{"title":"Amirah","author":{"id":2699,"name":"Amirah","slug":"amirah","image":"\/uploads\/users\/non-profile.jpg","role":"Author","about":"","promote":0,"status":1,"created_at":"2014-09-21T08:00:00.000000Z","updated_at":"2014-09-21T08:00:00.000000Z","language_id":1,"parent_id":null,"i18ns":[],"image_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/users\/non-profile.jpg","get_name":"Amirah"},"books":{"current_page":1,"data":[],"first_page_url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/index.php\/slo\/api\/authors\/2699?books_page=1","from":null,"last_page":1,"last_page_url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/index.php\/slo\/api\/authors\/2699?books_page=1","links":[{"url":null,"label":"&laquo; Previous","page":null,"active":false},{"url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/index.php\/slo\/api\/authors\/2699?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\/slo\/api\/authors\/2699","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\/slo\/api\/authors\/2699?videos_page=1","from":null,"last_page":1,"last_page_url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/index.php\/slo\/api\/authors\/2699?videos_page=1","links":[{"url":null,"label":"&laquo; 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margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQrTQf2efmlXoXBk-NdugZPM-ZImt-9IztI1d8VG89t3eqY_bnLQQ\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/><\/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;\">I was born in Arkansas, USA to Christian parents, who were also born in Arkansas.&nbsp; In fact as far back as I can trace all of my family has come from the Southern states here in the United States.&nbsp; I was raised here all my life on a farm, where you get up in the morning, milk cows, feed the chickens and do the rest of the chores.&nbsp; My father was a Baptist minister, which is just a sect of Christianity, such as Catholics, Methodist, etc.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">These are all &ldquo;Christian&rdquo; religions, but with different doctrines.&nbsp; It could be best explained to a Muslim as the differences between the Sunni and the Shiite.&nbsp; I am Sunni by the way.&nbsp; The town that I lived in was completely white raced and all Christians.&nbsp; In fact this was the scenario in a 300 mile radius of me.&nbsp; So I had never been exposed to any other cultures or religions.&nbsp; But I had always been taught that we were all created equal in the eyes of God, and that there was no difference in race, color, culture or religious practices.&nbsp; Later I discovered that this was easy for them to preach and teach as long as they stayed closed minded and these other people did not invade their world.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The first time I saw a Muslim was while I was in college at the University of Arkansas.&nbsp; I will admit at first I stared at the women in their &ldquo;different clothing&rdquo; and the men with the towels wrapped around their heads and wearing &ldquo;night gowns&rdquo;.&nbsp; Nonetheless, when I felt comfortable enough to ask about Islam, it started a &lsquo;chain reaction&rsquo;, a non-ending quest to seek knowledge that will not be quenched.&nbsp;<em>Alhamdulillah<\/em>&nbsp;(all praise is due to Allah)!<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I met a woman from Palestine, who I will never forget. She would talk to me about her country and culture. I was especially fascinated by what she would tell me about Islam. It was amazing; I had never seen a person with such a sense of inner peace! Even though I had never voiced this to anyone, I had always questioned in my mind the concept of what Christians called the &ldquo;Trinity&rdquo; and why we had to pray to Jesus, may God praise him, and not to God directly, and why so much emphasis was put on &ldquo;Christ&rdquo; and not God.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">My friend did everything she could do to convince me that Islam was the only religion that would take me to heaven, and that it was not just another religion; it was a way of life.&nbsp; My friend graduated six months later and returned to Palestine.&nbsp; She was killed two weeks later outside of her home.&nbsp; I was devastated; it was like a part of me had died with her.&nbsp; We knew that when she returned home our chances of ever seeing each other again in this life was very unlikely, but she told me that what was most important to her was that she wanted to see me in the Hereafter in &ldquo;Paradise&rdquo;.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">During this time I had met and made friends with a lot of people from the Middle East.&nbsp; They also helped me deal with the loss of my friend.&nbsp; This was also when I came to love the Arabic language.&nbsp; It was beautiful.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I would listen to tapes of the Qur'an for hours, even though I didn't have any idea what was being said.&nbsp; Even today, I love to have someone read to me from the Qur'an, and I still can't understand what is being said, but it still touches my heart and soul.&nbsp; I didn't have time to really learn any Arabic in college, I was lucky to remember my homework assignment.&nbsp; But I am trying very hard now to learn how to speak and read it,&nbsp;<em>Insha&rsquo;Allah<\/em>&nbsp;(by the will of Allah).&nbsp; And for those who have ever listened to me speak Arabic or type in &ldquo;Arabic English&rdquo;, they can tell you I have along way to go.&nbsp; And I thank them for their patience and tutoring.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">After I left college and returned to my community, I didn't have the honor to be around Muslims any longer.&nbsp; But the thirst for acquiring knowledge had never left nor had my love and desire for the Arabic language.&nbsp; Which I might add infuriated my parents and other friends.&nbsp; This confused me, because I had always been taught that we were all equal in God's eyes.&nbsp; I guess there were a few exceptions to this concept for my friends and family.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Then in the spring of 1995, God brought someone into my life.&nbsp; This person was such a wonderful example of what a Muslim should be and what Islam was about that once again, I began to ask questions.&nbsp; I was even taken to my first mosque.&nbsp; That will be a memory that shall forever be etched into my memory.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">For 8 months I studied everything he could possibly find me and read and listened to tapes continuously.&nbsp; Then on February 15<sup>th<\/sup>,1996, I officially embraced Islam.&nbsp; ALHAMDULILLAH!!!!!!!! [All praises and thanks are due to God].<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Our engagement was broken because his parents were against the idea of him marrying an American. &nbsp;Even though we are no longer engaged, I respect and admire him greatly.&nbsp; And I would never give up my Islam.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Since February 15<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;&nbsp;my life has taken many turns.&nbsp; When I became engaged to an &ldquo;Arabian&rdquo; or &ldquo;foreigner&rdquo;, my family was in shock, they rarely spoke to me.&nbsp; I also lost most of my American friends.&nbsp; But when I embraced Islam, my family first tried to have me committed to a mental hospital, when that didn't work, they completely disowned me.&nbsp; They called me up every so often to express their desires that I rot in Hell. I also received calls from my so-called friends who would state the same.&nbsp; Yes this hurt, even though my family and I had many differences, I still loved them deeply.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Alhamdulillah wa &ldquo;Subhanaallah&rdquo; my Eeman (faith in Islam) was strong.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The last time I spoke to my family was two days after the bombing in Saudi Arabia.&nbsp; My uncle and cousin were killed in the bombing...my family called again to tell me of the news and to &ldquo;assure&rdquo; me that my family members that were killed in the bombing loved me. BUT their blood was on my head and all my terrorist friends.&nbsp; I cried for days, but once again, my Eeman stood strong and I continued.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The next turn in my life was when I returned home one afternoon four days after the bombing to find that someone had shot at windows of my home, and spray painted &ldquo;TERRORIST LOVER&rdquo; down the side of one of my vehicles.&nbsp; The police were no help to me at all.&nbsp; That same night while chatting in the &ldquo;Muslim Chat&rdquo; I heard gunshots outside.&nbsp; They had returned, and finished almost all the remaining windows that were left in my home, and killed my pets that were outside.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Upon the arrival of the police I was told that unless I could give positive identifications of these people and the vehicles they were driving, it would otherwise be almost impossible for them to be found.&nbsp; I begged them to check my vehicles for any damage; I wanted to go to a motel so I would feel safer.&nbsp; I was told absolutely not, they were concerned that my &ldquo;TERRORIST&rdquo; friends could have planted a bomb in one of them as a trap for the police.&nbsp; I crumbled to the ground on my knees crying out for God&rsquo;s mercy and guidance.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Allah's answered me very faithfully.&nbsp; I was attacked one night in a parking lot by an unknown man that proceeded to beat me, stab me, break my wrist and fracture some ribs.&nbsp; This person has been caught, and is awaiting trial, but at this time he is only doing public service work for this town.&nbsp; Last week when I went to pick up my clothing at the dry cleaners I was informed they had been lost; the lost articles included all my hijabs, jilbabs, abayahs and khimars.&nbsp; How convenient for them to have lost these items!<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The town I live in is very small and there are no other Muslims or Arabs even close.&nbsp; The closest mosque is 120 miles away.&nbsp; Even though I am alone as to the fact that I do not have any other Muslims to visit with and learn from, Alhamdulillah, God is always there!!<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">What little knowledge I have about Islam has been gained through reading everything I can find on the internet, and through my true friends and family on the Internet.&nbsp; I will never give up...but I would like to thank a very special Palestinian brother for his love, support, friendship and prayers during these past few weeks.&nbsp; You know who you are.&nbsp; God bless you richly.&nbsp; To my other Muslim brothers and sisters on the Internet, I love you and I thank you.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I am not writing this story in hopes of gaining pity.&nbsp; I do ask that everyone continue to pray for me, or anyone that is reading this to be assured that God will never let you down.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><em>I love you all.<\/em><\/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":8444,"lft":4443,"rght":4450,"promote":1,"sticky":0,"status":1,"publish_start":null,"publish_end":null,"created_at":"2014-09-21T22:08:00.000000Z","updated_at":"2026-04-04T04:10:49.000000Z","language_id":1,"user_id":7,"author_id":2699,"publisher_id":0,"category_id":10,"parent_id":null,"author_name":"Amirah","category_name":"Why I became a Muslim!","category_slug":"Why-I-became-a-Muslim!","get_date":"2014-09-21","pdf_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/Amirah, Ex-Christian, USA.pdf","word_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/Amirah, Ex-Christian, USA.docx"},{"id":2336,"title":"Amirah, ex-chr\u00e9tienne, \u00c9tats-Unis","slug":"amirah-ex-chrtienne-tats-unis","word":"\/uploads\/articles\/fr-Amirah, Ex-Christian, USA.docx","pdf":"\/uploads\/articles\/fr-Amirah, Ex-Christian, USA.pdf","mime_type":null,"type":"node","path":"\/nodes\/view\/type:article\/slug:amirah-ex-chrtienne-tats-unis","hint":"","body":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Amirah, ex-chr&eacute;tienne, &Eacute;tats-Unis<\/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-tbn3.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQrTQf2efmlXoXBk-NdugZPM-ZImt-9IztI1d8VG89t3eqY_bnLQQ\" 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 suis n&eacute;e en Arkansas, aux &Eacute;tats-Unis, de parents chr&eacute;tiens.&nbsp; Tous les membres de ma famille vivent, depuis des g&eacute;n&eacute;rations, dans les &Eacute;tats du sud des &Eacute;tats-Unis.&nbsp; J&rsquo;ai &eacute;t&eacute; &eacute;lev&eacute;e sur une ferme o&ugrave; l&rsquo;on se levait t&ocirc;t, le matin, pour aller traire les vaches, nourrir les poulets et s&rsquo;acquitter de diverses t&acirc;ches.&nbsp; Mon p&egrave;re &eacute;tait un pasteur baptiste, le baptisme &eacute;tant l&rsquo;une des nombreuses d&eacute;nominations chr&eacute;tiennes.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">La petite ville o&ugrave; nous habitions &eacute;tait habit&eacute;e exclusivement par des chr&eacute;tiens de race blanche et tel &eacute;tait le cas de toutes les villes dans un rayon de 500 km.&nbsp; Durant toute mon enfance et mon adolescence, je ne fus donc jamais expos&eacute;e &agrave; d&rsquo;autres cultures ou religions que les miennes.&nbsp; On m&rsquo;avait toutefois enseign&eacute; que tous les &ecirc;tres humains avaient &eacute;t&eacute; cr&eacute;&eacute;s &eacute;gaux aux yeux de Dieu et que nous ne devions pas faire de distinction de race, de culture ou de religion.&nbsp; Je d&eacute;couvris plus tard que si cela leur &eacute;tait facile &agrave; pr&ecirc;cher, cela leur &eacute;tait particuli&egrave;rement difficile &agrave; appliquer une fois mis en face de cette r&eacute;alit&eacute; et qu&rsquo;ils &eacute;taient pr&ecirc;ts &agrave; accepter les &laquo;&nbsp;autres&nbsp;&raquo; tant que ces derniers n&rsquo;empi&eacute;taient pas sur leur territoire.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">La premi&egrave;re fois que je vis des musulmans fus lorsque j&rsquo;entrai &agrave; l&rsquo;Universit&eacute; de l&rsquo;Arkansas.&nbsp; Je dois admettre que je ne pus m&rsquo;emp&ecirc;cher, au d&eacute;but, d&rsquo;observer avec insistance ces femmes v&ecirc;tues diff&eacute;remment et ces hommes qui semblaient porter un pyjama en plein jour.&nbsp; N&eacute;anmoins, je finis par me sentir suffisamment &agrave; l&rsquo;aise pour les questionner sur leur religion, sans me douter que j&rsquo;allais d&eacute;clencher une qu&ecirc;te insatiable de v&eacute;rit&eacute; et de savoir que je n&rsquo;arriverais plus &agrave; &eacute;tancher.&nbsp;<em>Alhamdoulillah<\/em>&nbsp;(gloire &agrave; Allah)!<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Je fis la rencontre d&rsquo;une Palestinienne que je n&rsquo;oublierai jamais.&nbsp; Elle me parla de son pays et de sa culture et j&rsquo;&eacute;tais particuli&egrave;rement fascin&eacute;e par ce qu&rsquo;elle me disait au sujet de l&rsquo;islam.&nbsp; Jamais je n&rsquo;avais rencontr&eacute; une personne de laquelle &eacute;manait une telle paix int&eacute;rieure!&nbsp; M&ecirc;me si je n&rsquo;en avais jamais parl&eacute; &agrave; personne, j&rsquo;avais souvent remis en doute, tout au fond de moi, le concept que les chr&eacute;tiens appellent la &laquo;&nbsp;trinit&eacute;&nbsp;&raquo;; pourquoi devait-on prier J&eacute;sus et non Dieu directement et pourquoi mettait-on autant l&rsquo;emphase sur le proph&egrave;te plut&ocirc;t que sur Celui qui l&rsquo;avait cr&eacute;&eacute;?<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mon amie me parla beaucoup d&rsquo;islam et me fit comprendre que l&rsquo;islam &eacute;tait la seule religion qui pouvait m&rsquo;apporter le bonheur &eacute;ternel.&nbsp; Elle souligna &eacute;galement que l&rsquo;islam &eacute;tait plus qu&rsquo;une religion et qu&rsquo;il s&rsquo;agissait surtout d&rsquo;un mode de vie.&nbsp; Elle compl&eacute;ta son dipl&ocirc;me six mois plus tard et retourna chez elle, en Palestine.&nbsp; Elle fut tu&eacute;e deux semaines plus tard, devant chez elle.&nbsp; Cette nouvelle me bouleversa au plus haut point; je sentis qu&rsquo;une partie de moi-m&ecirc;me venait de mourir avec elle.&nbsp; Tout juste avant qu&rsquo;elle ne quitte les &Eacute;tats-Unis, nous nous &eacute;tions dit que nos chances de nous revoir un jour &eacute;taient minces, mais elle avait ajout&eacute; que ce qui lui importait le plus, c&rsquo;&eacute;tait de me retrouver au Paradis.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Durant la p&eacute;riode o&ugrave; elle &eacute;tait encore parmi nous, j&rsquo;avais &eacute;galement fait la connaissance de plusieurs personnes originaires du Moyen-Orient.&nbsp; Ces personnes m&rsquo;aid&egrave;rent &agrave; composer avec la perte de ma ch&egrave;re amie.&nbsp; C&rsquo;est &eacute;galement &agrave; cette &eacute;poque que je me mis &agrave; appr&eacute;cier de plus en plus la langue arabe, que je trouvais tr&egrave;s belle.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">J&rsquo;&eacute;coutais des cassettes de Coran des heures durant, m&ecirc;me si je ne comprenais pas un mot d&rsquo;arabe.&nbsp; Aujourd&rsquo;hui encore, j&rsquo;aime &eacute;couter des gens r&eacute;citer le Coran et m&ecirc;me si je ne comprends pas ce qui est dit, cela touche quand m&ecirc;me mon c&oelig;ur et mon &acirc;me.&nbsp; J&rsquo;avais trop de travail, &agrave; l&rsquo;universit&eacute;, pour trouver le temps d&rsquo;apprendre l&rsquo;arabe, mais maintenant, je fais beaucoup d&rsquo;efforts pour apprendre cette langue et je remercie ceux qui me l&rsquo;enseignent pour leur grande patience envers moi.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">De retour chez moi, apr&egrave;s avoir compl&eacute;t&eacute; mes &eacute;tudes, je dus composer avec le fait de vivre &eacute;loign&eacute;e de tous les musulmans que je connaissais.&nbsp; Mais ma soif de savoir et mon amour pour la langue arabe ne me quitt&egrave;rent pas, ce qui, je dois l&rsquo;avouer, eut l&rsquo;heur de mettre en col&egrave;re mes parents et mes amis.&nbsp; Leur r&eacute;action me surpris, car on m&rsquo;avait toujours enseign&eacute; que les &ecirc;tres humains &eacute;taient cr&eacute;&eacute;s &eacute;gaux et qu&rsquo;ils &eacute;taient tous les m&ecirc;mes aux yeux de Dieu.&nbsp; Manifestement, mes parents et amis croyaient que cette r&egrave;gle pouvait bien souffrir quelques exceptions.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Puis, au printemps 1995, Dieu fit appara&icirc;tre une nouvelle personne dans ma vie.&nbsp; Il &eacute;tait un si bel exemple de ce qu&rsquo;est cens&eacute; &ecirc;tre un musulman que mon int&eacute;r&ecirc;t pour l&rsquo;islam s&rsquo;en vit d&eacute;cupl&eacute;.&nbsp; Je lui posai de nombreuses questions sur sa religion et il m&rsquo;amena m&ecirc;me &agrave; la mosqu&eacute;e pour la premi&egrave;re fois.&nbsp; Ce jour restera toujours profond&eacute;ment ancr&eacute; dans ma m&eacute;moire.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Durant huit mois, j&rsquo;&eacute;tudiai tous les livres et &eacute;coutai toutes les cassettes qu&rsquo;il me procura.&nbsp; Puis, le 15 f&eacute;vrier 1996, je devins officiellement musulmane.&nbsp; Alhamdoulillah (gloire &agrave; Dieu)!!!<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Malheureusement, nos fian&ccedil;ailles furent rompues parce que ses parents refusaient cat&eacute;goriquement de le voir &eacute;pouser une Am&eacute;ricaine.&nbsp; M&ecirc;me si nous ne sommes plus fianc&eacute;s, je continue de l&rsquo;admirer et de le respecter profond&eacute;ment.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Depuis le 15 f&eacute;vrier, ma vie a pris de nombreux tournants inattendus.&nbsp; Lorsque je m&rsquo;&eacute;tais fianc&eacute;e &agrave; un &laquo;&nbsp;Arabe&nbsp;&raquo;, un &laquo;&nbsp;&eacute;tranger&nbsp;&raquo;, les membres de ma famille en avaient &eacute;t&eacute; si choqu&eacute;s qu&rsquo;ils avaient presque cess&eacute; de me parler.&nbsp; J&rsquo;avais &eacute;galement perdu la plupart de mes amies chr&eacute;tiennes.&nbsp; Puis, lorsque j&rsquo;embrassai l&rsquo;islam officiellement, ma famille tenta d&rsquo;abord de me faire admettre dans un h&ocirc;pital psychiatrique.&nbsp; Puis, lorsque cette tentative avorta, elle me renia totalement.&nbsp; Certains membres m&rsquo;appelaient de temps &agrave; autre uniquement pour me rappeler &agrave; quel point ils souhaitaient me voir br&ucirc;ler en Enfer.&nbsp; Je re&ccedil;us des appels similaires de mes anciennes amies.&nbsp; &Eacute;videmment, tout cela me blessait profond&eacute;ment.&nbsp; Mais malgr&eacute; ce diff&eacute;rend, je continue d&rsquo;aimer ma famille.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Alhamdoulillah, ma foi est ferme.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">La derni&egrave;re fois que je parlai &agrave; ma famille fut deux jours apr&egrave;s l&rsquo;attentat en Arabie.&nbsp; Mon oncle et mon cousin furent tu&eacute;s dans cet attentat.&nbsp; Certains membres de ma famille me contact&egrave;rent pour &laquo;&nbsp;m&rsquo;assurer&nbsp;&raquo; que mon oncle et mon cousin, tu&eacute;s dans l&rsquo;explosion, m&rsquo;aimaient beaucoup&hellip; mais que maintenant, leur sang &eacute;tait sur mes mains et sur celles de mes amis terroristes.&nbsp; Je pleurai durant des jours, puis ma foi reprit le dessus et je poursuivis mon cheminement dans l&rsquo;islam.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Quatre jours apr&egrave;s l&rsquo;attentat, je revins chez moi, un apr&egrave;s-midi, pour d&eacute;couvrir que des gens avaient tir&eacute; des balles dans mes fen&ecirc;tres et peint des graffiti &laquo;&nbsp;terrorist lover&nbsp;&raquo; sur un de mes v&eacute;hicules.&nbsp; La police s&rsquo;occupa &agrave; peine du probl&egrave;me.&nbsp; Ce m&ecirc;me soir, alors que je clavardais sur un forum musulman, j&rsquo;entendis des coups de feu, &agrave; l&rsquo;ext&eacute;rieur.&nbsp; &laquo;&nbsp;Ils&nbsp;&raquo; &eacute;taient de retour.&nbsp; Ils termin&egrave;rent leur travail et firent &eacute;clater presque toutes les fen&ecirc;tres de ma maison et tu&egrave;rent mes animaux qui se trouvaient &agrave; l&rsquo;ext&eacute;rieur.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&Agrave; son arriv&eacute;e, la police me dit qu&rsquo;&agrave; moins que je leur fournisse une description claire des assaillants et de leurs v&eacute;hicules, il lui serait impossible de les retrouver.&nbsp; Je les suppliai de v&eacute;rifier si ma voiture &eacute;tait endommag&eacute;e, car je souhaitais l&rsquo;utiliser pour aller passer la nuit dans un h&ocirc;tel.&nbsp; Ils refus&egrave;rent net, pr&eacute;tendant que mes amis &laquo;&nbsp;terroristes&nbsp;&raquo; pouvaient avoir plac&eacute; une bombe &agrave; l&rsquo;int&eacute;rieur pour pi&eacute;ger la police.&nbsp; Je m&rsquo;effondrai sur mes genoux, suppliant Dieu de me venir en aide.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Allah r&eacute;pondit &agrave; mon appel.&nbsp; Je fus attaqu&eacute;e, un soir, dans un stationnement, par un inconnu qui me frappa, me poignarda, me cassa un poignet et me fractura quelques c&ocirc;tes.&nbsp; Cet homme fut captur&eacute; et est pr&eacute;sentement en attente de son proc&egrave;s, mais en ce moment, il est forc&eacute; de faire des travaux b&eacute;n&eacute;voles pour l&rsquo;agglom&eacute;ration.&nbsp; La semaine derni&egrave;re, quand je suis all&eacute;e chez le nettoyeur pour r&eacute;cup&eacute;rer mes v&ecirc;tements, celui-ci me dit que mes v&ecirc;tements avaient &eacute;t&eacute; &laquo;&nbsp;perdus&nbsp;&raquo;.&nbsp; Ces v&ecirc;tements incluaient des hijabs, des jilbabs et autres articles de garde-robe f&eacute;minine musulmane&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">J&rsquo;habite une tr&egrave;s petite ville o&ugrave; n&rsquo;habite aucun autre musulman ou Arabe.&nbsp; La mosqu&eacute;e la plus proche est &agrave; 200 kilom&egrave;tres.&nbsp; Et m&ecirc;me si je me sens souvent tr&egrave;s seule, alhamdoulillah, Dieu, Lui, est toujours pr&eacute;sent.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Le peu que je connais de l&rsquo;islam, je l&rsquo;ai appris sur internet et par l&rsquo;interm&eacute;diaire de mes amis musulmans.&nbsp; Jamais je ne laisserai tomber l&rsquo;islam.&nbsp; Et j&rsquo;aimerais remercier du fond du c&oelig;ur un fr&egrave;re palestinien tr&egrave;s sp&eacute;cial pour son soutien, son amiti&eacute; et ses pri&egrave;res au cours des derni&egrave;res semaines (je sais qu&rsquo;il se reconna&icirc;tra).&nbsp; Puisse Dieu te b&eacute;nir.&nbsp; Et mes autres fr&egrave;res et s&oelig;urs en islam, sur internet&nbsp;: je vous aime et vous remercie &eacute;galement.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Je n&rsquo;ai pas &eacute;crit cette histoire pour me gagner la piti&eacute; des gens, mais pour les appeler &agrave; l&rsquo;islam.&nbsp; Merci de prier pour moi comme je prierai pour vous et soyez assur&eacute;s que Dieu ne vous laissera jamais tomber.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><em>Je vous aime.<\/em><\/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":6302,"lft":4444,"rght":4445,"promote":1,"sticky":0,"status":1,"publish_start":null,"publish_end":null,"created_at":"2014-09-21T22:08:00.000000Z","updated_at":"2026-04-04T01:53:01.000000Z","language_id":9,"user_id":7,"author_id":2699,"publisher_id":0,"category_id":10,"parent_id":2335,"author_name":"Amirah","category_name":"Why I became a Muslim!","category_slug":"Why-I-became-a-Muslim!","get_date":"2014-09-21","pdf_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/fr-Amirah, Ex-Christian, USA.pdf","word_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/fr-Amirah, Ex-Christian, USA.docx"},{"id":2337,"title":"Amirah, Ex-Christin, USA","slug":"amirah-ex-christin-usa","word":"\/uploads\/articles\/de-Amirah, Ex-Christian, USA.docx","pdf":"\/uploads\/articles\/de-Amirah, Ex-Christian, USA.pdf","mime_type":null,"type":"node","path":"\/nodes\/view\/type:article\/slug:amirah-ex-christin-usa","hint":"","body":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Amirah, Ex-Christin, USA<\/span><\/h1>\r\n<h1 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><img style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQrTQf2efmlXoXBk-NdugZPM-ZImt-9IztI1d8VG89t3eqY_bnLQQ\" 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 bin in Arkansas, USA, geboren, meine Eltern waren Christen, die ebenfalls in &nbsp;Arkansas geboren sind.&nbsp; Soweit ich die Spuren meiner Familie zur&uuml;ck verfolgen kann, stammten alle aus den S&uuml;dstaaten der Vereinigten Staaten.&nbsp; Ich bin hier mein ganzes Leben lang auf einer Farm gro&szlig; geworden, wo du morgens fr&uuml;h aufstehst, die K&uuml;he melkst, die H&uuml;hner f&uuml;tterst und den Rest der Arbeiten erledigst.&nbsp; Mein Vater war ein baptistischer Priester, das ist nur eine Sekte des Christentums, wie Katholiken, Methodisten usw.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Dies sind alles \"christliche\" Religionen, aber mit unterschiedlichen Doktrinen. &nbsp;Man k&ouml;nnte dies einem Muslim erkl&auml;ren, wie den Unterschied zwischen den Sunniten und den Schiiten.&nbsp; Ich bin &uuml;brigens Sunnit.&nbsp; In der Stadt, in der ich lebte, gab es nur Wei&szlig;e und alle waren Christen.&nbsp; Tats&auml;chlich war dies in einem Radius von 300 Meilen so.&nbsp; Daher war ich nie anderen Kulturen oder Religionen begegnet.&nbsp; Aber mir war immer beigebracht worden, dass wir in den Augen Gottes alle gleich geschaffen wurden, und dass es keinen Unterschied gibt in Rasse, Farbe, Kultur oder religi&ouml;sen Praktiken.&nbsp; Sp&auml;ter entdeckte ich, dass dies f&uuml;r sie leicht war zu predigen und zu lehren, solange sie engstirnig blieben und diese anderen Menschen nicht ihre Welt betraten. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Das erste Mal, dass ich einen Muslim sah, war als ich auf dem Kollege an der Universit&auml;t von Arkansas war.&nbsp; Ich muss zugeben, zuerst starrte ich die Frauen mit ihrer &bdquo;anderen Beleidung\" und die M&auml;nner mit den um ihren K&ouml;pfen gewickelten Handt&uuml;chern und ihren &bdquo;Nachthemden\" nur an.&nbsp; Nichtsdestotrotz f&uuml;hlte ich mich behaglich genug, um sie &uuml;ber den Islam zu befragen.&nbsp; Da begann eine &acute;Kettenreaktion&acute;, eine nicht enden wollende Suche nach Wissen, die nicht gestillt ist.&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>Alhamdulillah<\/em>&nbsp;(aller Lob und Preis geb&uuml;hrt Allah)!<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ich traf eine Frau aus Pal&auml;stina, die ich nie vergessen werde.&nbsp; Sie sprach mit mir &uuml;ber ihr Land und ihre Kultur.&nbsp; Ich war besonders fasziniert von dem, was sie mir &uuml;ber den Islam erz&auml;hlte.&nbsp; Es war erstaunlich, ich hatte noch nie eine Person gesehen, die einen solchen inneren Frieden ausstrahlte!&nbsp; Auch wenn ich es nie jemandem anvertraut hatte, hatte ich immer das Konzept, das die Christen als \"Trinit&auml;t\" bezeichnen hinterfragt und warum wir Jesus anbeten sollten, m&ouml;ge Gott ihn loben, und nicht direkt Gott, und warum so viel Nachdruck auf &bdquo;Christ\" gelegt wurde und nicht auf Gott.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Meine Freundin tat alles, was sie konnte, um mich davon zu &uuml;berzeugen, dass der Islam die einzige Religion sei, die mich zum Himmel bringen wird und dass er nicht einfach nur eine andere Religion sei, es ist eine Lebensweise. &nbsp;Meine Freundin graduierte sechs Monate sp&auml;ter und kehrte nach Pal&auml;stina zur&uuml;ck. &nbsp;Zwei Wochen darauf wurde sie da drau&szlig;en get&ouml;tet.&nbsp; Ich war zerst&ouml;rt; es war so, als w&auml;re ein Teil von mir mit ihr gestorben.&nbsp; Wir wussten, dass wenn sie nach Hause zur&uuml;ck kehrte, unsere Chancen, uns jemals in diesem Leben wiederzusehen, ziemlich gering waren, aber sie erz&auml;hlte mir, dass das was ihr am wichtigsten sei, dass sie mich im Jenseits, im &bdquo;Paradies\" wiedersehen wollte.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">W&auml;hrend dieser Zeit hatte ich neue Freunde gefunden und eine Menge Leute aus dem Mittleren Osten kennen gelernt. &nbsp;Sie haben mir dabei geholfen &uuml;ber den Verlust meiner Freundin hinweg zu kommen.&nbsp; Damals fing ich auch an, die arabische Sprache zu lieben.&nbsp; Sie ist wundersch&ouml;n.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ich h&ouml;rte stundenlang Qur&acute;an &ndash; Aufnahmen, auch wenn ich keine Vorstellung davon hatte, was gesagt wurde. &nbsp;Noch heute liebe ich es, wenn mir jemand aus dem Qur&acute;an vorliest, und ich kann immer noch nicht verstehen, was gesagt wird, aber es ber&uuml;hrt mein Herz und meine Seele.&nbsp; Ich hatte nicht genug Zeit, um Arabisch am Kollege zu lernen, ich war gl&uuml;cklich, wenn ich mich an meine Hausaufgaben erinnerte.&nbsp; Aber ich strenge mich an, zu lernen es zu lesen und zu sprechen,&nbsp;<em>Inscha&rsquo; Allah<\/em>&nbsp;(wenn Allah will).&nbsp; Und zu denjenigen, die mich jemals arabisch sprechen oder&nbsp; &bdquo;arabisch-englisch\" schreiben gesehen haben, sage ich, es ist noch ein langer Weg.&nbsp; Und ich danke ihnen f&uuml;r ihre Geduld und ihre Hilfe.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Nachdem ich das Kollege verlassen hatte und zu meiner Gemeinschaft zur&uuml;ck gekehrt war, hatte ich nicht die Ehre, l&auml;nger unter Muslimen zu sein. &nbsp;Aber der Durst nach Wissen hat mich nie verlassen, und auch nicht meine Liebe f&uuml;r die arabische Sprache und mein Wunsch, sie zu erlernen.&nbsp; Doch ich sollte hinzuf&uuml;gen, dies erboste meine Eltern und meine anderen Freunde.&nbsp; Dies verwirrte mich, denn mir war immer beigebracht worden, dass wir alle in den Augen Gottes gleich seien.&nbsp; Ich sch&auml;tze, f&uuml;r meine Freunde und meine Familie gab es da ein paar Ausnahmen von diesem Konzept.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Im Fr&uuml;hling 1995 brachte Gott jemanden in mein Leben. &nbsp;Diese Person war so ein wunderbares Beispiel, wie ein Muslim sein sollte und was Islam sein sollte, so dass ich wieder einmal begann, Fragen zu stellen.&nbsp; Ich wurde sogar in meine erste Moschee mitgenommen.&nbsp; Das wird eine Erinnerung sein, die f&uuml;r immer in mein Ged&auml;chtnis verankert ist.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Acht Monate lang studierte ich alles, das er f&uuml;r mich gefunden hatte, und ich las und h&ouml;rte st&auml;ndig Aufnahmen. &nbsp;Dann am 15. Februar 1996 nahm ich offiziell den Islam an.&nbsp; &nbsp;ALHAMDULILLAH!!!!!!!! [Aller Lob und Preis geb&uuml;hrt Gott].&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Unsere Verlobung wurde abgesagt, weil seine Eltern dagegen waren, dass er eine Amerikanerin heiratet.&nbsp; &nbsp;Obwohl wir nicht weiter verlobt sind, respektiere und bewundere ich ihn sehr. &nbsp;Und ich w&uuml;rde meinen Islam nie aufgeben.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Seit dem 15. Februar hat mein Leben viele Wendungen gemacht.&nbsp; Als ich mich mit einem &bdquo;Araber\" oder &bdquo;Fremden\" verlobte, war meine Familie geschockt, sie sprachen kaum mit uns.&nbsp; Ich verlor auch die meisten meiner amerikanischen Freunde. &nbsp;Aber als ich zuerst den Islam angenommen habe, versuchte meine Familie zuerst, mich in ein Krankenhaus f&uuml;r Geisteskrankheiten einzuweisen, als das nicht ging, haben sie mich komplett versto&szlig;en.&nbsp; Sie riefen mich so oft an, um mir zu w&uuml;nschen, ich m&ouml;ge in der H&ouml;lle verrotten.&nbsp; Ich erhielt ebenfalls Anrufe von meinen sogenannten Freunden, die dasselbe sagten.&nbsp; Ja, das verletzt, auch wenn meine Familie und ich viele Unterschiede besa&szlig;en, liebte ich sie immer noch<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Alhamdulillah wa \"SubhanAllah\" mein Iman (Glaube an den Islam) war stark.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Das letzte Mal, als ich mit meiner Familie gesprochen habe, war nach der Bombardierung in Saudi Arabien. &nbsp;Mein Onkel und mein Cousin wurden dabei get&ouml;tet&hellip;meine Familie rief wieder an, um mir die Neuigkeiten mitzuteilen und mir zu &bdquo;versichern\", dass meine Familienmitglieder, die jetzt bei der Bombardierung gestorben sind, mich geliebt haben.&nbsp; ABER ihr Blut sei auf meinem Kopf und auf allen meinen terroristischen Freunden.&nbsp; Ich weinte tagelang, doch wieder einmal blieb mein Iman stark und ich machte weiter.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Die n&auml;chste Wende in meinem Leben war, als ich eines Nachmittags vier Tage nach der Bombardierung nach Hause kam und sah, dass jemand auf Fenster meines Hauses geschossen hatte und mit Spr&uuml;hfarbe \"TERRORIST LOVER\" auf die Seite eines meiner Fahrzeuge gespr&uuml;ht hatte. &nbsp;Die Polizei war &uuml;berhaupt keine Hilfe.&nbsp; In derselben Nacht als ich im &bdquo;Muslim-Chat\" chattete, h&ouml;rte ich drau&szlig;en Gewehrsch&uuml;sse.&nbsp; Sie waren zur&uuml;ck gekehrt und beendeten fast alle &uuml;brigen Fenster des Hauses und t&ouml;teten meine Haustiere, die drau&szlig;en waren.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Als die Polizei kam, wurde mir mitgeteilt, es w&auml;re unm&ouml;glich f&uuml;r sie, sie zu finden, au&szlig;er wenn ich eine positive Beschreibung der Leute und der Fahrzeuge, die sie fuhren, abgeben k&ouml;nnte. &nbsp;Ich bat sie, meine Fahrzeuge auf Sch&auml;den zu &uuml;berpr&uuml;fen; ich wollte in ein Motel gehen, da w&uuml;rde ich mich sicherer f&uuml;hlen.&nbsp; Mir wurde gesagt, dass dies absolut nicht der Fall sei, sie waren besorgt, dass meine \"TERRORISTISCHEN\" Freunde eine Bombe in eines von ihnen als Falle gelegt haben k&ouml;nnten. &nbsp;Ich st&uuml;rzte zu Boden auf meine Knie, weinte um Gottes Gnade und Rechtleitung.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Allah antwortete mir sehr treu. &nbsp;Eines Nachts wurde ich auf einem Parkplatz von einem unbekannten Mann angegriffen, der mich schlug, auf mich einstach, mein Handgelenk und einige Rippen brach.&nbsp; Diese Person wurde gefangen genommen und wartet auf sein Urteil, doch zur Zeit leistet er gemeinn&uuml;tzige Arbeit f&uuml;r diese Stadt.&nbsp; Letzte Woche, als ich meine Kleidung von der Reinigung holen wollte, w&uuml;rde mir mitgeteilt, sie sei verloren gegangen; zu den verlorenen Dingen geh&ouml;rten alle meine Hijabs, Jilbabs, Abayas und Khimars.&nbsp; Wie passend f&uuml;r sie, dass sie diese Dinge verloren haben !&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Die Stadt, in der ich lebe, ist sehr klein, und es gibt dort keine anderen Muslime oder Araber in der N&auml;he. &nbsp;Die n&auml;chste Moschee ist 120 Meilen weit entfernt.&nbsp; Auch wenn ich alleine bin, obwohl ich keine anderen Muslime habe, die ich besuchen und von denen ich lernen k&ouml;nnte, Alhamdulillah, Gott ist immer da!!<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Das wenige Wissen, das ich &uuml;ber den Islam besitze, habe ich dadurch erhalten, dass ich alles lese, das ich im Internet und durch meine wahren Freunde und Familie finden kann. &nbsp;Ich werde nie aufgeben&hellip;&nbsp; aber ich m&ouml;chte einem sehr besonderen pal&auml;stinensischen Bruder f&uuml;r seine Liebe, Unterst&uuml;tzung, Freundschaft und Gebete w&auml;hrend dieser vergangenen Wochen danken.&nbsp; Ich wei&szlig;, wer du bist.&nbsp; M&ouml;ge Gott dich reichlich segnen.&nbsp; Meine anderen muslimischen Br&uuml;der und Schwestern im Internet, ich liebe euch und ich danke euch.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ich schreibe diese Geschichte nicht in der Hoffnung, Mitleid zu erregen. &nbsp;Ich bitte, dass jeder f&uuml;r mich weiter betet, oder jeder, der dies liest, soll versichert sein, dass Gott ihn niemals im Stich l&auml;sst.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><em>Ich liebe euch alle.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em><\/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":6534,"lft":4446,"rght":4447,"promote":1,"sticky":0,"status":1,"publish_start":null,"publish_end":null,"created_at":"2014-09-21T22:08:00.000000Z","updated_at":"2026-04-04T03:26:51.000000Z","language_id":7,"user_id":7,"author_id":2699,"publisher_id":0,"category_id":10,"parent_id":2335,"author_name":"Amirah","category_name":"Why I became a Muslim!","category_slug":"Why-I-became-a-Muslim!","get_date":"2014-09-21","pdf_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/de-Amirah, Ex-Christian, USA.pdf","word_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/de-Amirah, Ex-Christian, USA.docx"},{"id":2338,"title":"Amira, ex-crist\u00e3, EUA","slug":"amira-ex-crist-eua","word":"\/uploads\/articles\/pt-Amirah, Ex-Christian, USA.docx","pdf":"\/uploads\/articles\/pt-Amirah, Ex-Christian, USA.pdf","mime_type":null,"type":"node","path":"\/nodes\/view\/type:article\/slug:amira-ex-crist-eua","hint":"","body":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Amira, ex-crist&atilde;, EUA<\/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-tbn3.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQrTQf2efmlXoXBk-NdugZPM-ZImt-9IztI1d8VG89t3eqY_bnLQQ\" 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;\">Nasci no Arkansas, EUA, de pais crist&atilde;os, que tamb&eacute;m nasceram no Arkansas.&nbsp;At&eacute; onde consigo rastrear, toda a minha fam&iacute;lia v&ecirc;m dos estados do sul aqui nos Estados Unidos.&nbsp; Cresci e vivi aqui toda a minha vida em uma fazenda, onde se levanta pela manh&atilde;, tira-se leite das vacas, alimentam-se as galinhas e se faz o resto das obriga&ccedil;&otilde;es.&nbsp; Meu pai era um ministro batista, que &eacute; uma denomina&ccedil;&atilde;o do Cristianismo, como os cat&oacute;licos, metodistas, etc.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Todas s&atilde;o religi&otilde;es \"crist&atilde;s\", mas com doutrinas diferentes.&nbsp; Pode se explicar melhor a um mu&ccedil;ulmano como as diferen&ccedil;as entre os sunitas e xiitas.&nbsp;&nbsp;A prop&oacute;sito, sou sunita.&nbsp; A cidade que morava era completamente de ra&ccedil;a branca e todos crist&atilde;os.&nbsp; Essa era o cen&aacute;rio em um raio de mais de 500 quil&ocirc;metros.&nbsp; Ent&atilde;o, nunca fui exposta a outras culturas ou religi&otilde;es.&nbsp; Mas sempre me ensinaram que todos foram criados iguais aos olhos de Deus e que n&atilde;o havia diferen&ccedil;a em ra&ccedil;a, cor ou pr&aacute;ticas culturais ou religiosas.&nbsp; Depois descobri que era f&aacute;cil para eles pregar e ensinar, desde que continuassem de mente fechada e essas outras pessoas n&atilde;o invadissem seu mundo.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">A primeira vez que vi um mu&ccedil;ulmano foi cursando a universidade, na Universidade de Arkansas.&nbsp; Admito que a princ&iacute;pio fitei as mulheres em suas \"roupas diferentes\" e os homens com toalhas enroladas em suas cabe&ccedil;as e usando roup&atilde;o de dormir.&nbsp; Entretanto, quando me senti confort&aacute;vel o suficiente para perguntar sobre o Isl&atilde;, come&ccedil;ou uma \"rea&ccedil;&atilde;o em cadeia\", uma busca intermin&aacute;vel para buscar conhecimento que n&atilde;o seria saciada.&nbsp;<em>Alhamdulillah (<\/em>Todos os louvores s&atilde;o para Allah)!<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Encontrei uma mulher da Palestina, que nunca esquecerei.&nbsp;Conversava comigo sobre seu pa&iacute;s e cultura. Estava especialmente fascinada pelo que ela me contava sobre o Isl&atilde;. Era maravilhoso. Nunca tinha visto uma pessoa com tamanha paz interior! Embora nunca tivesse falado para ningu&eacute;m, sempre tinha questionado em minha mente o conceito do que os crist&atilde;os chamavam de \"trindade\", por que t&iacute;nhamos que orar para Jesus, que Deus o exalte, e n&atilde;o diretamente para Deus e por que tanta &ecirc;nfase em \"Cristo\", n&atilde;o em Deus.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Minha amiga fez tudo que pode para me convencer que o Isl&atilde; era a &uacute;nica religi&atilde;o que me levaria ao para&iacute;so e que n&atilde;o era apenas outra religi&atilde;o, mas um modo de vida.&nbsp;&nbsp;Minha amiga se graduou seis meses depois e voltou para a Palestina.&nbsp; Foi morta duas semanas depois fora de sua casa.&nbsp; Fiquei devastada. Era como se parte de mim tivesse morrido com ela.&nbsp; Sab&iacute;amos que quando ela retornasse para casa nossas chances de voltarmos a nos ver nessa vida eram improv&aacute;veis, mas ela me disse que o importante para ela era me ver na outra vida, no \"para&iacute;so\".<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Durante esse per&iacute;odo tinha encontrado e feito amizade com muitas pessoas do Oriente M&eacute;dio.&nbsp; Tamb&eacute;m me ajudaram a lidar com a perda de minha amiga.&nbsp; Foi quando passei a amar a l&iacute;ngua &aacute;rabe.&nbsp; Era bonita.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ouvia as fitas do Alcor&atilde;o por horas, mesmo que n&atilde;o tivesse nenhuma ideia do que estava sendo dito.&nbsp;&nbsp;At&eacute; hoje, amo quando algu&eacute;m l&ecirc; para mim do Alcor&atilde;o e embora ainda n&atilde;o possa entender o que est&aacute; sendo dito, ainda toca meu cora&ccedil;&atilde;o e alma.&nbsp; N&atilde;o tive tempo de aprender &aacute;rabe na universidade. Tinha sorte de lembrar-se das tarefas de cada disciplina.&nbsp; Mas estou tentando bastante agora aprender como falar e ler,&nbsp;<em>Insh&rsquo;Allah<\/em>&nbsp;(pela vontade de Allah).&nbsp; E aqueles que j&aacute; me ouviram falar &aacute;rabe ou digitar em \"ingl&ecirc;s &aacute;rabe\" podem dizer que ainda tenho um longo caminho a percorrer.&nbsp; E agrade&ccedil;o a eles por sua paci&ecirc;ncia e tutoria.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Depois que sai da universidade e voltei para minha comunidade, n&atilde;o tive mais a honra de ter mu&ccedil;ulmanos ao meu redor.&nbsp; Mas a sede para adquirir conhecimento n&atilde;o tinha acabado e nem meu amor e desejo pela l&iacute;ngua &aacute;rabe.&nbsp; O que, devo acrescentar, enfureceu meus pais e outros amigos.&nbsp; Isso me confundiu, porque sempre tinha sido ensinada de que &eacute;ramos iguais aos olhos de Deus.&nbsp; Acho que havia algumas poucas exce&ccedil;&otilde;es a esse conceito para meus amigos e minha fam&iacute;lia.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ent&atilde;o, na primavera de 1995, Deus colocou algu&eacute;m em minha vida.&nbsp;&nbsp;Essa pessoa era um exemplo maravilhoso do que um mu&ccedil;ulmano deve ser e do que era o Isl&atilde; e, mais uma vez, comecei a fazer perguntas.&nbsp; At&eacute; fui levada &agrave; minha primeira mesquita.&nbsp; Essa &eacute; uma mem&oacute;ria que ficar&aacute; para sempre gravada em minha mem&oacute;ria.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Por oito meses estudei tudo que pude encontrar e lia e ouvia as fitas continuamente.&nbsp; Ent&atilde;o, em 15 de fevereiro de 1996 abracei o Isl&atilde; oficialmente.&nbsp; ALHAMDULILLAH!!!!!!!! [Todos os louvores e agradecimentos s&atilde;o devidos a Deus].<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Nosso noivado foi rompido porque os pais dele eram contra a ideia de ele se casar com uma americana.&nbsp; Mesmo que n&atilde;o estejamos mais noivos, eu o respeito e admiro muito.&nbsp; E nunca abandonarei meu Isl&atilde;.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Desde 15 de fevereiro minha vida tem passado por muitas mudan&ccedil;as.&nbsp;&nbsp;Quando fiquei noiva de um \"&aacute;rabe\" ou \"estrangeiro\", minha fam&iacute;lia ficou em choque e raramente falava comigo.&nbsp; Perdi quase todos os meus amigos americanos.&nbsp; Mas quando abracei o Isl&atilde;, primeiro minha fam&iacute;lia tentou me internar em um hospital psiqui&aacute;trico e, quando n&atilde;o funcionou, me rejeitaram completamente.&nbsp; Ligavam frequentemente para expressar o desejo de que eu apodrecesse no Inferno. Tamb&eacute;m recebia liga&ccedil;&otilde;es de meus supostos amigos que afirmavam o mesmo.&nbsp; Sim, isso magoava. Embora eu e minha fam&iacute;lia tiv&eacute;ssemos muitas diferen&ccedil;as, eu os amava profundamente.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Alhamdulillah wa \"Subhanaallah\" meu Eeman (f&eacute; no Isl&atilde;) era forte.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">A &uacute;ltima vez que falei com minha fam&iacute;lia foi dois dias depois do bombardeio na Ar&aacute;bia Saudita.&nbsp; Meu tio e meu primo foram mortos no bombardeio... minha fam&iacute;lia ligou novamente para me contar as not&iacute;cias e me \"assegurar\" de que os membros da minha fam&iacute;lia mortos no bombardeio me amavam. MAS que o sangue deles estava sobre minha cabe&ccedil;a e sobre a cabe&ccedil;a de todos os meus amigos terroristas.&nbsp; Chorei por dias, mas, mais uma vez, meu Eeman se manteve forte e continuei.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">A pr&oacute;xima virada em minha vida foi quando voltei para casa uma tarde quatro dias depois do bombardeio e constatei que algu&eacute;m tinha atirado nas janelas e pintado com spray \"AMANTE DE TERRORISTA\" na lateral de um dos meus carros.&nbsp; A pol&iacute;cia n&atilde;o me ajudou em nada.&nbsp; Na mesma noite, enquanto estava batendo papo no \"Muslim Chat\", ouvi tiros do lado de fora.&nbsp; Tinham voltado e acabado com quase todas as janelas restantes em minha casa e matado meus animais dom&eacute;sticos do lado de fora.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Com a chegada da pol&iacute;cia me disseram que a menos que pudesse fornecer identifica&ccedil;&otilde;es positivas dessas pessoas e dos ve&iacute;culos que dirigiam, era quase imposs&iacute;vel que fossem encontrados.&nbsp; Implorei para que checassem se meus carros tinham sofrido danos, porque queria ir para um motel para me sentir mais segura.&nbsp; Disseram que de forma alguma, porque estavam preocupados com o fato de que meus amigos \"TERRORISTAS\" poderiam ter plantado uma bomba em um deles como armadilha para a pol&iacute;cia.&nbsp; Ajoelhei-me clamando a Deus por miseric&oacute;rdia e orienta&ccedil;&atilde;o.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Allah me respondeu muito fielmente.&nbsp; Fui atacada uma noite em um estacionamento por um desconhecido que me espancou, esfaqueou, quebrou meu punho e fraturou algumas de minhas costelas.&nbsp; Essa pessoa foi pega e est&aacute; aguardando julgamento, mas no momento est&aacute; apenas prestando servi&ccedil;os comunit&aacute;rios para essa cidade.&nbsp; Semana passada fui pegar minha roupa na lavanderia e fui informada que as tinham perdido. Os artigos perdidos inclu&iacute;am todos os meus hijabs, jilbabas, abaias e khimars.&nbsp; Como era conveniente para eles perderem esses itens!<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">A cidade em que moro &eacute; muito pequena e n&atilde;o existem outros mu&ccedil;ulmanos ou &aacute;rabes pr&oacute;ximos.&nbsp; A mesquita mais pr&oacute;xima fica a mais de 300 quil&ocirc;metros de dist&acirc;ncia.&nbsp; Embora esteja sozinha por n&atilde;o ter outros mu&ccedil;ulmanos para visitar e com quem aprender, Alhamdulillah, Deus est&aacute; sempre l&aacute;!!<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">O pouco conhecimento que tenho sobre o Isl&atilde; foi obtido por meio de leitura de tudo que posso encontrar na internet e meus amigos e fam&iacute;lia verdadeiros na internet.&nbsp; Nunca desistirei... mas gostaria de agradecer a um irm&atilde;o palestino muito especial por seu amor, apoio, amizade e ora&ccedil;&otilde;es durante essas &uacute;ltimas semanas.&nbsp; Voc&ecirc; sabe que falo de voc&ecirc;.&nbsp; Que Deus o aben&ccedil;oe imensamente.&nbsp; Aos meus outros irm&atilde;os e irm&atilde;s mu&ccedil;ulmanos na internet, amo voc&ecirc;s e os agrade&ccedil;o.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">N&atilde;o escrevo essa hist&oacute;ria na esperan&ccedil;a de despertar pena.&nbsp; Pe&ccedil;o a todos que continuem a orar por mim ou quem estiver lendo, esteja certo de que Deus nunca o abandonar&aacute;.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><em>Amo todos voc&ecirc;s.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>","excerpt":"","terms":null,"visibility_roles":"","comment_status":1,"comment_count":0,"read_counter":10893,"lft":4448,"rght":4449,"promote":1,"sticky":0,"status":1,"publish_start":null,"publish_end":null,"created_at":"2014-09-21T22:08:00.000000Z","updated_at":"2026-04-04T05:32:15.000000Z","language_id":15,"user_id":7,"author_id":2699,"publisher_id":0,"category_id":10,"parent_id":2335,"author_name":"Amirah","category_name":"Why I became a Muslim!","category_slug":"Why-I-became-a-Muslim!","get_date":"2014-09-21","pdf_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/pt-Amirah, Ex-Christian, USA.pdf","word_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/pt-Amirah, Ex-Christian, USA.docx"}],"first_page_url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/index.php\/slo\/api\/authors\/2699?articles_page=1","from":1,"last_page":1,"last_page_url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/index.php\/slo\/api\/authors\/2699?articles_page=1","links":[{"url":null,"label":"&laquo; Previous","page":null,"active":false},{"url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/index.php\/slo\/api\/authors\/2699?articles_page=1","label":"1","page":1,"active":true},{"url":null,"label":"Next &raquo;","page":null,"active":false}],"next_page_url":null,"path":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/index.php\/slo\/api\/authors\/2699","per_page":25,"prev_page_url":null,"to":4,"total":4},"fatawas":{"current_page":1,"data":[],"first_page_url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/index.php\/slo\/api\/authors\/2699?fatawas_page=1","from":null,"last_page":1,"last_page_url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/index.php\/slo\/api\/authors\/2699?fatawas_page=1","links":[{"url":null,"label":"&laquo; Previous","page":null,"active":false},{"url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/index.php\/slo\/api\/authors\/2699?fatawas_page=1","label":"1","page":1,"active":true},{"url":null,"label":"Next &raquo;","page":null,"active":false}],"next_page_url":null,"path":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/index.php\/slo\/api\/authors\/2699","per_page":25,"prev_page_url":null,"to":null,"total":0},"books_total":0,"videos_total":0,"audios_total":0,"fatawas_total":0,"articles_total":4,"q":"","count":4}