{"title":"Frank Estrada","author":{"id":2248,"name":"Frank Estrada","slug":"frank_estrada","image":"\/uploads\/users\/non-profile.jpg","role":"Author","about":"","promote":0,"status":1,"created_at":"2014-08-25T08:00:00.000000Z","updated_at":"2014-08-25T08:00:00.000000Z","language_id":1,"parent_id":null,"i18ns":[],"image_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/users\/non-profile.jpg","get_name":"Frank Estrada"},"books":{"current_page":1,"data":[],"first_page_url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/index.php\/may\/api\/authors\/2248?books_page=1","from":null,"last_page":1,"last_page_url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/index.php\/may\/api\/authors\/2248?books_page=1","links":[{"url":null,"label":"&laquo; Previous","page":null,"active":false},{"url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/index.php\/may\/api\/authors\/2248?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\/index.php\/may\/api\/authors\/2248","per_page":25,"prev_page_url":null,"to":null,"total":0},"videos":{"current_page":1,"data":[],"first_page_url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/index.php\/may\/api\/authors\/2248?videos_page=1","from":null,"last_page":1,"last_page_url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/index.php\/may\/api\/authors\/2248?videos_page=1","links":[{"url":null,"label":"&laquo; Previous","page":null,"active":false},{"url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/index.php\/may\/api\/authors\/2248?videos_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\/index.php\/may\/api\/authors\/2248","per_page":25,"prev_page_url":null,"to":null,"total":0},"audios":{"current_page":1,"data":[],"first_page_url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/index.php\/may\/api\/authors\/2248?audios_page=1","from":null,"last_page":1,"last_page_url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/index.php\/may\/api\/authors\/2248?audios_page=1","links":[{"url":null,"label":"&laquo; Previous","page":null,"active":false},{"url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/index.php\/may\/api\/authors\/2248?audios_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\/index.php\/may\/api\/authors\/2248","per_page":25,"prev_page_url":null,"to":null,"total":0},"articles":{"current_page":1,"data":[{"id":1528,"title":"Frank Estrada, Ex-Catholic, Romania","slug":"frank-estrada-ex-catholic-romania","word":"\/uploads\/articles\/en-Frank Estrada, Ex-Catholic, Romania.docx","pdf":"\/uploads\/articles\/en-Frank Estrada, Ex-Catholic, Romania.pdf","mime_type":null,"type":"node","path":"\/nodes\/view\/type:article\/slug:frank-estrada-ex-catholic-romania","hint":"","body":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Frank Estrada, Ex-Catholic, Romania<\/span><\/h1>\r\n<h1><img style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR7_r6UfDSPaJ5KYxjFJb45OrBHDOcu0GMOZ8CheVbD2M_5Ija0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/h1>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">My name is Frank Estrada. I was raised a Roman Catholic. I was so devout, I even hoped to one day serve in the priesthood. I accepted the churches teachings even when I didn't agree with them. I even took every chance I got to convert people in the hopes of bringing them to Allah.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">While serving in the US Marines, I did two tours in the Middle East. In a short time, I developed a hatred for Arabs and Islam. After I left active duty, I took a job with a company as a network administrator in Iraq. I worked with a man named Ahmed. In the beginning I didn't trust him simply because of his background. I'm lucky that he was patient with me.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Slowly, due to my ignorance, he taught me about the Prophet, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him, and the Quran. He didn't teach me with words; rather, he showed me that Muslims are not evil through his actions. More than that, he taught me the truth of Allah's Message.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">After I came home, I began to study Islam seriously. I took a world religions course at Mesa Community College. Though I found the course prejudicial to Islam, it seemed to push me closer to it. I met a young woman named Amal in the class. We would spend hours talking and debating about Islam and Catholicism. I found her arguments both logical and reasonable.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I started taking Arabic courses, so I could learn to read and understand the Quran properly. I still have a long way to go. I spoke to everyone I knew that was Muslim but, more than that, I watched them to see if their actions matched their words. I never saw any hypocrisy. I even went to the Masjid in Tempe, Arizona to talk to other Muslims and to the Imam.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">What finally brought me to my conversion though, was the Shahadah. I read it and tried to see how it fit with my beliefs. I compared it to the First Commandment and found them to be identical. It was at that point that I had an epiphany.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Catholicism, whatever else it was, was polytheistic. The realization was shattering to me. I knew at that point that I could not obey the laws of Allah and continue to praise Prophet Jesus, peace be upon him, as his son.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I talked it over with my wife. She was concerned, to say the least. We spent hours discussing what it would do to our family. She went with me to the Masjid where we spoke with a man named Muhammed. Not only was he able to sway her fears, she decided to convert as well!<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Becoming Muslim was no doubt the right decision. My friends and family, save my parents, were very supportive. My father would not speak to me for the next three months. My wife's family, to this day is still unsupportive. I have no doubt that Allah will soften their hearts in the future.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I thank Allah for all the people he has brought into my life to show me the truth. I thank Him for giving me a mind to understand the truth. More than that, I thank Allah for my loving and understanding wife who has come to the truth with me.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I shall end this paper as I began the day. There is no deity worthy of worship but Allah, and Muhammad is His prophet.<\/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":11590,"lft":2835,"rght":2844,"promote":1,"sticky":0,"status":1,"publish_start":null,"publish_end":null,"created_at":"2014-08-25T18:04:00.000000Z","updated_at":"2026-04-07T22:57:55.000000Z","language_id":1,"user_id":7,"author_id":2248,"publisher_id":0,"category_id":10,"parent_id":null,"author_name":"Frank Estrada","category_name":"Why I became a Muslim!","category_slug":"Why-I-became-a-Muslim!","get_date":"2014-08-25","pdf_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/en-Frank Estrada, Ex-Catholic, Romania.pdf","word_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/en-Frank Estrada, Ex-Catholic, Romania.docx"},{"id":1529,"title":"Frank Estrada, excat\u00f3lico, Rumania","slug":"frank-estrada-excatlico-rumania","word":"\/uploads\/articles\/sp-Frank Estrada, Ex-Catholic, Romania.docx","pdf":"\/uploads\/articles\/sp-Frank Estrada, Ex-Catholic, Romania.pdf","mime_type":null,"type":"node","path":"\/nodes\/view\/type:article\/slug:frank-estrada-excatlico-rumania","hint":"","body":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Frank Estrada, excat&oacute;lico, Rumania<\/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=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR7_r6UfDSPaJ5KYxjFJb45OrBHDOcu0GMOZ8CheVbD2M_5Ija0\" 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 Frank Estrada. Fui criado como cat&oacute;lico romano. Era muy devoto, e incluso ten&iacute;a la esperanza de servir un d&iacute;a como sacerdote. Acept&eacute; las ense&ntilde;anzas de la iglesia, incluso cuando no estaba de acuerdo con ellas. Y aprovechaba toda oportunidad que ten&iacute;a para convertir a la gente con la esperanza de llevarlos hacia Allah.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mientras serv&iacute;a en la infanter&iacute;a de marina de Estados Unidos, hice dos viajes a Oriente Medio. En poco tiempo, desarroll&eacute; un odio hacia los &aacute;rabes y el Islam. Despu&eacute;s que dej&eacute; el servicio activo, tom&eacute; un trabajo en una compa&ntilde;&iacute;a como administrador de redes en Irak. Trabaj&eacute; con un hombre llamado Ahmed. Al comienzo no confiaba en &eacute;l s&oacute;lo por sus antecedentes. Tuve suerte de que fuera paciente conmigo.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Poco a poco, debido a mi ignorancia, me ense&ntilde;&oacute; sobre el Profeta, que Dios lo bendiga, y sobre el Cor&aacute;n. No me ense&ntilde;&oacute; con palabras; en lugar de ello, a trav&eacute;s de sus actos me mostr&oacute; que los musulmanes no son malvados. M&aacute;s que eso, me ense&ntilde;&oacute; la verdad del Mensaje de Allah.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Despu&eacute;s que volv&iacute; a casa, comenc&eacute; a estudiar el Islam en serio. Tom&eacute; un curso sobre religiones del mundo en Mesa Community College. Aunque el curso mostraba prejuicios hacia el Islam, parec&iacute;a que me acercaba m&aacute;s a &eacute;l. Conoc&iacute; en clase a una mujer joven llamada Amal. Pasar&iacute;a con ella horas hablando y debatiendo sobre el Islam y el Catolicismo. Encontr&eacute; sus argumentos tanto l&oacute;gicos como razonables.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Comenc&eacute; a tomar cursos de &aacute;rabe, para poder aprender a leer y entender correctamente el Cor&aacute;n. Todav&iacute;a me queda un camino largo por recorrer. Habl&eacute; con todo aquel que sab&iacute;a que era musulm&aacute;n, pero m&aacute;s que eso, los observ&eacute; para ver si sus acciones estaban acordes con sus palabras. Nunca vi hipocres&iacute;a. Incluso fui a la mezquita en Tempe, Arizona, para hablar con otros musulmanes y con el Imam.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Lo que finalmente me llev&oacute; a mi conversi&oacute;n, fue la Shahadah. Lo le&iacute; y trat&eacute; de ver c&oacute;mo encajaba con mis creencias. La compar&eacute; con el Primer Mandamiento y la encontr&eacute; id&eacute;ntica. Fue en ese momento que tuve una epifan&iacute;a.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">El Catolicismo, comoquiera que fuera, era polite&iacute;sta. Darme cuenta de ello fue algo sorprendente. En ese punto supe que no pod&iacute;a obedecer las leyes de Allah mientras continuara alabando al Profeta Jes&uacute;s, que Dios lo bendiga, como Su hijo.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Habl&eacute; de ello con mi esposa. Ella estaba preocupada, por decir lo menos. Pas&eacute; horas discutiendo sobre lo que eso le har&iacute;a a mi familia. Ella fue conmigo a la mezquita donde hablamos con un hombre llamado Muh&aacute;mmad. No solo fue capaz de influir en sus temores, sino que ella tambi&eacute;n decidi&oacute; convertirse.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Hacernos musulmanes, sin duda alguna, fue la decisi&oacute;n correcta. Mis amigos y mi familia, con excepci&oacute;n de mis padres, nos apoyaron mucho. Mi padre no me habl&oacute; durante tres meses. La esposa de mi familia, hasta el d&iacute;a de hoy, no apoya su decisi&oacute;n. No tengo duda de que Allah ablandar&aacute; sus corazones en el futuro.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Agradezco a Allah por todas las personas que ha tra&iacute;do a mi vida para ense&ntilde;arme la verdad. Le agradezco por darme una mente para entender la verdad. M&aacute;s que eso, agradezco a Allah por mi esposa amorosa y comprensiva, quien ha venido a la verdad conmigo.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Terminar&eacute; este art&iacute;culo como comenc&eacute; el d&iacute;a. No hay deidad merecedora de adoraci&oacute;n sino Allah, y Muh&aacute;mmad es Su Profeta.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>","excerpt":"","terms":null,"visibility_roles":"","comment_status":1,"comment_count":0,"read_counter":5724,"lft":2836,"rght":2837,"promote":1,"sticky":0,"status":1,"publish_start":null,"publish_end":null,"created_at":"2014-08-25T18:04:00.000000Z","updated_at":"2026-04-07T21:26:27.000000Z","language_id":12,"user_id":7,"author_id":2248,"publisher_id":0,"category_id":10,"parent_id":1528,"author_name":"Frank Estrada","category_name":"Why I became a Muslim!","category_slug":"Why-I-became-a-Muslim!","get_date":"2014-08-25","pdf_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/sp-Frank Estrada, Ex-Catholic, Romania.pdf","word_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/sp-Frank Estrada, Ex-Catholic, Romania.docx"},{"id":1530,"title":"Frank Estrada, ex-catholique, Roumanie","slug":"frank-estrada-ex-catholique-roumanie","word":"\/uploads\/articles\/fr-Frank Estrada, Ex-Catholic, Romania.docx","pdf":"\/uploads\/articles\/fr-Frank Estrada, Ex-Catholic, Romania.pdf","mime_type":null,"type":"node","path":"\/nodes\/view\/type:article\/slug:frank-estrada-ex-catholique-roumanie","hint":"","body":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Frank Estrada, ex-catholique, Roumanie<\/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=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR7_r6UfDSPaJ5KYxjFJb45OrBHDOcu0GMOZ8CheVbD2M_5Ija0\" 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;\">Je m&rsquo;appelle Frank Estrada et j&rsquo;ai &eacute;t&eacute; &eacute;lev&eacute; dans le catholicisme.&nbsp; J&rsquo;&eacute;tais si pieux, lorsque j&rsquo;&eacute;tais jeune, que j&rsquo;esp&eacute;rais, un jour, devenir pr&ecirc;tre.&nbsp; J&rsquo;acceptais aveugl&eacute;ment les enseignements de l&rsquo;&Eacute;glise, m&ecirc;me quand je ne les comprenais pas ou que j&rsquo;&eacute;tais en d&eacute;saccord avec eux.&nbsp; Et je ne ratais jamais une occasion de parler de religion aux gens, autour de moi, dans l&rsquo;espoir de les convertir ou de les ramener vers Dieu.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Alors que j&rsquo;&eacute;tais dans les Marines am&eacute;ricaines, je fus envoy&eacute; &agrave; deux reprises au Moyen-Orient, o&ugrave; je d&eacute;veloppai rapidement une haine des Arabes et de l&rsquo;islam.&nbsp; Lorsque je quittai les Marines, pourtant, j&rsquo;acceptai un emploi &agrave; titre d&rsquo;informaticien en Irak, o&ugrave; je devais travailler de concert avec un homme pr&eacute;nomm&eacute; Ahmed.&nbsp; Au d&eacute;but, je ne lui faisais aucune confiance, simplement &agrave; cause de ses origines.&nbsp; Mais je le remercie, aujourd&rsquo;hui, de s&rsquo;&ecirc;tre montr&eacute; patient envers moi.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Petit &agrave; petit, devant mon ignorance, il m&rsquo;en apprit un peu plus sur le proph&egrave;te Mohammed (que la paix et les b&eacute;n&eacute;dictions de Dieu soient sur lui) et le Coran.&nbsp; Ce n&rsquo;est pas avec des paroles qu&rsquo;il m&rsquo;enseigna ces choses; c&rsquo;est par son comportement.&nbsp; Je compris, &agrave; travers lui, que tous les musulmans ne sont pas mauvais.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">De retour chez moi, je me mis s&eacute;rieusement &agrave; l&rsquo;&eacute;tude de l&rsquo;islam.&nbsp; Je pris un cours sur les grandes religions du monde &agrave; la Mesa Community College. &nbsp;M&ecirc;me si le cours &eacute;tait pr&eacute;judiciable &agrave; l&rsquo;islam, cela ne m&rsquo;en &eacute;loigna pas.&nbsp; Dans ce cours, je fis la rencontre d&rsquo;une jeune femme nomm&eacute;e Amal.&nbsp; Nous passions des heures &agrave; discuter et &agrave; d&eacute;battre sur l&rsquo;islam et le catholicisme. &nbsp;Je trouvais ses arguments logiques et raisonnables.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Je pris &eacute;galement des cours d&rsquo;arabe pour &ecirc;tre en mesure d&rsquo;apprendre et de lire le Coran dans sa langue d&rsquo;origine.&nbsp; J&rsquo;ai encore beaucoup &agrave; apprendre &agrave; ce niveau.&nbsp; &Agrave; cette &eacute;poque, je pris l&rsquo;habitude de discuter avec des musulmans et, secr&egrave;tement, de les observer pour voir s&rsquo;ils mettaient leurs paroles en action.&nbsp; Je ne vis jamais d&rsquo;hypocrisie, de leur part, au niveau religieux.&nbsp; Je me rendis m&ecirc;me &agrave; la mosqu&eacute;e de Tempe, en Arizona, pour parler &agrave; d&rsquo;autres musulmans et rencontrer l&rsquo;imam.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Je me pratiquai &agrave; prononcer la shahadah pour voir comment je me sentais en la pronon&ccedil;ant et si je sentais qu&rsquo;elle repr&eacute;sentait r&eacute;ellement ce que je croyais tout au fond de moi.&nbsp; Je la comparai au premier commandement de la Bible et constatai que sa signification &eacute;tait la m&ecirc;me.&nbsp; C&rsquo;est &agrave; ce moment que j&rsquo;eus une soudaine r&eacute;v&eacute;lation&nbsp;: le catholicisme &eacute;tait en fait une religion polyth&eacute;iste. &nbsp;Cette r&eacute;alisation fut tr&egrave;s bouleversante, pour moi.&nbsp; Je sus, &agrave; ce moment, que je ne pouvais me conformer &agrave; ce premier commandement (et donc &agrave; la profession de foi musulmane) si je continuais &agrave; adorer J&eacute;sus (que la paix soit sur lui).<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Je parlai de tout cela &agrave; mon &eacute;pouse. &nbsp;Le moins que l&rsquo;on puisse dire, c&rsquo;est qu&rsquo;elle se montra fort inqui&egrave;te.&nbsp; Nous pass&acirc;mes des heures &agrave; discuter des cons&eacute;quences &eacute;ventuelles de ma conversion sur notre famille.&nbsp; Elle m&rsquo;accompagna &agrave; la mosqu&eacute;e, o&ugrave; nous discut&acirc;mes avec un pr&eacute;nomm&eacute; Mohammed.&nbsp; Non seulement arriva-t-il &agrave; dissiper ses craintes, mais elle d&eacute;cida de se convertir &eacute;galement!<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Il ne fait aucun doute, dans mon esprit, que devenir musulman fut la meilleure d&eacute;cision de ma vie.&nbsp; &Agrave; part mes parents, nos amis et les autres membres de notre famille nous apport&egrave;rent tous leur soutien.&nbsp; Mon p&egrave;re cessa de me parler durant plus de trois mois. &nbsp;La famille de mon &eacute;pouse est, aujourd&rsquo;hui encore, tout &agrave; fait m&eacute;contente de notre d&eacute;cision.&nbsp; Mais j&rsquo;ai confiance qu&rsquo;Allah les am&egrave;ne &agrave; se montrer plus indulgents et tol&eacute;rants dans un avenir rapproch&eacute;.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Je remercie Allah pour avoir mis sur ma route toutes ces personnes qui m&rsquo;ont montr&eacute; la v&eacute;rit&eacute; et je Le remercie d&rsquo;avoir ouvert mon esprit &agrave; cette v&eacute;rit&eacute;.&nbsp; Mais, par-dessus tout, je Le remercie de m&rsquo;avoir donn&eacute; une &eacute;pouse aimante et compr&eacute;hensive, qui a elle aussi compris que l&rsquo;islam est la v&eacute;rit&eacute;.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Je terminerai cet &eacute;crit comme j&rsquo;ai commenc&eacute; ma journ&eacute;e, c&rsquo;est-&agrave;-dire en pronon&ccedil;ant la shahadah&nbsp;: il n&rsquo;y a pas de divinit&eacute; digne d&rsquo;&ecirc;tre ador&eacute;e en-dehors d&rsquo;Allah et Mohammed est Son proph&egrave;te.<\/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":6149,"lft":2838,"rght":2839,"promote":1,"sticky":0,"status":1,"publish_start":null,"publish_end":null,"created_at":"2014-08-25T18:04:00.000000Z","updated_at":"2026-04-07T18:45:46.000000Z","language_id":9,"user_id":7,"author_id":2248,"publisher_id":0,"category_id":10,"parent_id":1528,"author_name":"Frank Estrada","category_name":"Why I became a Muslim!","category_slug":"Why-I-became-a-Muslim!","get_date":"2014-08-25","pdf_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/fr-Frank Estrada, Ex-Catholic, Romania.pdf","word_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/fr-Frank Estrada, Ex-Catholic, Romania.docx"},{"id":1531,"title":"Frank Estrada, Ex-Katholik, Rum\u00e4nien","slug":"frank-estrada-ex-katholik-rumnien","word":"\/uploads\/articles\/de-Frank Estrada, Ex-Catholic, Romania.docx","pdf":"\/uploads\/articles\/de-Frank Estrada, Ex-Catholic, Romania.pdf","mime_type":null,"type":"node","path":"\/nodes\/view\/type:article\/slug:frank-estrada-ex-katholik-rumnien","hint":"","body":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Frank Estrada, Ex-Katholik, Rum&auml;nien<\/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=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR7_r6UfDSPaJ5KYxjFJb45OrBHDOcu0GMOZ8CheVbD2M_5Ija0\" 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;\">Ich hei&szlig;e Frank Estrada.&nbsp; Ich bin als r&ouml;mischer Katholik aufgewachsen.&nbsp; Ich war so fromm, dass ich sogar hoffte, eines Tages in der Priesterschaft dienen zu k&ouml;nnen.&nbsp; Ich akzeptierte die Lehren der Kirche, auch wenn ich nicht mit ihnen &uuml;bereinstimmte.&nbsp; Ich nahm sogar jede Gelegenheit wahr, um Menschen zu &uuml;berzeugen und hoffte, sie Allah n&auml;her zu bringen. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">W&auml;hrend ich f&uuml;r die US Marine diente, machte ich zwei Fahrten in den Mittleren Osten. &nbsp;In kurzer Zeit entwickelte ich einen Hass auf Araber und auf den Islam.&nbsp; Nachdem ich den Pflichtdienst verlassen hatte, nahm ich einen Job bei einer Gesellschaft als Netzverwalter im Irak an.&nbsp; Ich arbeitete mit einem Mann namens Ahmed zusammen.&nbsp; Anfangs vertraute ich ihm nur wegen seines Hintergrundes nicht.&nbsp; Ich bin froh, dass er geduldig mit mir war.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Langsam wegen meiner Unwissenheit belehrte er mich &uuml;ber den Propheten, Gottes Segen sei auf ihm, und den Qur&acute;an.&nbsp; Er belehrte mich nicht mit Worten, sondern er zeigte mir eher mit seinen Taten, dass Muslime nicht schlecht sind.&nbsp; Mehr noch, er lehrte mich die Wahrheit &uuml;ber Allahs Botschaft.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Nachdem ich nach Hause gekommen bin, habe ich angefangen, den Islam ernsthaft zu studieren. &nbsp;Ich belegte einen Kurs &uuml;ber Weltreligionen am Mesa Community College. Obwohl ich herausfand, dass der Kurs &uuml;ber den Islam sehr voreingenommen war, schien er mich n&auml;her zu ihm zu bringen.&nbsp; Ich traf eine junge Frau namens Amal in der Klasse.&nbsp; Wir verbrachten Stunden damit, &uuml;ber den Islam und den Katholizismus zu reden und zu diskutieren.&nbsp; Ich fand ihre Argumente sowohl logisch als auch vern&uuml;nftig.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ich fing an, Arabisch-Kurse zu belegen, damit ich lernte, den Qur&acute;an richtig zu lesen und zu verstehen.&nbsp; Ich habe immer noch einen weiten Weg vor mir.&nbsp; Ich sprach mit jedem, von dem ich wusste, dass er Muslim ist, aber dar&uuml;ber hinaus beobachtete ich sie, ich beobachtete, ob ihre Taten mit ihren Worten &uuml;berein stimmten.&nbsp; Nie sah ich irgendwelche Heuchelei.&nbsp; Ich fuhr sogar zur Masjid in Tempe, Arizona, um mit anderen Muslimen und mit dem Imam zu reden. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Was mich letztendlich zu meiner Konversion bewog, war die Schahada.&nbsp; Ich las sie und &uuml;berlegte, wie sie zu meinem Glauben passte.&nbsp; Ich verglich sie mit dem ersten Gebot und fand, dass sie identisch waren.&nbsp; &nbsp;An diesem Punkt hatte ich eine Erleuchtung.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Der Katholizismus, was auch immer er war, war Polytheistisch. &nbsp;Diese Erkenntnis ersch&uuml;tterte mich.&nbsp; Ich wusste an diesem Punkt, dass ich den Gesetzen Allahs nicht Folge leisten und damit fortfahren konnte, den Propheten Jesus, m&ouml;ge Gottes Segen mit ihm sein, als seinen Sohn zu preisen.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ich sprach mit meiner Frau dar&uuml;ber.&nbsp; Sie war besorgt, um es vorsichtig auszudr&uuml;cken.&nbsp; Wir verbrachten Stunden damit, zu diskutieren, was dies f&uuml;r unsere Familie bedeuten w&uuml;rde.&nbsp; Sie kam mit mir zur Masjid, wo wir mit einem Mann namens Muhammad sprachen. &nbsp;Es gelang ihm nicht nur, ihre Bef&uuml;rchtungen zu vertreiben, sie entschloss sich, ebenfalls zu konvertieren!&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Muslim zu werden war ohne jeden Zweifel die richtige Entscheidung. &nbsp;Meine Freunde und meine Familie, mit Ausnahme meiner Eltern, waren sehr unterst&uuml;tzend.&nbsp; Mein Vater sprach f&uuml;r die folgenden drei Monate nicht mit mir. Die Familie meiner Frau ist noch immer unkooperativ.&nbsp; Ich zweifele nicht daran dass Allah ihre Herzen in Zukunft erweichen l&auml;sst.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ich danke Allah f&uuml;r alle die Menschen, die Er in mein Leben gebracht hat, damit sie mit die Wahrheit zeigen.&nbsp; Ich danke Ihm daf&uuml;r, dass Er mir Verstand gegeben hat um die Wahrheit zu erkennen.&nbsp; Dar&uuml;ber hinaus danke ich Allah f&uuml;r meine liebende und verst&auml;ndnisvolle Ehefrau, die mit mir zur Wahrheit gekommen ist.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ich sollte dieses Blatt beenden, wie ich den Tag begonnen habe: Es gibt keine Gottheit, die es wert ist, angebetet zu werden, au&szlig;er Allah, und Muhammad ist Sein Prophet. &nbsp;&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":8251,"lft":2840,"rght":2841,"promote":1,"sticky":0,"status":1,"publish_start":null,"publish_end":null,"created_at":"2014-08-25T18:04:00.000000Z","updated_at":"2026-04-07T10:28:39.000000Z","language_id":7,"user_id":7,"author_id":2248,"publisher_id":0,"category_id":10,"parent_id":1528,"author_name":"Frank Estrada","category_name":"Why I became a Muslim!","category_slug":"Why-I-became-a-Muslim!","get_date":"2014-08-25","pdf_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/de-Frank Estrada, Ex-Catholic, Romania.pdf","word_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/de-Frank Estrada, Ex-Catholic, Romania.docx"},{"id":1532,"title":"Frank Estrada, Ex-Cat\u00f3lico, Rom\u00eania","slug":"frank-estrada-ex-catlico-romnia","word":"\/uploads\/articles\/pt-Frank Estrada, Ex-Catholic, Romania.docx","pdf":"\/uploads\/articles\/pt-Frank Estrada, Ex-Catholic, Romania.pdf","mime_type":null,"type":"node","path":"\/nodes\/view\/type:article\/slug:frank-estrada-ex-catlico-romnia","hint":"","body":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Frank Estrada, Ex-Cat&oacute;lico, Rom&ecirc;nia<\/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=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR7_r6UfDSPaJ5KYxjFJb45OrBHDOcu0GMOZ8CheVbD2M_5Ija0\" 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;\">Meu nome &eacute; Frank Estrada. Fui educado como cat&oacute;lico romano. Era t&atilde;o devoto que at&eacute; esperava um dia servir no sacerd&oacute;cio. Aceitava os ensinamentos da igreja mesmo quando n&atilde;o concordava com eles. Aproveitei todas as chances que tive para converter pessoas na esperan&ccedil;a de aproxim&aacute;-las de Allah.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Enquanto servia como fuzileiro nos EUA, fiz duas viagens ao Oriente M&eacute;dio. Em curto espa&ccedil;o de tempo desenvolvi um &oacute;dio pelos &aacute;rabes e o Isl&atilde;. Depois que deixei o servi&ccedil;o militar, aceitei um emprego em uma empresa como administrador de rede no Iraque. Trabalhava com um homem chamado Ahmed. No in&iacute;cio n&atilde;o confiava nele simplesmente por causa de seu hist&oacute;rico. Tenho sorte porque ele era paciente comigo.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Lentamente, devido &agrave; minha ignor&acirc;ncia, ele ensinou-me sobre o Profeta, que Deus o exalte, e o Alcor&atilde;o.&nbsp;N&atilde;o me ensinou com palavras. Ao contr&aacute;rio, mostrou-me que os mu&ccedil;ulmanos n&atilde;o s&atilde;o maus atrav&eacute;s de suas a&ccedil;&otilde;es. Mais que isso, ensinou-me a verdade sobre a mensagem de Allah.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Depois que vim para casa, comecei a estudar seriamente o Isl&atilde;. Participei de um curso sobre religi&otilde;es do mundo na Universidade Comunit&aacute;ria de Mesa. Embora achasse o curso preconceituoso com o Isl&atilde;, parecia aproximar-me mais dele. Encontrei uma jovem chamada Amal na turma. Pass&aacute;vamos horas conversando e debatendo sobre Isl&atilde; e Catolicismo. Achava seus argumentos l&oacute;gicos e razo&aacute;veis.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Comecei a fazer cursos de &aacute;rabe e pude aprender para ler e entender o Alcor&atilde;o adequadamente. Mas ainda tinha um longo caminho a percorrer. Falava com todos que sabia que era mu&ccedil;ulmano mas, mais que isso, observava-os para ver se suas a&ccedil;&otilde;es estavam de acordo com suas palavras. Nunca vi qualquer hipocrisia. Fui at&eacute; a mesquita em Tempe, Arizona, para conversar com outros mu&ccedil;ulmanos e o imame.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">O que finalmente levou-me &agrave; minha convers&atilde;o foi a Shahada. Eu a li e tentei ver como se encaixava em minhas cren&ccedil;as. Eu a comparei com o Primeiro Mandamento e achei-os id&ecirc;nticos. Foi naquele ponto que tive uma epifania.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">O Catolicismo, independente do que fosse, era polite&iacute;sta. A percep&ccedil;&atilde;o abalou-me. Sabia naquele ponto que n&atilde;o podia obedecer &agrave;s leis de Allah e continuar a louvar o profeta Jesus, que Deus o louve, como Seu filho.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Conversei sobre isso com minha esposa. Ela ficou preocupada, para dizer o m&iacute;nimo. Passamos horas discutindo o que isso faria com nossa fam&iacute;lia. Ela foi comigo para a mesquita onde falamos com um homem chamado Muhammad. Al&eacute;m de ele ser capaz de afastar seus temores, ela tamb&eacute;m decidiu se converter!<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Tornar-me mu&ccedil;ulmano sem d&uacute;vida era a decis&atilde;o certa. Meus amigos e fam&iacute;lia, exceto meus pais, deram bastante apoio. Meu pai n&atilde;o falou comigo pelos tr&ecirc;s meses seguintes. A esposa de minha fam&iacute;lia continua a n&atilde;o dar apoio at&eacute; hoje. N&atilde;o tenho d&uacute;vida de que Allah abrandar&aacute; seus cora&ccedil;&otilde;es no futuro.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Agrade&ccedil;o a Allah por todas as pessoas que colocou em minha vida para me mostrar a verdade. Agrade&ccedil;o a Ele por dar-me uma mente para compreender a verdade.&nbsp;Mais que isso, agrade&ccedil;o a Allah por minha esposa amorosa e compreensiva que veio para a verdade comigo.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Terminarei esse artigo da forma que come&ccedil;o o dia. 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