MarriedtoMuslim
Member
Hello to everyone,
I am new to this forum and new to Islam. I do not wish to misrepresent myself, as I am not a Muslim, but my husband is. I spent the summer with his family in Morocco and found the people there to be more warm and genuine than any I have met before. They brought me right into their family, regardless of the fact that I am a Christian and have never expressed a desire to be anything but. Obviously there Islam was all around us and my husband and I had many conversations, from which I enjoyed learning.
I am in the process of learning arabic, really just at the alphabet right now and how to write letters. But I would really like to be able to speak to my mother-in-law and the other family members. Actually I was surprised at how well she and I were able to learn to communicate with one another and I can honestly say that I love her and feel like she loves me like her own daughter so I would love to be able to talk to her more in depth than we can at this time.
I cannot exactly explain it, having been a devout Christian, but I feel something the more I learn. I have said, prior to my marriage, that I would love to be able to convert to Islam so our family would be united in that, but there are things I believe as a Christian that would be difficult to let go of and that I would not be able to take a step like that. Are there others out there reading this who have gone through this? How did you deal with it?
I'm not saying I am necessarily interested in converting, but I am definitely interested in learning more and have so many questions but don't know where to start. I'm here trying to figure that out.
Thank you to anyone who can offer suggestions and I wish everyone a great week!
I am new to this forum and new to Islam. I do not wish to misrepresent myself, as I am not a Muslim, but my husband is. I spent the summer with his family in Morocco and found the people there to be more warm and genuine than any I have met before. They brought me right into their family, regardless of the fact that I am a Christian and have never expressed a desire to be anything but. Obviously there Islam was all around us and my husband and I had many conversations, from which I enjoyed learning.
I am in the process of learning arabic, really just at the alphabet right now and how to write letters. But I would really like to be able to speak to my mother-in-law and the other family members. Actually I was surprised at how well she and I were able to learn to communicate with one another and I can honestly say that I love her and feel like she loves me like her own daughter so I would love to be able to talk to her more in depth than we can at this time.
I cannot exactly explain it, having been a devout Christian, but I feel something the more I learn. I have said, prior to my marriage, that I would love to be able to convert to Islam so our family would be united in that, but there are things I believe as a Christian that would be difficult to let go of and that I would not be able to take a step like that. Are there others out there reading this who have gone through this? How did you deal with it?
I'm not saying I am necessarily interested in converting, but I am definitely interested in learning more and have so many questions but don't know where to start. I'm here trying to figure that out.
Thank you to anyone who can offer suggestions and I wish everyone a great week!