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Akifah Baxter, Ex-Christian, USA<\/span><\/h1>\r\n

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I have always been aware of the existence of God.  I have always felt that He was there.  Sometimes that feeling was distant, and often times I ignored it.  But I could never deny this knowledge.  Because of this, throughout my life, I have been searching for the truth of His Plan.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

I have attended many churches.  I listened, I prayed, I talked to people from all different faiths.  But it seemed that there was always something that didn’t feel right; it felt confusing, like there was something missing.  I’ve heard many people in the past say to me, “Well, I believe in God, but I don’t belong to any religion.  They all seem wrong to me.”  This was my feeling exactly, however, I didn’t want to just let it go at that and just accept it.  I knew that if God exists then He wouldn’t just leave us with no direction, or even a warped version of the truth.  There had to be a plan, a “true religion.”  I just had to find it.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The various Christian churches are where I concentrated my search, simply because that is what I grew up with, and there seemed to be some truths in some of their teachings.  However, there were so many different views, so many conflicting teachings on basic things like how to pray, who to pray to or through, who was going to be “saved”, and who wasn’t, and what a person had to do to get “saved.”  It seemed so convoluted.  I felt I was near giving up.  I had just come from yet another church whose views on God and the purpose of our existence, left me so completely frustrated because I knew what they were teaching wasn’t true.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

One day, I had wandered in the bookstore and I went over to the religious section.  As I stood there gazing over the vast array of mostly Christian books, a thought occurred to me to see if they had anything on Islam.  I knew virtually nothing about Islam, and when I picked up the first book, it was solely out of curiosity.  But I became excited with what I was reading.  One of the first things that struck me was the statement ‘There is no god but God,’ He has no associates, and all prayers and worship are directed to Him alone.  This seemed so simple, so powerful, so direct, and made so much sense.  So from there I started reading everything I could about Islam.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Everything I read made so much sense to me.  It was as if suddenly all the pieces of this puzzle were fitting perfectly, and a clear picture was emerging.  I was so excited my heart would race any time I read anything about Islam.  Then, when I read the Quran, I felt like I was truly blessed to be able to read this.  I knew that this had come directly from God through His Messenger [may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him].  This was it, the truth.  I felt like all along I had been a Muslim but I just didn’t know it until now.  Now as I start my life as a Muslim, I have a sense of peace and security knowing that what I am learning is the pure truth and will take me closer to God.  May God keep guiding me.  Ameen.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Akifah Baxter, Ex-Cristiano, USA<\/span><\/h1>\r\n

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Siempre fui consciente de la existencia de Dios.  Siempre sentí que Él estaba ahí.  Algunas veces ese sentimiento era distante, y a menudo lo ignoraba.  Pero nunca pude negar su conocimiento.  Gracias a esto, a lo largo de mi vida, he buscado la verdad de Su Plan.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Asistí a muchas iglesias.  Escuché, recé, hablé con personas de diferentes religiones.  Pero parecía ser que siempre había algo que no sentía adecuado; se sentía confuso, como si faltara algo.  Escuché mucha gente en el pasado decir: “Bien, creo en Dios, pero no pertenezco a ninguna religión.  Estoy en desacuerdo con todas”.  Este también era mi sentimiento, sin embargo, no quería dejarlo pasar y solo aceptarlo.  Sabía que si Dios existía no nos dejaría sin una opción, o con una versión equivocada de la verdad.  Tenía que existir un plan, una “verdadera religión”.  Tenía que encontrarla.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Las iglesias cristianas son en donde concentré mi búsqueda, simplemente porque fue con lo que crecí, y parecía haber algunas verdades en sus enseñanzas.  Sin embargo, había tantos puntos de vista diferentes, tantas enseñanzas conflictivas acerca de las cosas básicas como la manera de rezar, a quién rezar o a través de quien, quién iba a ser “salvado”, y quien no, y qué tenía que hacer una persona para ser “salvada”.  Parecía tan intrincado.  Sentí que casi me daba por vencido.  Había encontrado otra iglesia cuyos puntos de vista acerca de Dios y el propósito de Su existencia, me frustraron tanto porque yo sabía que sus enseñanzas no eran ciertas.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Un día, estaba recorriendo una librería y me dirigí al sector religioso.  Mientras miraba lo que eran en su mayoría libros cristianos, se me ocurrió ver si tenían algo acerca del Islam.  No sabía virtualmente nada acerca del Islam, y elegí el primer libro, solo por curiosidad.  Pero rápidamente me emocioné con lo que estaba leyendo.  Una de las primeras cosas que llamó mi atención fue la afirmación: “No hay otro dios más que Dios”, no tiene socios, y todas las plegarias y actos de adoración deben dirigirse sólo a Él.  Esto parecía tan simple, tan poderoso, tan directo, y tenía tanto sentido.  Entonces desde ese momento comencé a leer todo lo que pude acerca del Islam.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Todo lo que leía tenía tanto sentido para mí.  Era como si de repente todas las piezas de este rompecabezas encajaban perfectamente, y emergía una clara imagen.  Estaba tan emocionado que mi Corazón buscaba todo lo que se relacionase con el Islam.  Luego, cuando leí el Corán, me sentí realmente bendecido  por tener la oportunidad de leer ese libro.  Sabía que esto venía directamente de Dios a través de su Mensajero (que Dios le conceda paz y misericordia).  Era esta la verdad.  Sentí que siempre había sido musulmán pero no lo supe hasta ese momento.  Ahora que comencé mi vida como musulmán, siento paz y seguridad  sabiendo que lo que estoy aprendiendo es la verdad pura y me acerca a Dios.  Que Dios continúe guiándome.  Amén.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Akifah Baxter, ex-chrétienne, USA<\/span><\/h1>\r\n

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J’ai toujours eu conscience de l’existence de Dieu.  J’ai toujours senti qu’Il était là.  Parfois, cependant, ce sentiment demeurait éloigné; et souvent, je l’ignorais sciemment.  Mais jamais je n’ai pu complètement nier sa présence.  C’est pourquoi, tout au long de ma vie, j’ai cherché la Vérité.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

J’ai fréquenté plusieurs églises.  J’ai écouté, j’ai prié, j’ai parlé avec des gens de confessions diverses.  Mais je sentais toujours que quelque chose n’allait pas; j’étais confuse et je sentais qu’il manquait quelque chose.  Plusieurs personnes m’ont dit, par le passé : « Moi, je crois en Dieu, mais je n’appartiens à aucune religion, car elles me semblent toutes mauvaises ».  Mais elles exprimaient exactement mon sentiment.  Cependant, je ne désirais pas en rester là et accepter cela comme une fatalité.  Je me disais que puisque Dieu existait, Il ne pouvait nous laisser à nous-mêmes, sans voie claire à suivre, ni avec une version déformée de la vérité.  Il devait bien y avoir un grand plan, une « vraie religion ».  Et je devais la trouver.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Je concentrai d’abord mes recherches dans différentes églises chrétiennes, probablement parce que j’avais grandi dans le christianisme et qu’il semblait y avoir certaines vérités dans leurs enseignements.  Mais je découvris qu’il y avait tant d’opinions divergentes, tant d’enseignements contradictoires sur des choses de base comme la façon de prier, à qui adresser ses prières ou par l’intermédiaire de qui, qui allait être « sauvé » et qui ne le serait pas, et sur ce qu’une personne devait faire pour être « sauvée ».  Tout cela semblait bien compliqué et je me sentis sur le point de laisser tomber.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Je sortais tout juste d’une autre église dont les opinions sur Dieu et sur la raison d’être de notre existence m’avaient laissée complètement dépitée –  car je savais que ce qu’ils enseignaient n’était pas la vérité – lorsqu’un jour, j’entrai à tout hasard dans une librairie et me dirigeai vers la section de littérature religieuse.  Comme je me tenais là, balayant des yeux les rangées de livres sur le christianisme, je me demandai soudain s’ils n’avaient pas aussi des livres sur l’islam.  Je ne connaissais pratiquement rien sur l’islam et lorsque je pris le premier livre entre mes mains, je le fis surtout par curiosité.  Mais je devins vite enthousiasmée par ce que j’y lus.  Une des premières choses qui me frappa fut la déclaration de foi : « Il n’y a pas d’autre Dieu qu’Allah; Il n’a aucun associé et toutes les prières et toute adoration ne doivent être adressées qu’à Lui seul. »  Cela m’apparut à la fois si simple, si puissant, si direct et si sensé.  À partir de ce moment, je me mis à lire tout ce que pus trouver sur l’islam.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Tout ce que je lus m’apparut plein de bon sens.  C’était comme si tout à coup, les pièces du casse-tête s’emboîtaient à la perfection et une image claire apparaissait.  J’étais si excitée, mon cœur se mettait à battre très fort chaque fois que je lisais quelque chose sur l’islam.  Puis, lorsque je lus le Coran, je me sentis réellement privilégiée d’avoir la possibilité de lire un tel ouvrage.  Je savais que cela provenait directement de Dieu, par l’entremise de Son Messager (que la paix et les bénédictions de Dieu soient sur lui).  Je n’avais plus de doute : c’était la vérité.  Je sentis que j’avais depuis toujours été musulmane mais que je l’ignorais jusqu’ici.  Aujourd’hui, je commence une nouvelle vie en tant que musulmane; je me sens en paix et en sécurité, sachant que ce que j’apprends est la pure vérité et me rapprochera de Dieu.  Que Dieu continue de me guider.  Amine.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Akifah Baxter, Ex-Christin, USA<\/span><\/h1>\r\n

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Ich war mir der Existenz Gottes immer bewußt.  Ich habe immer gefühlt, dass Er da ist.  Manchmal war das Gefühl etwas entfernt, und oft habe ich es ignoriert.  Aber ich konnte dieses Wissen nie leugnen.  Aus diesem Grund habe ich mich mein ganzes Leben lang damit beschäftigt, nach der Wahrheit Seines Planes zu forschen. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Ich habe viele Kirchen besucht.  Ich hörte, ich betete, ich redete mit Menschen unterschiedlicher Glaubensrichtungen.  Aber es schien mir, immer etwas nicht zu stimmen, ich fühlte mich verwirrt, so als würde etwas fehlen.  Viele Leute haben in der Vergangenheit zu mir gesagt: \"Also, ich glaube an Gott, aber ich gehöre keiner Religion an.  Sie schienen mir alle falsch zu sein.\"  Genau dieses Gefühl hatte ich auch, allerdings wollte ich es nicht so weit kommen lassen und einfach so akzeptieren.  Ich wußte, dass Gott, wenn Er existiert, uns nicht ohne eine Führung lassen würde oder gar mit einer verdrehten Version der Wahrheit.  Es musste einen Plan geben, eine \"wahre Religion\".  Ich musste sie nur finden.         <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Die unterschiedlichen christlichen Kirchen waren es, auf die ich mich bei meinen Nachforschungen konzentrierte, einfach weil ich damit aufgewachsen war, und es schien dort auch einige Wahrheiten in manchen ihrer Lehren zu geben.  Allerdings gab es auch so viele verschiedene Ansichten, so viele widersprüchliche Lehren bei grundsätzlichen Dingen, zB wie man betet, zu wem man betet oder darüber, wer \"gerettet\" werden wird und wer nicht und was eine Person unternehmen musste, um \"gerettet\" zu werden.  Es schien so verwickelt.  Ich fühlte, ich war kurz davor, aufzugeben.  Gerade zurück von einer anderen Kirche, deren Ansichten über Gott und den Sinn und Zweck unserer Existenz mich zutiefst frustriert hatten, denn ich wusste, dass das was sie lehrten, nicht wahr sein konnte. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

So war ich an einem Tag in eine Buchhandlung geschlendert und sah mich in der Abteilung für religiöse Schriften um.  Als ich so dastand und das große Aufgebot zumeist christlicher Bücher bestaunte, kam mir der Gedanke, nachzuschauen, ob ich nicht irgendetwas über den Islam finden könnte.  Ich wusste im Grunde genommen nichts über den Islam und als ich das erste Buch in die Hand nahm, war es einzig und allein aus Neugier.  Aber was ich las, erregte mein Interesse.  Das erste, das mir ins Auge stach, war die Aussage: \"Es gibt keinen Gott außer Gott\", Er hat keinen Teilhaber und alle Gebete und jeder Gottesdienst gebührt nur Ihm allein.  Das war so einfach, so voller Kraft, so direkt und machte so viel Sinn.  Von da an begann ich, alles über den Islam zu lesen, was ich finden konnte. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Alles, was ich las, machte so viel Sinn.  Es war so, als würden sich plötzlich alle Puzzelteile perfekt zusammenfügen und zu einem klaren Bild verschmelzen.  Ich war so aufgeregt, immer wenn ich etwas über den Islam las, fing mein Herz an zu klopfen.  Als ich dann schließlich den Quran las, fühlte ich wirklich den Segen, dass ich dies lessen konnte.  Ich wusste, dies war direkt von Gott gekommen durch Seinen Gesandten [möge Gott ihn segnen].  Das war´s, die Wahrheit.  Ich fühlte, dass ich schon lange ein Muslim gewesen war, ich hatte es bis dahin nur nicht gewusst.  Nun, da ich begann, mein Leben als Muslim zu führen, spüre ich Frieden und Sicherheit, in de Wissen, dass das, was ich lerne, die reine Wahrheit ist, die mich Gott näher bringt.  Möge Gott mich weiter führen.  Amin.       <\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Akifah Baxter, Ex-Cristã, EUA<\/span><\/h1>\r\n

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Sempre fui consciente da existência de Deus.  Sempre senti que Ele estava lá.  Às vezes esse sentimento era distante e com freqüência o ignorei.  Mas nunca pude negar este conhecimento.  Por causa disso, ao longo de minha vida, tenho buscado pela verdade de Seu Plano.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Freqüentei muitas igrejas.  Ouvi, orei e conversei com pessoas de todas as crenças.  Mas havia sempre algo que não parecia certo; parecia confuso, como se algo estivesse faltando.  Muitas pessoas no passado disseram para mim, “Bem, eu acredito em Deus, mas não pertenço a nenhuma religião. Todos pareciam errados para mim.” Esse era exatamente o meu sentimento, entretanto, não queria simplesmente aceitá-lo.  Sabia que se Deus existe então Ele não nos deixaria sem direção, ou com uma versão deturpada da verdade.  Tinha que haver um plano, uma “religião verdadeira.” Eu só tinha que encontrá-la.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Concentrei minha busca nas várias igrejas cristãs, simplesmente porque foi com o que eu cresci, e parecia haver algumas verdades em alguns de seus ensinamentos.  Entretanto, havia muitas opiniões diferentes, muitos ensinamentos conflitantes em coisas básicas como: como orar, para quem orar ou através de quem, quem ia ser “salvo”, e quem não ia, e o que uma pessoa tinha que fazer para ser “salva.” Parecia muito enrolado.  Estava perto de desistir.  Tinha acabado de chegar de mais uma igreja cujas opiniões sobre Deus e o propósito de nossa existência me deixaram completamente frustrada, porque eu sabia que o que estavam ensinando não era verdade.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Um dia, estava vagando em uma livraria e fui para a seção religiosa.  Enquanto estava lá olhando atentamente o vasto sortimento de livros predominantemente cristãos, ocorreu-me ver se tinham algo sobre o Islã.  Eu não sabia virtualmente nada sobre o Islã, e quando peguei o primeiro livro, foi puramente por curiosidade.  Mas fiquei excitada com o que estava lendo.  Uma das primeiras coisas que me chamou a atenção foi a afirmação ‘Não existe deus exceto Deus,’ Ele não tinha associados, e todas as orações e adorações eram dirigidas somente a Ele.  Parecia tão simples, tão poderoso, tão direto, e fez muito sentido.  A partir dali comecei a ler tudo que podia sobre o Islã.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Tudo que lia fazia muito sentido para mim.  Era como se de repente todas as peças de um quebra-cabeças se encaixassem perfeitamente, e uma imagem clara emergisse.  Estava tão excitada que meu coração disparava toda vez que lia algo sobre o Islã.  Então, quando li o Alcorão, senti como se fosse verdadeiramente abençoada por ser capaz de lê-lo.  Sabia que tinha vindo diretamente de Deus através de Seu Mensageiro [que Deus o louve].  Era isso, a verdade.  Senti-me como se todo o tempo tivesse sido muçulmana mas simplesmente não sabia até aquele momento.  Agora que começo minha vida como muçulmana, sinto paz e segurança sabendo que o que estou aprendendo é a pura verdade e me aproximará de Deus.  Que Deus continue me guiando.  Amém.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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