Hi! I'm Sammy, the creator of Haram (forbidden) Doodles and exmuslim.me. I'm an ExMuslim atheist who grew up in the U.S. as a first-generation South Asian (Pakistani-Indian) Muslim immigrant.

I left Islam because I'm a woman.

As if the patriarchy everywhere in our world wasn't enough, once you see and experience the Islamic patriarchy of 7th century Arabia, you can't undo and unsee it. Misogyny, sexism and gender-bias are also baked into Islam, and I knew I had to get out of this man-made system for men.

I was also stopped from drawing (especially people and animals) as a little girl, unless I wanted Allah, Islam's imaginary sky baba, to punish me in hell after I die for mimicking his creations. How dare I?

Decades later in March 2022, I turned my Muslim childhood love of art into ExMuslim feminist fuel to launch Haram Doodles.

It is a collection of forbidden doodles, comics, stories and memes that I create in collaboration with courageous ExMuslims using a humanist, critical and sometimes cheeky approach. These doodles are freely available online and publicly accessible in protest of Islam and its strict rules and restrictions on freedom, gender, sexuality, critical thinking, science, nature, art and life itself, all of the reasons that also made me question, disbelieve and eventually leave Islam.

Email me for media, partnership, interview and speaking requests at [email protected].
Haram Doodles at California Freethought Day 2025

With a coalition of ExMuslims and activists, I organized the first ever "ExMuslim Awareness Month" in December 2022, now celebrated annually. I also volunteer with the Ex-Muslims International coalition and am part of the 2025-2027 Borgenicht Fellowship Program with the Rights and Religions Forum.

In December 2025, my ExMuslim partner and I, along with a tiny team of ExMuslims, helped create and launch exmuslim.me.

This first ever global map of stories is a website for apostates of Islam to share about their identities, experiences and journey. There are now over 1,000 stories shared by ExMuslims from around the world!

exmuslim.me: Stories of Apostasy from Islam
Your story matters. Share it to help exmuslims on their journey out of Islam.
You can find Haram Doodles on Instagram, TikTok, BlueSky and X. And on the Ex-Muslim Subreddit.

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ExMuslim, Atheist, Humanist, Weed Mubarak, Iblees, Pride Muarak t-shirts and prints

Haram tips are welcome to support these doodles on Ko-Fi!

Share haram doodles to earn haram points! JK, maybe. ;)

Please download (right-click, save) and share these doodles freely. Tag on Instagram as @haramdoodles, on X or Twitter @haramdoodles and/or mention this website, HaramDoodles.com.

Haram Doodles in interviews, events, podcasts and panels:

Freedom from Religion Foundation January 2026

California Freethought Day October 2025

Cults to Consciousness November 2024