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I ♥ Allah (SWT)
As-salaamu'Alaykum Brothers and Sisters. Here is my journey to Islam. I was raised a Christian as I lived with my mother after my parents became divorced. In my early teenage years I didn't feel religious as in the sense that I didn't have a specific belief in any one religion except that I strongly believed in a one and only God. My mother and her side was Christian whereas my father and his side was Muslim.
My father often talked to me about how I should investigate Islam and his views on a few issues like how the conflicts (which are absolutely devastating and should have never happened) in Iraq and Afghanistan are only occurring because of resources such as oil etc. So I talked to both my mother and father about religion and where I should go.
Obviously my mother wanted me to become Christian while my father wanted me to become Muslim and therefore couldn't get an answer that wasn't bias towards their own faith. This was one of the big problems of the whole decision making process since I had to accept that I couldn't please both my parents as I can't be Christian and Muslim at the same time.
Before confirming my belief in Islam I had always from a young age prayed every night to God and talked to Him about many things like before covering to Islam I would seek guidance from Him on which religion was the correct and authentic one. Since I was in a Christian family I had already known everything about Christianity so I began to investigate Islam by reading The Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Islam by Yahiya Emerick and watching videos by The Deen Show (which I recommend as those videos are quite good).
While I was investigating Islam I began to refer to God as Allah and began to see the clear picture that Islam was in fact the truth. In my heart I knew that Islam was for me and was so happy. When I confirmed my belief in Islam I did it by the process of elimination as I knew straight off that most of the religions in the world today were false like Atheism and Scientology.
So it came down to the three largest religions in the world: Islam, Christianity and Judaism. I crossed out Judaism for many reasons, one being that they didn't believe in Jesus (PBUH). So it was down to Christianity and Islam. I struggled to believe in the trinity as how could there be one God that was in three forms?
Then original sin I didn't believe in since everyone is responsible for their own actions not someone else's. Then finally the belief that a priest can take away your sins despite how bad they are. It simply didn't make sense and wasn't logical. So it finally came down to Islam. The true and authentic religion revealed from Allah (SWT). When I converted on the 23rd of July 2011, it was one of the greatest days of my life that I will never forget. I had found the truth. That is my journey to Islam. I hope you enjoyed it and thanks for reading. I wish everyone the best in this world and the hereafter. Ameen.
My father often talked to me about how I should investigate Islam and his views on a few issues like how the conflicts (which are absolutely devastating and should have never happened) in Iraq and Afghanistan are only occurring because of resources such as oil etc. So I talked to both my mother and father about religion and where I should go.
Obviously my mother wanted me to become Christian while my father wanted me to become Muslim and therefore couldn't get an answer that wasn't bias towards their own faith. This was one of the big problems of the whole decision making process since I had to accept that I couldn't please both my parents as I can't be Christian and Muslim at the same time.
Before confirming my belief in Islam I had always from a young age prayed every night to God and talked to Him about many things like before covering to Islam I would seek guidance from Him on which religion was the correct and authentic one. Since I was in a Christian family I had already known everything about Christianity so I began to investigate Islam by reading The Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Islam by Yahiya Emerick and watching videos by The Deen Show (which I recommend as those videos are quite good).
While I was investigating Islam I began to refer to God as Allah and began to see the clear picture that Islam was in fact the truth. In my heart I knew that Islam was for me and was so happy. When I confirmed my belief in Islam I did it by the process of elimination as I knew straight off that most of the religions in the world today were false like Atheism and Scientology.
So it came down to the three largest religions in the world: Islam, Christianity and Judaism. I crossed out Judaism for many reasons, one being that they didn't believe in Jesus (PBUH). So it was down to Christianity and Islam. I struggled to believe in the trinity as how could there be one God that was in three forms?
Then original sin I didn't believe in since everyone is responsible for their own actions not someone else's. Then finally the belief that a priest can take away your sins despite how bad they are. It simply didn't make sense and wasn't logical. So it finally came down to Islam. The true and authentic religion revealed from Allah (SWT). When I converted on the 23rd of July 2011, it was one of the greatest days of my life that I will never forget. I had found the truth. That is my journey to Islam. I hope you enjoyed it and thanks for reading. I wish everyone the best in this world and the hereafter. Ameen.