago

Discussion so this happened in sidi abdellah(the "smart"city btw),some people here are mad because a woman picture in a coffee machine

26 Upvotes

so basically the faculty put a coffee machine ,and some people got really offended,by what exactly you ask ,by a stock image of a barely full woman's face on a machine ,i mean there are many wrong stuff here ,first of all this is supposed to be our "elites" those are the saviors of our future,second of all who the fuck in the right mind will go to have some coffe and be like WHAT ?A WOMAN ?OMG THIS IS SUCH A BIG SIN ,third of all there's nothing wrong here it's not a full woman it's a barely full face so no tabarouj ,and it's not "dat al-arwa7"because well it's a photographed picture ,i'm lowkey suprised ,this is so dehumanazing to women ,and so extreme ,and right way extremist ,and you know the crazy part a lot of women there supported it ,like yay ,and the problem of the people who do this are hypocrits who will gladly talk and flirt with women but are against i5tilat ,guess the smart city doesn't have only have backward technology and infrastructure but also really dumb people


r/ExAlgeria 21d ago

Women empowerment and poverty.

11 Upvotes

I was recently reading about economic development theories, specifically a thesis popularized by Christopher Hitchens regarding poverty reduction in developing nations. I wanted to share his perspective and see how it might apply to our economic situation in Algeria.Hitchens argued that the most effective way to improve a developing country's economy is to increase the economic independence and workforce participation of women.His argument relies on two main economic concepts:Socioeconomic Mobility: Providing women with more choices regarding their education and family planning allows them to enter higher education and the formal job market, increasing the country's overall productivity.The "Floor Effect": He noted that in many developing economies, financial resources or micro-loans managed by women are statistically more likely to be reinvested directly into household health, nutrition, and children's education. This creates a stronger foundation for the entire community.Looking at Algeria today, we have an incredibly high number of brilliant, university-educated women, yet our female workforce participation rate remains relatively low compared to other emerging markets.Do you think focusing heavily on expanding economic opportunities and systemic support for women is a viable key to accelerating Algeria's economic growth? Or do you believe our primary economic challenges lie elsewhere?


r/ExAlgeria 22d ago

Discussion Why Do North Africans Call Themselves Arab When Arabs Don’t Even Accept Us?

23 Upvotes

Why are North Africans expected to identify as Arabs when our culture, history, and even dialects are so different from the Middle East? What confuses me more is that many Gulf countries still impose strict visas on Algerians and would rarely accept us as equals or give nationality easily. Even for religious travel, Muslims from countries like Algeria face many restrictions, while tourists from Western countries can enter some of these places much more freely for business or tourism. Sometimes it makes me question this idea of “Arab unity” and whether North Africans should embrace their own identity more.


r/ExAlgeria 22d ago

Discussion التراث النصراني

0 Upvotes

عند النصاري يوجد تراث كبير جدا. فهرست جيروم يحتوي فقط علي 135 عالم لاهوت من القرن الأول حتي القرن الثالث الميلادي كما أن حوالي 10 مليون مخطوطة لاهوتية كتبت من عام 500 ميلادي حتي عام 1500 ميلادي .

السؤال : لماذا كل هذا التراث المحرف ؟


r/ExAlgeria 23d ago

Discussion Myth of Adam and Eve

3 Upvotes

(Chatgpt generated explanations with scientific prompts to avoid syntax mistakes and argumentative wrongs)

The cerebral cortex did not appear suddenly in one perfect human. It developed step by step over millions of years.

Early vertebrates had a smple brain surface, reptiles had a more primitive cortex, mammals developed the neocortex (6 layers), and primates—especially humans—got a much larger and more folded cortex for language, planning, and abstract thinking. Studies show this happened gradually through common ancestry, not in one instant.

This also challenges the literal Adam and Eve story: genetics shows humans did not come from only 2 individuals, because our DNA has far too much diversity for that. Our ancestors were always a population of thousands, not a single couple. So scientifically, humans come from a long evolving population, not one first man and one first woman.


r/ExAlgeria 24d ago

Help Exmuslim girlies , I need help

33 Upvotes

Hi y'all, I'm an exmuslim woman been looking for rentals recently ( in Algiers ) for I'll be leaving my family's house soon, my experience has been negative so far, between harassment from creeps and the high cost, any advice or recommendations , thank you


r/ExAlgeria 27d ago

Do you think some algerian influencers are atheist?

24 Upvotes

I've seen some of their content, and I ask myself, "Are they agno/atheist?". But then again I think of that when it comes to some people ik and im always afraid to ask. It's not really an easy qst " heyyy are you ex muslim? Oh you're not? Sorry for asking, here take a coockie"


r/ExAlgeria 27d ago

You made it

38 Upvotes

I’m only here to say one thing: congratulations.

You have made the biggest step anyone could make in their lives. Escaping the stronghold of religion is in my opinion the most difficult mental and intellectual challenge anyone could ever overcome. I’m sure many of you have noticed how everything now falls into place. No more mental barriers. No more crooked framework that’s difficult to adjust your vision of reality to.

Simply put: you made it. Any other challenge in life is a piece of cake in comparison. Trust yourself, if you were able to detach yourself from a cult, in Algeria of all countries, then there is literally nothing you can’t do.

Enjoy your freedom. Enjoy your mental clarity. Enjoy being a true intellectual.


r/ExAlgeria 28d ago

Help me leaaaaave

16 Upvotes

Basically am an Algerian agnostic guy that was Bullied his whole life, a masters degree holder that has been without a job , can't save money, mental health declining and developing anger issues, I want a way out, I hate living in the south, I hate myself


r/ExAlgeria 28d ago

Discussion What do you guys think of Facebook exalgeria groups?

2 Upvotes

At the beginning of the year, I joined some atheist groups on Facebook out of curiosity. There was a group that stood up, an algerian group whose members were very vocal about their identities. I had people contact me, and I contacted some, and almost everyone started by giving me their names, their friend names. It felt really odd. They didn't pressure me to tell them my name or anything. And I gave them a fake identity just to protect myself. One of the members contacted me and told me the admin or whoever is running the group is targeting women here, blackmail them, that some people already gor arrested from the group, that some members might be secretly "agents" trying to prison atheists. I quickly logged out the group, blocked everyone i talked with, but idk if that was any true. I stayed in contact with that guy till one day we had an argument, I deactivated my account and when I re activated it and wanted to talk to him, he was nowhere to be found. Now I wonder if he wasn't one of "those agents".


r/ExAlgeria 29d ago

Help My Algerian wife left Islam. I'm an American. Is there any chance we can register our marriage without a certificate of my conversion?

23 Upvotes

I'm not going to pretend. And although I love the people and much of the culture, I have zero affection for the religion.

But do they really investigate it? Do they ever just push it through? Do they ever make a mistake? Will trying to register it put her at legal risk?

Worst case scenario, we just won't go back... or we'll travel quietly and separately. But we'd prefer to do things truthfully and not have risk of our family being separated.

Does anyone have experience here?


r/ExAlgeria May 03 '26

Deists in Algeria?

10 Upvotes

I am a deist and i don't believe in a particular god or a ruler, just a logical cause for existence, although he does not interfere in human affairs, I reject all the religious textbook and the silly idea of revelation and only rely on reason, logic and observation of the natural world to understand the divine. God didn't gave us books, he gaves us reason and anyone who believes that he's lucky to be born as a Christian/Muslim and he the only one talked to god needs a fucking therapist


r/ExAlgeria May 03 '26

Discussion Why Are We in Algeria So Scared of Love, and Why Does Being “Taken” Feel Like a Limitation?

7 Upvotes

I’ve been thinking about this from our reality here in Algeria, why does falling in love feel complicated instead of natural?

It’s not that people don’t want love. Honestly, most of us do. But there’s always something holding us back.

Part of it is how we grew up. Love isn’t always openly talked about. Relationships are often judged quickly, and there’s pressure from family, المجتمع, and expectations about “serious” intentions. So instead of just feeling things freely, people overthink everything: Is this right? Is this allowed? Where is this going?

At the same time, there’s fear. Fear of كلام الناس, fear of getting hurt, fear of investing in someone who might not stay. So people protect themselves by not going all in. They keep things unclear, undefined… safer.

And then comes this idea that being “taken” means restriction. Like once you’re in a relationship, you lose your freedom, your space, your independence, even your identity sometimes. Especially for girls, it can feel like more rules, more judgment, more pressure.

So what happens? People stay in “half-relationships.” Not single, not committed. Just enough connection to not feel alone, but not enough responsibility to feel exposed.

But deep down, most people still want something real. A stable, honest relationship. The problem is, we’re scared of everything that comes with it.

So is love actually difficult here, or are we just trying to protect ourselves too much?

Curious to hear your thoughts