I now realize this is a common problem. The honor-shame paradigm, combined with the cost of following Jesus, paralyzes many former Muslims into secrecy and deception. I have even met an immigrant in America who has been a Christian for more than two decades and still has not told his parents that he left Islam. My counsel to all such new brothers and sisters in the faith is that they walk in the light and hide nothing. Jesus intends for us to walk openly and freely, whereas secrecy and deception are the domain of the devil. This is particularly important for Muslims from honor-shame contexts,
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