Being a convert is hard!

glo said:
That's good.
Not giving people religious freedom makes a mockery of the free choice God gave us. That's my view, anyway.

Do you still miss Croatia? How long have you been in the US?
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I agree. I think it's partially because of all the tension that's been happening in that area for so long. People have become paranoid because of it, and they come to think that anything different coming into Croatia is a threat. In a way, I understand. But I've also heard things from Croats like "Stop the Islamization of Croatia! It's tearing our country apart!" And it makes me sad.

I've officially lived in the US my whole life, and I've never spent more than a month in Croatia, so I can't really say whether or not I miss it. Sometimes I do, just because I think the Croatian language is very beautiful, and the people there are usually much friendlier than a lot of people in the US, but my father refuses to ever go there for more than a short amount of time, and he only ever wants to go to certain cities. Again, it's primarily because of the violence in the past 15 or so years.
 
interestin story....at age 16............ for the first time u got me thinkin... it is more hard for convert then a muslim who is born in to it.. ur rite.............. actually ppl who convert r more religious ... then the one who were born in to it............................ but at the end we r alll muslims n god dont care wat color or race u from ... well salam wa 3lykom
 
I agree being a convert is hard, But Allah protects us Where ever we are and he is with you any time and any way. You choosed your way and you choosed the best way.

Good Luck brother...
 
Just think, us converts are in exactly like the people in muhammads (s.a.w) day, they were all just new converting just like us now.
wa salaam
 
And just dont worry about anything, gotta take baby steps bit by bit, my first lesson i got taught was sabar, patcience, and it does work trust me, my head used to be clouded with this that and the over, but then i just stopped, cleared my head, and become patcient and have left it to allah to gude me at my pace and ive never been happier or felt has close to him, and ive only been converted 4months. inshallah ill grow closer and closer. and has i said in another forum,
religion is about beliving in god, giving your will up to him, ignoring your ego and just pray and worship god how prophet muhamed(s.a.w) showed us. Like the saying, 'one drop when fallen into the ocen becomes nothing' forget our induvidualitys and become the ocean in gods love. all these arguements are pointless to the simplicity of you and your creator.
they were having alot of arguments on the other forum.
wa salaam
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As a born-muslim, I really admire reverts to Islam. It fascinates me how different people slowly, but surely, find their way to Allah (swt). And it astounds me how reverts are willing to abandon certain aspects of their lifestyle (like drinking, clubbing, etc.) and developing completely new ones. It shows their character & perseverance.

Being born into this religion, I take things for granted sometimes. There are many moments where I fail to realise how Allah (swt) has blessed me, & because of that I feel stupid & I know I'm being ungrateful. Reading revert stories spurs me on & can be a tight slap across my face at times (LOL).

I pray that Allah (swt) will continue to guide us along this true path and may we meet in Jannah. Amin.

Kudos to all of you! :)
 
i just reverted myself, and it is hard! i am trying to just give myself time though... i believe that Allah will give me time to learn :) I am glad however to be changing some of my ways.. mostly just adding more prayer and learning to fast... other than that my lifestyle isn't changing that much since i don't drink or date or eat pork anymore anyways.
 
truthforpeace said:
i just reverted myself, and it is hard! i am trying to just give myself time though... i believe that Allah will give me time to learn :) I am glad however to be changing some of my ways.. mostly just adding more prayer and learning to fast... other than that my lifestyle isn't changing that much since i don't drink or date or eat pork anymore anyways.
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Dont worry sis, take eat easy , dont burden urself with all the things at one time. Its marvellous that u have stopped eating prk and do not drink or date. hats of to you :thumbs_up :thumbs_up. There are other simple minute things of the manners of living in Islam. Like when we eat we should eat from right hand side. Simple things those are easy to follow and heart warming also.
This is the link - its beautiful and easy.

http://www.islamicboard.com/manners-purification-soul/43839-summarised-guide-good-manners-islam.html
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A good book site

http://www.kalamullah.com/books.html


Islam isnt difficult- do not overwhelm yourself. Read books of scholar its just not islamic as such, it relates to actual life. (Islam is the only natural religion offcourse) I am sure this will all give you confidence that you are practising and to do also its all very easy. the biggest support is our prayers. how r u learning the surahs ?
 
I dont know if anyone else on this thread has commented on it, and I dont have time to read it all now, although at some point I will.. But has anyone else here reverted from a very "hardline" christian or catholic family?? Probably more than anything, that has been the toughest for me, especially since the only muslims I really talk to are on this forum..lol..

No doubt it is tough though being a revert... Many things that non muslims are accustomed to, particularly in american culture, like alcohol, pork, lust for women, seeing things on TV everyday, it is as far from what the religion teaches as you can get really, and it is constantly used to tempt, constantly thrown in your face, constantly readily available and accessible... May Allah (SAW) forgive me :(

All you can do is your best, Insha'Allah I will continually get better.
 
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Wa Alaikum Asalam Wa Rehamatullahi Wa Barakhatahu dear brother / sister in Islam. May ALLAH Ta'ala strengthen your Imaan and health, Ameen Sumameen... :)
 
MTAFFI said:
I dont know if anyone else on this thread has commented on it, and I dont have time to read it all now, although at some point I will.. But has anyone else here reverted from a very "hardline" christian or catholic family?? Probably more than anything, that has been the toughest for me, especially since the only muslims I really talk to are on this forum..lol..

No doubt it is tough though being a revert... Many things that non muslims are accustomed to, particularly in american culture, like alcohol, pork, lust for women, seeing things on TV everyday, it is as far from what the religion teaches as you can get really, and it is constantly used to tempt, constantly thrown in your face, constantly readily available and accessible... May Allah (SAW) forgive me :(

All you can do is your best, Insha'Allah I will continually get better.
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Up until my mid-twenties I was a very hard line rigid Catholic. Then after that for a brief era a very strict Evangelical.

I found Catholochism at least up until the 1950s to have been much more rigid and with very many more rules and restrictions than Islam has. Much of it without explanation or logic.
 
Woodrow said:
Up until my mid-twenties I was a very hard line rigid Catholic. Then after that for a brief era a very strict Evangelical.

I found Catholochism at least up until the 1950s to have been much more rigid and with very many more rules and restrictions than Islam has. Much of it without explanation or logic.
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Catholicism is a difficult one to follow I think, of course there is always confession if you feel bad with that... Not only that but my family (mother and father and grandparents) are hardline, not me, I never really got into it that much. I went through the motions and did a lot of reading but as far as actually following through or thinking about my religion or even really caring about it, I never did.. I did what I did more to appease my family than anything, for a while after I received my confirmation I was actually atheist, it just didnt do anything for me (catholicism).
 
MTAFFI said:
Catholicism is a difficult one to follow I think, of course there is always confession if you feel bad with that... Not only that but my family (mother and father and grandparents) are hardline, not me, I never really got into it that much. I went through the motions and did a lot of reading but as far as actually following through or thinking about my religion or even really caring about it, I never did.. I did what I did more to appease my family than anything, for a while after I received my confirmation I was actually atheist, it just didnt do anything for me (catholicism).
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I think one of the reasons so many Catholics revert to Islam is because the difficulties involved in it do not make sense and many ex-Catholics come to see them as being man made. This in turn allows us to see the "difficulties" in Islam as not being difficulties, but acts of love for Allaah(swt) and not as ritual to pacify any earthly authority.

the difficulty comes in facing family and friends who do not understand why a Catholic could accept Islam and suddenly deny a life time of ritual and teachings.
 
Woodrow said:
I think one of the reasons so many Catholics revert to Islam is because the difficulties involved in it do not make sense and many ex-Catholics come to see them as being man made. This in turn allows us to see the "difficulties" in Islam as not being difficulties, but acts of love for Allaah(swt) and not as ritual to pacify any earthly authority.

the difficulty comes in facing family and friends who do not understand why a Catholic could accept Islam and suddenly deny a life time of ritual and teachings.
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i could not have explained it better myself :)
 
MTAFFI said:
I dont know if anyone else on this thread has commented on it, and I dont have time to read it all now, although at some point I will.. But has anyone else here reverted from a very "hardline" christian or catholic family?? Probably more than anything, that has been the toughest for me, especially since the only muslims I really talk to are on this forum..lol..

No doubt it is tough though being a revert... Many things that non muslims are accustomed to, particularly in american culture, like alcohol, pork, lust for women, seeing things on TV everyday, it is as far from what the religion teaches as you can get really, and it is constantly used to tempt, constantly thrown in your face, constantly readily available and accessible... May Allah (SAW) forgive me :(

All you can do is your best, Insha'Allah I will continually get better.
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Masha'Allah bro'!

Is one of the reasons your finding it tough, you have questions about Islam? If so, please don't hesitate to ask! :)
 

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