His wife, Hediye, began to question her religion when she was just nine years old. “I was taught to believe in fate,” she said. “As an orphan, I wondered, ‘What have I done to deserve this?’ I often cried all night. By age 15, in my heart I had abandoned my religion.”
Anasema hivi: “Nilifundishwa kwamba tayari maisha yetu yamepangwa na Mungu. Kwa kuwa mimi ni yatima, nilijiuliza, ‘Kwani nilifanya nini wazazi wangu wakafa?’ Mara nyingi nililia usiku kucha. Kufikia wakati nilipokuwa na umri wa miaka 15, nilikuwa nimeacha kupendezwa na dini yangu.”