My Conversion to Islam Name:Sister Shakira Graham E-mail: rolltide5@hotmail.com About Yourself: I am a 21 year old student at Modesto Junior College studying to become a high school teacher. I am an only child. I hope with Allah’s blessing to transfer to the University of Alabama next year. How I came to Islam: Well I came from a very pious Christian family who are devout church goers. I never really totally understood many aspects of Christianity like the trinity, living God thing,ect. I started to study other religions and Islam caught my eye. I should say I was guided to Islam by Allah(pb)! I read everything I could at the library,serched the Internet and prayed heavily about it. Finally the light turned onabout how this was the one true religion. Everything made sence and fit together. I realized that Islam was the true guiding path and 6 months ago I took shahada. Since then I have had an inner peace I never had. What difficulties have I encountered? At first I kept my conversion a secret from my mother who I live with because I didn’t know how she would react. When I finally told her she didn’t understand why I picked Islam. She said that why can’t I pick a normal religion instaed of one of oppression. I tried to talk to her about Ramadan which was coming up and I gave her some stuff to read but she is still not very happy about my conversion. She is only tolerant of it. Message to non-Muslims: If Allah(pb) is guiding you to Islam don’t fight it. Do all the research you need,take your time and then just submit.It will give you peace of mind you have never known. If there is a mosque in your town give it a call and talk to some of the muslims there. |