Peace/Salaam,
I joined LI after being in a relationship with a muslim man for 5 years. After interacting with him and his family, I got curious about Islam as a religion and actually was contemplating converting so I went in search for better understanding and came across LI.
Unfortunatley after many debates and reading other threads, I realised that at that time, it was mostly emotions that were at play. My intentions of becoming a muslim were still there but found rather than seeking to make non-muslims understand the religion and possible convince them of Islam , other members were quite vocal about how they feel about other religions . However, I did not blame them becasue I too would get frustrated at trying to explain why I believe to people who have a preconcieved stereotype already at the back of their minds before I open my mouth.Instead I embrassed the kindness demonstrated by the few exceptional LI members and look forward to learning more.
I am still here to learn the good in Islam , debate about the difference and similarity between the Bible and the Q'uran so that I can tell people that Muslims are also human and that they are not the enemy and to learn more about other religions represented here other than Islam.
I am learning each day that Isalm as a way of life and admire the dedication muslims have. I pray that one day, Christians will be as dedicated to their faith.
