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5 May 2020

Michael Wolfe, the US Journalist, Embraces Islam

by Imam | posted in: Guided Atheists, Truth Seeker | 0

These were the terms my early life provided. The more I thought about it now, the more I returned to my experiences in Muslim Africa. After two return trips to Morocco, in 1981 and 1985, I came to feel that Africa, the continent, had little to do with the balanced life I found there. It was not, that is, a continent I was after, nor an institution, either.

5 May 2020

From Buddhist, to Agnostic, to Muslim

by Imam | posted in: Guided Atheists, Truth Seeker | 0

I was born in London, specifically East London to a non strict Buddhist family.
My mum is a Buddhist whilst my two big brothers are atheists but follow that religion because of my mother.

5 May 2020

From Atheism to Christianity to Islam

by Imam | posted in: Guided Atheists, Truth Seeker | 0

I once knew an atheist who claimed he had never believed in God’s existence. In his view, believers were supposed to be people of weak character who felt the necessity to find a crutch for their inability and laziness, so they attended church.

5 May 2020

How Did Stephen Schwartz Find Islam?

by Imam | posted in: Guided Atheists, Truth Seeker | 0

Very early on, I learned that behind the glorious works of the Spanish Catholic mystics there was the history of Islam in Spain, and that a beautiful Islamic inspiration had survived in that tradition. I eventually travelled to Spain repeatedly, searching out the traces of the long Islamic residence in the Iberian Peninsula.

5 May 2020

Sarah Price: Reasons for My Reversion to Islam

by Imam | posted in: Guided Atheists, Truth Seeker | 0

Well, it’s for multitude of reasons. Although people usually assume it’s for a man. Why else would a woman do that, right? WRONG. Not in my case anyway. It’s pretty dazzling how some people assume these things though. Even asking for halal food at my local university cafe received a snarky comment from the waitress asking if I ‘converted for my boyfriend’.

5 May 2020

Yahya Schroder, Ex-Secularist, Germany

by Imam | posted in: Guided Atheists, Truth Seeker | 0

The life of a Muslim in Germany is quite difficult than one would think especially for me as a German Muslim because when someone asks a German what they know about Islam; they would tell you something about Arabs. For them it is like mathematical operation, Islam = Arabs.

5 May 2020

Sam Needham, Ex-Agnostic, UK

by Imam | posted in: Guided Atheists, Truth Seeker | 0

I began to look again closely at the beauty of Islam, the science of Islam, and the life of Muhammad (peace be upon him). I began looking at all the fundamentals of Islamic Faith and marveled at each one. The way that Muslims prayed and humbled themselves before Allah 5 times per day, served as a constant reminder that they were mortal and following a higher power.

5 May 2020

Adam Ibrahim Finds Islam

by Imam | posted in: Guided Atheists, Truth Seeker | 0

I was a Christian in name only. While I did believe in God, I had not submitted Him as the maker and creator of my destiny. I felt that this was something I was better off handling rather than letting God decide my fate. Being raised in the West and subjected to the influences with which we are constantly bombarded, did not help the situation neither. In a word, you could say that I was living by my own set of rules.

5 May 2020

From MTV to Monasticism

by Imam | posted in: Guided Atheists, Truth Seeker | 0

Is it possible to draw close to God before you even begin praying, before even knowing about the deeds that please Him? That is a matter for those with deep knowledge of the Islamic faith to expound. And surely God can do as He Pleases with His creation.
Touring the UK and the US, I have met many imams, in regions where shahadas are becoming rapidly more common, that have heard similar stories from reverts.

5 May 2020

I Was a Man Without Religion, but not Without God

by Imam | posted in: Guided Atheists, Truth Seeker | 0

So I was like a man without a religion. Fortunately I was not a man without a God. I even went back to the Catholic Church. I said I was born a Catholic, and I have been a Jehovah’s Witness throughout all my life so I’m going back to the Catholic Church because maybe I missed something. I went back to the Catholic Church for about 3 months.

5 May 2020

My Fiancée’s Death Led Me to Islam

by Imam | posted in: Guided Atheists, Truth Seeker | 0

Before I converted, I didn’t really believe in God. I didn’t really have a religion. I didn’t really have a faith, I guess you could say. I kind of grew up with what my parents taught me, so I didn’t really believe in God. I didn’t believe in really any religion at all.