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The Guantánamo Guard Found Islam




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Revert to Peace said:
Assalamu alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu

Brothers and Sisters in Islam..

The love inside me for Islam knows no end.. I cannot tell you how passionate I am about my deen and Islam, and how reading about others conversions just inspires me and makes me feel so proud of our Ummah.. alhamdulillah.

My conversion story is just simple compared to some.. but alhamdulillah, Allah swt, ya Rabb, found us and put us on the straight path, alhamdulillah.



Well.. insha'Allah I haven't bored you with this humungus post :smile:, just to say, jazakAllah for reading and

Fi Aman Allah

Wa alaikum assalam

Stephanie
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القناعة تقيم في الأكواخ اكثر من القصور
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Sister Stephanie

Thanks so much for sharing your reversion story, don't worry about the length of it. It always warms my heart to hear how others come to know Islam. I can certainly relate to the sense of peace that Islam brings you, it has certainly done that for me, mashallah.
 
In the name of Allah , Most Gracious, Most Merciful


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American Youth Minister Converts


Paul's Teachings Startled Me



What triggered the Christian youth minister to read thoroughly the Old and New Testaments in an effort to compare and contrast between both teachings?


What was so startling about Paul's teachings that led Joshua to reconsider his blind faith in Christian theology? What instilled doubt in his heart and eventually led him to become a project director for an Islamic website?



Watch the 10-minute video to find out the answer.

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Aslam alaykum
well I am not a new muslim ,but have been muslim for quite a few years
and always when i read storys of people who have reverts sends shivers down my spin and often tears subanallah ,softy i am lol
anyway here is a little story about me left some things out as to long to write

I wasnt raised in any religous backround all i knew was i was cathlic and had been baptised. i grew up in a single parent back round and went through quite alot of issues in my life which were down to my upbring sadley no bondary , no father and so on anyway i got introdued to islam round 18 years through mixing with arab students living in my area , before i knew it i was sharing ramadan with them , seeing them pray , fast and hearing the quran , subanallah for some reason i always felt comfortable around them
then life moved on and so did i were yet again my path crossed muslims and ened up marrying one but sadley he didnt pray wasnt a good example as i though ,but i stayed in the marrige and started to learn about islam myself and started to fast even when he didnt , the life for 5 years wasnt good but i stayed and my yearning to become muslim grew stronger as i learned more about islam , all my question about Allah were answered , the trinty to was an issues for me but islam made it clear for me and i knew while i was with this man i could not live my life as a muslim , as he had left the fold of islam
the pillars of faith . i wrote to yusuf islam for advice t my situation and it was clear to me this was a visa case subanallah anyway then i was pregant and had alot of problems with the husband and i made dua one day that i asked Allah to bless me with a boy and i will rasie him as a muslim , because at the time i knew thi smarrige wouldtn last ones papers arrive and if im going to be a single parent i had this idea it was easier to rasie a boy that girl in islam
which now isnt the case .

so finally we devoiced alahmduillah it really was a test and blessing for me those years and within a few weeks i had took my shahada , i couldnt wait any longer i knew the truth , the correct path i needed to take and was afraid i would die knowing the truth yet not submit to my creator.
And so spent my time as a single parent for a while and learning my deen and getting to grow as a muslima wasnt easy i felt on my face many times and got mixed up with some who were preaching the wrong islam which now our ummah are suffering because of those misguided muslims

Alhmduillah some years on i know im on the right path following the quran and sunnah and the way of the salaf

finally i advice all new to islam to beware who you take your knowledge from and not to blindy follow
thats my story all cut short lol
jazukallah khir for reading
walaykum aslam your sister in islam:)
 
muslim soul said:
Aslam alaykum
well I am not a new muslim ,but have been muslim for quite a few years
and always when i read storys of people who have reverts sends shivers down my spin and often tears subanallah ,softy i am lol
anyway here is a little story about me left some things out as to long to write

I wasnt raised in any religous backround all i knew was i was cathlic and had been baptised. i grew up in a single parent back round and went through quite alot of issues in my life which were down to my upbring sadley no bondary , no father and so on anyway i got introdued to islam round 18 years through mixing with arab students living in my area , before i knew it i was sharing ramadan with them , seeing them pray , fast and hearing the quran , subanallah for some reason i always felt comfortable around them
then life moved on and so did i were yet again my path crossed muslims and ened up marrying one but sadley he didnt pray wasnt a good example as i though ,but i stayed in the marrige and started to learn about islam myself and started to fast even when he didnt , the life for 5 years wasnt good but i stayed and my yearning to become muslim grew stronger as i learned more about islam , all my question about Allah were answered , the trinty to was an issues for me but islam made it clear for me and i knew while i was with this man i could not live my life as a muslim , as he had left the fold of islam
the pillars of faith . i wrote to yusuf islam for advice t my situation and it was clear to me this was a visa case subanallah anyway then i was pregant and had alot of problems with the husband and i made dua one day that i asked Allah to bless me with a boy and i will rasie him as a muslim , because at the time i knew thi smarrige wouldtn last ones papers arrive and if im going to be a single parent i had this idea it was easier to rasie a boy that girl in islam
which now isnt the case .

so finally we devoiced alahmduillah it really was a test and blessing for me those years and within a few weeks i had took my shahada , i couldnt wait any longer i knew the truth , the correct path i needed to take and was afraid i would die knowing the truth yet not submit to my creator.
And so spent my time as a single parent for a while and learning my deen and getting to grow as a muslima wasnt easy i felt on my face many times and got mixed up with some who were preaching the wrong islam which now our ummah are suffering because of those misguided muslims

Alhmduillah some years on i know im on the right path following the quran and sunnah and the way of the salaf

finally i advice all new to islam to beware who you take your knowledge from and not to blindy follow
thats my story all cut short lol
jazukallah khir for reading
walaykum aslam your sister in islam:)
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MashaAllah ukhtee... :) May Allah help you all the way Ameen...
 
Salaam/peace


Swedish Atheist Converts



Reading about Malcom X inspired Frederick to read about Islam.

Frederick is a Swede who comes from a Christian Protestant background, though he never had been religious himself. He had been an atheist as far as he can remember.



He made some heavy research online and he started reading the Swedish translation of the Quran. Though he did not understand much of what he was reading, he felt its immense power in his heart.



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A Dutch Convert With Hopes and Plans

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Nourdeen Wildeman is a 26-year-old Dutch Muslim who converted to Islam "officially" on the 9th of December 2007. In his short period as a Muslim, he managed to launch his ongoing project "Find the Mosque that Fits You Best."

We are interviewing Nourdeen not only on his project's experience, which gives useful information on Dutch mosques, but on his daily challenges and opportunities as a Dutch Muslim convert as well.
As a platform for European Muslims, we are presenting Nourdeen as one of the positive role models for European Muslim youths.

Invitation: Are you a European Muslim? We cordially invite you to share your positive experiences with IslamOnline.net (IOL)'s audience through sending them to [email protected] be published on the IOL's European Muslims Page.



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My Holy Quest (Video)

An Australian Man Converts ( Part 1)

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He faced a tough year as his parents separated and his friend died. This made him
pause and think. He started questioning why he bothered waking up every morning. ​
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Christianity was his first stop. He was confused between the Bible's words and the priests' interpretation of God's words. So he left Christianity in a quest to search for the truth.​
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well i tried writing up my revert story last night and it ended up being a long, long story. and i still felt i left out much info of my journey.

so i will summarize my story as short as possible this time!

basically, in 2003 i started getting more religious.(as a christian.) i started to like studying religion in general, and not just christianity. i one day saw some muslims on TV protesting the book "the davinci code" and i remember they were holding a picture of jesus.(i now know they were shia muslims, but at the time didnt know the difference.) so it made me interested into what muslims believe, and why they were protesting a book that mainly christians were against.

so i did a plain and simple google of "islam." i read a lot about it. and, it made complete sense.

but i was still an honest believing christian. so, i just read about both religions for fun. however i started coming across skeptical sites of christianity and after reading up, and looking at some of what they have to say, i eventually became disenchanted with christianity.(this took a few years by the way, not as quick as i am making it sound.)

so i left christianity but still wasnt a muslim. i didnt like islam to be honest because i disagreed with so many moral values of islam. keep in mind i was raised in a liberal environment where i was exposed to all kinds of diversity and i was very open minded.

so i tried to deny islam and find reasons why not to believe in it. but it didnt work. in my heart i knew it was true though i was denying it.

on christmas day of 2007, after christmas mass,(i was not a christian at this time but still went with the family), all of a sudden i just admitted to myself islam was true and i had to accept it.

but i still didnt for a few months, but finally i said my shahadah in mid 2008, alhumdullillah! and, i love my religion. though i did indeed have problems accepting some moral views of islam, i know that ALLAH KNOWS BEST! and none of these deny the authenticity of islam, they are just personal disagreements on issues like abortion and gay marriage.

it took me years before i accepted the religion but now i am a happy muslim. i love my religion and love allah(swt) and his messengers!(peace be upon them.)
 

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