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I am going to major in Old Hebraic and Arabian Literature and History, the fancy name for this study is Semitic Literature.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I converted to Islam on Oct 12, 2001 at Isha Prayer.&nbsp; So far I must say, the Islamic quest has been exhilarating.&nbsp; There is nothing novel about my conversion, but it&rsquo;s an interesting one at that.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I grew up as a Christian who had a good deal of information.&nbsp; I was very excited to express my Christian belief to my friends, co-workers and colleagues.&nbsp; However, at the age of 17, life became a bit more complicated than before.&nbsp; I began to observe my fellow Christians in more depth.&nbsp; I was shocked how most didn&rsquo;t practice the Christian faith to 100% expectation.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">To make matters worse, I became increasingly dissatisfied with the Biblical scriptures.&nbsp; For example, the belief that Jesus claimed to be God was a church addition.&nbsp; Jesus certainly never asserted that he was the God of the world.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I tried to save my faith in Jesus, but, it was time to go, I needed a more realistic understanding to the world.&nbsp; So, I prayed to Jesus, trying to see if there still lies an answer.&nbsp; But, as time went on, I began to notice that the Church life was not it.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I wondered what would happen if I were to become more religious, but that never happened and instead I left the Christian life and bid it farewell.&nbsp; Not only that, but also my faith and belief in God, slipped quietly out the door.&nbsp; I was now an agnostic, not knowing what faith to follow, or knowing if we are surrounded by God or not, I was just lost in a chaotic world.&nbsp; I wasn&rsquo;t an atheist, I was just confused about who, or what God really was.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Things didn&rsquo;t pick up.&nbsp; Immediately following my rejection of the faith and church, my grandma died.&nbsp; If I didn&rsquo;t question life before, I certainly did now.&nbsp; I began to have thoughts about the Universe whether we are really humans at all.&nbsp; I began to ask why I should remain moral (I refused to drink because I felt it was a sin, interesting for someone who didn&rsquo;t have a faith or believed in a God!). I began to question my own existence.&nbsp; I began to contemplate whether I should be here or not and on account of this, I had seriously considered suicide.&nbsp; I wanted to quit my job because I was coming under stress, by this time I was 18 years old.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Alhamdulilah, I had the comfort of friends to keep me from committing such a catastrophe.&nbsp; But, I was still without a faith, life couldn&rsquo;t get much better from my end, and I still didn&rsquo;t know how to cope with my grandmother&rsquo;s death.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Eventually, I began to read for myself.&nbsp; I ran across a book, which was discussing the world&rsquo;s faiths, and I came across Islam.&nbsp; I simply never had given Islam any thought at all.&nbsp; On the following day, when I was on my way to work I saw a man with a copy of the Quran in his hand so I asked him if I could see it, Alhamduliah (all praise is due to Allah) he not only let me see it, he gave it to me! I was stunned, excited, and compelled.&nbsp; I went to read it and was amazed by its literature; the things I didn&rsquo;t notice before struck me.&nbsp; It was comprehensible, and lucid for the layperson like myself.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">On September 11th, I saw the world trade centers go crashing down.&nbsp; I wondered to myself, could the teachings of Islam have provoked such an act? Could Islam be this bad?<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">But, the more I read, the more I found out that Islam was a faith that denounced all forms of extremism.&nbsp; Islam by all means is peace.&nbsp; We certainly wouldn&rsquo;t judge Christianity by the barbaric abortion clinic bombings, or we wouldn&rsquo;t describe Judaism as an ethnic faith that just wants a Jewish world from the Israeli who assassinated the Israeli prime minister in 1995 because he felt the Prime minister was an apostate of God. Why must we do the same to Islam? 9\/11 compelled me to learn more about Islam.&nbsp; I bought and read a total of 10 biographies on Prophet Muhammad, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him.&nbsp; I was amazed by his life.&nbsp; I didn&rsquo;t look at Muhammad from a Christian perspective, but from a Historical, Political and cultural perspective.&nbsp; After my readings into Islam, I decided to convert.&nbsp; I was on a quest for the faith, and I found it.&nbsp; Alhamdulilah.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Now, after my conversion, I have read a large number of books on Islam.&nbsp; I still am currently reading the Biographies of Prophet Muhammad.&nbsp; I can truly say that life now is much better!<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>","excerpt":"","terms":null,"visibility_roles":"","comment_status":1,"comment_count":0,"read_counter":9769,"lft":2503,"rght":2508,"promote":1,"sticky":0,"status":1,"publish_start":null,"publish_end":null,"created_at":"2014-08-21T00:11:00.000000Z","updated_at":"2026-04-04T10:00:00.000000Z","language_id":1,"user_id":7,"author_id":2203,"publisher_id":0,"category_id":10,"parent_id":null,"author_name":"Darrick Abdul-hakim","category_name":"Why I became a Muslim!","category_slug":"Why-I-became-a-Muslim!","get_date":"2014-08-21","pdf_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/en-Darrick Abdul-hakim, Ex-Christian, USA.pdf","word_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/en-Darrick Abdul-hakim, Ex-Christian, USA.docx"},{"id":1363,"title":"Darrick Abdul-hakim, excristiano, Estados Unidos","slug":"darrick-abdul-hakim-excristiano-estados-unidos","word":"\/uploads\/articles\/sp-Darrick Abdul-hakim, Ex-Christian, USA.docx","pdf":"\/uploads\/articles\/sp-Darrick Abdul-hakim, Ex-Christian, USA.pdf","mime_type":null,"type":"node","path":"\/nodes\/view\/type:article\/slug:darrick-abdul-hakim-excristiano-estados-unidos","hint":"","body":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Darrick Abdul-hakim, excristiano, Estados Unidos<\/span><\/h1>\r\n<h1 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><img style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.islamreligion.com\/articles_es\/images\/Darrick_Abdul-hakim__Ex-Christian__USA_001.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/h1>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mi nombre es Darrick Abdul-hakim. Soy un hermano musulm&aacute;n de 20 a&ntilde;os de edad que vive en los Estados Unidos. Actualmente asisto a la Universidad de Cupertino, aunque no ser&aacute; por mucho tiempo, pues en breve ser&eacute; transferido a una universidad que se adapte a mi especialidad. Voy a especializarme en literatura e historia hebrea antigua y &aacute;rabe, el nombre fant&aacute;stico para este estudio es &ldquo;Literatura Sem&iacute;tica&rdquo;.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Me convert&iacute; al Islam el 12 de octubre de 2001 en la oraci&oacute;n del<em>Isha<\/em>. Hasta ahora, he de decir, la b&uacute;squeda isl&aacute;mica ha sido estimulante. No hay nada nuevo acerca de mi conversi&oacute;n, pero es una historia interesante, por cierto.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Crec&iacute; como cristiano que ten&iacute;a una buena cantidad de informaci&oacute;n. Me emocionaba mucho expresar mi creencia cristiana a mis amigos, compa&ntilde;eros de trabajo y colegas. Sin embargo, a la edad de 17 a&ntilde;os, la vida se hizo un poco m&aacute;s complicada que antes. Comenc&eacute; a observar a mis compa&ntilde;eros cristianos m&aacute;s en profundidad. Me sorprendi&oacute; la forma en que la mayor&iacute;a no practica la fe cristiana al 100% de las expectativas.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Para empeorar las cosas, estaba cada vez m&aacute;s insatisfecho con las escrituras b&iacute;blicas. Por ejemplo, la creencia de que Jes&uacute;s afirm&oacute; ser Dios era una adici&oacute;n hecha por la Iglesia. Jes&uacute;s en verdad nunca afirm&oacute; que &eacute;l fuera el Dios del mundo.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Trat&eacute; de salvar mi fe en Jes&uacute;s, pero era momento de partir, necesitaba un entendimiento m&aacute;s realista del mundo. As&iacute; que le rec&eacute; a Jes&uacute;s, tratando de ver si todav&iacute;a encontraba una respuesta. Pero al pasar el tiempo, comenc&eacute; a notar que la vida de la iglesia no era esa respuesta.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Me pregunt&eacute; qu&eacute; pasar&iacute;a si me hac&iacute;a m&aacute;s religioso, pero eso nunca ocurri&oacute; y en su lugar dej&eacute; la vida cristiana y le dije adi&oacute;s. No solo eso, sino que tambi&eacute;n mi fe y mi creencia en Dios se deslizaron en silencio por la puerta de salida. Ahora era agn&oacute;stico, sin saber qu&eacute; religi&oacute;n seguir, ni si estamos rodeados por Dios o no, simplemente estaba perdido en un mundo ca&oacute;tico. No era ateo, solo estaba confundido respecto a qui&eacute;n o qu&eacute; era realmente Dios.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Las cosas no mejoraron. Inmediatamente despu&eacute;s que rechac&eacute; la religi&oacute;n y la iglesia, muri&oacute; mi abuela. Si no hab&iacute;a cuestionado antes la vida, ahora s&iacute; que lo hac&iacute;a. Comenc&eacute; a tener pensamientos acerca del universo y si somos realmente humanos en lo absoluto. Comenc&eacute; a preguntarme por qu&eacute; segu&iacute;a siendo moral (me negaba a beber porque sent&iacute;a que era pecado, algo interesante en alguien que no tiene religi&oacute;n o no cree en Dios). Comenc&eacute; a cuestionar mi propia existencia. Empec&eacute; a pensar si deber&iacute;a estar aqu&iacute; o no, y a cuenta de ello, consider&eacute; seriamente el suicidio. Quer&iacute;a dejar mi trabajo porque estaba bajo mucha presi&oacute;n, para entonces ten&iacute;a 18 a&ntilde;os de edad.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><em>Alhamdulil-lah<\/em>, tuve el consuelo de unos amigos que no me dejaron cometer tal cat&aacute;strofe. Pero a&uacute;n estaba sin religi&oacute;n, la vida no pod&iacute;a estar mucho mejor de mi parte, y segu&iacute;a sin saber c&oacute;mo hacerle frente a la muerte de mi abuela.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Con el tiempo, comenc&eacute; a leer por mi cuenta. Me encontr&eacute; con un libro que discut&iacute;a las religiones del mundo, y me encontr&eacute; con el Islam. Simplemente, nunca le hab&iacute;a dedicado al Islam ning&uacute;n pensamiento en lo absoluto. Al d&iacute;a siguiente, cuando estaba camino al trabajo, vi a un hombre con una copia del Cor&aacute;n en su mano, as&iacute; que le ped&iacute; que me lo dejara ver.&nbsp;<em>Alhamduli-lah<\/em>&nbsp;(todas las alabanzas son para Al-lah) &eacute;l no solo me dej&oacute; verlo, &iexcl;sino que me lo regal&oacute;! Qued&eacute; estupefacto, emocionado y obligado. Fui a leerlo y qued&eacute; asombrado con su literatura; las cosas de las que no me hab&iacute;a dado cuenta me sacudieron. Era comprensible y l&uacute;cido para un lego como yo.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">El 11 de septiembre, vi caer los edificios del centro mundial de comercio. Me pregunt&eacute;: &iquest;Acaso las ense&ntilde;anzas del Islam han provocado ese acto? &iquest;El Islam puede ser tan malo?<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Pero mientras m&aacute;s le&iacute;a, m&aacute;s encontraba que el Islam es una religi&oacute;n que denuncia todas las formas de extremismo. El Islam es paz por todos los medios. Sin duda no juzgar&iacute;a al cristianismo por los atentados b&aacute;rbaros con bomba contra las cl&iacute;nicas de abortos, ni describir&iacute;a al juda&iacute;smo como una religi&oacute;n &eacute;tnica que solo quiere un mundo jud&iacute;o, por el israel&iacute; que asesin&oacute; al Primer Ministro de Israel en 1995 porque sent&iacute;a que era un ap&oacute;stata de Dios. &iquest;Por qu&eacute; debemos hacer lo mismo con el Islam? El 9\/11 me oblig&oacute; a aprender m&aacute;s del Islam. Compr&eacute; y le&iacute; un total de diez biograf&iacute;as del Profeta Muhammad, la paz sea con &eacute;l. Me asombr&oacute; su vida. No vi a Muhammad desde una perspectiva cristiana, sino desde una hist&oacute;rica, pol&iacute;tica y cultural. Despu&eacute;s de mis lecturas sobre el Islam, decid&iacute; convertirme. Estaba en una b&uacute;squeda por la fe, y al fin la encontr&eacute;.&nbsp;<em>Alhamdulil-lah<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ahora, despu&eacute;s de mi conversi&oacute;n, he le&iacute;do una gran cantidad de libros sobre el Islam. Todav&iacute;a estoy leyendo en la actualidad las biograf&iacute;as del Profeta Muhammad. &iexcl;Puedo decir en verdad que la vida ahora es mucho mejor!<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>","excerpt":"","terms":null,"visibility_roles":"","comment_status":1,"comment_count":0,"read_counter":7203,"lft":2504,"rght":2505,"promote":1,"sticky":0,"status":1,"publish_start":null,"publish_end":null,"created_at":"2014-08-21T00:11:00.000000Z","updated_at":"2026-04-04T02:49:17.000000Z","language_id":12,"user_id":7,"author_id":2203,"publisher_id":0,"category_id":10,"parent_id":1362,"author_name":"Darrick Abdul-hakim","category_name":"Why I became a Muslim!","category_slug":"Why-I-became-a-Muslim!","get_date":"2014-08-21","pdf_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/sp-Darrick Abdul-hakim, Ex-Christian, USA.pdf","word_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/sp-Darrick Abdul-hakim, Ex-Christian, USA.docx"},{"id":1364,"title":"Darrick Abdul-hakim, Ex-Christ, USA","slug":"darrick-abdul-hakim-ex-christ-usa","word":"\/uploads\/articles\/de-Darrick Abdul-hakim, Ex-Christian, USA.docx","pdf":"\/uploads\/articles\/de-Darrick Abdul-hakim, Ex-Christian, USA.pdf","mime_type":null,"type":"node","path":"\/nodes\/view\/type:article\/slug:darrick-abdul-hakim-ex-christ-usa","hint":"","body":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Darrick Abdul-hakim, Ex-Christ, USA<\/span><\/h1>\r\n<h1 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><img style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.islamreligion.com\/articles_es\/images\/Darrick_Abdul-hakim__Ex-Christian__USA_001.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/h1>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mein Name ist Darrick Abdul-hakim.&nbsp; Ich bin ein 20 j&auml;hriger muslimischer Bruder, der in den Vereinigten Staaten lebt.&nbsp; Ich bin momentan an der Cupertino University, aber nicht mehr lange, denn ich transferiere an eine Universit&auml;t, die f&uuml;r mein Hauptfach passender ist. Meine Hauptf&auml;cher sind Althebr&auml;isch und arabische Literatur und Geschichte, der ausgefallene Name f&uuml;r diesen Studiengang ist semitische Literatur.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ich bin am 12. Oktober 2001 beim Ischagebet konvertiert.&nbsp; Bisher muss ich sagen, war meine Suche nach dem Islam berauschend. Meine Bekehrung ist nichts Besonderes, aber sie ist interessant.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ich bin als Christ aufgewachsen, der eine Menge Informationen hatte. &nbsp;Ich war so begeistert, dass ich meinen christlichen Glauben mit meinen Freunden, Mitarbeitern und Kollegen teilte. &nbsp;Im Alter von17 allerdings wurde das Leben etwas komplizierter als zuvor.&nbsp; Ich fing an, meine christlichen Mitmenschen eingehender zu beobachten, und ich war betroffen, dass sie den christlichen Glauben nicht 100%ig aus&uuml;bten.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Was das Ganze noch schlimmer machte, war, dass ich zunehmend unzufriedener mit den biblischen Schriften wurde. &nbsp;Zum Beispiel der Glaube, dass Jesus behauptet habe, Gott zu sein, ist eine Erg&auml;nzung der Kirche.&nbsp; Jesus hat sicher niemals best&auml;tigt, dass er der Gott des Wortes sei.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ich versuchte meinen Glauben an Jesus zu bewahren, aber es war an der Zeit, dass ich ein realistischeres Verst&auml;ndnis von der Welt brauchte.&nbsp; Also betete ich zu Jesus, probierte aus, ob es dort noch eine Antwort gab.&nbsp; Aber mit der Zeit bemerkte ich, dass das Kirchenleben nicht richtig ist.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ich fragte mich, was geschehen w&uuml;rde, wenn ich religi&ouml;ser werden w&uuml;rde, aber dazu kam es nie und anstatt dessen lie&szlig; ich das christliche Leben links liegen. &nbsp;Nicht nur das, auch mein Glaube an Gott entglitt mir.&nbsp; Ich war nun ein Agnostiker, der nicht wusste, welchem Glauben er folgen sollte oder der nicht wusste, ob wir von Gott umgeben sind oder nicht &ndash; ich war einfach verloren in einer chaotischen Welt.&nbsp; Ich war kein Atheist, ich war nur verwirrt dar&uuml;ber, wer oder was Gott wirklich war.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Die Dinge ver&auml;nderten sich nicht. &nbsp;Gleich nachdem ich meinen Glauben an die Kirche verloren hatte, starb meine Gro&szlig;mutter.&nbsp; Wenn ich das Leben vorher nicht in Frage gestellt hatte, dann tat ich es jetzt.&nbsp; Ich fing an, mir Gedanken &uuml;ber das Universum zu machen, ob wir &uuml;berhaupt tats&auml;chlich Menschen sind.&nbsp; Ich fing an, mich zu fragen, ob ich anst&auml;ndig bleiben sollte (ich lehnte es ab, zu trinken, weil ich f&uuml;hlte, es sei eine S&uuml;nde - interessant f&uuml;r jemanden, der keinen Glauben an Gott hat).&nbsp; Ich fing an, meine eigene Existenz in Frage zu stellen.&nbsp; Ich fing an, dar&uuml;ber nachzudenken, ob ich hier sein sollte oder nicht und aufgrund dessen habe ich ernsthaft an Selbstmord gedacht.&nbsp; Ich wollte meinen Job aufgeben, weil ich unter Stress geriet, zu dieser Zeit war ich 18 Jahre alt.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Alhamdulillah, hatte ich den Zuspruch von Freunden, der mich von dieser Katastrophe zur&uuml;ckhielt. &nbsp;Aber ich war immer noch ohne Glauben, das Leben konnte nicht viel besser werden, und ich wusste immer noch nicht, wie ich mit dem Tod meiner Gro&szlig;mutter zurecht kommen sollte.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Schlie&szlig;lich begann ich, f&uuml;r mich zu lesen.&nbsp; Mir geriet ein Buch in die H&auml;nde, das die Glaubensrichtungen dieser Welt erkl&auml;rte und da fiel mir der Islam auf.&nbsp; Ich hatte den Islam einfach nie in Betracht gezogen. &nbsp;Am n&auml;chsten Tag sah ich auf meinem Weg zur Arbeit einen Mann mit einem Qur&acute;an in seiner Hand und ich fragte ihn, ob ich ihn mal ansehen darf, Alhamdulillah (aller Lob und Preis geb&uuml;hrt Allah) er lie&szlig; ihn mich nicht nur ansehen, er schenkte ihn mir! &nbsp;Ich war erstaunt, aufgeregt und angezogen.&nbsp; Ich fing an zu lesen und war von seiner Literatur verwundert; Dinge, die ich nie zuvor bemerkt hatte, trafen mich.&nbsp; Es war verst&auml;ndlich und klar f&uuml;r einen Laien wie mich.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Am 11. September sah ich, wie die World Trade Center zusammen gest&uuml;rzt sind.&nbsp; Ich wunderte mich, wie die Lehren des Islam eine solche Tat provoziert haben konnten. Konnte der Islam so schlimm sein?&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Aber je mehr ich las, desto mehr fand ich heraus, dass der Islam ein Glaube war, der alle Formen des Extremismus anprangerte. &nbsp;Islam bedeutet auf jeden Fall Frieden.&nbsp; Wir beurteilen das Christentum auch nicht anhand der barbarischen Bombenanschl&auml;ge auf Abortions-Kliniken, oder wir w&uuml;rden das Judentum nicht als ethnischen Glauben bezeichnen, das nur eine j&uuml;dische Welt will, weil dieser eine Israeli den israelischen Premierminister ermordet hatte, weil er das Gef&uuml;hl gehabt hat, der Premierminister sei ein Abtr&uuml;nniger Gottes.&nbsp; Warum tun wir das mit dem Islam?&nbsp; Der 11.September zwang mich, mehr &uuml;ber den Islam zu lernen.&nbsp; Ich kaufte mir eine zehnteilige Biographie des Propheten Muhammad (Gottes Segen sei mit ihm) und las sie ganz durch.&nbsp; Ich war erstaunt von seinem Leben.&nbsp; Ich betrachtete Muhammad nicht aus christlicher Perspektive, sondern aus einer historischen, politischen und kulturellen Perspektive heraus. &nbsp;Nachdem ich das gelesen hatte, entschied ich mich zu konvertieren.&nbsp; Ich war auf der Suche nach dem Glauben, und ich habe ihn gefunden.&nbsp; Alhamdulillah.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Jetzt nach meiner Konvertierung habe ich eine gro&szlig;e Menge B&uuml;cher &uuml;ber den Islam gelesen. &nbsp;Ich lese immer noch in der Biographie des Propheten Muhammad.&nbsp; Ich kann wahrhaftig sagen, dass das Leben jetzt viel besser ist!&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>","excerpt":"","terms":null,"visibility_roles":"","comment_status":1,"comment_count":0,"read_counter":7777,"lft":2506,"rght":2507,"promote":1,"sticky":0,"status":1,"publish_start":null,"publish_end":null,"created_at":"2014-08-21T00:11:00.000000Z","updated_at":"2026-04-04T11:10:31.000000Z","language_id":7,"user_id":7,"author_id":2203,"publisher_id":0,"category_id":10,"parent_id":1362,"author_name":"Darrick Abdul-hakim","category_name":"Why I became a Muslim!","category_slug":"Why-I-became-a-Muslim!","get_date":"2014-08-21","pdf_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/de-Darrick Abdul-hakim, Ex-Christian, USA.pdf","word_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/de-Darrick Abdul-hakim, Ex-Christian, USA.docx"}],"first_page_url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/eng\/api\/authors\/2203?articles_page=1","from":1,"last_page":1,"last_page_url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/eng\/api\/authors\/2203?articles_page=1","links":[{"url":null,"label":"&laquo; Previous","page":null,"active":false},{"url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/eng\/api\/authors\/2203?articles_page=1","label":"1","page":1,"active":true},{"url":null,"label":"Next &raquo;","page":null,"active":false}],"next_page_url":null,"path":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/eng\/api\/authors\/2203","per_page":25,"prev_page_url":null,"to":3,"total":3},"fatawas":{"current_page":1,"data":[],"first_page_url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/eng\/api\/authors\/2203?fatawas_page=1","from":null,"last_page":1,"last_page_url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/eng\/api\/authors\/2203?fatawas_page=1","links":[{"url":null,"label":"&laquo; Previous","page":null,"active":false},{"url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/eng\/api\/authors\/2203?fatawas_page=1","label":"1","page":1,"active":true},{"url":null,"label":"Next &raquo;","page":null,"active":false}],"next_page_url":null,"path":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/eng\/api\/authors\/2203","per_page":25,"prev_page_url":null,"to":null,"total":0},"books_total":0,"videos_total":0,"audios_total":0,"fatawas_total":0,"articles_total":3,"q":"","count":3}