37d840 No.38801
Asalaam alaykum, Im a 21 year old revert to Islam alhamdulillah,
I wanted to start a thread for others who reverted to Islam in their lives and stories related to this.
My story is that I converted when I was 14 and during my attempt to comprehend my new Deen I was listening to many brothers online including Salafi scholars who can be considered "Radical" (lawlz) by western standards, so I was arrested at 15 and got two years probation for "terrorist material"
Great way to start my new faith eh?
Anyways, love to hear other stories of any other brothers who have reverted recently!
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404a65 No.38802
>>38801
Alhamdullillah!
Btw which country are you from if you don't mind me asking? Sounds like something from 1984
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37d840 No.38804
I am from Canada, and great book name-drop! Love Orwell, especially the ending to Animal Farm.
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15571e No.38808
Salam brother, welcome to islam.
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dd029b No.38810
Glad you are free now bro. Alhamdulillah.
I was followed around while running errands with my wife by CIA freaks (two latinos wearing muslim clothes trying to look Arab) and they kept asking us “who we take knowledge from.” This was in 2010 and im just like “ANWAR AL AWLAKI, deal with it.” Weirdos. Living in DC sucks as a muslim, you are part of the CIA experiment/field training for new agents.
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efe533 No.38822
Mashallah, it's crazy that you got jailed at 15
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a8ef8d No.38823
Wow I converted at the same age ,
You got jailed because of that? Man I'm listening to isis nasheeds for past 3 years, come on bro don't lie
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37d840 No.38824
>>38823
Not JAILED
I plead guilty and got probation which is being released with conditions you have to follow, maybe if I stuck out till trial the judge wouldve been nice and chewed out the police for their overzealousness, but idk there was a ISIS supporter recently arrested who lived quite close so maybe they were all riled up over stuff and didnt like the audio & vids I was listening too and sharing over facebook, maybe I got trolled/ratted by someone who didnt like my reversion or overreacted to the content I was sharing, but its done and over just thought it would be interesting to share.
Anywho… I dont just want my story to be discussed anyone else like to share? Story can be sad, happy, messed up, just a sharing thread for what it was like when you took shahada and how it affected your life and how others reacted to it.
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bed45a No.39770
I’d love to convert (or revert) but when I told my mum I was interested in Islam she started crying. My dad is kind of islamophobic too. I’m very close to my family and don’t want to alienate them, what do?
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9cfe87 No.39772
>>39770
Been there. Don’t tell them anything if you are still financially dependent on them. It gets better with time and when they get to know the community, and when you have kids they are over it. My parents know I’d be dead from drugs and alcohol if I wasn’t muslim.
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9cfe87 No.39773
>>39770
And at one point it was surreal. Wallah i will never forget this. After i became muslim my dad was yelling at my mom and said “if you were a muslim woman you’d obey me.” And then my mom said “if you were a muslim man you wouldnt be drunk right now.”
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bed45a No.39774
>>39773
Sorry are you mocking me? Or did this actually happen?
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bed45a No.39775
>>39772
Yeah I think I can get away with not telling them. Going off to uni soon so will be away from them. Thinking of being Muslim for a few years before I tell them and when they realise that I haven’t really changed they will accept it.
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9cfe87 No.39776
>>39774
Actually happened, lol
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56ea51 No.39799
السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ
I fell ill and was hospitalized for several weeks, during which I was roomed with a waning older man who was almost completely immobile and mute. His daughter would come in every day and read parts of the gospel to him and sing to him songs of prayer.
When I was released, and my body fully healed, I too started singing Christian hymns every night after my family went to sleep for hours at a time.
After gaining a considerable awareness of the voice, mine and others, for reasons unknowable (alhamdulillah) stumbled upon the Quran, at which point I was presented with the most mechanically impressive voices I've ever heard. The first session I recited the Quran was one of the clearest religious experiences I've ever had. It's hard to describe the experience itself, but it's not hard to describe what was taken from it. First and foremost, I gained an unwavering belief of a Creator, secondly, I gained a level of control over my esophagus and mention worthy lower esophagus, and literal control over my heartbeat through the rhythmatic pulsation of my lower esophagus.
I've recited the Quran with my heart almost every day since then.
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