I'm interested in meeting Muslims and learning more about the deen. Thing is - I can say that here, but I'm unsure if I could say that in my community. I'm very much an Australian stereotype. I'm 21, working with boats, from rural New South Wales living now in the Capital. 100% Anglo boy. Not interested in giving a biography, but I know of only a few Muslims from University. They're some of the best people I know, but I think that even they would find it bizarre to hear me give this admission. I took up learning Arabic, originally for career prospects. I met these friends in class. I have hitherto been a carefree, fairly shallow-minded agnostic until I started learning more about the argument's for God's existence.
I have been reading the Qur'an (fil-lugha as-sawab, of course) and its just giving me more answers than I thought I'd ever see. I just think its true, and I've learned about how Muslims live this truth out.
The question basically is: certainly none of my family or friends would accept it (no kidding. One might call them 'very kaffir'.) But what would my local Muslim community in Australia, a minority group, feel about me, with my ridiculous country Australian accent and attire, approaching them in interest? Is there a way I should go about it (via my friends first, etc)? May I have to navigate through a bit of judging, in everyone's best guess? It may be something which I have to take up in private for a long time first before I approach any others.
I welcome particularly any stories about anyone else who maybe had this conundrum.
Thanks to Eesa for the video. Honestly listening to the Qur'an was something I started doing over a year ago just to hear Arabic properly, and when I found myself listening to it just because I liked it, I knew something was going on..
format_quote Originally Posted by AbdullahAziz
MaashAllah brother your already Muslim inshALlah as you believe in the heart! [according to one valid opinion] and you would formalise that belief by saying the shahdah!
Yeah I think this is true, I think there's a thing inside every human which draws them to it. I can't say I feel the same way regarding Buddhist or Christian beliefs... they're just normal beliefs to me. Islam is something else entirely, it lives within you I believe.
I'm interested in meeting Muslims and learning more about the deen. Thing is - I can say that here, but I'm unsure if I could say that in my community. I'm very much an Australian stereotype. I'm 21, working with boats, from rural New South Wales living now in the Capital. 100% Anglo boy. Not interested in giving a biography, but I know of only a few Muslims from University. They're some of the best people I know, but I think that even they would find it bizarre to hear me give this admission. I took up learning Arabic, originally for career prospects. I met these friends in class. I have hitherto been a carefree, fairly shallow-minded agnostic until I started learning more about the argument's for God's existence.
I have been reading the Qur'an (fil-lugha as-sawab, of course) and its just giving me more answers than I thought I'd ever see. I just think its true, and I've learned about how Muslims live this truth out.
The question basically is: certainly none of my family or friends would accept it (no kidding. One might call them 'very kaffir'.) But what would my local Muslim community in Australia, a minority group, feel about me, with my ridiculous country Australian accent and attire, approaching them in interest? Is there a way I should go about it (via my friends first, etc)? May I have to navigate through a bit of judging, in everyone's best guess? It may be something which I have to take up in private for a long time first before I approach any others.
I welcome particularly any stories about anyone else who maybe had this conundrum.
Thanks!
I was just spending this Saturday evening watching YT video's,i came across this,and actually thought about you,a fellow Australian converting to Islam.
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