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Samya understands that she could be in danger. She relays a story about a friend who converted from being a Muslim to atheism. The one time he returned home, he was beaten. Samya did go back home once. She says it was difficult because her family tried to convince her to stay. She resisted. RNS photo by Sally Morrow.
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(RNS2-mar4) Samya understands that she could be in danger. She relays a story about a friend who converted from being a Muslim to atheism. The one time he returned home, he was beaten. Samya did go back home once. She says it was difficult because her family tried to convince her to stay. She resisted. For use with RNS-SAMYA-ATHEIST, transmitted on March 4, 2013, RNS photo by Sally Morrow.

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