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Bonomo, Ex-Catholic, USA","slug":"devorah-h-bonomo-ex-catholic-usa","word":"\/uploads\/articles\/en-Natasa, Ex-Catholic, Slovakia.docx","pdf":"\/uploads\/articles\/en-Natasa, Ex-Catholic, Slovakia.pdf","mime_type":null,"type":"node","path":"\/nodes\/view\/type:article\/slug:devorah-h-bonomo-ex-catholic-usa","hint":"","body":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>&nbsp;Devorah H. Bonomo, Ex-Catholic, USA<\/span><\/h1>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<img style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSZermfw67mZhHuRNC6tnNLRMmd2lxQLSh7PQVRvMBe6kP7Aw7b\" alt=\"\" \/><\/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 journey to Islam began when I was only six years old, it may seem odd, but it&rsquo;s a fact!.I was born into a Roman Catholic home; I received my Holy Communion and my Confirmation at six years old. In spite of this, I was very different from the average Catholic. &nbsp;I only prayed to one God, I refused to worship Jesus, peace be upon him, or any other saint. &nbsp;Of course, my parents thought it a bit strange, but they didn&rsquo;t speak to me about this.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">About a month before my confirmation, the priest asked me a question and after I answered the priest asked me to pray to Jesus.&nbsp; I remember looking up at him and telling him that I didn&rsquo;t pray to Jesus, I prayed to God!&nbsp; He went on to tell me Jesus was God, but I argued with him and firmly told him that HE was not!&nbsp; The priest became infuriated and almost hit me.&nbsp; Later that evening my parents received a phone call telling them I was a rebel, a problem child and I had to find my own way! Nonetheless, the church did do my confirmation, but &nbsp;I was excommunicated by the local Bishop and never went to church again.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">All my life I only believed in one God.&nbsp; I began praying to Him at the age of three. Life went on and it was when I turned fifteen that something interesting happened. We studied a course in High School called &ldquo;World Religions&rdquo; and from the meager section in the textbook that spoke about Islam, I knew from that moment that I wanted to be a Muslim. In my moment of joy, &nbsp;I went to my history teacher and told him of my desire, but unfortunately he talked me out of it and a week later showed me a very explicit film about the life of a Muslim woman. After I saw it, I changed my mind. I then moved to my next choice Judaism. I spoke to the same teacher and he was against this as well, but he accepted the fact that this was going to happen sooner or later.&nbsp; After this, I began to study Jewish books and began to familiarize myself with Judaic history in secret. I knew that if my family found out, they would never accept me.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">As the years passed by, my interest perked and I became ever more serious in my quest for knowledge, so at nineteen, I took my first course in Reformed Judaism and was convinced this was the path I should take in life. It was during my last year of college that I met a Rabbi in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.&nbsp; After a meeting with him he said he would convert me.&nbsp; At that time I still wasn&rsquo;t sure, as I was still studying. I continued my religious studies under him for three more years and in 1988 was converted or at least I thought I was converted to Judaism.&nbsp; After the ceremony I was not satisfied; something about this conversion felt wrong! I went home that evening and read a book on Jewish Law and found out I wasn&rsquo;t a Jew; the conversion was a farce! I told the Rabbi what I read and he was shocked.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Two years later I met a Hassidic group in New Jersey who were furious about the first conversion, and after another year of study with them I was converted a second time, and this time in the correct method! With that, my life began as a Jew. &nbsp;But did it? I was basically left to myself.&nbsp; I was not treated well by these people and I kept leaving the religion and would return, I was restless, and I felt that something was wrong.&nbsp; I soon became very depressed about the people, the religion and was in a state of complete confusion.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">In 1999, I left Pennsylvania to move to Budapest, Hungary.&nbsp; Here I tried again to fit in with the Jewish community, but ran into even bigger problems..&nbsp; I had to make a serious decision in my life and it would have to come fast as I felt that I was losing God in my life. I finally denounced the Jewish religion in 2010.&nbsp; I can honestly tell you in the 24 years I spent in Judaism I never felt the joy I am feeling now. It wasn&rsquo;t even joyful at the end of my conversion ceremonies as I knew at the back of my mind that something was missing. &nbsp;During the time I was a Jew, I used to read the Holy Quran and compare it to the Torah, and I found the Quran made more sense to me.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">In 2010 when I denounced the Jewish religion, I knew what the next step was going to be, but after what I went through, I wasn&rsquo;t sure I wanted to ever get involved with another religion.&nbsp; I was even losing hope in God.&nbsp; I started to doubt HIM and HIS existence, and became depressed and confused again.&nbsp; My life went on in this way for a while.&nbsp; I talked to a lot of people who told me I would find my way.&nbsp; I began again to think strongly about Islam. &nbsp;I went out and bought my first Quran, and then bought another that had a better translation; so here I was again at another crossroad in my life.&nbsp; What to do?<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">One day I was walking down the street in Budapest, and it came to me so suddenly I was stunned; I felt something stir in my soul and I literally stopped on the sidewalk and looked up to God.&nbsp; I thought I was going crazy, but I wasn&rsquo;t. &nbsp;I truly believe that at that moment I received a message from Allah.&nbsp; I stood there just looking up at the sky and when it was over I began walking again, with a smile on my face and knew HE had reached me!&nbsp; That&rsquo;s when I knew I couldn&rsquo;t give up on God because HE touched my soul and I knew it was time to convert to Islam.&nbsp; As the weeks went on I asked some friends on the internet for help and they were telling me how easy it was to convert and what was expected of me. &nbsp;I couldn&rsquo;t believe it, after spending so many years of study to become a Jew, how could this be so easy? I kept on with my research and found out that what I was told about conversion to Islam was true.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">On the evening of January 27th 2011, I was feeling depressed and hopeless again.&nbsp; I felt it was never going to happen for me. &nbsp;In this state of mind I went online and found IslamReligion.com, and there it was in front of me and I couldn&rsquo;t believe it! I remember saying to myself, if you want this then do it now, and get out of this rut of being lost and doubting God; and the next thing I knew was that I was online with an advisor and it was happening!&nbsp; I became very emotional as the chat began and I must confess I was trembling as well.&nbsp; The chat went on and the man called me and before I knew it, I was a Muslim!<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The first thing that happened was that I began to cry, but these were tears of joy, a kind of joy I never felt before. &nbsp;After everything was over I felt so many emotions, it was unbelievable and the happiness was overwhelming.&nbsp; I knew from that moment on, I had finally, after so many years of searching, found my correct path to God.&nbsp; In the days that followed the happiness continued.&nbsp; When I went back to work the next Monday, my colleagues were asking me why I was so happy? They wondered had something happened? &nbsp;And I was able to say &rdquo;Yes&rdquo;, I have found my way to God!<\/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":4741,"lft":4483,"rght":4486,"promote":1,"sticky":0,"status":1,"publish_start":null,"publish_end":null,"created_at":"2014-09-27T20:45:00.000000Z","updated_at":"2026-04-08T06:21:56.000000Z","language_id":1,"user_id":7,"author_id":2860,"publisher_id":0,"category_id":10,"parent_id":null,"author_name":"Devorah H. Bonomo","category_name":"Why I became a Muslim!","category_slug":"Why-I-became-a-Muslim!","get_date":"2014-09-27","pdf_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/en-Natasa, Ex-Catholic, Slovakia.pdf","word_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/en-Natasa, Ex-Catholic, Slovakia.docx"},{"id":2356,"title":"Devorah H. Bonomo, ex-catholique, \u00c9tats-Unis","slug":"devorah-h-bonomo-ex-catholique-tats-unis","word":"\/uploads\/articles\/fr-Natasa, Ex-Catholic, Slovakia.docx","pdf":"\/uploads\/articles\/fr-Natasa, Ex-Catholic, Slovakia.pdf","mime_type":null,"type":"node","path":"\/nodes\/view\/type:article\/slug:devorah-h-bonomo-ex-catholique-tats-unis","hint":"","body":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Devorah H. Bonomo, ex-catholique, &Eacute;tats-Unis<\/span><\/h1>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp;<img style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSZermfw67mZhHuRNC6tnNLRMmd2lxQLSh7PQVRvMBe6kP7Aw7b\" 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;\">Cela peut sembler &eacute;trange, mais mon cheminement vers l&rsquo;islam a d&eacute;but&eacute; lorsque j&rsquo;avais six ans.&nbsp; Je suis n&eacute;e au sein d&rsquo;une famille catholique et j&rsquo;ai re&ccedil;u ma premi&egrave;re communion et ma confirmation &agrave; l&rsquo;&acirc;ge de six ans.&nbsp; D&eacute;j&agrave;, &agrave; cet &acirc;ge, je me sentais tr&egrave;s diff&eacute;rente des autres catholiques; je n&rsquo;adressais mes pri&egrave;res qu&rsquo;&agrave; Dieu et je refusais d&rsquo;adorer J&eacute;sus ou tout autre saint.&nbsp; Bien s&ucirc;r, mes parents trouvaient cela singulier, mais jamais ils ne prirent la chose tr&egrave;s au s&eacute;rieux.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Environ un mois avant ma confirmation, un pr&ecirc;tre me posa une question sur un sujet religieux.&nbsp; Et, apr&egrave;s que je lui eus donn&eacute; la r&eacute;ponse, il me demanda de prier J&eacute;sus.&nbsp; Je me souviens avoir lev&eacute; la t&ecirc;te vers lui et lui avoir dit que je ne priais jamais J&eacute;sus, seulement Dieu.&nbsp; Il tenta de m&rsquo;expliquer que, de toute fa&ccedil;on, J&eacute;sus &eacute;tait Dieu, mais je lui r&eacute;pliquai fermement que non, il ne l&rsquo;&eacute;tait pas.&nbsp; Le pr&ecirc;tre fut pris d&rsquo;un acc&egrave;s de rage et faillit me frapper.&nbsp; Plus tard, en soir&eacute;e, mes parents re&ccedil;urent un appel du pr&ecirc;tre, qui leur dit que j&rsquo;&eacute;tais une rebelle, une enfant &agrave; probl&egrave;mes, et que j&rsquo;allais devoir me d&eacute;brouiller seule!&nbsp; Malgr&eacute; tout, il accepta de faire ma confirmation, mais je fus, tout de suite apr&egrave;s, excommuni&eacute;e par l&rsquo;&eacute;v&ecirc;que local et jamais plus je ne retournai &agrave; l&rsquo;&eacute;glise.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Toute ma vie, je n&rsquo;ai cru qu&rsquo;en Dieu.&nbsp; C&rsquo;est &agrave; l&rsquo;&acirc;ge de trois ans que je commen&ccedil;ai &agrave; L&rsquo;invoquer.&nbsp; Et c&rsquo;est &agrave; l&rsquo;&acirc;ge de quinze ans qu&rsquo;une chose int&eacute;ressante se produisit.&nbsp; Nous avions, &agrave; l&rsquo;&eacute;cole secondaire, un cours intitul&eacute; &laquo;&nbsp;Religions du monde&nbsp;&raquo;.&nbsp; Il y avait, dans notre manuel, une tr&egrave;s courte section sur l&rsquo;islam.&nbsp; Et malgr&eacute; le peu d&rsquo;information que fournissait cette section, je sus, d&egrave;s sa lecture, que je voulais devenir musulmane.&nbsp; Emball&eacute;e par cette id&eacute;e, j&rsquo;en fis part &agrave; mon professeur d&rsquo;histoire, qui fit tout pour me convaincre de n&rsquo;en rien faire.&nbsp; D&rsquo;ailleurs, d&egrave;s la semaine suivante, il prit sur lui-m&ecirc;me de me faire visionner un film d&eacute;crivant de mani&egrave;re non-&eacute;quivoque la vie de la femme musulmane.&nbsp; Apr&egrave;s l&rsquo;avoir regard&eacute;, je changeai d&rsquo;avis.&nbsp; Puis, je me tournai vers le juda&iuml;sme.&nbsp; J&rsquo;en parlai au m&ecirc;me professeur et il fut, encore une fois, tout &agrave; fait oppos&eacute; &agrave; cette id&eacute;e.&nbsp; Malgr&eacute; cela, je me mis &agrave; &eacute;tudier les &eacute;critures juives et l&rsquo;histoire juive en secret.&nbsp; Je savais que si ma famille venait &agrave; le d&eacute;couvrir, elle ne me laisserait aucun r&eacute;pit.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Les ann&eacute;es pass&egrave;rent, mais mon int&eacute;r&ecirc;t pour le juda&iuml;sme ne faiblit pas.&nbsp; Alors, &agrave; l&rsquo;&acirc;ge de dix-neuf ans, je suivis un cours de juda&iuml;sme r&eacute;form&eacute; et fus convaincue que tel &eacute;tait le chemin qu&rsquo;il me fallait suivre pour le reste de mes jours.&nbsp; C&rsquo;est au cours de ma derni&egrave;re ann&eacute;e d&rsquo;universit&eacute; que je fis la rencontre d&rsquo;un rabbin, &agrave; Williamsport, en Pennsylvanie.&nbsp; Apr&egrave;s ma premi&egrave;re rencontre avec lui, il accepta de me guider dans ma conversion.&nbsp; &Agrave; ce moment, je n&rsquo;&eacute;tais pas encore totalement certaine de mon choix.&nbsp; Durant les trois ann&eacute;es suivantes, je poursuivis mes &eacute;tudes juda&iuml;ques sous sa supervision.&nbsp; Et, en 1988, le rabbin me convertit au juda&iuml;sme.&nbsp; Mais, apr&egrave;s la c&eacute;r&eacute;monie, je n&rsquo;arrivais pas &agrave; me sentir tout &agrave; fait &agrave; l&rsquo;aise dans cette nouvelle situation; il y avait quelque chose qui n&rsquo;allait pas dans cette conversion.&nbsp; Je retournai chez moi et parcourus un ouvrage sur la loi juive.&nbsp; Et je trouvai ce qui m&rsquo;avait agac&eacute;e tout au long&nbsp;: je n&rsquo;&eacute;tais pas juive et cette conversion n&rsquo;avait &eacute;t&eacute; qu&rsquo;une mascarade!&nbsp; Je parlai au rabbin de ce que j&rsquo;avais lu et il parut choqu&eacute; d&rsquo;apprendre cela.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Deux ans plus tard, je fis la rencontre d&rsquo;un groupe de juifs hassidiques, au New Jersey, et leur rapportai l&rsquo;histoire de ma &laquo;&nbsp;conversion&nbsp;&raquo;.&nbsp; Ils &eacute;taient furieux d&rsquo;apprendre cette histoire et, apr&egrave;s avoir &eacute;tudi&eacute; une autre ann&eacute;e avec eux, ils m&rsquo;assist&egrave;rent dans ma nouvelle conversion, utilisant la bonne m&eacute;thode, cette fois!&nbsp; C&rsquo;est ainsi que d&eacute;buta ma vie en tant que juive.&nbsp; J&rsquo;&eacute;tais tr&egrave;s excit&eacute;e, au d&eacute;but, mais je me rendis vite compte que j&rsquo;&eacute;tais litt&eacute;ralement laiss&eacute;e &agrave; moi-m&ecirc;me.&nbsp; Je n&rsquo;&eacute;tais pas trait&eacute;e de mani&egrave;re particuli&egrave;rement chaleureuse, par ces gens, et je traversai une p&eacute;riode durant laquelle je quittai la religion et revins vers elle &agrave; plusieurs reprises.&nbsp; Je n&rsquo;arrivais pas &agrave; trouver une stabilit&eacute; dans mon nouvel univers et j&rsquo;avais constamment l&rsquo;impression que quelque chose n&rsquo;allait pas.&nbsp; Je devins de plus en plus d&eacute;pressive et d&eacute;sillusionn&eacute;e vis-&agrave;-vis de ces gens et de la religion et je me sentais particuli&egrave;rement confuse.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">En 1999, je quittai la Pennsylvanie pour Budapest, en Hongrie.&nbsp; Et, encore une fois, je tentai de me faire accepter par la communaut&eacute; juive locale, mais en vain.&nbsp; Je compris que je me devais de prendre une importante d&eacute;cision pour ne pas perdre ma foi en Dieu.&nbsp; Et c&rsquo;est ainsi qu&rsquo;en 2010, j&rsquo;abandonnai le juda&iuml;sme.&nbsp; Je peux dire, en toute honn&ecirc;tet&eacute;, que dans les 24 ann&eacute;es que j&rsquo;ai pass&eacute;es au sein du juda&iuml;sme, je n&rsquo;ai jamais ressenti le soulagement et le bonheur que j&rsquo;ai ressentis au moment de le quitter.&nbsp; J&rsquo;avais toujours su, tout au fond de moi, que je n&rsquo;avais pas choisi la bonne voie.&nbsp; Qui plus est, durant mes ann&eacute;es au sein du juda&iuml;sme, j&rsquo;avais pris l&rsquo;habitude de lire le Coran et de le comparer &agrave; la Torah; et je trouvais que le Coran avait plus de sens.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">M&ecirc;me si la nouvelle voie que je devais emprunter m&rsquo;apparaissait &eacute;vidente, apr&egrave;s tout ce &agrave; travers quoi j&rsquo;&eacute;tais pass&eacute;e, au fil des ans, je n&rsquo;&eacute;tais pas certaine d&rsquo;avoir vraiment envie d&rsquo;embrasser une autre religion.&nbsp; Je me sentais glisser vers le d&eacute;sespoir et j&rsquo;avais l&rsquo;impression que Dieu me laissait tomber.&nbsp; Je me mis m&ecirc;me, &agrave; un certain moment, &agrave; entretenir des doutes sur Son existence, ce qui me poussa vers un &eacute;tat d&eacute;pressif.&nbsp; Ainsi fut ma vie pour un temps.&nbsp; J&rsquo;en parlai &agrave; plusieurs personnes, qui m&rsquo;encourag&egrave;rent en me disant que j&rsquo;allais &eacute;ventuellement trouver ma voie.&nbsp; Je me mis &agrave; penser &agrave; l&rsquo;islam de plus en plus souvent.&nbsp; Je sortis et allai acheter un exemplaire du Coran. &nbsp;Puis, quelque temps apr&egrave;s, j&rsquo;en achetai un autre dont la traduction &eacute;tait meilleure.&nbsp; Je me retrouvais &agrave; nouveau &agrave; la crois&eacute;e des chemins; quelle voie devais-je emprunter?<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Un jour que j&rsquo;errais sur une rue de Budapest, je sentis, soudainement, quelque chose remuer mon &acirc;me; je m&rsquo;arr&ecirc;tai, sur le trottoir, et levai les yeux au ciel, vers Dieu.&nbsp; Je crus un instant que je perdais la raison, mais il n&rsquo;y avait pas de doute.&nbsp; &Agrave; cet instant pr&eacute;cis, Allah &eacute;tait venu toucher mon c&oelig;ur.&nbsp; J&rsquo;&eacute;tais l&agrave;, debout, les yeux tourn&eacute;s vers le ciel; et, quand cette dr&ocirc;le de sensation s&rsquo;&eacute;vanouit, je repris ma marche, le sourire aux l&egrave;vres, car je savais qu&rsquo;Il venait de me faire signe.&nbsp; Je sus que jamais je ne pourrais laisser tomber Dieu et qu&rsquo;il &eacute;tait temps, pour moi, de me convertir &agrave; l&rsquo;islam.&nbsp; Durant les semaines qui suivirent, je demandai de l&rsquo;aide &agrave; certaines connaissances, sur internet.&nbsp; Ils me dirent tous &agrave; quel point il &eacute;tait facile de se convertir &agrave; l&rsquo;islam et m&rsquo;expliqu&egrave;rent ce qu&rsquo;on attendrait de moi.&nbsp; J&rsquo;avais de la difficult&eacute; &agrave; le croire; apr&egrave;s avoir pass&eacute; autant d&rsquo;ann&eacute;es &agrave; &eacute;tudier pour devenir juive, comment pouvait-il &ecirc;tre aussi facile de se convertir &agrave; l&rsquo;islam?&nbsp; Incertaine, je fis diverses recherches sur le sujet pour d&eacute;couvrir que ce que ces personnes m&rsquo;avaient dit &eacute;tait tout &agrave; fait vrai.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Le soir du 27 janvier 2011, je me sentais d&eacute;prim&eacute;e et d&eacute;sesp&eacute;r&eacute;e.&nbsp; J&rsquo;ouvris mon ordinateur et, en surfant sur le net, je trouvai islamreligion.com.&nbsp; C&rsquo;&eacute;tait donc l&agrave;, devant mes yeux, et j&rsquo;arrivais &agrave; peine &agrave; y croire.&nbsp; Je me souviens m&rsquo;&ecirc;tre dit&nbsp;: &laquo;&nbsp;Si c&rsquo;est vraiment ce que tu veux, alors fais-le maintenant afin de sortir de cet &eacute;tat d&rsquo;esprit, de ce d&eacute;sespoir et de cette d&eacute;prime; fais-le pour ne plus avoir de doutes au sujet de Dieu&nbsp;&raquo;.&nbsp; Quelques minutes plus tard, j&rsquo;&eacute;tais en ligne avec un conseiller musulman.&nbsp; Je devins tr&egrave;s &eacute;motive et je dois avouer que je tremblais visiblement.&nbsp; Je continuai toutefois de clavarder avec cet homme.&nbsp; Je lui transmis mon num&eacute;ro de t&eacute;l&eacute;phone afin qu&rsquo;il puisse m&rsquo;appeler et m&rsquo;entendre prononcer la shahadah (profession de foi musulmane) de vive voix.&nbsp; Et, avant m&ecirc;me que je ne le r&eacute;alise pleinement, j&rsquo;&eacute;tais musulmane!<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">C&rsquo;est alors que je me mis &agrave; pleurer des larmes de joie et que je fus envahie par toute une s&eacute;rie d&rsquo;&eacute;motions qui se bouscul&egrave;rent en moi. &nbsp;Je savais qu&rsquo;apr&egrave;s toutes ces ann&eacute;es d&rsquo;insatisfaction, j&rsquo;avais enfin trouv&eacute; la voie menant vers Dieu.&nbsp; Lorsque je retournai au travail, le lundi suivant, mes coll&egrave;gues me demand&egrave;rent pourquoi je semblais si heureuse.&nbsp; Avais-je re&ccedil;u une bonne nouvelle?&nbsp; Et, enfin, je fus en mesure de r&eacute;pondre&nbsp;: &laquo;&nbsp;Oui!&nbsp; J&rsquo;ai enfin trouv&eacute; la voie menant &agrave; Dieu!&nbsp;&raquo;.<\/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":3895,"lft":4484,"rght":4485,"promote":1,"sticky":0,"status":1,"publish_start":null,"publish_end":null,"created_at":"2014-09-27T20:45:00.000000Z","updated_at":"2026-04-08T06:38:29.000000Z","language_id":9,"user_id":7,"author_id":2860,"publisher_id":0,"category_id":10,"parent_id":2355,"author_name":"Devorah H. 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