{"title":"Abdullah DeLancey","author":{"id":2232,"name":"Abdullah DeLancey","slug":"abdullah_delancey","image":"\/uploads\/users\/non-profile.jpg","role":"Author","about":"","promote":0,"status":1,"created_at":"2014-08-24T08:00:00.000000Z","updated_at":"2014-08-24T08:00:00.000000Z","language_id":1,"parent_id":null,"i18ns":[],"image_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/users\/non-profile.jpg","get_name":"Abdullah DeLancey"},"books":{"current_page":1,"data":[],"first_page_url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/fre\/api\/authors\/2232?books_page=1","from":null,"last_page":1,"last_page_url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/fre\/api\/authors\/2232?books_page=1","links":[{"url":null,"label":"&laquo; Previous","page":null,"active":false},{"url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/fre\/api\/authors\/2232?books_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\/fre\/api\/authors\/2232","per_page":25,"prev_page_url":null,"to":null,"total":0},"videos":{"current_page":1,"data":[],"first_page_url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/fre\/api\/authors\/2232?videos_page=1","from":null,"last_page":1,"last_page_url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/fre\/api\/authors\/2232?videos_page=1","links":[{"url":null,"label":"&laquo; 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margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR-DS3qbzNHORNUv1_nMSWCt764zbPp8uxD887fF1a0P1aPJcXc\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/p>\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;\">My name is Abdullah DeLancey.&nbsp; I am Canadian and I am employed as a Patient Service Worker at the local hospital.&nbsp; I have been married for almost 20 years and we have 3 wonderful children.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Alhamdulillah, I am now a Muslim.&nbsp; I wasn&rsquo;t always a Muslim, though.&nbsp; Previously; I was a Protestant Christian for all of my life.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">My family brought me up in the Pentecostal Church until I was an adult at which time I moved to a fundamental Independent Baptist Church.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">As a faithful Christian I was very involved at Church, giving lectures for the Adult Sunday School and other duties.&nbsp; I was eventually elected as the Deacon of the Church.&nbsp; I really wanted to further my dedication to God and decided to pursue a career as a Minister.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I was awarded a scholarship to help me start taking a degree in Divinity.&nbsp; My goal was to be a Pastor of a Church or a Missionary.&nbsp; However, becoming a Minister would commit me and my whole family to the Church full time for life.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">So just before attending Bible College, I thought it best to look at Christianity critically and ask some very serious questions about my faith.&nbsp; I questioned the Trinity, why God would need a son, and why the human sacrifice of Jesus, as stated in the Bible, was needed to provide me with forgiveness.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I questioned the Christian belief of how all the righteous people in the Old Testament were &ldquo;saved&rdquo; and in heaven if Jesus wasn&rsquo;t even born yet.&nbsp; I pondered serious questions about Christianity that I had neglected to ask my whole life.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The answers I received from Christians on these theological issues &ldquo;which are the basis of the faith in Christianity,&rdquo; defied all reason and were absolutely beyond any logical thinking.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Why would God give us a wonderful brain and then expect us to temporarily stop using it? Because that is what Christianity is asking people to do when they say you just must have faith.&nbsp; That is blind faith.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Realizing that I had always accepted Christianity, with blind faith for my entire life and never had questioned it was perplexing to me.&nbsp; How could I have not realized this before?<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I could not find the answers in the Bible.&nbsp; Once I realized that the Trinity was a myth and that God is powerful enough to &ldquo;save&rdquo; someone without the need for help from a son or anyone or anything else.&nbsp; Things changed.&nbsp; My entire faith in Christianity fell apart.&nbsp; I could no longer believe in Christianity or be a Christian.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I left the Church for good and my wife dutifully left with me, as she was having trouble accepting Christianity too.&nbsp; This was the start of my spiritual journey.&nbsp; I was now without a religion but believed in a God.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">This was a very hard time for me and my family as Christianity was all we had ever known.&nbsp; I had to search for the truth.&nbsp; I began studying various religions and found them as false one after another.&nbsp; Until, I heard about Islam.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Islam!!!&nbsp; What was that? As far as I could remember, I had never known a Muslim and Islam was not heard or spoken of &ldquo;as a faith&rdquo; in my part of Canada.&nbsp; Unless, of course, it was news stories talking bad about Islam.&nbsp; For me at that time, Islam was not even a consideration.&nbsp; Not on my religious radar at all.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">But then I started to read a little about Islam.&nbsp; Then, I kept reading a little more.&nbsp; Then, I read the Quran.&nbsp; This wonderful revelation of truth changed my life forever.&nbsp; I immediately started to study every piece of information pertaining to Islam I could get my hands on.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I discovered the nearest mosque was about 100 miles away from my city.&nbsp; So I promptly loaded the family van and drove my family to this mosque.&nbsp; On the way, I was very nervous but also very excited at the same time..&nbsp; I asked myself, was I even allowed in the mosque because I wasn&rsquo;t an Arab or a Muslim?<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">However, after arriving at the mosque, I quickly realized I had nothing to fear.&nbsp; I was greeted by the Imam and the Muslims with a most warm greeting.&nbsp; I found them very nice.&nbsp; Nothing like the bad things the news always said about Muslims.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">They gave me a book by Ahmed Deedat and assured me I could be a Muslim.&nbsp; I studied all the material on Islam they gave me.&nbsp; I appreciated these books very much because our local library had only 4 books on Islam.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">After studying I was in shock.&nbsp; How could I have been a Christian for so long and never heard the truth? I now believed in Islam.&nbsp; I knew it and I wanted to convert.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I was put in contact with the small Muslim community in my city.&nbsp; On March 24th 2006 I went to the Mosque.&nbsp; Just before Friday prayer started and with most of the local Muslim Community present as witness; I testified that&rdquo; La illaha ill Allah, Muhammadur Rasul Allah&rdquo;: &ldquo;There is no God but Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.&nbsp; I was now a Muslim.&nbsp; It was the best day of my life.&nbsp; I love Islam and have peace now.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Difficult times have come since I became a Muslim.&nbsp; When people started realizing I was now a Muslim they would shun me or laugh at me, most of our old Christian friends have never talked to us again.&nbsp; My parents have all but disowned me.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I love being a Muslim and it doesn&rsquo;t matter if some of my fellow Canadians think of me as odd for becoming a Muslim.&nbsp; Why? The reason is that I alone, am the one that will have to answer to God after my death.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">God is the giver of strength and Almighty God has helped me through all the rough times after my conversion to Islam.&nbsp; I have many, many Muslim Brothers now.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I have legally changed my first name to Abdullah, which I like very much.&nbsp; I am now the first and only Muslim Chaplain approved to work at the local hospital in my City.&nbsp; I am a Muslim and I am truly happy.&nbsp; All thanks be to God.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Abdullah DeLancey is the founder of Muslimforlife.com.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>","excerpt":"","terms":null,"visibility_roles":"","comment_status":1,"comment_count":0,"read_counter":9359,"lft":2733,"rght":2738,"promote":1,"sticky":0,"status":1,"publish_start":null,"publish_end":null,"created_at":"2014-08-24T23:00:00.000000Z","updated_at":"2026-04-04T10:42:04.000000Z","language_id":1,"user_id":7,"author_id":2232,"publisher_id":0,"category_id":10,"parent_id":null,"author_name":"Abdullah DeLancey","category_name":"Why I became a Muslim!","category_slug":"Why-I-became-a-Muslim!","get_date":"2014-08-24","pdf_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/en-Abdullah DeLancey, Ex-Christian, Canada.pdf","word_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/en-Abdullah DeLancey, Ex-Christian, Canada.docx"},{"id":1478,"title":"Abdullah DeLancey, ex-chr\u00e9tien, Canada","slug":"abdullah-delancey-ex-chrtien-canada","word":"\/uploads\/articles\/fr-Abdullah DeLancey, Ex-Christian, Canada.docx","pdf":"\/uploads\/articles\/fr-Abdullah DeLancey, Ex-Christian, Canada.pdf","mime_type":null,"type":"node","path":"\/nodes\/view\/type:article\/slug:abdullah-delancey-ex-chrtien-canada","hint":"","body":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Abdullah DeLancey, ex-chr&eacute;tien, Canada<\/span><\/h1>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><img style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR-DS3qbzNHORNUv1_nMSWCt764zbPp8uxD887fF1a0P1aPJcXc\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/p>\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;\">Je m&rsquo;appelle Abdullah DeLancey.&nbsp; Je suis canadien et je travaille comme pr&eacute;pos&eacute; aux b&eacute;n&eacute;ficiaires &agrave; l&rsquo;h&ocirc;pital de ma localit&eacute;.&nbsp; Je suis mari&eacute; depuis pr&egrave;s de 20 ans et nous avons trois merveilleux enfants.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Alhamdoulillah, je suis maintenant musulman.&nbsp; Je ne l&rsquo;ai pas toujours &eacute;t&eacute;, toutefois. &nbsp;Auparavant, j&rsquo;avais &eacute;t&eacute; protestant toute ma vie.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">J&rsquo;ai &eacute;t&eacute; &eacute;lev&eacute; dans la foi pentec&ocirc;tiste et, &agrave; la l&rsquo;&acirc;ge adulte, je d&eacute;cidai de changer d&rsquo;&eacute;glise et de devenir membre d&rsquo;une &eacute;glise baptiste fondamentale ind&eacute;pendante.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">En tant que chr&eacute;tien fid&egrave;le, j&rsquo;&eacute;tais tr&egrave;s impliqu&eacute; au sein de l&rsquo;&eacute;glise; je pronon&ccedil;ais des sermons lors de l&rsquo;&eacute;cole du dimanche aux adultes et je m&rsquo;occupais aussi d&rsquo;autres t&acirc;ches.&nbsp; Je fus bient&ocirc;t &eacute;lu diacre de l&rsquo;&eacute;glise.&nbsp; Comme je voulais approfondir davantage mon engagement envers Dieu, je d&eacute;cidai de faire carri&egrave;re comme pasteur.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Je re&ccedil;us une bourse pour m&rsquo;aider dans mes &eacute;tudes de th&eacute;ologie.&nbsp; Je souhaitais alors devenir pasteur ou missionnaire.&nbsp; Le seul b&eacute;mol &agrave; la premi&egrave;re option &eacute;tait que devenir pasteur nous aurait engag&eacute;s envers l&rsquo;&eacute;glise, moi et toute ma famille, pour le reste de notre vie.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Alors tout juste avant de commencer mes cours au Bible College, je crus bon de jeter un regard plus critique sur le christianisme et d&rsquo;interroger ma foi avec la plus grande sinc&eacute;rit&eacute;.&nbsp; Je m&rsquo;interrogeai sur la trinit&eacute;, je me demandai pourquoi Dieu pouvait bien avoir besoin d&rsquo;un fils, et pourquoi le sacrifice de J&eacute;sus, comme l&rsquo;affirmait l&rsquo;&Eacute;vangile, &eacute;tait n&eacute;cessaire pour que j&rsquo;obtienne le pardon de mes p&eacute;ch&eacute;s.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Je m&rsquo;interrogeai sur la croyance voulant que les gens vertueux de l&rsquo;Ancien Testament soient tous &laquo;&nbsp;sauv&eacute;s&nbsp;&raquo;, car J&eacute;sus n&rsquo;&eacute;tait pas m&ecirc;me n&eacute; &agrave; cette &eacute;poque et ne pouvait donc pas avoir rachet&eacute; leurs p&eacute;ch&eacute;s par sa crucifixion. &nbsp;&nbsp;Je me posai, donc, de s&eacute;rieuses questions, sur le christianisme, que j&rsquo;avais n&eacute;glig&eacute; de me poser depuis toujours.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Les r&eacute;ponses &agrave; ces questions que je re&ccedil;us de la part de chr&eacute;tiens d&eacute;fiaient toute logique et ce, en d&eacute;pit du fait qu&rsquo;elles constituent le fondement de la foi chr&eacute;tienne.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Pourquoi Dieu nous aurait-Il donn&eacute; un cerveau et une facult&eacute; de raisonnement pour que nous cessions, temporairement, de les utiliser? &nbsp;Parce que c&rsquo;est bien l&agrave; ce que le christianisme demande aux gens de faire quand il leur dit qu&rsquo;ils doivent seulement avoir la foi.&nbsp; C&rsquo;est ce qu&rsquo;on appelle la foi aveugle.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Le fait de r&eacute;aliser que j&rsquo;avais toujours accept&eacute; le christianisme avec une foi aveugle, toute ma vie, sans jamais le remettre en question &eacute;tait tr&egrave;s troublant, pour moi.&nbsp; Comment pouvais-je ne pas avoir r&eacute;alis&eacute; cela plus t&ocirc;t?<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Je n&rsquo;arrivais pas &agrave; trouver de r&eacute;ponses dans la Bible.&nbsp; &Agrave; partir du moment o&ugrave; je compris que la trinit&eacute; &eacute;tait un mythe et que Dieu est suffisamment puissant pour &laquo;&nbsp;sauver&nbsp;&raquo; une personne sans l&rsquo;aide d&rsquo;un fils ou de qui que soit, les choses se mirent &agrave; changer, pour moi.&nbsp; Toute la foi que j&rsquo;avais dans le christianisme s&rsquo;effondra.&nbsp; Je ne pouvais plus croire au christianisme ni &ecirc;tre chr&eacute;tien.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Je quittai l&rsquo;&eacute;glise pour de bon et mon &eacute;pouse la quitta avec moi, car elle avait, elle aussi, de la difficult&eacute; &agrave; accepter certains concepts chr&eacute;tiens.&nbsp; C&rsquo;est ce qui marqua le d&eacute;but de ma qu&ecirc;te spirituelle.&nbsp; J&rsquo;&eacute;tais maintenant un croyant sans religion.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ce fut une p&eacute;riode assez difficile pour ma famille et moi, car le christianisme &eacute;tait tout ce que nous avions jamais connu.&nbsp; Il me fallait maintenant partir en qu&ecirc;te de la v&eacute;rit&eacute;.&nbsp; Je me mis &agrave; &eacute;tudier diverses religions et les trouvai toutes aussi fausses les unes que les autres. &nbsp;Puis, j&rsquo;entendis parler de l&rsquo;islam.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">L&rsquo;islam???&nbsp; Je n&rsquo;avais aucune id&eacute;e de ce que c&rsquo;&eacute;tait. &nbsp;Du plus loin que je pouvais me souvenir, je n&rsquo;avais jamais rencontr&eacute; un musulman et l&rsquo;islam n&rsquo;&eacute;tait pas une croyance consid&eacute;r&eacute;e comme une religion, dans la r&eacute;gion du Canada o&ugrave; j&rsquo;habitais.&nbsp; Je n&rsquo;en avais entendu parler que vaguement, dans les m&eacute;dias, mais toujours de fa&ccedil;on n&eacute;gative.&nbsp; C&rsquo;est pourquoi je ne le consid&eacute;rais m&ecirc;me pas comme une option.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mais malgr&eacute; moi, ma curiosit&eacute; fut piqu&eacute;e.&nbsp; Alors je me mis &agrave; lire un peu sur l&rsquo;islam, puis un peu plus.&nbsp; Puis, je lus le Coran.&nbsp; Cette merveilleuse r&eacute;v&eacute;lation, cette v&eacute;rit&eacute; changea ma vie &agrave; jamais.&nbsp; Je me mis imm&eacute;diatement &agrave; &eacute;tudier tout ce que je pouvais trouver sur l&rsquo;islam.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">J&rsquo;appris, par ailleurs, que la mosqu&eacute;e la plus proche &eacute;tait situ&eacute;e &agrave; pr&egrave;s de 160 kilom&egrave;tres de ma ville.&nbsp; Malgr&eacute; tout, je fis monter toute ma famille dans notre fourgonnette et me mis en route pour cette mosqu&eacute;e. &nbsp;En chemin, j&rsquo;&eacute;tais tr&egrave;s nerveux, mais excit&eacute; &agrave; la fois.&nbsp; Je me demandai &eacute;galement si on nous laisserait entrer, puisque nous n&rsquo;&eacute;tions ni arabes ni musulmans.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mais d&egrave;s notre arriv&eacute;e, toutes mes craintes se dissip&egrave;rent.&nbsp; Je fus tr&egrave;s chaleureusement accueilli par l&rsquo;imam et les fid&egrave;les.&nbsp; Ils se montr&egrave;rent tous tr&egrave;s gentils &agrave; notre endroit.&nbsp; Je ne trouvai, chez eux, rien de ce que les m&eacute;dias nous rapportaient toujours au sujet des musulmans.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ils me donn&egrave;rent un livre &eacute;crit par Ahmed Deedat et m&rsquo;assur&egrave;rent que je pouvais bel et bien devenir musulman.&nbsp; De retour chez moi, je lus avidement tous les livrets sur l&rsquo;islam qu&rsquo;ils m&rsquo;avaient donn&eacute;s.&nbsp; J&rsquo;appr&eacute;ciai beaucoup ces lectures, car notre biblioth&egrave;que locale ne tenait que quatre livres sur l&rsquo;islam.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Apr&egrave;s mes lectures, je fus un moment comme en &eacute;tat de choc. &nbsp;Comment avais-je pu &ecirc;tre chr&eacute;tien si longtemps et n&rsquo;avoir jamais entendu parler de la v&eacute;rit&eacute;?&nbsp; Je croyais maintenant que l&rsquo;islam &eacute;tait bel et bien cette v&eacute;rit&eacute; que je cherchais; j&rsquo;en &eacute;tais convaincu et je voulais devenir musulman.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">On me mit en contact avec la petite communaut&eacute; musulmane de ma ville.&nbsp; Le 24 mars 2006, je me rendis &agrave; la mosqu&eacute;e.&nbsp; Tout juste avant la pri&egrave;re du vendredi, et devant tous les fid&egrave;les, je pronon&ccedil;ai la profession de foi musulmane&nbsp;: &laquo;&nbsp;la illaha illallah, mouhammadour rasouloullah&nbsp;&raquo; (Il n&rsquo;y a pas d&rsquo;autre dieu qu&rsquo;Allah et Mohammed est Son messager).&nbsp; J&rsquo;&eacute;tais maintenant musulman.&nbsp; Ce fut le plus beau jour de ma vie. &nbsp;J&rsquo;aime l&rsquo;islam et j&rsquo;ai maintenant trouv&eacute; la paix int&eacute;rieure.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Je connus des moments difficiles apr&egrave;s ma conversion.&nbsp; Lorsque les gens apprirent que j&rsquo;&eacute;tais devenu musulman, certains me rejet&egrave;rent, d&rsquo;autres se mirent &agrave; rire de moi. &nbsp;La majorit&eacute; de nos anciens amis chr&eacute;tiens ne nous adress&egrave;rent plus jamais la parole.&nbsp; Quant &agrave; mes parents, ils me reni&egrave;rent presque.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">J&rsquo;aime pourtant ma vie en tant que musulman et si certains de mes compatriotes me trouvent &eacute;trange, cela n&rsquo;a aucune importance.&nbsp; Pourquoi?&nbsp; Parce qu&rsquo;il n&rsquo;y a que moi, et moi seul, qui devrai rendre des comptes &agrave; Dieu apr&egrave;s ma mort.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">C&rsquo;est Dieu qui nous donne la force de passer au travers des &eacute;preuves et Dieu m&rsquo;a aid&eacute; &agrave; traverser les moments difficiles qui ont suivi ma conversion.&nbsp; J&rsquo;ai le plaisir, aujourd&rsquo;hui, d&rsquo;avoir plusieurs fr&egrave;res en islam.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">J&rsquo;ai l&eacute;galement chang&eacute; de pr&eacute;nom pour Abdullah, un pr&eacute;nom que j&rsquo;aime vraiment beaucoup.&nbsp; Je suis maintenant le seul et unique aum&ocirc;nier musulman approuv&eacute; qui travaille &agrave; l&rsquo;h&ocirc;pital de ma ville. &nbsp;Je suis musulman et je suis tr&egrave;s heureux de l&rsquo;&ecirc;tre.&nbsp; Je remercie Dieu pour tout.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Abdullah DeLancey est le fondateur de muslimforlife.com.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>","excerpt":"","terms":null,"visibility_roles":"","comment_status":1,"comment_count":0,"read_counter":5302,"lft":2734,"rght":2735,"promote":1,"sticky":0,"status":1,"publish_start":null,"publish_end":null,"created_at":"2014-08-24T23:00:00.000000Z","updated_at":"2026-04-03T11:16:28.000000Z","language_id":9,"user_id":7,"author_id":2232,"publisher_id":0,"category_id":10,"parent_id":1477,"author_name":"Abdullah DeLancey","category_name":"Why I became a Muslim!","category_slug":"Why-I-became-a-Muslim!","get_date":"2014-08-24","pdf_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/fr-Abdullah DeLancey, Ex-Christian, Canada.pdf","word_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/fr-Abdullah DeLancey, Ex-Christian, Canada.docx"},{"id":1479,"title":"Abdullah DeLancey, Ex-Christ, Canada","slug":"abdullah-delancey-ex-christ-canada","word":"\/uploads\/articles\/de-Abdullah DeLancey, Ex-Christian, Canada.docx","pdf":"\/uploads\/articles\/de-Abdullah DeLancey, Ex-Christian, Canada.pdf","mime_type":null,"type":"node","path":"\/nodes\/view\/type:article\/slug:abdullah-delancey-ex-christ-canada","hint":"","body":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Abdullah DeLancey, Ex-Christ, Canada<\/span><\/h1>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><img style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR-DS3qbzNHORNUv1_nMSWCt764zbPp8uxD887fF1a0P1aPJcXc\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/p>\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 Abdullah DeLancey.&nbsp; Ich bin Kanadier und ich bin beim &ouml;rtlichen Krankenhaus im Patientenservice besch&auml;ftigt. &nbsp;Ich bin seit &uuml;ber 20 Jahren verheiratet und wir haben drei wunderbare Kinder.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Alhamdulillah, ich bin jetzt Muslim. &nbsp;Ich war aber nicht immer Muslim gewesen.&nbsp; Zuerst war ich mein Leben lang ein protestantischer Christ gewesen.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Meine Familie hatte mich in der Pfingstgemeinde aufgezogen, bis ich erwachsen wurde, dann wandte ich mich einer fundamentalen unabh&auml;ngigen Baptistengemeinde zu.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Als gl&auml;ubiger Christ war ich bei der Kirche sehr engagiert, gab Vorlesungen f&uuml;r die Sonntagsschule f&uuml;r Erwachsene. &nbsp;Ich wurde schlie&szlig;lich zum Diakon der Kirche gew&auml;hlt.&nbsp; Ich wollte wirklich meine Hingabe zu Gott vertiefen und entschloss mich, eine Karriere als Geistlicher zu verfolgen.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mir wurde ein Stipendium gew&auml;hrt, das mir helfen sollte, einen Abschluss in Theologie zu erreichen. &nbsp;Mein Ziel war es, Pastor einer Kirche oder Missionar zu werden.&nbsp; Ein Pastor zu werden, w&uuml;rde mich und meine ganze Familie mein Leben lang g&auml;nzlich vereinnahmen.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Also gerade bevor ich am Bibelcollege anfangen sollte, dachte ich, ich wollte zun&auml;chst einen kritischen Blick auf das Christentum werfen und einige ernste fragen &uuml;ber meinen Glauben stellen. &nbsp;Ich erkundigte mich &uuml;ber Trinit&auml;t, warum Gott einen Sohn ben&ouml;tigte und warum das Menschenopfer Jesus&acute;, wie es in der Bibel steht, dazu gebraucht wird, mir die Vergebung zu sichern.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ich fragte, wie im christlichen Glauben alle die rechtschaffenen Menschen im Alten Testament \"erl&ouml;st\" und im Himmel sein konnten, wenn Jesus noch nicht mal geboren waren.&nbsp; Ich stellte mir ernsthafte Fragen &uuml;ber das Christentum, die ich mein ganzes Leben lang vermieden hatte.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Die Antworten, die ich von Christen auf diese theologischen Dinge bekam, die \"die Grundlagen des Glaubens ans Christentum bildeten\", trotzten jeglicher Vernunft und lagen jenseits allen logischen Denkens.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Warum sollte Gott uns so ein wundervolles Gehirn geben und dann zeitweilig von uns erwarten, dass wir damit aufh&ouml;ren, es zu benutzen? &nbsp;Denn dies ist es, was das Christentum von den Leuten verlangt, wenn sie sagen, du musst einfach glauben. &nbsp;Das ist blinder Glaube.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mir wurde klar, dass ich mein ganzes Leben lang das Christentum immer einfach akzeptiert hatte, mit blindem Glauben und ich hatte es niemals hinterfragt, das verbl&uuml;ffte mich.&nbsp; Wie konnte es sein, dass mir dies nie zuvor aufgefallen war?&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ich konnte die Antworten in der Bibel nicht finden.&nbsp; Dann wurde mir klar, dass die Trinit&auml;t ein Mythos ist und dass Gott m&auml;chtig genug ist, jemanden ohne die Hilfe eines Sohnes oder irgendjemand oder irgendetwas anderen zu \"erl&ouml;sen\".&nbsp; Die Dinge &auml;nderten sich.&nbsp; Mein gesamter Glaube an das Christentum zerbr&ouml;ckelte.&nbsp; Es war mir nicht l&auml;nger m&ouml;glich, ans Christentum zu glauben oder Christ zu sein. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ich verlie&szlig; die Kirche im guten und meine Frau pflichtbewusst mit mir, denn auch sie hatte Schwierigkeiten damit, das Christentum zu akzeptieren.&nbsp; Dies war der Beginn meiner spirituellen Reise.&nbsp; Ich war jetzt religionslos, glaubte aber an Gott.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Es war eine harte Zeit f&uuml;r mich und f&uuml;r meine Familie, denn das Christentum wear alles, was wir kannten.&nbsp; Ich musste nach der Wahrheit forschen.&nbsp; Ich fing an, die verschiedenen Religionen zu studieren, und ich nahm mir eine nach der anderen vor, aber ich fand heraus, dass genauso falsch waren.&nbsp; Bis ich vom Islam h&ouml;rte.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Islam!!!&nbsp; Was war das?&nbsp; Soweit ich mich erinnern konnte, habe ich nie einen Muslim gekannt und &uuml;ber den Islam wurde in meinem Teil Kanadas nie als \"Glaube\" besprochen. &nbsp;Nat&uuml;rlich bis auf die Stories in den Nachrichten, die schlecht &uuml;ber den Islam sprachen.&nbsp; F&uuml;r mich war der Islam zu jener Zeit nicht mal eine &Uuml;berlegung wert.&nbsp; &Uuml;berhaupt nicht mein religi&ouml;ser Radius.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Aber dann fing ich an, ein wenig &uuml;ber den Islam zu lesen.&nbsp; Dann las ich noch etwas mehr.&nbsp; Dann las ich den Qur&acute;an.&nbsp; Diese wundervolle Offenbarung der Wahrheit ver&auml;nderte mein Leben f&uuml;r immer. &nbsp;Ich begann auf der Stelle jedes St&uuml;ck Information &uuml;ber den Islam zu sammeln, das ich in die H&auml;nde bekommen konnte.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ich entdeckte, dass die n&auml;chste Moschee ungef&auml;hr 100 Meilen von meiner Stadt entfernt war.&nbsp; Also lud ich spontan meine Familie ins Auto und wir fuhren zu dieser Moschee.&nbsp; Unterwegs war ich sehr nerv&ouml;s, aber gleichzeitig auch aufgeregt.&nbsp; ...Ich fragte mich, ob ich die Moschee &uuml;berhaupt betreten d&uuml;rfte, denn ich war weder Araber noch Muslim?&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Als wir aber bei der Moschee angekommen waren, wurde mir klar, dass ich &uuml;berhaupt keine Bef&uuml;rchtungen zu haben brauchte.&nbsp; Ich wurde vom Imam und den Muslimen &auml;u&szlig;erst herzlich empfangen.&nbsp; Ich fand sie sehr freundlich.&nbsp; Nichts von diesen schlimmen Dingen, die in den Nachrichten st&auml;ndig &uuml;ber Muslime berichtet werden.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Sie gaben mir ein Buch von Ahmed Deedat und sicherten mir zu, dass auch ich Muslim werden konnte.&nbsp; Ich studierte alles, was sie mir &uuml;ber den Islam gegeben hatten.&nbsp; Ich sch&auml;tzte diese B&uuml;cher sehr, denn in unserer Bibliothek gab es nur vier B&uuml;cher &uuml;ber den Islam.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Nachdem ich alles studiert hatte, stand ich unter Schock. &nbsp;Wie konnte ich so lange Christ gewesen sein und nie hatte ich die Wahrheit geh&ouml;rt?&nbsp; Jetzt glaubte ich an den Islam; ich kannte ihn und wollte konvertieren.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mir wurde eine kleine muslimische Gemeinschaft in meiner Stadt empfohlen. &nbsp;Am 24.M&auml;rz 2006 ging ich zu der Moschee.&nbsp; Genau bevor das Freitagsgebet beginnt und in Anwesenheit der &ouml;rtlichen muslimischen Gemeinde als Zeugen, legte ich das Zeugnis ab, dass &rdquo; La illaha ill Allah, Muhammadur Rasul Allah&rdquo;: &ldquo;Es gibt keinen Gott au&szlig;er Allah, Muhammad ist der Gesandte Allahs.\"&nbsp; Jetzt war ich Muslim.&nbsp; Es war der beste Tag meines Lebens. &nbsp;Ich liebe Islam und habe nun Frieden.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Schwierige Zeiten sind gekommen seit ich Muslim geworden bin. &nbsp;Als die Leute bemerkt haben, dass ich jetzt Muslim geworden bin, fingen sie an, mich zu meiden oder auszulachen, die meisten unserer alten christlichen Freunde haben nie wieder mit uns gesprochen.&nbsp; Meine Eltern haben alles andere, au&szlig;er mich versto&szlig;en.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ich liebe es, Muslim zu sein und es z&auml;hlt nicht, was manche meiner kanadischer Mitmenschen von mir denken.&nbsp; Warum?&nbsp; Der Grund daf&uuml;r ist, dass ich alleine Gott nach meinem Tod f&uuml;r mein Tun Rechenschaft ablegen muss.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Gott ist der Gew&auml;hrer von St&auml;rke und Gott der Allm&auml;chtige, hat mir durch alle schweren Zeiten nach meiner Konversion zum Islam geholfen.&nbsp; Ich habe jetzt viele muslimische Br&uuml;der.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ich habe meinen Vornamen offiziell zu Abdullah ge&auml;ndert, den ich sehr mag. &nbsp;Ich bin jetzt der erste und einzige muslimische Kaplan, der die Genehmigung hat, im ;rtlichen Krankenhaus meiner Stadt zu arbeiten.&nbsp; Ich bin Muslim und ich bin wirklich gl&uuml;cklich.&nbsp; Alles Lob geb&uuml;hrt Gott.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Abdullah DeLancey ist der Gr&uuml;nder von Muslimforlife.com. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>","excerpt":"","terms":null,"visibility_roles":"","comment_status":1,"comment_count":0,"read_counter":7632,"lft":2736,"rght":2737,"promote":1,"sticky":0,"status":1,"publish_start":null,"publish_end":null,"created_at":"2014-08-24T23:00:00.000000Z","updated_at":"2026-04-04T15:44:41.000000Z","language_id":7,"user_id":7,"author_id":2232,"publisher_id":0,"category_id":10,"parent_id":1477,"author_name":"Abdullah DeLancey","category_name":"Why I became a Muslim!","category_slug":"Why-I-became-a-Muslim!","get_date":"2014-08-24","pdf_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/de-Abdullah DeLancey, Ex-Christian, Canada.pdf","word_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/de-Abdullah DeLancey, Ex-Christian, Canada.docx"}],"first_page_url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/fre\/api\/authors\/2232?articles_page=1","from":1,"last_page":1,"last_page_url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/fre\/api\/authors\/2232?articles_page=1","links":[{"url":null,"label":"&laquo; 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