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I Wondered Why Muslims Are So Proud


My name is Aysha, and I am from North Hungary. I heard about Islam when I was in secondary school in the history lessons, because Hungary was under occupation by Turkey for 150 years.

After that I went to university to study molecular biology, where I met many Muslim foreign students.

I was always curious why Muslims are so proud that they are Muslims.

I was Catholic, a good one, but I always had doubts and I didn't agree with some parts of my religion: for example, how can God have a son and the concept of the Trinity was also not believable for me.

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KIWI MUSLIM





It was on Television during the evening News that I witnessed Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam) leave his singing career, giving it all up for Islam, this was my very first encounter of Islam and Muslims, in no way was I ever to know what Allah (SWT) had install for me.​



As time passed and life became complicated through adulthood, I would always wonder what life was and why I was put here, what was my part in this vast World and would I pass the test put to each and every one of us in time or at least before I was laid to rest, where would I take myself and would I hurt anyone alone the way, if so, how would I repair what I broke?​



Many questions continued to haunt me throughout my youthful years until I could take it no more, I needed answers and fast. ​



Here are some questions that were confronting me when I was younger and before I had any idea I was to be chosen to be a Practicing Muslim, Alhumdulillah...”All praises go to Allah (SWT) alone for Granting me this chance to repent and show my honest love for Him”​



Whilst growing up on Easter eggs and Christmas puddings, (usually drenched in cherry…this being the sponge pudding) I used to sit and wonder why we are always sitting there each year scoffing our mouths until we can eat no more, in remembrance of what Isa (Jesus) did for us.​



Why should we be eating? Shouldn’t we be Fasting instead to show our compassion for this Holy Man called Isa? (Jesus)​



Every year, I thought more and more about this and many more questions that were confronting me constantly came into my head, with the need for the answers.​



Never did I ever truly believe that “God” had a son or anything connected to Him, I never agreed with this term, why would God belittle Himself be Creating something the same as Him in us, He has given us life and if Jesus was God, then why was he Praying to God? Thinking about this one must be positive with insight in itself to consider and respect through devotional Prayer to Allah (SWT) alone.​





http://rapidshare.com/files/356535734/My_Reversion_To_Islam_Story.doc
 
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My jounrey to Islam was quite long. Before i became muslim i didn't like Islam because of the media propaganda against the religion. Then i met some muslim women who i begun to debate Islam with, they started to ask me to really study Islam before i critized it which i satrted do, i started to study aspects of Islam more and more and the more i read the more chocked i becamse because contrary to what i believed it all seemed so logical and true. I became more and more convinced rhat Islam was the truth and then i started to see many more women who had reverted to Islam and i asked myself. If Islam was so oppressive to women why do so many women revert to Islam? Then i reverted to Islam and i have never looked back at this point on. Islam is the true religion and Muhammed is the prophet of Allah, the only God.
 
Today, I made it as official as I know how. I'm not sure whether the right verb is 'took', 'recited' or what (and I wouldn't want to seem offensive using the wrong term), but I will simply say I, after a long time of dodging Islam (as I did over the years, for various reasons, despite my attraction to the path), I said (that seems like a nice and concise verb) the Shahada. I'm feeling happy with this, and though I have things to learn (mostly in regards to prayer and how to go about handling Ramadan if dehydration is an issue, as was stated to me in my introduction), but I feel life is too unpredictable and potentially short to put off something this important to me for any longer.

I did change the 'religion' option in my profile to Muslim, but I left 'brother in humanity' as it was due to lack of reason to specify otherwise if my religion status is set to Muslim, because that doesn't mean one isn't human.

Anyway, I first really learned about Islam in specific details back in Highschool (Humanities class) in one of the many videos we had to watch, since our teacher seemed only to participate in class activities when he was managing the school's choir. I developed an interest in it right then, despite having been an Atheist and a bit of a full and complete Anti-Theist for the majority of my life (not counting before, when the concept of having a religion never really crossed my mind enough to say I was one or another), and having heard all sorts of negativity from the media in regards to Islam, which I came to discover was a load of stereotyping and bigotry (partly out of American xenophobia which is always around in some form and partly because the media needed to hype the efforts to gather more oil in a way people would like). After that, I went on living and found an online game which I played for a time (by played, I mean tolerated, it was nothing more than a half-finished chat room featuring rpg gameplay and few to no moderators), and after awhile of that I met a person who turned out to be Muslim. I spoke to this person for awhile and that really got me thinking again about what I had learned already.

For awhile (beginning a couple of months back, I think), I began randomly studying religions. I had a pretty big gap in me I needed to fill and I wasn't going to start drinking or something, so I went in pursuit of something that felt right (while trying to dodge the one that had most caught my eye). After giving it serious thought and doing some research specifically on Islam (which I had been doing a reading up on here and there between other belief systems that caught my eye) and that last stretch brought me here with a question of health concerns. The rest, a brief time, involved telling my grandmother, who was raised a Baptist, about my decision (since she lives here with me and I take care of her, I figured she would inevitably find out and I didn't want it to shock her) and she was very accepting.

Again, though, I don't know everything and I plan to learn all I can and need as I go along. Well, here I am, reporting live from my home, with the story of how I came to this point (which I hope I didn't rant or drone too much during, lol).

My gratitude goes out to those who responded to my post with answers and warmth, and to all the people and events which have helped me get to this point. Now, there are some things around the house I need to finish dealing with (though pretty much all of the flood damage I had from the storms we had awhile back is taken care of). Oh, I hope the longish, textblocky nature of this post isn't too annoying, lol
 
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Today, I made it as official as I know how.
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Alhamdulillah!
Congratulation brother for Allah SWT has guided you to the straight path.

As the sister above wrote, you are sinless now like a baby just born insya Allah
Please make lots and lots of d'uas to make Allah SWT to keep strengthen your iman and grant you jannah as sincere du'a of a newly revert is most likely to be accepted Insya Allah.
 
Salaam Alaykum ;

I want to translate some convert stories for our local daily. if get publisher , then InshaAllah will try to publish a book on new Muslims.

What's the rule here ? Is it allowed for me to translate or I need to take indivual's permission ?
 
Allah Akbar.. Allah Akbar, Allah Akbar..

Jazaka Allah khyran for sharing your story you've warmed my heart.. May Allah swt accompany you on this journey, make you steadfast, keep you safe from all harm and make you an instrument to do good and represent Islam as a devout faithful..

ameen

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Great story I came across, the brother proper talks about how alot of the haraam pleasures non-muslims enjoy are fake and only bring temporary happiness

 
My jounrey to Islam was quite long. Before i became muslim i didn't like Islam because of the media propaganda against the religion.
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That is one of the big stumbling blocks. I had a terrible bias against Islam before I began to study it objectively. I just associated it with terrorists and extremist nutjobs. It seemed like a religion of violence and hate. The media only give one side of Islam and it is always slanted.

My family is very much against Islam and I have to keep quiet about it. I try to quietly defend it when I can but mostly have to stay silent. It will be a long process overcoming the damage done to this religion by the terrorists and media propaganda.

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Catherine Heseltine
Nursery school teacher, 31, North London

“If you’d asked me at the age of 16 if I’d like to become a Muslim, I would have said, ‘No thanks.’ I was quite happy drinking, partying and fitting in with my friends.

“Growing up in North London, we never practised religion at home; I always thought it was slightly old-fashioned and irrelevant. But when I met my future husband, Syed, in the sixth form, he challenged all my preconceptions. He was young, Muslim, believed in God – and yet he was normal. The only difference was that, unlike most teenage boys, he never drank.

“A year later, we were head over heels in love, but we quickly realised: how could we be together if he was a Muslim and I wasn’t?

“Before meeting Syed, I’d never actually questioned what I believed in; I’d just picked up my casual agnosticism through osmosis. So I started reading a few books on Islam out of curiosity.

“In the beginning, the Koran appealed to me on an intellectual level; the emotional and spiritual side didn’t come until later. I loved its explanations of the natural world and discovered that 1,500 years ago, Islam gave women rights that they didn’t have here in the West until relatively recently. It was a revelation.

“Religion wasn’t exactly a ‘cool’ thing to talk about, so for three years I kept my interest in Islam to myself. But in my first year at university, Syed and I decided to get married – and I knew it was time to tell my parents. My mum’s initial reaction was, ‘Couldn’t you just live together first?’ She had concerns about me rushing into marriage and the role of women in Muslim households – but no one realised how seriously I was taking my religious conversion. I remember going out for dinner with my dad and him saying, ‘Go on, have a glass of wine. I won’t tell Syed!’ A lot of people assumed I was only converting to Islam to keep his family happy, not because I believed in it.

“Later that year, we had an enormous Bengali wedding, and moved into a flat together – but I certainly wasn’t chained to the kitchen sink. I didn’t even wear the hijab at all to start with, and wore a bandana or a hat instead.

“I was used to getting a certain amount of attention from guys when I went out to clubs and bars, but I had to let that go. I gradually adopted the Islamic way of thinking: I wanted people to judge me for my intelligence and my character – not for the way I looked. It was empowering.

“I’d never been part of a religious minority before, so that was a big adjustment, but my friends were very accepting. Some of them were a bit shocked: ‘What, no drink, no drugs, no men? I couldn’t do that!’ And it took a while for my male friends at university to remember things like not kissing me hello on the cheek any more. I’d have to say, ‘Sorry, it’s a Muslim thing.’

“Over time, I actually became more religious than my husband. We started growing apart in other ways, too. In the end, I think the responsibility of marriage was too much for him; he became distant and disengaged. After seven years together, I decided to get a divorce.

“When I moved back in with my parents, people were surprised I was still wandering around in a headscarf. But if anything, being on my own strengthened my faith: I began to gain a sense of myself as a Muslim, independent of him.

“Islam has given me a sense of direction and purpose. I’m involved with the Muslim Public Affairs Committee, and lead campaigns against Islamophobia, discrimination against women in mosques, poverty and the situation in Palestine. When people call us ‘extremists’ or ‘the dark underbelly of British politics’, I just think it’s ridiculous. There are a lot of problems in the Muslim community, but when people feel under siege it makes progress even more difficult.

“I still feel very much part of white British society, but I am also a Muslim. It has taken a while to fit those two identities together, but now I feel very confident being who I am. I’m part of both worlds and no one can take that away from me.”



http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article7135026.ece
 
Very touching stories, may allah bring the masses into the fold of islam and save them from a chastisement that is sure to come. Ameen
 

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