A Melbourne woman who told how she felt like an "animal" and a "slave" while practising Islam says she hopes she'll inspire other female Muslims to "free themselves" from the religion.

Nadia (last name with held) and her eldest daughter Allawea are now in hiding, after their family turned against them when the pair denounced Islam.

"It is in an honour for them to kill somebody whose turned away from Islam, and their own mother has turned away from Islam so I mean nothing to them," the 40-year-old told A Current Affair .

Nadia tells A Current Affair that her sons threatened to kill her for the family's honour. Picture: ACA (9news)

Nadia is speaking out in the hopes of helping other Muslim women. Picture: ACA (9news)

Things escalated in October last year, when Nadia's two eldest sons turned up at her former home in Melbourne's western suburbs, brutally bashing her new husband.

"They were screaming we're going to kill you, we need you dead," she told ACA.

The young men fled when police arrived, with officers later allegedly finding several rifles in their possession.

Nadia says her sons treated her like an "animal" and "second class citizen" after she denounced Islam. Picture: ACA (9news)

Police allegedly found several rifles belonging to Nadia's sons. Picture: ACA (9news)

Weapons charges were laid but the boys' whereabouts are unknown.

Nadia and her teenage daughter are now living in a safe house, provided by a domestic violence charity.

The 40-year-old, originally from Bendigo, met her ex-husband when she was in her late teens. She fell head over heels and converted to Islam but "struggled to do daily prayers, daily washing" and "read the Koran".

Her daughter Allewea said she was terrified of her brothers. Picture: ACA (Nine)

Nadia and Allewea are now in hiding from their family. Picture: ACA (Nine)

"I watched my children giving me their seconds off their plate ... and that was okay because I was western and white, and not Muslim," she said.

She claims she denounced the faith after growing concerned about growing anti-western sentiment in the family and discovering her ex-husband had been seeing other women – a move that ultimately led to the October incident.