Alexander Aan began to question the existence of God when he was a junior high school student in Padang. He saw so many people suffering, and too many of them persecuted. He also learned of the same from various media which he scoured through. He said he saw bad people doing whatever they wished, as if they were free to do so. This made him grow restless and question certain beliefs. "So... wheres God the Merciful and the Beneficent in all of this