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margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRjXkyi8QWrj5ZXWNe_qjLq8MRu4j0AA4YFSGAOayQQg4cnLUec\" 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;\">The first time I ever thought about having Islam as my religion was at the age of 15.&nbsp; Reading a story in my high school religion book about a Swedish woman who converted made me think: How would it be if I became a Muslim?&nbsp; How would it change my life?<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">This woman was wearing a scarf on her head, and she was working as a secretary.&nbsp; Because of my lack of knowledge about Islam, this shocked me extremely.&nbsp; How can she work with that thing on her head?&nbsp; Who will ever hire a woman like that?<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">My conclusion was that I would never become Muslim because it would stand out and would lessen my chances of getting the dream job.&nbsp; I guess this thinking depended largely on the way I was raised.&nbsp; My parents are honest and hard-working people, but they do not see the need for religion.&nbsp; They see that the meaning of life is actually inside life itself, and after it when we all become dust, there is nothing more to it.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Nevertheless, I guess my mother respected the traditions and morals of our Protestant Christian church, so she sent me at an early age to a children&rsquo;s group, and later at the age of 14, I was asked if I would like to go to confirmation classes.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I agreed.&nbsp; I thought that it was best to do it.&nbsp; Who knew, maybe I would change my mind later and regret that I did not go, and then I would be outside of the church.&nbsp; Also, it was fun to go to these classes. &nbsp;We painted, sang songs, played theatre, and went to a camp.&nbsp; There was not a lot of serious people among us - most came only because of tradition, and to get gifts, jewelry and money from relatives on that great day when the classes finally finished and there was a ceremony in the church.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">From this time, I remember having strong doubts about Christianity.&nbsp; I read the Bible but it did not give me what I needed.&nbsp; I knew there was something I was looking for, but I did not know what.&nbsp; I learned about astrology and tried meditation and so on, but all this made me feel even more confused.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I started to keep a &ldquo;spiritual journal&rdquo;.&nbsp; It was a small book, which I filled with different material, religious and non-religious.&nbsp; I would collect biblical verses, poems, Hindu chants, songs, and anything that had meaning to me.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I started secondary school at the age of 16.&nbsp; Living in a small suburb outside of the city, I was required to transfer to a school inside the big town.&nbsp; I chose the one which was supposed to have the highest status.&nbsp; I could not imagine that there would be so many foreign people.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Immediately after I started, I felt I was not happy.&nbsp; I wanted to change my major, so I transferred from Media to Languages and came to a new class where I knew no one.&nbsp; The first people who spoke kindly to me and became my friends were an African girl, and an Iraqi girl who was wearing a scarf.&nbsp; It was so exotic to me!&nbsp; All my life I had been surrounded by people of my own background, and now I got a taste of other cultures and life styles.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I was so fascinated by the Iraqi girl that I started to hang around a lot with her and also became friends with her friends.&nbsp; I became famous as the Swedish person who had no Swedish friends.&nbsp; It was more of a cool thing to me - I felt I needed to distance myself from the normal crowd.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The Muslims of my school sometimes had active discussions about Islam and that impressed me very much.&nbsp; I thought, how can it be that this religion is such an active part of their lives?&nbsp; It is not like Christianity, it is alive not dead!&nbsp; And it has an impact on everything in their lives.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">One day when I went with my father to a second hand market, I looked for some books and found an old translation of the Quran in the Swedish language.&nbsp; I decided to buy it for historical purposes, and to gain a greater understanding of my friends&rsquo; religion.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">By now, I started to add Islamic items to my journal.&nbsp; I was writing the opening Surat Al-Fatiha, and its translation.&nbsp; I also memorized it.&nbsp; I had no motive behind doing so, I was just interested in it.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">With little time, I was totally absorbed in the Quran.&nbsp; I felt like I had found a real treasure.&nbsp; There was something drawing me to it - something not logical, especially since this translation which I had, was written by an Orientalist and contained a number of serious faults.&nbsp; The worst thing of all was that the author pointed to supposed faults in the order in which the verses came.&nbsp; He said that it was evident that some verses should change place.&nbsp; Alhamdulillah (praise be to God) that I learned the truth by asking my friend.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I went to my Iraqi friend, and told her that I was interested in Islam.&nbsp; She became very shocked and felt a need to sit down or else she would pass out!&nbsp; After the shock settled, she decided to take me to an Islamic organization and there I got some books, pamphlets and the phone number of another Swedish woman who had become Muslim.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I was afraid of what my family would say, and indeed my mother became outraged when I told her that I wanted to become a Muslim.&nbsp; The whole family searched my room and threw away my Islamic books.&nbsp; They said that Islam was like a cult and that I was brainwashed.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">But this did not stop me.&nbsp; In the month of July 2001, I declared my shahada (testimony of faith) openly.&nbsp; I had called the Swedish woman who's phone number I had been given, and she arranged Islamic lessons in her home.&nbsp; I went to her villa, which had a garden, and we prayed the zhuhr (forenoon) prayer there in the open air.&nbsp; For me this was a symbolical act, because in my society it is something not appreciated to show acts of worship openly.&nbsp; I felt so free and could care less about what other people would think.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">It was with a loud and proud voice by which I said the words which undoubtedly has had the strongest impact on my entire life:<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ashhadu an laa ilaaha illa Allah, wa ashhadu anna Muhammadan rasool Allah<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I bear witness that there is no deity worthy of worship save God;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">And I bear witness that Muhammad is the messenger of God.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">No other single sentence has influenced me as this one has.<\/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":11607,"lft":3411,"rght":3420,"promote":1,"sticky":0,"status":1,"publish_start":null,"publish_end":null,"created_at":"2014-09-03T21:36:00.000000Z","updated_at":"2026-04-07T09:17:29.000000Z","language_id":1,"user_id":7,"author_id":2449,"publisher_id":0,"category_id":10,"parent_id":null,"author_name":"Haneefah bint Stefan","category_name":"Why I became a Muslim!","category_slug":"Why-I-became-a-Muslim!","get_date":"2014-09-03","pdf_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/en-Haneefah bint Stefan, Ex-Christian, Sweden.pdf","word_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/en-Haneefah bint Stefan, Ex-Christian, Sweden.docx"},{"id":1819,"title":"Haneefah bint Stefan, Excristiana, Suecia","slug":"haneefah-bint-stefan-excristiana-suecia","word":"\/uploads\/articles\/sp-Haneefah bint Stefan, Ex-Christian, Sweden.docx","pdf":"\/uploads\/articles\/sp-Haneefah bint Stefan, Ex-Christian, Sweden.pdf","mime_type":null,"type":"node","path":"\/nodes\/view\/type:article\/slug:haneefah-bint-stefan-excristiana-suecia","hint":"","body":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Haneefah bint Stefan, Excristiana, Suecia<\/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-tbn1.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRjXkyi8QWrj5ZXWNe_qjLq8MRu4j0AA4YFSGAOayQQg4cnLUec\" 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;\">La primera vez que pens&eacute; sobre tener al Islam como mi religi&oacute;n fue a la edad de 15 a&ntilde;os. Le&iacute; una historia en mi libro de religi&oacute;n de la secundaria acerca de una mujer sueca que se convirti&oacute;, que me hizo pensar: &iquest;C&oacute;mo ser&iacute;a si me convirtiera en musulmana? &iquest;C&oacute;mo cambiar&iacute;a eso mi vida?<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Esta mujer llevaba un pa&ntilde;uelo en su cabeza y trabajaba como secretaria. Debido a mi falta de conocimiento sobre el Islam, esto me impact&oacute; mucho. &iquest;C&oacute;mo puede ella trabajar con esa cosa en su cabeza?&nbsp; &iquest;Qui&eacute;n contratar&iacute;a a una mujer as&iacute;?<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mi conclusi&oacute;n fue que nunca me har&iacute;a musulmana debido a que eso me har&iacute;a muy notoria y disminuir&iacute;a mis posibilidades de obtener el trabajo so&ntilde;ado. Supongo que este pensamiento dependi&oacute; en gran medida de la forma en que me criaron. Mis padres eran personas honestas y buenos trabajadores, pero no ve&iacute;an la necesidad de la religi&oacute;n. Ellos cre&iacute;an que el significado de la vida est&aacute; realmente en la vida misma, y despu&eacute;s que todos nos convirtamos en polvo ya no habr&aacute; nada m&aacute;s.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Sin embargo, supongo que mi madre respetaba las tradiciones y la moral de nuestra iglesia cristiana protestante, as&iacute; que me envi&oacute; a temprana edad a un grupo infantil, y m&aacute;s tarde, a la edad de 14 a&ntilde;os, se me pregunt&oacute; si me gustar&iacute;a asistir a las clases de confirmaci&oacute;n.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Acced&iacute;. Pens&eacute; que era mejor hacerlo. Qui&eacute;n sabe, a lo mejor cambiar&iacute;a de opini&oacute;n despu&eacute;s y me arrepentir&iacute;a de no haber ido, y entonces me quedar&iacute;a por fuera de la iglesia. Adem&aacute;s, era divertido ir a estas clases. Pint&aacute;bamos, cant&aacute;bamos canciones, hac&iacute;amos teatro e &iacute;bamos de campamento. No hab&iacute;a mucha gente seria entre nosotros, la mayor&iacute;a iba solo por tradici&oacute;n y para obtener regalos, joyer&iacute;a y dinero de los parientes en ese gran d&iacute;a cuando las clases por fin terminaran y se celebrara la ceremonia en la iglesia.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Recuerdo que ya en esa &eacute;poca ten&iacute;a fuertes dudas respecto al Cristianismo. Le&iacute; la Biblia pero eso no me dio lo que necesitaba. Sab&iacute;a que hab&iacute;a algo que estaba buscando, pero no sab&iacute;a qu&eacute;. Aprend&iacute; sobre astrolog&iacute;a e intent&eacute; la meditaci&oacute;n, etc&eacute;tera, pero todo esto me hizo sentir a&uacute;n m&aacute;s confundida.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Comenc&eacute; a llevar un &ldquo;diario espiritual&rdquo;. Era un libro peque&ntilde;o, que llenaba con materiales diferentes, tanto religiosos como no religiosos. Coleccion&eacute; vers&iacute;culos b&iacute;blicos, poemas, c&aacute;nticos hind&uacute;s, canciones y todo lo que tuviera significado para m&iacute;.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Comenc&eacute; la secundaria a los 16 a&ntilde;os. Viv&iacute;a en un suburbio peque&ntilde;o fuera de la ciudad, y se me pidi&oacute; que me trasladara a una ciudad dentro de la gran ciudad. Eleg&iacute; la que se supon&iacute;a que ten&iacute;a el nivel m&aacute;s elevado. No pod&iacute;a imaginar que all&iacute; hab&iacute;a tantas personas extranjeras.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Inmediatamente despu&eacute;s que comenc&eacute;, sent&iacute; que no era feliz. Quer&iacute;a cambiar mi especialidad, as&iacute; que fui transferida de Comunicaci&oacute;n a Idiomas y llegu&eacute; a una clase nueva donde no conoc&iacute;a a nadie. Las primeras personas que he hablaron amablemente y se convirtieron en mis amigas fueron una chica africana y una iraqu&iacute; que usaba el pa&ntilde;uelo o velo. &iexcl;Era tan ex&oacute;tico para m&iacute;! Toda mi vida hab&iacute;a estado rodeada de personas de mi mismo ambiente, y ahora saboreaba un poco otras culturas y formas de vida.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Estaba tan fascinada con la chica iraqu&iacute; que comenc&eacute; a andar mucho con ella y me hice amiga de sus amigas. Me volv&iacute; famosa como la sueca que no ten&iacute;a amigos suecos. Era m&aacute;s bien algo divertido para m&iacute; &mdash;no sent&iacute;a la necesidad de distanciarme de la gente normal.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Los musulmanes de mi colegio a veces ten&iacute;an discusiones animadas sobre el Islam y eso me impresion&oacute; mucho. Pens&eacute;: &iquest;c&oacute;mo puede ser que esta religi&oacute;n sea una parte tan activa de sus vidas? No es como el Cristianismo, &iexcl;est&aacute; viva, no muerta! Y tiene un impacto sobre todo aspecto de sus vidas.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Un d&iacute;a, cuando fui con mi padre a un mercado de segunda mano, me puse a buscar algunos libros y encontr&eacute; una vieja traducci&oacute;n del Cor&aacute;n al idioma sueco. Decid&iacute; comprarla por razones hist&oacute;ricas, y para tener una mejor comprensi&oacute;n de la religi&oacute;n de mis amigos.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Entonces, comenc&eacute; a agregar elementos isl&aacute;micos a mi diario. Escrib&iacute; el cap&iacute;tulo inicial del Cor&aacute;n, Surat Al F&aacute;tiha, y su traducci&oacute;n. Tambi&eacute;n la memoric&eacute;. No ten&iacute;a ning&uacute;n motivo para hacer esto, solo estaba interesada en ello.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Al poco tiempo, estaba totalmente absorta en el Cor&aacute;n. Sent&iacute; que hab&iacute;a encontrado un verdadero tesoro. Hab&iacute;a algo que me atra&iacute;a a &eacute;l &mdash;algo que no era una cuesti&oacute;n de l&oacute;gica, en especial debido a que esta traducci&oacute;n que ten&iacute;a, hab&iacute;a sido escrita por un orientalista y conten&iacute;a muchos errores. Lo peor de todo era que el autor se refer&iacute;a a supuestos errores en el orden en el que los vers&iacute;culos llegaron. Dec&iacute;a que era evidente que algunos vers&iacute;culos deb&iacute;an cambiar de lugar. Alhamdulil-lah (alabado sea Dios) que aprend&iacute; la verdad pregunt&aacute;ndole a mi amiga.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Fui con mi amiga iraqu&iacute; y le dije que estaba interesada en el Islam. &iexcl;Ella qued&oacute; pasmada y tuvo la necesidad de sentarse para sobreponerse! Despu&eacute;s de reponerse, decidi&oacute; llevarme a una organizaci&oacute;n isl&aacute;mica y all&iacute; me dio algunos libros, panfletos, y el n&uacute;mero telef&oacute;nico de otra mujer sueca que se hab&iacute;a hecho musulmana.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ten&iacute;a miedo de lo que dir&iacute;a mi familia, y de hecho mi madre se indign&oacute; cuando le dije que quer&iacute;a ser musulmana. Toda la familia busc&oacute; en mi habitaci&oacute;n y tiraron mis libros isl&aacute;micos. Dijeron que el Islam era como una secta y que me hab&iacute;an lavado el cerebro.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Pero esto no me detuvo. En el mes de julio de 2001, hice mi shahada (testimonio de fe) en p&uacute;blico. Hab&iacute;a llamado a la mujer sueca cuyo n&uacute;mero de tel&eacute;fono me hab&iacute;an dado, y ella organiz&oacute; lecciones isl&aacute;micas en su casa. Fui a su villa, que ten&iacute;a un jard&iacute;n, y rezamos la oraci&oacute;n del duhur (mediod&iacute;a) al aire libre. Para m&iacute; fue un acto simb&oacute;lico, puesto que en mi sociedad no se aprecia mostrar abiertamente actos de adoraci&oacute;n. Me sent&iacute; tan libre que me importaba muy poco lo que la gente pudiera pensar.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Fue con voz fuerte y orgullosa que dije las palabras las que sin duda han tenido el mayor impacto en toda mi vida:<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ashhadu an laa ilaaha illa Allah, wa ashhadu anna Muhammadan rasul Allah<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Atestiguo que no hay divinidad merecedora de adoraci&oacute;n sino solo Dios;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">y atestiguo que Muhammad es el mensajero de Dios.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ninguna otra frase me ha influenciado tanto como lo ha hecho esta.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>","excerpt":"","terms":null,"visibility_roles":"","comment_status":1,"comment_count":0,"read_counter":7283,"lft":3412,"rght":3413,"promote":1,"sticky":0,"status":1,"publish_start":null,"publish_end":null,"created_at":"2014-09-03T21:36:00.000000Z","updated_at":"2026-04-07T11:24:55.000000Z","language_id":12,"user_id":7,"author_id":2449,"publisher_id":0,"category_id":10,"parent_id":1818,"author_name":"Haneefah bint Stefan","category_name":"Why I became a Muslim!","category_slug":"Why-I-became-a-Muslim!","get_date":"2014-09-03","pdf_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/sp-Haneefah bint Stefan, Ex-Christian, Sweden.pdf","word_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/sp-Haneefah bint Stefan, Ex-Christian, Sweden.docx"},{"id":1820,"title":"Haneefah bint Stefan, ex-chr\u00e9tienne, Su\u00e8de","slug":"haneefah-bint-stefan-ex-chrtienne-sude","word":"\/uploads\/articles\/fr-Haneefah bint Stefan, Ex-Christian, Sweden.docx","pdf":"\/uploads\/articles\/fr-Haneefah bint Stefan, Ex-Christian, Sweden.pdf","mime_type":null,"type":"node","path":"\/nodes\/view\/type:article\/slug:haneefah-bint-stefan-ex-chrtienne-sude","hint":"","body":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Haneefah bint Stefan, ex-chr&eacute;tienne, Su&egrave;de<\/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-tbn1.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRjXkyi8QWrj5ZXWNe_qjLq8MRu4j0AA4YFSGAOayQQg4cnLUec\" 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;\">La premi&egrave;re fois o&ugrave; j&rsquo;ai consid&eacute;r&eacute; adopter l&rsquo;islam comme religion fut &agrave; l&rsquo;&acirc;ge de 15 ans.&nbsp; Apr&egrave;s avoir lu, dans un cours de religion, &agrave; l&rsquo;&eacute;cole, l&rsquo;histoire d&rsquo;une Su&eacute;doise s&rsquo;&eacute;tant convertie &agrave; l&rsquo;islam, je me demandai comment ce serait, pour moi, si je faisais de m&ecirc;me et j&rsquo;essayai d&rsquo;imaginer comment cela transformerait ma vie.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Cette femme portait un foulard, sur sa t&ecirc;te, et travaillait comme secr&eacute;taire.&nbsp; &Agrave; cause de mon manque de connaissances sur l&rsquo;islam, cela me choqua. &nbsp;Comment pouvait-elle travailler en portant cela?&nbsp; Qui avait embauch&eacute; une telle femme?<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">J&rsquo;en conclus que je ne deviendrais probablement jamais musulmane, car je deviendrais trop visible et cela diminuerait mes chances d&rsquo;obtenir l&rsquo;emploi de mes r&ecirc;ves.&nbsp; J&rsquo;imagine que cette fa&ccedil;on de penser &eacute;tait largement influenc&eacute;e par mon &eacute;ducation.&nbsp; Mes parents sont des gens honn&ecirc;tes et tr&egrave;s travaillants, mais ils ne voient pas l&rsquo;utilit&eacute; d&rsquo;une religion dans leur vie. &nbsp;Pour eux, la signification de la vie se trouve dans la vie elle-m&ecirc;me et ils croient qu&rsquo;apr&egrave;s la mort, nous devenons poussi&egrave;re et rien de plus.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">N&eacute;anmoins, ma m&egrave;re respectait les traditions et les valeurs morales de notre &eacute;glise protestante locale, car d&egrave;s mon plus jeune &acirc;ge, elle m&rsquo;envoya fr&eacute;quenter leur groupe pour enfants et, plus tard, lorsque j&rsquo;avais 14 ans, elle me demanda si je souhaitais assister aux cours sur la confirmation.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">J&rsquo;acceptai, car je croyais que c&rsquo;&eacute;tait une bonne chose.&nbsp; Je me disais que si je n&rsquo;y allais pas, je changerais peut-&ecirc;tre d&rsquo;avis, plus tard, et regretterais de ne pas y &ecirc;tre all&eacute;e.&nbsp; J&rsquo;y allai donc et je m&rsquo;y plus.&nbsp; Nous faisions de la peinture, chantions des chansons, faisions du th&eacute;&acirc;tre et all&acirc;mes m&ecirc;me dans un camp ext&eacute;rieur.&nbsp; La plupart d&rsquo;entre nous n&rsquo;&eacute;tions pas vraiment s&eacute;rieux; nous venions surtout par tradition et pour recevoir, le jour de notre confirmation, &agrave; l&rsquo;&eacute;glise, des cadeaux et de l&rsquo;argent des membres de notre famille.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Je me souviens que c&rsquo;est &agrave; cette &eacute;poque que je commen&ccedil;ai &agrave; entretenir de s&eacute;rieux doutes au sujet du christianisme.&nbsp; Je lus la Bible pour trouver des r&eacute;ponses, mais en vain.&nbsp; Je sentais qu&rsquo;il y avait un manque, un vide, quelque part, mais j&rsquo;ignorais quoi exactement.&nbsp; Je me tournai bri&egrave;vement vers l&rsquo;astrologie, la m&eacute;ditation, etc, mais tout cela me rendit encore plus confuse.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Je commen&ccedil;ai &agrave; tenir un &laquo;&nbsp;journal spirituel&nbsp;&raquo;.&nbsp; Il s&rsquo;agissait d&rsquo;un petit cahier, dans lequel j&rsquo;&eacute;crivais ou je colligeais des articles, religieux et non-religieux.&nbsp; J&rsquo;y copiais des versets bibliques, des po&egrave;mes, des chants hindous, des chansons et tout ce qui rev&ecirc;tait, pour moi, une signification particuli&egrave;re.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Je commen&ccedil;ai l&rsquo;&eacute;cole secondaire &agrave; l&rsquo;&acirc;ge de 16 ans.&nbsp; Comme j&rsquo;habitais dans une petite banlieue &agrave; l&rsquo;ext&eacute;rieur de la ville, je dus &ecirc;tre transf&eacute;r&eacute;e dans une &eacute;cole de la ville.&nbsp; Je choisis celle qui avait la meilleure r&eacute;putation.&nbsp; Et jamais je n&rsquo;aurais imagin&eacute; y trouver autant de personnes d&rsquo;origine &eacute;trang&egrave;re.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Tout de suite apr&egrave;s avoir entam&eacute; mon ann&eacute;e scolaire, je d&eacute;cidai de changer de branche et demandai &agrave; &ecirc;tre transf&eacute;r&eacute;e au programme de m&eacute;dias et langues. &nbsp;Je me retrouvai donc dans une nouvelle classe o&ugrave; je ne connaissais personne.&nbsp; Les premi&egrave;res personnes qui m&rsquo;abord&egrave;rent et me parl&egrave;rent chaleureusement furent une Africaine et une Irakienne portant le hijab (foulard). &nbsp;Elles m&rsquo;apparaissaient si exotiques!&nbsp; Toute ma vie, je n&rsquo;avais &eacute;t&eacute; entour&eacute;e que de personnes semblables &agrave; moi et c&rsquo;&eacute;tait la premi&egrave;re fois que je c&ocirc;toyais des gens de nationalit&eacute;s diff&eacute;rentes.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Fascin&eacute;e par l&rsquo;Irakienne, je commen&ccedil;ai &agrave; me tenir avec elle et devins &eacute;galement amie avec ses amies.&nbsp; C&rsquo;est ainsi qu&rsquo;on finit par me conna&icirc;tre comme la Su&eacute;doise qui n&rsquo;avait pas d&rsquo;amis Su&eacute;dois.&nbsp; Au fond, je trouvais cela cool; j&rsquo;aimais le fait de prendre mes distances des gens qui me ressemblaient trop.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Les musulmans de mon &eacute;cole avaient parfois des discussions anim&eacute;es sur l&rsquo;islam et cela m&rsquo;impressionnait.&nbsp; En effet, je me demandais pourquoi leur religion occupait une place aussi importante dans leur vie. &nbsp;Je compris que l&rsquo;islam, au contraire du christianisme, &eacute;tait une religion vivante.&nbsp; Et que c&rsquo;&eacute;tait pour cette raison qu&rsquo;il avait un impact sur chaque aspect de leur vie.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Un jour, je me rendis avec mon p&egrave;re dans un march&eacute; aux puces et, tandis que je farfouillais parmi de vieux livres, je trouvai une vieille copie d&rsquo;un Coran traduit en su&eacute;dois. &nbsp;Je l&rsquo;achetai, d&rsquo;abord et avant tout par int&eacute;r&ecirc;t historique et culturel, mais aussi pour mieux comprendre la religion de mes amies.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Je commen&ccedil;ai &agrave; ajouter des &eacute;l&eacute;ments islamiques &agrave; mon &laquo;&nbsp;journal spirituel&nbsp;&raquo;.&nbsp; J&rsquo;y transcrivis la sourate al-Fatiha et sa traduction.&nbsp; Puis je la m&eacute;morisai.&nbsp; Je n&rsquo;avais aucune raison pr&eacute;cise de faire cela, sinon un int&eacute;r&ecirc;t personnel difficile &agrave; d&eacute;finir.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">En peu de temps, je devins totalement absorb&eacute;e par le Coran. &nbsp;J&rsquo;avais l&rsquo;impression d&rsquo;avoir d&eacute;couvert un v&eacute;ritable tr&eacute;sor.&nbsp; Quelque chose m&rsquo;attirait irr&eacute;sistiblement vers lui; ce quelque chose &eacute;tait un peu irrationnel, surtout que la traduction que j&rsquo;avais achet&eacute;e &eacute;tait l&rsquo;&oelig;uvre d&rsquo;un orientaliste et contenait plusieurs fautes importantes.&nbsp; Le pire est que l&rsquo;auteur prenait la libert&eacute; d&rsquo;avancer que l&rsquo;ordre de certains versets &eacute;tait incorrect et qu&rsquo;il &eacute;tait &eacute;vident que ces versets devaient &ecirc;tre remis dans le bon ordre. &nbsp;Heureusement que j&rsquo;interrogeai, &agrave; ce sujet, mon amie, qui m&rsquo;apprit que tout cela &eacute;tait faux.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Puis, j&rsquo;allai voir mon amie irakienne et lui dit que je souhaitais devenir musulmane.&nbsp; Le choc fut si grand, pour elle, qu&rsquo;elle d&ucirc; s&rsquo;asseoir.&nbsp; Puis, lorsqu&rsquo;elle reprit ses esprits, elle me conduisit &agrave; un centre islamique, o&ugrave; on me donna des livres, des d&eacute;pliants et le num&eacute;ro de t&eacute;l&eacute;phone d&rsquo;une Su&eacute;doise qui s&rsquo;&eacute;tait elle aussi convertie &agrave; l&rsquo;islam.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Je craignais la r&eacute;action de ma famille suite &agrave; l&rsquo;annonce de mes intentions et, comme de fait, ma m&egrave;re fut totalement scandalis&eacute;e.&nbsp; Toute ma famille alla fouiller ma chambre et jeta &agrave; la poubelle mes livres sur l&rsquo;islam en me disant que l&rsquo;islam &eacute;tait comme une secte et qu&rsquo;on m&rsquo;avait manifestement lav&eacute; le cerveau.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mais cela ne me d&eacute;couragea pas.&nbsp; En juillet 2001, je pronon&ccedil;ai la shahadah (profession de foi). &nbsp;J&rsquo;avais contact&eacute; la Su&eacute;doise, dont on m&rsquo;avait donn&eacute; le num&eacute;ro, et elle m&rsquo;avait propos&eacute; de me donner des cours d&rsquo;islam, chez elle.&nbsp; Je m&rsquo;y &eacute;tais rendue et c&rsquo;est dans sa cour arri&egrave;re que nous avions fait la pri&egrave;re du dhour (midi).&nbsp; Cela avait &eacute;t&eacute; tr&egrave;s symbolique, pour moi, car dans la soci&eacute;t&eacute; dans laquelle je vis, il est mal vu de prier expos&eacute; aux regards d&rsquo;autrui.&nbsp; Durant cette pri&egrave;re, je m&rsquo;&eacute;tais sentie si libre que je ne m&rsquo;&eacute;tais nullement souci&eacute;e de l&rsquo;opinion des autres.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Et c&rsquo;est avec une voix fi&egrave;re et assur&eacute;e que je pronon&ccedil;ai enfin les mots qui allaient avoir le plus grand impact sur ma vie&nbsp;:<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">J&rsquo;atteste qu&rsquo;aucune divinit&eacute; ne m&eacute;rite d&rsquo;&ecirc;tre ador&eacute;e &agrave; part Dieu et que Mohammed est Son messager.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Aucune autre phrase n&rsquo;a eu plus d&rsquo;influence que celle-l&agrave; sur ma vie.<\/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":7047,"lft":3414,"rght":3415,"promote":1,"sticky":0,"status":1,"publish_start":null,"publish_end":null,"created_at":"2014-09-03T21:36:00.000000Z","updated_at":"2026-04-07T08:34:04.000000Z","language_id":9,"user_id":7,"author_id":2449,"publisher_id":0,"category_id":10,"parent_id":1818,"author_name":"Haneefah bint Stefan","category_name":"Why I became a Muslim!","category_slug":"Why-I-became-a-Muslim!","get_date":"2014-09-03","pdf_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/fr-Haneefah bint Stefan, Ex-Christian, Sweden.pdf","word_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/fr-Haneefah bint Stefan, Ex-Christian, Sweden.docx"},{"id":1821,"title":"Haneefah bint Stefan, Ex-Christin, Schweden","slug":"haneefah-bint-stefan-ex-christin-schweden","word":"\/uploads\/articles\/de-Haneefah bint Stefan, Ex-Christian, Sweden.docx","pdf":"\/uploads\/articles\/de-Haneefah bint Stefan, Ex-Christian, Sweden.pdf","mime_type":null,"type":"node","path":"\/nodes\/view\/type:article\/slug:haneefah-bint-stefan-ex-christin-schweden","hint":"","body":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Haneefah bint Stefan, Ex-Christin, Schweden<\/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-tbn1.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRjXkyi8QWrj5ZXWNe_qjLq8MRu4j0AA4YFSGAOayQQg4cnLUec\" 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;\">Das erste Mal, das ich je dar&uuml;ber nachgedacht habe, wie es w&auml;re, den Islam als meine Religion zu haben, war im Alter von 15.&nbsp; Als wir im Religionsbuch der Mittelschule die Geschichte von einer schwedischen Frau lasen, die konvertiert ist, brachte mich das zum Nachdenken: wie w&uuml;rde es sein, wenn ich Muslim w&uuml;rde? &nbsp;Wie w&uuml;rde sich mein Leben ver&auml;ndern?&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Diese Frau trug ein Tuch auf ihrem Kopf und sie arbeitete als Sekret&auml;rin. &nbsp;Wegen meiner mangelhaften Kenntnisse &uuml;ber den Islam schockierte mich dies ganz extrem. &nbsp;Wie konnte sie mit dem Ding auf ihrem Kopf arbeiten? &nbsp;Wer w&uuml;rde so eine Frau einstellen?&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Meine Schlussfolgerung war, dass ich niemals Muslima werden w&uuml;rde, denn ich w&uuml;rde auffallen und das w&uuml;rde meine Chancen auf meinen Traumjob erheblich vermindern. &nbsp;Ich vermute, dieses Denken h&auml;ngt sehr stark damit zusammen, wie ich erzogen worden bin.&nbsp; Meine Eltern sind ehrliche und hart arbeitende Leute, aber sie haben keinen Bedarf an Religion. &ndash; F&uuml;r sie liegt der Sinn des Lebens im Leben selbst, und danach werden wir alle zu Staub zerfallen, mehr nicht.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Trotzdem respektierte meine Mutter die Traditionen und Sitten unserer protestantischen christlichen Kirche, daher schickte sie mich bereits fr&uuml;h zu einer Kindergruppe und sp&auml;ter fragte sie mich im Alter von 14, ob ich zum Konfirmationsunterricht gehen m&ouml;chte. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ich stimmte zu.&nbsp; Ich dachte, es sei das beste, es zu tun.&nbsp; Wer wei&szlig;, vielleicht w&uuml;rde ich sp&auml;ter meine Meinung &auml;ndern und bereuen, nicht dorthin gegangen zu sein, und dann w&auml;re ich au&szlig;erhalb der Kirche.&nbsp; Au&szlig;erdem machte es Spa&szlig; zu diesen Kursen zu gehen.&nbsp;&nbsp; Wir malten, sangen Lieder, spielten Theater und fuhren in ein Camp.&nbsp; Es waren nicht viele ernsthafte Leute dabei &ndash; die meisten kamen nur wegen der Tradition und um Geschenke, Schmuck und Geld von ihren Verwandten an dem gro&szlig;en Tag, wenn der Unterricht schlie&szlig;lich beendet ist und eine Zeremonie in der Kirche stattfindet, zu bekommen.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Von dieser Zeit erinnere ich mich daran, dass ich starke Zweifel am Christentum hatte. &nbsp;Ich las die Bibel, aber es gab mir nicht das, was ich brauchte.&nbsp; Ich wusste, es gab da etwas, wonach ich suchte, aber ich wusste nicht, was es war. Ich lernte &uuml;ber Astrologie und probierte Meditation aus und so weiter, aber hierdurch f&uuml;hlte ich mich noch verwirrter.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ich begann, ein &ldquo;spirituelles Journal&rdquo; zu f&uuml;hren.&nbsp; Das war ein kleines Buch, das ich mit verschiedenen Dingen f&uuml;llte, religi&ouml;sen und nicht religi&ouml;sen.&nbsp; Ich sammelte darin Bibelverse, Gedichte, Hinduges&auml;nge, Lieder und alles, was eine Bedeutung f&uuml;r mich besa&szlig;.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ich begann im Alter von 16 zum Gymnasium zu gehen. &nbsp;Da wir in einem kleinen Vorort der Stadt lebten, musste ich zu einer Schule in der gro&szlig;en Stadt gehen. &nbsp;Ich w&auml;hlte die aus, von der angenommen wurde, dass sie den h&ouml;heren Standard hatte.&nbsp; Ich konnte mir nicht vorstellen, dass dort so viele ausl&auml;ndische Menschen waren.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Gleich nachdem ich angefangen hatte, war ich nicht so gl&uuml;cklich. &nbsp;Ich wollte mein Hauptfach &auml;ndern, daher transferierte ich von Medien zu Sprachen und kam in eine neue Klasse, wo ich keinen kannte.&nbsp; Die ersten Menschen, die freundlich mit mir gesprochen haben und meine Freunde geworden sind, waren ein afrikanisches und ein irakisches M&auml;dchen, das Kopftuch trug.&nbsp; Das war so exotisch f&uuml;r mich!&nbsp; Mein ganzes Leben lang war ich von Menschen meines eigenen Hintergrundes umgeben gewesen und jetzt bekam ich einen Geschmack anderer Kulturen und Lebensstile.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ich war von dem irakischen M&auml;dchen so fasziniert, dass ich anfing, viel mit ihr zusammen zu sein und auch Freundschaften mit ihren Freunden zu schlie&szlig;en. &nbsp;Ich wurde bekannt als schwedische Person, die keine schwedischen Freunde hatte.&nbsp; Es war mehr f&uuml;r mich als nur toll &ndash; ich hatte das Bed&uuml;rfnis, mich von der normalen Menge abzugrenzen.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Die Muslime auf meiner Schule hatten manchmal aktive Diskussionen &uuml;ber den Islam und das beeindruckte mich sehr.&nbsp; Ich dachte, wie kommt es, dass diese Religion einen derart aktiven Anteil in ihren Leben einnimmt?&nbsp; Es ist nicht wie mit dem Christentum, sie ist lebendig, nicht tot!&nbsp; Und sie hat einen Einfluss auf alles in ihren Leben. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Eines Tages ging ich mit meinem Vater zu einem Secondhand Markt. &nbsp;Ich suchte nach ein paar B&uuml;chern und fand eine alte &Uuml;bersetzung des Qur&acute;an auf schwedisch. &nbsp;Ich entschloss mich, ihn f&uuml;r historische Zwecke zu kaufen, und um die Religion meiner Freundin besser zu verstehen.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ab jetzt begann ich, islamische Dinge in mein Journal mit aufzunehmen. &nbsp;Ich schrieb die er&ouml;ffnende Sure al-Fatiha und ihre &Uuml;bersetzung.&nbsp; Ich lernte sie auch auswendig.&nbsp; Ich hatte keinen Grund daf&uuml;r, ich war einfach interessiert.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Nach kurzer Zeit war ich ganz vom Qur&acute;an eingenommen.&nbsp; Ich f&uuml;hlte mich so, als h&auml;tte ich einen wahren Schatz gefunden.&nbsp; Irgendetwas zog mich an &ndash; etwas nicht Logisches, besonders weil diese &Uuml;bersetzung, die ich hatte, von einem Orientalisten geschrieben worden war und eine Menge schwerwiegender Fehler enthielt. &nbsp;Das schlimmste von allem war, dass der Verfasser auf angebliche Fehler in der Reihenfolge der Verse hinwies.&nbsp; Er sagte, es sei wichtig, dass einige Verse ihre Pl&auml;tze tauschen sollten.&nbsp; Alhamdulillah (Gepriesen sei Gott) dass ich lernte, indem ich meine Freundin fragte.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ich ging zu meiner irakischen Freundin und sagte ihr, dass ich mich f&uuml;r den Islam interessiere.&nbsp; Sie war sehr schockiert und musste sich setzen, sonst w&auml;re sie ohnm&auml;chtig geworden.&nbsp; Nachdem sich ihr Schock gelegt hatte, entschloss sie sich, mich zu einer Islamischen Organisation mitzunehmen und dort erhielt ich ein paar B&uuml;cher, Faltbl&auml;tter und die Telefonnummer einer anderen schwedischen Frau, die Muslima geworden war.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ich hatte Angst vor dem, was meine Familie sagen w&uuml;rde, und in der Tat war meine Mutter entr&uuml;stet, als ich ihr erz&auml;hlte, dass ich Muslima werden wollte. Die ganze Familie durchsuchte mein Zimmer und warf meine islamischen B&uuml;cher weg.&nbsp; Sie behaupteten, der Islam sei wie ein Kult und dass ich einer Gehirnw&auml;sche unterzogen worden w&auml;re.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Aber dies hielt mich nicht auf. &nbsp;Im Juli 2001 erkl&auml;rte ich meine Schahada (Glaubensbekenntnis) &ouml;ffentlich.&nbsp; Ich hatte die schwedische Frau angerufen, deren Telefonnummer mir gegeben worden war und sie arrangierte islamischen Unterricht in ihrem Haus.&nbsp; Ich ging zu ihrer Villa, die einen Garten besa&szlig;, und wir beteten Zhuhur (Mittags-) Gebet unter freiem Himmel.&nbsp; Das war f&uuml;r mich ein symbolischer Akt, denn in meiner Gesellschaft ist es nicht &uuml;blich, gottesdienstliche Handlungen &ouml;ffentlich zu zeigen.&nbsp; Ich f&uuml;hlte mich so frei und brauchte nicht mehr so darauf zu achten, was die Leute denken.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mit lauter und stolzer Stimme sprach ich die Worte aus, die zweifellos den st&auml;rksten Einfluss auf mein ganzes Leben hatten:<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Aschhadu an laa ilaaha illa Allah, wa aschhadu anna Muhammadan rasul Allah.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ich bezeuge, dass es keine Gottheit gibt, die es verdient, angebetet zu werden, au&szlig;er Gott;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Und ich bezeuge, dass Muhammad der Gesandte Gottes ist.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Kein einziger Satz hat mich so beeinflusst wie dieser. &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":9336,"lft":3416,"rght":3417,"promote":1,"sticky":0,"status":1,"publish_start":null,"publish_end":null,"created_at":"2014-09-03T21:36:00.000000Z","updated_at":"2026-04-07T09:56:01.000000Z","language_id":7,"user_id":7,"author_id":2449,"publisher_id":0,"category_id":10,"parent_id":1818,"author_name":"Haneefah bint Stefan","category_name":"Why I became a Muslim!","category_slug":"Why-I-became-a-Muslim!","get_date":"2014-09-03","pdf_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/de-Haneefah bint Stefan, Ex-Christian, Sweden.pdf","word_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/de-Haneefah bint Stefan, Ex-Christian, Sweden.docx"},{"id":1822,"title":"Hanifah bint Stefan, Ex-Crist\u00e3, Su\u00e9cia","slug":"hanifah-bint-stefan-ex-crist-sucia","word":"\/uploads\/articles\/pt-Haneefah bint Stefan, Ex-Christian, Sweden.docx","pdf":"\/uploads\/articles\/pt-Haneefah bint Stefan, Ex-Christian, Sweden.pdf","mime_type":null,"type":"node","path":"\/nodes\/view\/type:article\/slug:hanifah-bint-stefan-ex-crist-sucia","hint":"","body":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Hanifah bint Stefan, Ex-Crist&atilde;, Su&eacute;cia<\/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-tbn1.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRjXkyi8QWrj5ZXWNe_qjLq8MRu4j0AA4YFSGAOayQQg4cnLUec\" 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;\">A primeira vez que pensei pela primeira vez em ter o Isl&atilde; como religi&atilde;o foi com a idade de 15 anos. Ao ler uma hist&oacute;ria em meu livro de religi&atilde;o do segundo grau sobre uma sueca que se converteu pensei: como seria se me tornasse mu&ccedil;ulmana?&nbsp; Como isso mudaria minha vida?<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Essa mulher usava um len&ccedil;o sobre sua cabe&ccedil;a e trabalhava como secret&aacute;ria.&nbsp; Por causa de minha falta de conhecimento sobre o Isl&atilde;, isso me chocou muito.&nbsp;Como ela podia trabalhar com aquela coisa na cabe&ccedil;a?&nbsp;&nbsp;Quem contrataria uma mulher como aquela?<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Minha conclus&atilde;o era que nunca me tornaria mu&ccedil;ulmana porque chamaria a aten&ccedil;&atilde;o e diminuiria minhas chances de conseguir o emprego dos sonhos.&nbsp; Acho que esse pensamento dependia muito da forma como fui educada.&nbsp; Meus pais s&atilde;o pessoas honestas e trabalhadoras, mas n&atilde;o veem necessidade de religi&atilde;o.&nbsp; Veem que o significado da vida est&aacute; na vida em si e que depois dela, quando todos nos tornarmos p&oacute;, n&atilde;o h&aacute; mais nada.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Entretanto, acho que minha m&atilde;e respeitava as tradi&ccedil;&otilde;es e morais de nossa igreja protestante e me enviou bem cedo para o grupo de crian&ccedil;as. Posteriormente, com 14 anos, me perguntaram se gostaria de ir para as aulas de confirma&ccedil;&atilde;o.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Concordei.&nbsp; Achava que era melhor faz&ecirc;-lo.&nbsp; Quem sabe, talvez eu mudasse de ideia mais tarde e me arrependesse de n&atilde;o ir e ent&atilde;o estaria fora da igreja.&nbsp; Tamb&eacute;m era divertido ir a essas aulas.&nbsp;&nbsp;Pint&aacute;vamos, cant&aacute;vamos m&uacute;sicas, faz&iacute;amos teatro e acamp&aacute;vamos.&nbsp; N&atilde;o havia muita gente s&eacute;ria entre n&oacute;s - a maioria vinha s&oacute; por causa da tradi&ccedil;&atilde;o e para receber presentes, joias e dinheiro dos parentes no grande dia em que as aulas finalmente terminassem e houvesse uma cerim&ocirc;nia na igreja.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">A partir dessa &eacute;poca, lembro-me de ter fortes d&uacute;vidas sobre o Cristianismo.&nbsp; Lia a B&iacute;blia, mas ela n&atilde;o me dava o que eu precisava. &nbsp;&nbsp;Sabia que havia algo que estava procurando, mas n&atilde;o sabia o que.&nbsp; Aprendi sobre astrologia e tentei medita&ccedil;&atilde;o, mas tudo isso fez com que me sentisse mais confusa.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Comecei a manter um &ldquo;jornal espiritual&rdquo;.&nbsp; Era um pequeno livro que preenchia com material diferente, religioso e n&atilde;o religioso.&nbsp; Coletava vers&iacute;culos b&iacute;blicos, poemas, c&acirc;nticos hindus, can&ccedil;&otilde;es e qualquer coisa que tivesse sentido para mim.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Comecei a escola secund&aacute;ria com 16 anos. Como vivia em um pequeno sub&uacute;rbio fora da cidade precisei me transferir para uma escola na cidade grande.&nbsp; Escolhi a que achei que tivesse o status mais alto.&nbsp; N&atilde;o podia imaginar que l&aacute; haveria tantos estrangeiros.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Imediatamente ap&oacute;s come&ccedil;ar, senti que n&atilde;o estava feliz.&nbsp; Queria mudar minha especializa&ccedil;&atilde;o e me transferi de M&iacute;dia para L&iacute;nguas e fui para uma nova aula onde n&atilde;o conhecia ningu&eacute;m.&nbsp; As primeiras pessoas que falaram gentilmente comigo e com quem fiz amizade foi uma garota africana e uma garota iraquiana que usava um len&ccedil;o.&nbsp; Era t&atilde;o ex&oacute;tico para mim!&nbsp;&nbsp;Toda a minha vida tinha estado cercada por pessoas com o mesmo hist&oacute;rico e agora sentia o gosto de outras culturas e estilos de vida.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Estava t&atilde;o fascinada pela garota iraquiana que comecei a andar muito com ela e tamb&eacute;m fiquei amiga dos amigos dela.&nbsp; Fiquei famosa como a sueca que n&atilde;o tinha amigos suecos.&nbsp; Era mais do que uma coisa legal para mim - sentia que precisava me distanciar da multid&atilde;o normal.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Os mu&ccedil;ulmanos de minha escola &agrave;s vezes tinham discuss&otilde;es ativas sobre o Isl&atilde; que me impressionavam muito.&nbsp;&nbsp;Pensava: como essa religi&atilde;o pode ser parte ativa de suas vidas?&nbsp; N&atilde;o &eacute; como o Cristianismo. &Eacute; vida, n&atilde;o morta!&nbsp;&nbsp;E tem um impacto sobre tudo em suas vidas.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Um dia quando fui com meu pai para um mercado de coisas usadas, procurei alguns livros e encontrei uma antiga tradu&ccedil;&atilde;o do Alcor&atilde;o para o sueco.&nbsp; Decidi compr&aacute;-lo por prop&oacute;sitos hist&oacute;ricos e obter maior entendimento da religi&atilde;o de meus amigos.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Nessa &eacute;poca comecei a acrescentar itens isl&acirc;micos ao meu jornal.&nbsp; Estava escrevendo a surata de abertura, Al-Fatiha, e sua tradu&ccedil;&atilde;o.&nbsp; Tamb&eacute;m a memorizei.&nbsp; N&atilde;o tinha motivo para faz&ecirc;-lo e estava apenas interessada nele.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Em pouco tempo estava totalmente absorvida no Alcor&atilde;o.&nbsp; Sentia como se tivesse encontrado um verdadeiro tesouro.&nbsp; Havia algo que me atra&iacute;a - algo que n&atilde;o era l&oacute;gico, especialmente porque essa tradu&ccedil;&atilde;o que tinha era escrita por um orientalista e continha v&aacute;rias falhas s&eacute;rias.&nbsp;&nbsp;A pior coisa de todas era que o autor apontava supostas falhas na ordem em que os vers&iacute;culos vieram.&nbsp; Disse que era evidente que alguns vers&iacute;culos deviam trocar de lugar.&nbsp;&nbsp;Alhamdulillah (louvado seja Deus) que aprendi a verdade ao perguntar minha amiga.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Fui &agrave; minha amiga iraquiana e contei a ela que estava interessada no Isl&atilde;.&nbsp; Ela ficou muito chocada e senti que era necess&aacute;rio sentar-se ou ia desmaiar!&nbsp;&nbsp;Depois que o choque passou, ela decidiu me levar para uma organiza&ccedil;&atilde;o isl&acirc;mica e l&aacute; consegui alguns livros, panfletos e o telefone de outra sueca que tinha se tornado mu&ccedil;ulmana.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Temia o que minha fam&iacute;lia ia dizer e, de fato, minha m&atilde;e sentiu-se insultada quando disse a ela que queria me tornar mu&ccedil;ulmana.&nbsp; Toda a fam&iacute;lia fez uma busca no meu quarto e jogou fora meus livros isl&acirc;micos.&nbsp; Disseram que o Isl&atilde; era como um culto e que eu tinha sofrido lavagem cerebral.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mas isso n&atilde;o me impediu.&nbsp;&nbsp;No m&ecirc;s de julho de 2001 declarei minha shahada (testemunho de f&eacute;) abertamente.&nbsp; Tinha ligado para a sueca de quem tinha o telefone e ela organizou li&ccedil;&otilde;es isl&acirc;micas na casa dela.&nbsp;&nbsp;Fui &agrave; sua casa, que tinha um jardim, e oramos a ora&ccedil;&atilde;o de zhur (vespertina) l&aacute; ao ar livre.&nbsp; Para mim foi um ato simb&oacute;lico, porque em minha sociedade n&atilde;o &eacute; apreciado fazer atos de adora&ccedil;&atilde;o abertamente.&nbsp; Senti-me muito livre e n&atilde;o me importava com o que as pessoas pensavam.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Foi com uma voz alta e orgulhosa que disse as palavras que, sem d&uacute;vida, tiveram o maior impacto sobre toda a minha vida:<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ashhadu an laa ilaaha illa Allah, wa ashhadu anna Muhammadan rasool Allah<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Testemunho que n&atilde;o h&aacute; divindade merecedora de adora&ccedil;&atilde;o exceto Deus<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">E testemunho que Muhammad &eacute; o mensageiro de Deus.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Nenhuma outra frase me influenciou como essa.<\/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":10186,"lft":3418,"rght":3419,"promote":1,"sticky":0,"status":1,"publish_start":null,"publish_end":null,"created_at":"2014-09-03T21:36:00.000000Z","updated_at":"2026-04-07T06:37:06.000000Z","language_id":15,"user_id":7,"author_id":2449,"publisher_id":0,"category_id":10,"parent_id":1818,"author_name":"Haneefah bint Stefan","category_name":"Why I became a Muslim!","category_slug":"Why-I-became-a-Muslim!","get_date":"2014-09-03","pdf_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/pt-Haneefah bint Stefan, Ex-Christian, Sweden.pdf","word_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/pt-Haneefah bint Stefan, Ex-Christian, Sweden.docx"}],"first_page_url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/index.php\/per\/api\/authors\/2449?articles_page=1","from":1,"last_page":1,"last_page_url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/index.php\/per\/api\/authors\/2449?articles_page=1","links":[{"url":null,"label":"&laquo; 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