when a dutch translation by bernadette de wit (with a foreword by afshin ellian) was published in 2008, "de volkskrant" found the book "interesting, because it shows how the process of deconversion occurs in muslim migrants." on the other hand, there was an apparent inconsistency in the authors' attitude towards the abrahamic holy books. they agreed that both the quran and the bible described many atrocities and contained a lot of immoral commandments, but while modern christians and jews were praised for cherry-picking the good bits and ignoring the unethical parts or taking them as parables, the contributors of "leaving islam" tended to claim that modern muslims who try to do the same are blind to what the texts literally say, and should stop believing in them altogether.