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Yeah, I personally think "Atheist" and "Agnostic" to be a loaded term with the general public, more so in mine where the majority is religious.
Many of my friends think I abandoned all my moral code the moment they found out, like "No, I'm still the same person just not doing the ritual like I used to" and they won't even notice if I didn't tell.
Many did not believe me when I said I never drink even once (alcohol is forbidden in Islam). It's so hard to explain that the general messages to aspire to be a decent human being are good guidelines I don't have any problem with that, it's the finer details that made me decide to leave.
Morality and religion are the same in society, broadly speaking. Any of the myriad interviews with a non-religious person being asked how they derive morality without religion is telling enough for that.