Stories of Muslim Reverts! - Post yours here!

This book was no petulant, bossy, bullying rant indeed; rather it was dry, intellectual, sophisticated, yet still passionate and emotive. It even criticized the problems infesting so many other religions as well as those of wrong-thinking religious folk of any stripe—including that great bane of religion—and, really, of all human life and culture—that is the ingrained, unthinking parroting of the beliefs you were brought up with at the behest of reason and reasonability. I also started to discover (and would continue to discover, long after I reverted) that when it came to all the tough abstract theological or philosophical questions which the very people of most religions have trouble answering satisfactorily, the Koran always seemed to be a source for the dead-on answer to all of them. What is the precise definition of God and His nature? He’s defined in detail by ninety-nine sensible descriptive titles. Where are heaven and hell? They are nowhere because they don’t exist yet, and won’t until God tears down the world and remakes it come Judgment Day. Why are we here? To serve God. An answer so simple, obvious, and obviously right—downright self-evident by definition, when you consider the question, and from a theistic point of view—that all the great minds which have approached the question through the ages were put to shame. It’s the cosmological equivalent of, “Why did the chicken cross the road?” “To get to the other side.”
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Are you any how a novelist? you don't have to answer this akhee... I was just wondering :)
 
Yahya Sulaiman said:
Actually, I'm outlining a novel as we speak. I'm also writing a book promoting Islam.
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Then don't forget to advertise here in LI after you finished you book.

J Aaliyah said:
Salam,
This is my conversion video, instead of writing it all. It's just very bad sound so you might need to have highest sound and headset on (the sound becomes louder then) and I am sorry for that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR2rHuWxdvU
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i think i've to change my headset because i could not here anything... imsad
 
syilla said:
Then don't forget to advertise here in LI after you finished you book.



i think i've to change my headset because i could not here anything... imsad
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Salam,
No sister, it's nothing wrong with your headset. The problem was in my recording. I made a new today and it is uploading right now at this moment so after a few hours I will put the link up here inshallah :)
 
desert winds said:
im not a revrt but i started practicing recently- may i contribute if you dont mind?
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What do you mean by this?

I don't know how you can be practicing but not a revert.
If you already perform shalah, you must have said the kalimah shahadah already, because in the tashahud akhir, we testify the shahadah
 
desert winds said:
what i mean is im a born muslima, so i was a msulim by name not my actions and recently i have embraced the true religion....
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aahh.. I got it. I was confused temporarily.
I was also born muslim, but was practically living non-muslim life for many years, before Allah SWT gave me hidayah and Alhamdulillah I've been practicing and trying to increase my imaan and deen.
 
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famous footballer embraces Islam in Dubai

DUBAI (Al Arabiya)



Abel Xavier leaves football as he finds "comfort" in IslamWorld





Football star Abel Xavier embraced Islam on a trip to the UAE city of Dubai last week and said he will now quit football at the age of 38 to pursue a career in humanitarian work, press reports revealed.

Former Portuguese international, Abel, who will now go by the name of Faisal Xavier, said he regretted leaving the sport but said he was happy to enter a new phase in his life.

"While it's an emotional farewell, I hope to participate in something very special as I enter a new stage of my life," press reports quoted Xavier, who also once played for Liverpool and Everton, as saying.

"In times of trouble, I have found comfort in Islam. Gradually I learned of a religion that professes peace, equality, freedom and hope. These are extremely important," Xavier said.

The footballer said he would now work with the United Nations on various humanitarian projects.

Xavier was born in Mozambique and previously played for the Los Angeles Galaxy, following a career in Portugal, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, England, Turkey, Germany, and the USA.

http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/12/26/95386.html
 
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African Boxers Find Islam in Pakistan

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Hundreds cheered with vociferous Allah-o-Akbar when the nine boxers took the shahada


http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/...72133034&pagename=Zone-English-News/NWELayout
 
wow, that story on the first page about the boy converting at the age of 10 made me so sad :(, it was a really good read.

"With every hardship, comes ease. Verily, with hardship comes ease." (94:5-6)
 
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Comedian Preacher Moss's Journey to Islam

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Founder of "Allah Made Me Funny" Comedy Group
Interviewed By Dilshad D. Ali




Preacher Moss

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If you've ever seen Preacher Moss of the "Allah Made Me Funny" comedy trio perform, then you've heard this joke. "If it were legally possible, I'd change my name to 'Allahu Akbar,'" Preacher says. Then he goes into a bit on how great it would sound at the airport to hear security officials to read off his passport, "Allahu Akbar."

But that's not the best part of the joke. "Meet my children," Preacher says. "'Mashallah' and 'Inshallah.'" And that's when the laughter really starts flowing. But the final stomach-hurting guffaws come at the very end of the routine: "And then my third child will say, 'That's not Daddy's name.' So I'll point to him and say, 'You'll have to pardon my youngest. He's named 'Astaghfirullah' (I seek Allah's forgiveness)."




Read more: http://www.readingislam.com/servlet...nglish-Discover_Islam/DIELayout#ixzz0gwsx3Ege
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I met a Canadian revert sis online in other forum . I / We requested her to write her story , here it is :statisfie


Salam alaykum...

When i was 18 years old... I was same as most of the young adult in the west... Feeling to going into club, drinking, meeting man , having fun with my friends , etc...

One night, my friends and me goes for to dance... I was wearing tight cloths and hill shoes, make up to look nice... I start dancing and suddenly one man come beside me and ask if he can dance with me... He was nice looking and full of charm... lol... I saw he wasn't from Canada... He was having an accent and something i never saw with no man around me... End of the night we exchange our phone number...

I call him as i promess him few days after... And he ask me for to take a ride in downtown... I arrives there with my flat shoes... and a long skirt and long shirt... Totally different style as was he saw the day we meet... The first thing he tell me its : You look better like this then the way you was dress the other day.

I got little surprised... But feel more confortable... We pass the whole day in talking and walking... No kiss, no touch, nothing... I was thinking something wrong at the beginning but more the time was passing more i realize , he was having respect for me... He took me to the subway and we left... I was thinking he never will call again... Was sad... But i got suprised , he called me few days after and offering me another ride in downtown...

More i was knowing about him, his religion and his family more i was feeling good... My friends ask me to go in the club and i didn't felt the same way... I asked him if he wanted to come with us and he tell me : Only if you dress yourself nicely as what i saw you when we go for walk. This was unusual for me... Going in club like this ??? OMG ... Finally i accepted...

The time as passed and slowly i stop going in the club and start passing lot of time with him and his family... His mom were expecting us to get married, his sisters also... Even his father was very nice with me and treating me as one of them... They included me as their family members and treated me as it is... They invited me to all the holidays, party... Slowly me and him found we were only very good friend on who we can count on each other... He left for his country and leave me with his sisters... They tooked care of me so much nicely... I was feeling so lonely after he left... But his sisters make me to stay with them and start teaching me more about religion and Islam...

Everyone around me was seeing me changing and being happy... The beginning of my life was starting... Alhumdullilah... Then my convertion to islam as start..

Few months after all this, I was working in a computer store and one day a group of man come in the store to buy a computer... It was my husband and is friends ...I knew it right at the moment what was my destiny... He was muslim and it was the most important part for me ...

Today we have 5 kids together and we do enjoy our life...

The hardest part i had was to include my father, sister and brothers into my life... The time as pass but many part they don't understand about islam because of what the media telling... I have always to make a concession between both side...

This is not the easiest life i was expecting but i hope one day I will be able to show myself to everyone (including my family) the way i am really... But still have a long ride to do before it...

http://myislamweb.com/forum/index.php?topic=18993.msg150122#msg150122
 

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