{"title":"Wildeman","author":{"id":2249,"name":"Wildeman","slug":"wildeman","image":"\/uploads\/users\/non-profile.jpg","role":"Author","about":"","promote":0,"status":1,"created_at":"2014-08-25T08:00:00.000000Z","updated_at":"2014-08-25T08:00:00.000000Z","language_id":1,"parent_id":null,"i18ns":[],"image_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/users\/non-profile.jpg","get_name":"Wildeman"},"books":{"current_page":1,"data":[],"first_page_url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/soo\/api\/authors\/2249?books_page=1","from":null,"last_page":1,"last_page_url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/soo\/api\/authors\/2249?books_page=1","links":[{"url":null,"label":"&laquo; Previous","page":null,"active":false},{"url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/soo\/api\/authors\/2249?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\/soo\/api\/authors\/2249","per_page":25,"prev_page_url":null,"to":null,"total":0},"videos":{"current_page":1,"data":[],"first_page_url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/soo\/api\/authors\/2249?videos_page=1","from":null,"last_page":1,"last_page_url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/soo\/api\/authors\/2249?videos_page=1","links":[{"url":null,"label":"&laquo; Previous","page":null,"active":false},{"url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/soo\/api\/authors\/2249?videos_page=1","label":"1","page":1,"active":true},{"url":null,"label":"Next &raquo;","page":null,"active":false}],"next_page_url":null,"path":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/soo\/api\/authors\/2249","per_page":25,"prev_page_url":null,"to":null,"total":0},"audios":{"current_page":1,"data":[],"first_page_url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/soo\/api\/authors\/2249?audios_page=1","from":null,"last_page":1,"last_page_url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/soo\/api\/authors\/2249?audios_page=1","links":[{"url":null,"label":"&laquo; Previous","page":null,"active":false},{"url":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/soo\/api\/authors\/2249?audios_page=1","label":"1","page":1,"active":true},{"url":null,"label":"Next &raquo;","page":null,"active":false}],"next_page_url":null,"path":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/soo\/api\/authors\/2249","per_page":25,"prev_page_url":null,"to":null,"total":0},"articles":{"current_page":1,"data":[{"id":1533,"title":"Wildeman, Netherlands","slug":"wildeman-netherlands","word":"\/uploads\/articles\/en-Wildeman, Netherlands.docx","pdf":"\/uploads\/articles\/en-Wildeman, Netherlands.pdf","mime_type":null,"type":"node","path":"\/nodes\/view\/type:article\/slug:wildeman-netherlands","hint":"","body":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Wildeman, Netherlands<\/span><\/h1>\r\n<h1><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><img style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQfvQ-Zna1d1g5ZYbj-H6KtcgRElfDX1zRY8UdNdJVzg0arBWv8\" 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 usually don&rsquo;t do this. That is, I usually don&rsquo;t take this much time to tell anyone how I converted to Islam, or should I say, how I came back to Islam.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">See, when people find out you&rsquo;ve become a Muslim, you always get the same questions over and over again. How did your parents react to it? Were you in love with a Muslim woman? Are you accepted within the Islamic community as a convert?<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">But most of all, people ask me: Why did you convert to Islam?<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I found it shocking that even Muslims ask me why I converted to Islam. &ldquo;Well, this is the one true religion, remember?&rdquo; is my usual reply. I did not crash my car into a tree and almost die, I did not have a moment when I saw the light. I don&rsquo;t even know exactly when I became a Muslim.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Some people are surprised, but I wasn&rsquo;t even looking for God. I wasn&rsquo;t looking for a reason in life. I wasn&rsquo;t looking for a purpose.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Actually, I was just looking for a book. I walked into a bookstore not knowing what I would buy. This must have been somewhere in the year 2003 or 2004. I like to read, with a special interest in the books sold in the store somewhere between &ldquo;recent history&rdquo;, &ldquo;philosophy&rdquo; and &ldquo;sociology&rdquo;.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">That&rsquo;s where a green book caught my eye. It was called &ldquo;Islam; Values, Principles and Reality&rdquo;. I held it in my hand, looked at it, and realized I knew quite a few Muslims but had no idea at all what they believed in.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Meanwhile, Islam is all over the news and seems to influence both internal and foreign affairs. I decided to buy the book and see what this religion is all about. I walked to the counter and bought the book, totally unaware of the four and a half year journey I had just embarked on, which would lead straight up to my&nbsp;<em>Shahadah<\/em>(Testimony of Faith).<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Before I started to read about Islam, I already had some negative associations related to this religion in mind. For example, I was wondering how a practicing Muslim could ever think he is a good pious person while at the same time he&rsquo;s oppressing his own wife.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Or, for instance, I would wonder why Muslims would worship a cubic stone in Makkah while statues or buildings have no power and cannot help anyone.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I could not understand why Muslims were so intolerant against other religions instead of simply saying that everybody believes in the same God. With this in mind, I started reading.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">After the first book came a second one. After the second came a third, and so on. After a few years, I had read quite some books on Islam and was very surprised. I found out that almost everything that I thought was a part of Islam and which I opposed to, was actually opposed by Islam.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">It turned out that the Prophet Muhammad, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him, had said that one can see how good a believer is by the way he treats his wife. I found out that Muslims don&rsquo;t worship the Kabah, they rather oppose worshipping statues or the like.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I found that the Islamic civilization in all of its history &mdash; except maybe the most recent ages &mdash; was the best example of religious tolerance on the face of the planet.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I did not have to be convinced of most of the things Islam tells us to do or how to behave, since I found a lot of basic rules I already agreed upon before learning about Islam. I read my own opinion on a lot of subjects, but the books kept on saying &ldquo;this is Islam&rdquo;.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Not much&nbsp;<em>Dawah<\/em>&nbsp;was done in my surroundings back then. Well, not proactive anyway. The help I got was what I asked for when talking to people around me. This doesn&rsquo;t say everything about how dawah is organized in the Netherlands, I just didn&rsquo;t have the people around me who were very much into this.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">So when Ramadan came and I decided to give it a try &mdash; no book can tell you how it truly feels &mdash; I went to my Muslim co-workers and told them I would fast with them. I bought a Quran and found the 30-day schedule on the Internet.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">When I told the others about reading the full Quran and fasting in Shawwal [the lunar month after Ramadan], some of them had never heard of this or done it themselves. I brought milk and dates to work and explained to them how this was a sunnah to follow.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp;Their mothers or wives cooked meals we ate at work, so I experienced some new food as well.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I learned a lot that Ramadan, and so did the others. And we had a lot of fun. My first Eid turned out to be a funeral, but for the rest it was a great month.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">After the month of Ramadan, I went to the mosque to pay my zakah. I figured that giving money to a good cause is a correct thing to do, so not being a Muslim was no reason for me not to pay.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">This is where I first met the treasurer of the mosque in my hometown. He asked me if I was a Muslim. &ldquo;No sir, I am not a Muslim,&rdquo; was my reply, &ldquo;but I did fast the month of Ramadan.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">He told me to take it easy, take my time, and never rush into things.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">As months passed, I kept reading books about Islam. Most of the books I read where from non-Muslims, like Karen Armstrong. I also took some time to read what people said that was negative towards Islam. I read about religiously motivated terrorism, about clashes between civilizations, and so on.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">However, I found that for every question I could raise, Islam had a convincing answer. This did not always mean that the Muslims I spoke with had a convincing answer, but most of the information I gathered on Islam came from these books.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">At the end of the next Ramadan, I went back to the mosque to pay my zakah. I met the treasurer again and he recognized me. He asked me, again, if I was a Muslim.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&ldquo;No sir, I am not a Muslim,&rdquo; was my reply, &ldquo;but you told me to take it easy, right?&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">He calmly shook his head and said, &ldquo;Yes, take it easy, but don&rsquo;t take it too easy!&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I now started my last year as a non-Muslim. I had already stopped drinking alcohol. I stopped smoking cigarettes. I tried to stimulate myself and others to do good, try to prevent myself and others from doingwrong.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I went to Turkey on holiday and had a look inside some of the greater mosques. With every step I took, with every day that went by, I could feel the presence of God in my life grow.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I went into nature and for the first time, I could see that what was in front of me where signs of the Creator. I tried to pray sometimes &mdash; something I had never done by myself &mdash; which obviously didn&rsquo;t look much like the way I pray today. I kept reading and reading, but now also started to get information on Islam from the Internet.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">On Hyves, a popular Dutch social networking website, I was approached by a Dutch Muslim revert. She asked if I was a Muslim and I told her I wasn&rsquo;t a Muslim yet. She asked me to come over to her house and meet her husband. He was a Muslim by birth, practicing, and born in Egypt.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">He and I had dinner together and then talked the rest of the evening about Islam. The second time I was there, he showed me the correct way to pray (upon my request). I tried to do it as good as I could and he was watching me try. When we took a short break, he asked me the question.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&ldquo;So, do you think you&rsquo;re ready to do this?&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&ldquo;Yes, I think I&rsquo;m ready.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I realized that I had already become a Muslim. I didn&rsquo;t take my Shahadah yet, so it wasn&rsquo;t official, but somewhere in the previous years I had become a Muslim. I had come to believe that there is no God to be worshiped besides the one true God, the Creator.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I had come to believe that Muhammad was His messenger, the final messenger, who had part in completing the religion. I wanted to fast, I wanted to pay zakah, I wanted to make my salah [Prayers], I still dream of the hajj every day.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">My path was through books, I came through the theory. It was a rational choice, not an emotional choice. I looked at the information which was out there, compared and contemplated. Islam was the answer to every question. One or two weeks later, he and I went to the mosque in his home town. He had already talked to the imam so they all knew I was coming. My dad came along and brought a camera.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The imam said the Shahadah, bit by bit. I repeated, bit by bit.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">As the imam recited a duaa [supplication], my Egyptian brother translated it into Dutch for me. I felt like I had been running for miles and miles and now reached the finish line. I mean literally, I was out of breath as if I had been running. I slowly got back my breath, I felt calm and happy.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Suddenly I realized, finally, I had become Nourdeen.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I went to the mosque in my hometown. As I entered the building, I met the treasurer. He asked me, again, if I was a Muslim.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&ldquo;Yes sir, I am, and my name is Nourdeen!&rdquo; &nbsp;I said with a smile.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&ldquo;Alhamdulillah,&rdquo; he replied, quickly to add: &ldquo;&hellip;at last!&rdquo;<\/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":16599,"lft":2845,"rght":2854,"promote":1,"sticky":0,"status":1,"publish_start":null,"publish_end":null,"created_at":"2014-08-25T18:42:00.000000Z","updated_at":"2026-04-04T16:25:16.000000Z","language_id":1,"user_id":7,"author_id":2249,"publisher_id":0,"category_id":10,"parent_id":null,"author_name":"Wildeman","category_name":"Why I became a Muslim!","category_slug":"Why-I-became-a-Muslim!","get_date":"2014-08-25","pdf_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/en-Wildeman, Netherlands.pdf","word_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/en-Wildeman, Netherlands.docx"},{"id":1534,"title":"Wildeman, Holanda","slug":"wildeman-holanda","word":"\/uploads\/articles\/sp-Wildeman, Netherlands.docx","pdf":"\/uploads\/articles\/sp-Wildeman, Netherlands.pdf","mime_type":null,"type":"node","path":"\/nodes\/view\/type:article\/slug:wildeman-holanda","hint":"","body":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Wildeman, Holanda<\/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:ANd9GcQfvQ-Zna1d1g5ZYbj-H6KtcgRElfDX1zRY8UdNdJVzg0arBWv8\" 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;\">No suelo hacer esto. Es decir, usualmente no dedico mucho tiempo a decirle a alguien c&oacute;mo me convert&iacute; al Islam, o debo decir, c&oacute;mo regres&eacute; al Islam.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ver&aacute;s, cuando la gente se entera de que te has hecho musulm&aacute;n, siempre te hacen las mismas preguntas una y otra vez. &iquest;C&oacute;mo reaccionaron tus padres? &iquest;Fue que te enamoraste de una musulmana? &iquest;Te han aceptado como converso en la comunidad isl&aacute;mica?<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Pero principalmente, la gente siempre me pregunta: &iquest;Por qu&eacute; te convertiste al Islam?<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Me resulta chocante que hasta los musulmanes me pregunten por qu&eacute; me convert&iacute; al Islam. &ldquo;Bueno, esta es la religi&oacute;n verdadera, &iquest;recuerdas?&rdquo;, es mi respuesta habitual. No me estrell&eacute; en el carro contra un &aacute;rbol y estuve al borde de la muerte, no tuve un momento en el que vi un t&uacute;nel de luz. De hecho, no s&eacute; exactamente cu&aacute;ndo me hice musulm&aacute;n.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Algunas personas se sorprenden, pero yo ni siquiera estaba buscando a Dios. No estaba buscando una raz&oacute;n en la vida. No buscaba un prop&oacute;sito.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">En realidad, solo estaba buscando un libro. Entr&eacute; a una librer&iacute;a sin saber qu&eacute; quer&iacute;a comprar. Esto debi&oacute; ser en alg&uacute;n momento del a&ntilde;o 2003 o 2004. Me gusta leer, en especial libros que las librer&iacute;as venden en alg&uacute;n lugar entre &ldquo;historia reciente&rdquo;, &ldquo;filosof&iacute;a&rdquo; y &ldquo;sociolog&iacute;a&rdquo;.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Fue ah&iacute; donde un libro verde cautiv&oacute; mi vista. Se llamaba &ldquo;Islam: Valores, principios y realidad&rdquo;. Lo tom&eacute; en mis manos, lo mir&eacute;, y me di cuenta de que conoc&iacute;a a unos pocos musulmanes, pero no ten&iacute;a idea alguna de qu&eacute; era lo que ellos cre&iacute;an.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Entre tanto, el Islam estaba en todas las noticias y parec&iacute;a influenciar tanto asuntos internos como externos. Decid&iacute; comprar el libro y ver de qu&eacute; trataba esta religi&oacute;n. Camin&eacute; hacia el mostrador y compr&eacute; el libro, totalmente inconsciente del viaje de cuatro a&ntilde;os y medio en el que me estaba embarcando, y que me llev&oacute; directamente hacia mi&nbsp;<em>Shahadah<\/em>&nbsp;(testimonio de fe).<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Antes de comenzar a leer sobre el Islam, ya ten&iacute;a en mi mente asociaciones negativas relacionadas con esta religi&oacute;n. Por ejemplo, me preguntaba c&oacute;mo un musulm&aacute;n practicante podr&iacute;a pensar jam&aacute;s que es una buena persona, piadosa, mientras al mismo tiempo oprime a su propia esposa.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">O por ejemplo, me preguntaba por qu&eacute; los musulmanes adoraban una piedra c&uacute;bica en La Meca cuando las estatuas y los edificios no tienen poder alguno ni pueden ayudar a alguien.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">No pod&iacute;a entender por qu&eacute; los musulmanes eran tan intolerantes con otras religiones, en lugar de decir simplemente que todos creen en el mismo Dios. Con esto en mente, comenc&eacute; a leer.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Despu&eacute;s del primer libro vino un segundo. Despu&eacute;s del segundo vino un tercero, y as&iacute; sucesivamente. Despu&eacute;s de algunos a&ntilde;os, hab&iacute;a le&iacute;do bastantes libros sobre Islam y estaba muy impresionado. Encontr&eacute; que casi todo lo que yo pensaba formaba parte del Islam, y que aquello a lo que me opon&iacute;a era lo mismo a lo que el Islam se opone.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Result&oacute; que el Profeta Muhammad, que la misericordia y las bendiciones de Dios sean con &eacute;l, hab&iacute;a dicho que uno puede ver cu&aacute;n bueno es un creyente por la forma en que trata a su esposa. Encontr&eacute; que los musulmanes no adoran a la Kabah sino que al contrario, se oponen a la adoraci&oacute;n de estatuas e im&aacute;genes.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Encontr&eacute; que la civilizaci&oacute;n isl&aacute;mica en toda su historia &mdash;excepto quiz&aacute;s la &eacute;poca m&aacute;s reciente&mdash; fue el mejor ejemplo de tolerancia religiosa en la faz del planeta.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">No tuve que convencerme de muchas de las cosas que el Islam nos dice que debemos hacer o c&oacute;mo comportarnos, ya que encontr&eacute; una gran cantidad de normas b&aacute;sicas con las que de por s&iacute; estaba de acuerdo desde antes de conocer el Islam. Le&iacute;a mi propia opini&oacute;n respecto a muchos temas, pero el libro segu&iacute;a diciendo &ldquo;esto es Islam&rdquo;.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">No se hac&iacute;a mucha&nbsp;<em>Dawah<\/em>&nbsp;en mi entorno en ese entonces. Bueno, no de forma proactiva en todo caso. La ayuda que recib&iacute; fue lo que ped&iacute; cuando habl&eacute; con la gente alrededor m&iacute;o. Esto no retrata exactamente c&oacute;mo est&aacute; organizada la&nbsp;<em>Dawah<\/em>en Holanda, solo que no tuve personas a mi alrededor que estuvieran muy involucradas en ello.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">De modo que cuando lleg&oacute; Ramad&aacute;n y decid&iacute; darle una oportunidad &mdash;ning&uacute;n libro puede decirte c&oacute;mo se siente esto en realidad&mdash;, fui con mis compa&ntilde;eros de trabajo musulmanes y les dije que iba a ayunar con ellos. Compr&eacute; un ejemplar del Cor&aacute;n y encontr&eacute; el calendario de los 30 d&iacute;as en Internet.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Cuando les dije a los dem&aacute;s acerca de leer todo el Cor&aacute;n y de ayunar en Shawal (el mes lunar despu&eacute;s de Ramad&aacute;n), algunos de ellos reaccionaron perplejos pues nunca hab&iacute;an escuchado sobre esto ni lo hab&iacute;an hecho. Compr&eacute; leche y d&aacute;tiles y los llev&eacute; conmigo al trabajo y les expliqu&eacute; que esta era una<em>Sunnah<\/em>&nbsp;a seguir (al momento de finalizar el ayuno diario). Sus esposas o madres cocinaban y todos juntos com&iacute;amos en el trabajo, de modo que prob&eacute; nueva comida tambi&eacute;n.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Aprend&iacute; mucho ese Ramad&aacute;n y los otros tambi&eacute;n. Y nos divertimos mucho. Mi primer&nbsp;<em>Id<\/em>&nbsp;pareci&oacute; un funeral, pero por lo dem&aacute;s, fue un gran mes.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Despu&eacute;s del mes de Ramad&aacute;n, fui a la mezquita a pagar mi&nbsp;<em>Zakat<\/em>. Me imagin&eacute; que dar dinero para una buena causa es algo correcto, as&iacute; que el no ser musulm&aacute;n no era una raz&oacute;n para que no pagara.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Fue cuando conoc&iacute; al tesorero de la mezquita de mi ciudad natal. &Eacute;l me pregunt&oacute; si era musulm&aacute;n. &ldquo;No se&ntilde;or, no soy musulm&aacute;n&rdquo;, le respond&iacute;, &ldquo;pero ayun&eacute; el mes de Ramad&aacute;n&rdquo;.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Me dijo que lo tomara con calma, que me diera un tiempo y que nunca precipitara las cosas.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Con el pasar de los meses, continu&eacute; leyendo libros sobre Islam. La mayor&iacute;a de los libros que le&iacute; eran escritos por no musulmanes como Karen Armstrong. Tambi&eacute;n dediqu&eacute; alg&uacute;n tiempo a leer lo que la gente dice de negativo respecto al Islam. Le&iacute; sobre terrorismo motivado por la religi&oacute;n, sobre choque entre civilizaciones, etc&eacute;tera.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Sin embargo, encontr&eacute; que por cada pregunta que pod&iacute;a formular, el Islam tiene una respuesta convincente. Esto no siempre significa que los musulmanes con los que hablara tuvieran siempre una respuesta convincente, sino que la mayor&iacute;a de la informaci&oacute;n que reun&iacute; sobre el Islam proviene de esos libros.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Al final del siguiente Ramad&aacute;n, regres&eacute; a la mezquita a pagar mi&nbsp;<em>Zakat<\/em>. Me encontr&eacute; de nuevo con el tesorero y &eacute;l me reconoci&oacute;. Me pregunt&oacute; de nuevo si yo era musulm&aacute;n.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&ldquo;No se&ntilde;or, no soy musulm&aacute;n&rdquo;, le respond&iacute;, &ldquo;pero usted me dijo que lo tomara con calma, &iquest;verdad?&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&Eacute;l sacudi&oacute; la cabeza tranquilamente y dijo: &ldquo;S&iacute;, te dije que lo tomaras con calma, &iexcl;pero no con tanta calma!&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Comenc&eacute; entonces mi &uacute;ltimo a&ntilde;o como no musulm&aacute;n. Ya hab&iacute;a dejado de beber alcohol. Dej&eacute; de fumar cigarrillos. Trat&eacute; de estimularme y a otros a hacer el bien, trat&eacute; de evitar hacer el mal y evitar que otros lo hicieran.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Fui de vacaciones a Turqu&iacute;a y di un vistazo al interior de algunas grandes mezquitas. Con cada paso que daba, con cada d&iacute;a que pasaba, pod&iacute;a sentir la presencia de Dios creciendo en mi vida.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Fui al campo y por primera vez, pude ver que lo que ten&iacute;a frente a m&iacute; eran se&ntilde;ales del Creador. Intent&eacute; rezar a veces &mdash;algo que nunca hab&iacute;a hecho&mdash;, de forma que obviamente no se parec&iacute;a en nada a la forma en que rezo ahora. Segu&iacute; leyendo y leyendo, pero tambi&eacute;n comenc&eacute; a obtener informaci&oacute;n sobre el Islam en Internet.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">En Hyves, un sitio popular de redes sociales holand&eacute;s, contact&eacute; con una musulmana conversa holandesa. Ella me pregunt&oacute; si era musulm&aacute;n y le dije que a&uacute;n no lo era. Me pidi&oacute; que fuera a su casa y conociera a su esposo. &Eacute;l era musulm&aacute;n de nacimiento, practicante, y hab&iacute;a nacido en Egipto.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&Eacute;l y yo cenamos juntos y me habl&oacute; el resto de la noche sobre el Islam. La segunda vez que estuve all&iacute;, me mostr&oacute; la forma correcta de rezar (a petici&oacute;n m&iacute;a). Trat&eacute; de hacerlo tan bien como me fue posible mientras &eacute;l me observaba. Cuando tomamos un breve receso, me pregunt&oacute;:<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&ldquo;Entonces, &iquest;crees que est&aacute;s listo para esto?&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&ldquo;S&iacute;, creo que estoy listo&rdquo;.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Me di cuenta de que ya era musulm&aacute;n. No hab&iacute;a hecho a&uacute;n mi&nbsp;<em>Shahadah<\/em>, por lo que no era oficial, pero en alg&uacute;n momento en los a&ntilde;os anteriores me hab&iacute;a hecho musulm&aacute;n. Hab&iacute;a llegado a creer que no hay Dios merecedor de adoraci&oacute;n sino solo el &Uacute;nico Dios Verdadero, el Creador.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Hab&iacute;a llegado a creer que Muhammad es Su Mensajero, el Mensajero final, que hab&iacute;a tenido parte en completar la religi&oacute;n. Quer&iacute;a ayunar, quer&iacute;a pagar el<em>Zakat<\/em>, quer&iacute;a hacer mi&nbsp;<em>Salah<\/em>&nbsp;(oraci&oacute;n), y so&ntilde;aba a diario con hacer el&nbsp;<em>Hayy<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mi camino fue a trav&eacute;s de los libros, llegu&eacute; a trav&eacute;s de la teor&iacute;a. Fue una elecci&oacute;n racional, no una elecci&oacute;n emocional. Mir&eacute; la informaci&oacute;n que estaba disponible, la compar&eacute; y la contempl&eacute;. El Islam fue la respuesta a cada pregunta. Una o dos semanas despu&eacute;s, &eacute;l y yo fuimos a la mezquita en su ciudad. &Eacute;l ya le hab&iacute;a hablado al&nbsp;<em>Imam<\/em>, de modo que ya todos sab&iacute;an que yo iba en camino. Mi padre fue tambi&eacute;n y compr&oacute; una c&aacute;mara.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">El&nbsp;<em>Imam&nbsp;<\/em>dijo la&nbsp;<em>Shahadah<\/em>, parte por parte. Yo la repet&iacute;, parte por parte.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Cuando el&nbsp;<em>Imam&nbsp;<\/em>recit&oacute; una&nbsp;<em>Du&aacute;<\/em>&nbsp;(s&uacute;plica), mi hermano egipcio la tradujo para m&iacute; al holand&eacute;s. Me sent&iacute; como si hubiera corrido miles y miles de kil&oacute;metros y hubiera llegado al fin a la meta. Literalmente, estaba sin aliento, como si hubiera estado corriendo. Recuper&eacute; el aliento poco a poco, y me sent&iacute; calmado y feliz.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">De repente, me di cuenta, finalmente me hab&iacute;a convertido en&nbsp;<em>Nurd&iacute;n<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Fui a la mezquita en mi ciudad. Al entrar al edificio, me encontr&eacute; con el tesorero. Me pregunt&oacute; de nuevo si era musulm&aacute;n.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&ldquo;&iexcl;S&iacute; se&ntilde;or, lo soy, y mi nombre es Nurd&iacute;n!&rdquo;, le dije sonriendo.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&ldquo;&iexcl;<em>Alhamdulil-lah<\/em>!&rdquo;, me dijo, y agreg&oacute; r&aacute;pidamente: &ldquo;&hellip; &iexcl;por fin!&rdquo;<\/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":12412,"lft":2846,"rght":2847,"promote":1,"sticky":0,"status":1,"publish_start":null,"publish_end":null,"created_at":"2014-08-25T18:42:00.000000Z","updated_at":"2026-04-04T16:13:40.000000Z","language_id":12,"user_id":7,"author_id":2249,"publisher_id":0,"category_id":10,"parent_id":1533,"author_name":"Wildeman","category_name":"Why I became a Muslim!","category_slug":"Why-I-became-a-Muslim!","get_date":"2014-08-25","pdf_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/sp-Wildeman, Netherlands.pdf","word_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/sp-Wildeman, Netherlands.docx"},{"id":1535,"title":"Wildeman, Pays-Bas","slug":"wildeman-pays-bas","word":"\/uploads\/articles\/fr-Wildeman, Netherlands.docx","pdf":"\/uploads\/articles\/fr-Wildeman, Netherlands.pdf","mime_type":null,"type":"node","path":"\/nodes\/view\/type:article\/slug:wildeman-pays-bas","hint":"","body":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Wildeman, Pays-Bas<\/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:ANd9GcQfvQ-Zna1d1g5ZYbj-H6KtcgRElfDX1zRY8UdNdJVzg0arBWv8\" 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 ne suis pas de ceux qui font cela.&nbsp; C&rsquo;est-&agrave;-dire de ceux qui prennent le temps d&rsquo;expliquer aux autres pourquoi ils se sont convertis &agrave; l&rsquo;islam.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Voyez-vous, lorsque les gens d&eacute;couvrent que vous vous &ecirc;tes converti &agrave; l&rsquo;islam, ils vous posent toujours les m&ecirc;mes questions, encore et encore.&nbsp; Comment vos parents ont-ils r&eacute;agi?&nbsp; &Eacute;tiez-vous tomb&eacute; amoureux d&rsquo;une musulmane? &nbsp;Vous accepte-t-on, en tant que converti, dans la communaut&eacute; musulmane?<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mais la question qu&rsquo;on me pose le plus souvent est&nbsp;: pourquoi vous &ecirc;tes-vous converti &agrave; l&rsquo;islam?<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">J&rsquo;ai &eacute;t&eacute; choqu&eacute; de me faire poser cette question m&ecirc;me par des musulmans.&nbsp; Habituellement, je leur r&eacute;ponds&nbsp;: &laquo;&nbsp;Il s&rsquo;agit pourtant de la seule vraie religion, n&rsquo;est-ce pas?&nbsp;&raquo;&nbsp; Je n&rsquo;ai pas &eacute;t&eacute; sur le point de mourir suite &agrave; un accident, je n&rsquo;ai pas &laquo;&nbsp;vu la lumi&egrave;re&nbsp;&raquo; ou quoi que ce soit du genre.&nbsp; Je ne suis m&ecirc;me pas certain de pouvoir identifier le moment exact o&ugrave; je suis devenu musulman.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Certains sont surpris d&rsquo;apprendre que non, je n&rsquo;&eacute;tais pas &agrave; la recherche de Dieu.&nbsp; Je ne cherchais pas &agrave; donner un sens &agrave; ma vie.&nbsp; Je ne cherchais pas un objectif &agrave; atteindre.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">En fait, je ne cherchais qu&rsquo;un livre.&nbsp; J&rsquo;entrai dans une librairie sans savoir ce que j&rsquo;allais acheter.&nbsp; Cela se passait en 2003 ou 2004.&nbsp; J&rsquo;aime lire et mes int&eacute;r&ecirc;ts personnels me poussent le plus souvent vers les sections &laquo;&nbsp;histoire r&eacute;cente&nbsp;&raquo;, &laquo;&nbsp;philosophie&nbsp;&raquo; et &laquo;&nbsp;sociologie&nbsp;&raquo;.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">C&rsquo;est alors qu&rsquo;un livre &agrave; la couverture verte attira mon attention.&nbsp; Il &eacute;tait intitul&eacute;&nbsp;: &laquo;&nbsp;Islam&nbsp;: values, principles and reality&nbsp;&raquo; (L&rsquo;islam&nbsp;: valeurs, principes et r&eacute;alit&eacute;s). &nbsp;Je le pris dans mes mains, je le feuillerai et je r&eacute;alisai que, bien que je connaissais plusieurs musulmans, je n&rsquo;avais aucune id&eacute;e de ce en quoi ils croyaient.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Par ailleurs, les m&eacute;dias nous parlaient toujours de l&rsquo;islam, qui semblait influencer &agrave; la fois les affaires nationales et &eacute;trang&egrave;res.&nbsp; Je d&eacute;cidai d&rsquo;acheter le livre afin de mieux conna&icirc;tre cette religion.&nbsp; Je me rendis &agrave; la caisse et payai le livre, totalement inconscient du fait que j&rsquo;entamais, &agrave; cette minute m&ecirc;me, une grande aventure qui allait durer quatre ans et demie, jusqu&rsquo;au jour o&ugrave; je prononcerais la shahada (profession de foi islamique).<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Avant que je ne commence &agrave; lire sur l&rsquo;islam, j&rsquo;avais d&eacute;j&agrave;, en t&ecirc;te, quelques pr&eacute;jug&eacute;s sur cette religion. &nbsp;Par exemple, je me demandais comment un musulman pratiquant pouvait s&rsquo;imaginer &ecirc;tre une personne pieuse tout en opprimant r&eacute;guli&egrave;rement sa propre &eacute;pouse.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ou, par exemple, je me demandais &eacute;galement pourquoi les musulmans adoraient un b&acirc;timent cubique, &agrave; la Mecque, alors que les statues et les b&acirc;timents ne poss&egrave;dent aucun pouvoir et ne peuvent donc aider qui que ce soit.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Je ne comprenais pas, non plus, pourquoi les musulmans &eacute;taient si intol&eacute;rants envers les autres religions et &eacute;taient incapables de simplement accepter que tout le monde puisse croire au m&ecirc;me Dieu.&nbsp; C&rsquo;est avec ces id&eacute;es pr&eacute;con&ccedil;ues en t&ecirc;te que j&rsquo;entamai ma lecture.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Apr&egrave;s le premier livre vint un second.&nbsp; Et apr&egrave;s le second, vint un troisi&egrave;me, etc.&nbsp; Quelques ann&eacute;es plus tard, j&rsquo;avais lu pas mal de livres sur l&rsquo;islam et j&rsquo;&eacute;tais tr&egrave;s surpris.&nbsp; Car j&rsquo;avais d&eacute;couvert que presque tout ce que je pensais faire partie de l&rsquo;islam (et auquel je m&rsquo;opposais) &eacute;tait, en fait, combattu par l&rsquo;islam.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Dans mes lectures, j&rsquo;avais d&eacute;couvert, entre autres, que le proph&egrave;te Mohammed (que la paix et les b&eacute;n&eacute;dictions de Dieu soient sur lui) a clairement dit que l&rsquo;on mesure la bont&eacute; et la pi&eacute;t&eacute; d&rsquo;un croyant par sa fa&ccedil;on de traiter son &eacute;pouse.&nbsp; Que les musulmans n&rsquo;adorent pas la Ka&rsquo;bah et qu&rsquo;il leur est formellement interdit d&rsquo;adorer quoi que ce soit en dehors de Dieu.&nbsp; Que la civilisation islamique, dans toute son histoire et &agrave; l&rsquo;exception des quelques derni&egrave;res d&eacute;cennies, &eacute;tait un exemple de tol&eacute;rance religieuse dans le monde.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">La plupart des choses que l&rsquo;islam nous dit de faire ou comment faire, je n&rsquo;avais pas besoin que l&rsquo;on m&rsquo;en convainque, car j&rsquo;&eacute;tais d&eacute;j&agrave; d&rsquo;accord avec plusieurs d&rsquo;entre elles, avant m&ecirc;me de savoir qu&rsquo;elles faisaient partie de l&rsquo;islam.&nbsp; Sur plusieurs sujets, j&rsquo;avais l&rsquo;impression de lire ma propre opinion.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&Agrave; cette &eacute;poque, il y avait tr&egrave;s peu de&nbsp;<em>dawah<\/em>&nbsp;dans le quartier o&ugrave; j&rsquo;habitais.&nbsp; Du moins, pas de&nbsp;<em>dawah<\/em>&nbsp;proactive.&nbsp; Je ne recevais d&rsquo;aide que lorsque j&rsquo;interrogeais les gens autour de moi. &nbsp;Cela n&rsquo;est pas n&eacute;cessairement repr&eacute;sentatif de la fa&ccedil;on dont la&nbsp;<em>dawah<\/em>&nbsp;est organis&eacute;e aux Pays-Bas, je ne parle que de mon exp&eacute;rience personnelle, par rapport aux gens qui m&rsquo;entouraient &agrave; l&rsquo;&eacute;poque.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Alors quand vint le Ramadan suivant, je pris la d&eacute;cision d&rsquo;essayer de je&ucirc;ner &ndash; aucun livre ne vous dira jamais comment on se sent r&eacute;ellement lorsque l&rsquo;on je&ucirc;ne.&nbsp; J&rsquo;allai voir mes coll&egrave;gues de travail musulmans et leur dis que j&rsquo;allais je&ucirc;ner avec eux.&nbsp; J&rsquo;achetai un Coran et trouvai l&rsquo;horaire du je&ucirc;ne sur internet.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Lorsque je parlai aux autres de lire le Coran en entier durant le mois de Ramadan et de je&ucirc;ner certains jours de Shawwal (le mois suivant le Ramadan), certains n&rsquo;en avaient jamais entendu parler et ne l&rsquo;avaient donc jamais fait.&nbsp; J&rsquo;apportai du lait et des dattes, au travail, pour rompre mon je&ucirc;ne et je leur expliquai que c&rsquo;&eacute;tait une sounnah qu&rsquo;il &eacute;tait bon de suivre. &nbsp;Les m&egrave;res et les &eacute;pouses de mes coll&egrave;gues leur cuisinaient des repas qu&rsquo;ils mangeaient sur les lieux de travail, ce qui me permit de d&eacute;couvrir de nouveaux mets.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">J&rsquo;appris beaucoup, durant ce Ramadan, et les autres &eacute;galement.&nbsp; Et nous e&ucirc;mes beaucoup de plaisir.&nbsp; Mon premier A&iuml;d s&rsquo;av&eacute;ra &ecirc;tre un jour de fun&eacute;railles, pour moi, mais pour le reste, ce fut un mois m&eacute;morable.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Apr&egrave;s le Ramadan, je me rendis &agrave; la mosqu&eacute;e pour payer la zakat.&nbsp; Je me dis que donner pour une bonne cause &eacute;tait un acte noble et que le fait de ne pas &ecirc;tre musulman n&rsquo;&eacute;tait pas une raison pour ne pas payer.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">C&rsquo;est alors que je rencontrai le tr&eacute;sorier de la mosqu&eacute;e de ma ville.&nbsp; Il me demanda si j&rsquo;&eacute;tais musulman, ce &agrave; quoi je r&eacute;pondis&nbsp;: &laquo;&nbsp;Non, monsieur, je ne suis pas musulman, mais j&rsquo;ai je&ucirc;n&eacute; tout le mois de Ramadan.&nbsp;&raquo;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Il me dit de ne pas me presser, de prendre mon temps et de ne pas me pr&eacute;cipiter.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Au cours des mois suivants, je continuai &agrave; lire sur l&rsquo;islam.&nbsp; La plupart des livres que je lus &eacute;taient &eacute;crits par des non-musulmans comme Karen Armstrong. &nbsp;Je pris aussi le temps de lire les choses n&eacute;gatives que les gens avaient &agrave; dire sur l&rsquo;islam.&nbsp; Je lus sur le terrorisme religieux, sur le choc des civilisations, etc.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Je trouvais, cependant, que pour toute question ou objection qui me venait &agrave; l&rsquo;esprit, l&rsquo;islam avait une r&eacute;ponse convaincante.&nbsp; Cela ne signifie pas que les musulmans avec lesquels je parlais avaient toujours une r&eacute;ponse convaincante, mais la majeure partie des informations que je retins, sur l&rsquo;islam, provenait de ces livres.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&Agrave; la fin du Ramadan suivant, je retournai &agrave; la mosqu&eacute;e pour payer la zakat et je rencontrai le m&ecirc;me tr&eacute;sorier, qui me reconnut.&nbsp; Il me demanda, &agrave; nouveau, si j&rsquo;&eacute;tais musulman.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Je r&eacute;pondis : &laquo; Non, monsieur, je ne suis pas musulman; mais vous m&rsquo;avez dit de prendre mon temps, n&rsquo;est-ce pas?&nbsp;&raquo;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Il secoua doucement la t&ecirc;te et dit&nbsp;: &laquo;&nbsp;Oui, prenez votre temps&hellip; mais pas trop!&nbsp;&raquo;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">J&rsquo;entamai alors ma derni&egrave;re ann&eacute;e en tant que non-musulman.&nbsp; J&rsquo;avais d&eacute;j&agrave; cess&eacute; de consommer de l&rsquo;alcool. &nbsp;Je cessai alors de fumer.&nbsp; Et je fis mon possible pour m&rsquo;encourager et encourager les autres &agrave; faire le bien, tout comme je m&rsquo;effor&ccedil;ai de rester loin des mauvaises actions et d&rsquo;en &eacute;loigner les autres.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Durant mes vacances, j&rsquo;allai visiter la Turquie et pris la peine d&rsquo;aller voir quelques-unes des plus grandes mosqu&eacute;es. &nbsp;&Agrave; chaque pas que je faisais, chaque jour, je sentais de plus en plus la pr&eacute;sence de Dieu dans ma vie.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Je passai aussi un peu de temps dans la nature et, pour la premi&egrave;re fois, je r&eacute;alisai que j&rsquo;avais devant moi des signes du Cr&eacute;ateur. &nbsp;Je tentai de prier &agrave; quelques reprises &ndash; quelque chose que je n&rsquo;avais jamais fait auparavant &ndash; d&rsquo;une mani&egrave;re qui ressemblait peu &agrave; ma fa&ccedil;on de prier, aujourd&rsquo;hui.&nbsp; Je poursuivis mes lectures et cherchai de plus en plus d&rsquo;informations sur l&rsquo;internet.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Sur Hyves, un populaire site hollandais de r&eacute;seautage social, je fus approch&eacute; par une Hollandaise convertie. &nbsp;Elle me demanda si j&rsquo;&eacute;tais musulman et je lui dis que je ne l&rsquo;&eacute;tais pas encore.&nbsp; Elle me proposa d&rsquo;aller les visiter chez eux, elle et son mari, qui &eacute;tait musulman de naissance (&Eacute;gyptien).<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Lui et moi mange&acirc;mes ensemble et pass&acirc;mes la soir&eacute;e &agrave; discuter et &agrave; parler d&rsquo;islam.&nbsp; &Agrave; ma deuxi&egrave;me visite chez eux, il me montra comment prier (&agrave; ma demande).&nbsp; J&rsquo;essayai de faire de mon mieux, tandis qu&rsquo;il m&rsquo;observait.&nbsp; Lorsque nous pr&icirc;mes une pause, il me demanda&nbsp;:<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp;&laquo;&nbsp;Alors, crois-tu &ecirc;tre pr&ecirc;t, maintenant?&nbsp;&raquo;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp;&laquo;&nbsp;Oui, je crois que je suis pr&ecirc;t&nbsp;&raquo;, que je lui r&eacute;pondis.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Je r&eacute;alisai que j&rsquo;&eacute;tais d&eacute;j&agrave; musulman, en r&eacute;alit&eacute;.&nbsp; Je n&rsquo;avais peut-&ecirc;tre pas fait une&nbsp;<em>shahada<\/em>&nbsp;officielle, devant des musulmans, mais &ccedil;a n&rsquo;avait aucune importance; dans l&rsquo;ann&eacute;e qui avait pr&eacute;c&eacute;d&eacute;, j&rsquo;&eacute;tais devenu musulman, sans l&rsquo;ombre d&rsquo;un doute.&nbsp; Je croyais, tout au fond de moi, qu&rsquo;il n&rsquo;y avait pas d&rsquo;autre Dieu m&eacute;ritant d&rsquo;&ecirc;tre ador&eacute; en dehors d&rsquo;Allah, mon Cr&eacute;ateur.&nbsp; Et je croyais que Mohammed &eacute;tait Son messager, Son dernier messager, et que sa sounnah compl&eacute;tait le Coran.&nbsp; Je voulais je&ucirc;ner, je voulais payer la zakat, je voulais prier et je r&ecirc;vais de faire le Hajj, un jour.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Je fis mon cheminement principalement &agrave; travers les livres, par la th&eacute;orie. &nbsp;Mon choix fut donc un choix rationnel et non &eacute;motionnel.&nbsp; Je comparai avec les autres religions, je m&eacute;ditai longuement.&nbsp; L&rsquo;islam &eacute;tait la r&eacute;ponse &agrave; chaque question.&nbsp; Une ou deux semaines plus tard, l&rsquo;&Eacute;gyptien et moi nous rend&icirc;mes &agrave; la mosqu&eacute;e de sa ville.&nbsp; Il avait d&eacute;j&agrave; parl&eacute; &agrave; l&rsquo;imam, alors ils attendaient mon arriv&eacute;e.&nbsp; Mon p&egrave;re nous accompagna avec sa cam&eacute;ra.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">L&rsquo;imam dit la&nbsp;<em>shahadah<\/em>, devant moi, lentement.&nbsp; Je la r&eacute;p&eacute;tai, petit &agrave; petit.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Tandis que l&rsquo;imam r&eacute;citait un&nbsp;<em>dou&rsquo;a<\/em>&nbsp;(invocation), mon fr&egrave;re &eacute;gyptien traduisit pour moi.&nbsp; Je me sentais comme si je venais de courir des centaines de kilom&egrave;tres et que je venais d&rsquo;atteindre le fil d&rsquo;arriv&eacute;e.&nbsp; Litt&eacute;ralement.&nbsp; Je me sentais &agrave; bout de souffle comme si je venais de courir.&nbsp; Je repris lentement mon souffle et un sentiment de calme et de bonheur descendit sur moi.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">J&rsquo;&eacute;tais devenu Noureddine (le nom qu&rsquo;on m&rsquo;avait donn&eacute;).<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Je me rendis &agrave; la mosqu&eacute;e de ma ville.&nbsp; En entrant, je croisai le tr&eacute;sorier.&nbsp; Il me demanda, &agrave; nouveau, si j&rsquo;&eacute;tais musulman.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp;&laquo;&nbsp;Oui, monsieur, je le suis; et mon nom est Noureddine!&nbsp;&raquo;, que je lui r&eacute;pondis avec un sourire.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&nbsp;&laquo; Alhamdoulillah&nbsp;&raquo;, qu&rsquo;il me dit, en ajoutant aussit&ocirc;t&nbsp;: &laquo;&nbsp;&hellip;enfin!&nbsp;&raquo;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>","excerpt":"","terms":null,"visibility_roles":"","comment_status":1,"comment_count":0,"read_counter":14303,"lft":2848,"rght":2849,"promote":1,"sticky":0,"status":1,"publish_start":null,"publish_end":null,"created_at":"2014-08-25T18:42:00.000000Z","updated_at":"2026-04-04T15:51:22.000000Z","language_id":9,"user_id":7,"author_id":2249,"publisher_id":0,"category_id":10,"parent_id":1533,"author_name":"Wildeman","category_name":"Why I became a Muslim!","category_slug":"Why-I-became-a-Muslim!","get_date":"2014-08-25","pdf_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/fr-Wildeman, Netherlands.pdf","word_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/fr-Wildeman, Netherlands.docx"},{"id":1536,"title":"Wildeman, Niederlande","slug":"wildeman-niederlande","word":"\/uploads\/articles\/de-Wildeman, Netherlands.docx","pdf":"\/uploads\/articles\/de-Wildeman, Netherlands.pdf","mime_type":null,"type":"node","path":"\/nodes\/view\/type:article\/slug:wildeman-niederlande","hint":"","body":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Wildeman, Niederlande<\/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:ANd9GcQfvQ-Zna1d1g5ZYbj-H6KtcgRElfDX1zRY8UdNdJVzg0arBWv8\" 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;\">Normalerweise mache ich das nicht.&nbsp; Das hei&szlig;t, ich nehme mir normalerweise nicht so viel Zeit, irgendjemandem zu erz&auml;hlen, wie ich zum Islam konvertiert bin oder sollte ich sagen, wie ich zum Islam zur&uuml;ck gekehrt bin.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Sieh mal, wenn die Leute heraus finden, dass du Muslim geworden bist, h&ouml;rst du immer und immer wieder dieselben Fragen. &nbsp;Wie haben deine Eltern darauf reagiert?&nbsp; Liebst du eine muslimische Frau?&nbsp; Wirst du in der islamischen Gemeinde als Konvertierter akzeptiert?&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Aber am meisten fragen mich die Leute: Warum bist du zum Islam konvertiert? &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ich fand es schockierend, dass sogar Muslime fragen, warum ich zum Islam konvertiert bin. &nbsp;\"Nun, dies ist die einzig wahre Religion, denkst du daran?\"&nbsp; lautet normalerweise meine Antwort. &nbsp;Ich bin nicht mit meinem Auto in einen Baum gerast und fast gestorben, ich hatte keinen Augenblick, wo ich ein Licht gesehen habe.&nbsp; Ich weiss noch nicht einmal, wann ich genau Muslim geworden bin.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Einige Leute sind &uuml;berrascht, aber ich habe nicht mal nach Gott gesucht. &nbsp;Ich habe nicht nach einem Grund f&uuml;r dieses Leben gesucht.&nbsp; Ich habe nicht nach einem Sinn gesucht.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Tats&auml;chlich habe ich nur nach einem Buch gesucht. &nbsp;Ich ging in einen Buchladen und wusste nicht, was ich kaufen w&uuml;rde.&nbsp; Das muss irgendwann 2003 oder 2004 gewesen sein.&nbsp; Ich lese gerne, mit einem besonderen Interesse f&uuml;r B&uuml;cher, die im Buchladen irgendwo zwischen \"j&uuml;ngere Geschichte\", &bdquo;Philosophie\" und &bdquo;Soziologie\" verkauft werden.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Da sprang mir ein gr&uuml;nes Buch ins Auge.&nbsp; Es hie&szlig;: \"Islam; Values, Principles and Reality\" (Islam, Werte, Prinzipien und Wirklichkeit).&nbsp; Ich hielt es in der Hand, betrachtete es und mir fiel auf, dass ich zwar wenige Muslime kannte, jedoch &uuml;berhaupt keine Vorstellung davon besa&szlig;, woran sie alles glauben.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Zwischenzeitlich ist der Islam &uuml;berall in den Medien und scheint sowohl interne wie auch &auml;u&szlig;ere Angelegenheiten zu beeinflussen. &nbsp;Ich entschied mich, das Buch zu kaufen und zu sehen, was dies f&uuml;r eine Religion ist. &nbsp;Ich ging zur Kasse und kaufte das Buch, in v&ouml;lliger Unkenntnis von der viereinhalb Jahre langen Reise, zu der ich gerade aufgebrochen war, die mich auf direktem Weg zu meiner<em>Schahada<\/em>&nbsp;(dem Glaubensbekenntnis) f&uuml;hren sollte.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Bevor ich begann &uuml;ber den Islam zu lesen, hatte ich bereits einige negative Assoziationen bez&uuml;glich dieser Religion in meinem Kopf.&nbsp; Zum Beispiel fragte ich mich, wie ein praktizierender Muslim je denken konnte, er sei ein guter, frommer Mann, w&auml;hrend er zur gleichen Zeit seine eigene Frau unterdr&uuml;ckt. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Oder beispielsweise fragte ich mich, warum Muslime einen w&uuml;rfelf&ouml;rmigen Stein in Mekka anbeteten, wo doch Statuen oder Bauwerke doch keine Macht besitzen und keinem helfen k&ouml;nnen. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ich konnte nicht verstehen, warum Muslime so intolerant gegen&uuml;ber anderen Religionen waren, anstatt einfach zu sagen, dass alle an denselben Gott glauben. &nbsp;Mit diesen Fragen im Kopf begann ich zu lesen.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Nach dem ersten Buch folgte das zweite. &nbsp;Nachdem zweiten kam ein drittes und so weiter.&nbsp; Nach ein paar Jahren hatte ich so einige B&uuml;cher &uuml;ber den Islam gelesen und war ziemlich &uuml;berrascht.&nbsp; Ich fand heraus, dass fast alles, von dem ich angenommen hatte, es sei Teil des Islam, und das mir missfiel, in Wirklichkeit dem Islam widersprach.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ich fand heraus, dass der Prophet Muhammad, Gottes Segen und Frieden seien auf ihm, gesagt hatte, dass man erkennen kann, wie gut ein Gl&auml;ubiger ist, an der Art wie er seine Frau behandelt.&nbsp; Ich fand heraus, dass Muslime nicht die Kaaba anbeten, sondern sie lehnen es ab, Statuen oder &auml;hnliches anzubeten. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ich fand heraus, dass die islamische Zivilisation in ihrer gesamten Geschichte &ndash; au&szlig;er vielleicht in der letzten Zeit &ndash; das beste Vorbild f&uuml;r religi&ouml;se Toleranz auf der Erdoberfl&auml;che gewesen ist.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ich musste von den meisten Dinge, die der Islam uns befiehlt oder wie man sich verhalten soll,&nbsp; nicht erst &uuml;berzeugt werden, nachdem ich viele Grundregeln gefunden hatte, mit denen ich bereits &uuml;bereinstimmte, bevor ich &uuml;ber den Islam gelernt hatte. &nbsp;Ich las meine eigene Meinung bei vielen Themen, doch die B&uuml;cher sagten immer wieder: \"das ist Islam\".<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">In meiner Umgebung wurde damals nicht viel&nbsp;<em>Dawah<\/em>&nbsp;gemacht.&nbsp; Nun, zumindest nicht pro-aktiv.&nbsp; Die Hilfe, die ich erhielt, war was ich fragte, wenn ich mit Leuten um mich herum sprach. &nbsp;Dies sagt nichts dar&uuml;ber aus, wie Dawah in den Niederlanden organisiert ist, es waren einfach nur wenige Leute um mich, die dabei waren.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Als dann der Ramadhan kam und ich mich entschloss, einen Versuch zu machen &ndash; denn kein Buch kann dir erz&auml;hlen, wie es sich tats&auml;chlich anf&uuml;hlt &ndash; ging ich zu meinen muslimischen Mitarbeitern und sagte ihnen, ich w&uuml;rde mit ihnen fasten.&nbsp; Ich kaufte einen Qur&acute;an und fand einen 30-Tage-Kalender im Internet.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Als ich den anderen davon erz&auml;hlte, den ganzen Qur&acute;an zu lesen und im Schawal [dem Mondmonat nach Ramadan] zu fasten, hatten einige von ihnen noch nie davon geh&ouml;rt oder es selbst getan.&nbsp; Ich brachte Milch und Datteln mit zur Arbeit und erkl&auml;rte ihnen, dass dies eine Sunna ist.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ihre M&uuml;tter oder Frauen kochten Essen, das wir bei der Arbeit a&szlig;en, so lernte ich auch einige neue Gerichte kennen.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ich lernte eine Menge in jenem Ramadhan, ebenso wie auch die anderen. &nbsp;Und wir hatten eine Menge Spa&szlig;.&nbsp; Mein erstes Eid war eher wie eine Beerdigung, aber es war ein gro&szlig;artiger Monat gewesen.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Nach dem Monat Ramadhan ging ich zur Moschee, um Zakat zu zahlen. &nbsp;Ich fand, dass Geld f&uuml;r einen guten Zweck zu geben, das Richtige ist, obwohl es f&uuml;r mich, da ich nicht Muslim war, gar keinen Grund f&uuml;r mich gab, zu zahlen.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Hier traf ich zum ersten Mal den Schatzmeister der Moschee in meiner Heimatstadt.&nbsp; Er fragte mich, ob ich Muslim bin.&nbsp; \"Nein, mein Herr, ich bin kein Muslim,\" war meine Antwort, \"aber ich habe den Monat Ramadan gefastet.\"<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Er sagte mir, ich soll es leicht nehmen, mir Zeit nehmen und mich nie in Dinge st&uuml;rzen.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Als die Monate vergingen, las ich weiter B&uuml;cher &uuml;ber den Islam.&nbsp; Die meisten der B&uuml;cher, die ich las, hatten Nicht-Muslime geschrieben, wie Karen Armstrong. &nbsp;Ich nahm mir auch Zeit, zu lesen, was Leute an negativem &uuml;ber den Islam sagten. &nbsp;Ich las &uuml;ber religi&ouml;s motivierten Terrorismus, &uuml;ber Zusammenst&ouml;&szlig;e zwischen Zivilisationen und so weiter.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Allerdings fand ich f&uuml;r jede Frage, die ich aufwerfen konnte, im Islam eine &uuml;berzeugende Antwort. &nbsp;Dies bedeutet nicht immer, dass die Muslime, mit denen ich sprach, eine &uuml;berzeugende Antwort hatten, sondern die meisten Antworten hatte ich aus diesen B&uuml;chern. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Am Ende des n&auml;chsten Ramadhan ging ich zur&uuml;ck zur Moschee, um Zakah zu zahlen. &nbsp;Wieder traf ich den Schatzmeister und er erkannte mich.&nbsp; Er fragte mich wieder, ob ich Muslim sei.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\"Nein, mein Herr, ich bin kein Muslim,\" war meine Antwort, \"aber sie rieten mir, es leicht zu nehmen, nicht wahr?\"<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Er sch&uuml;ttelte ruhig den Kopf und sagte: \"Ja, nimm es leicht, aber nicht zu leicht!\"<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Nun begann mein letztes Jahr als Nicht-Muslim. &nbsp;Ich hatte bereits damit aufgeh&ouml;rt, Alkohol zu trinken.&nbsp; Ich h&ouml;rte auf, Zigaretten zu rauchen.&nbsp; Ich versuchte mich selbst und andere dazu zu bewegen, Gutes zu tun; ich versuchte mich selbst und andere davon abzubringen, Schlechtes zu tun.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ich fuhr in den Ferien in die T&uuml;rkei und warf einen Blick in einige der gr&ouml;&szlig;ten Moscheen.&nbsp; Mit jedem Schritt, den ich unternahm, mit jedem Tag, der verging, konnte ich die Anwesenheit Gottes in meinem Leben wachsen sp&uuml;ren. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ich ging in die Natur und zum ersten Mal konnte ich vor mir die Zeichen des Sch&ouml;pfers erkennen.&nbsp; Ich versuchte manchmal zu beten &ndash; etwas, das ich nie von mir selbst aus getan hatte &ndash; was offensichtlich nicht viel mit dem gemein hatte, wie ich jetzt bete.&nbsp; &nbsp;Ich las mehr und mehr, aber nun fing ich an, Informationen &uuml;ber den Islam aus dem Internet zu suchen.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Auf Hyves, einer bekannten niederl&auml;ndischen Netzwerk Webseite, sprach mich eine niederl&auml;ndische Konvertierte an.&nbsp; Sie fragte mich, ob ich Muslim sei, und ich antwortete ihr, dass ich noch nicht Muslim sei.&nbsp; Sie bat mich, zu ihrem Haus her&uuml;ber zu kommen und ihren Ehemann zu treffen.&nbsp; Er war seit seiner Geburt Muslim, praktizierend und in &Auml;gypten geboren.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Er und ich a&szlig;en zusammen und redeten den Rest des Abends &uuml;ber den Islam. &nbsp;Beim zweiten Mal, als ich dort war, zeigte er mir die korrekte Art zu beten (auf meine Bitte hin).&nbsp; Ich versuchte es so gut wie m&ouml;glich, und er schaute mir dabei zu.&nbsp; Als wir dann eine kurze Pause machten, stellte er mir die Frage.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\"So, denkst du, dass du bereit bist, dies zu tun?\"<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\"Ja, ich denke, ich bin bereit.\"<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mir wurde klar, dass ich bereits Muslim geworden war.&nbsp; Ich hatte meine Schahada noch nicht ausgesprochen, also war es noch nicht offiziell, doch irgendwann in den vergangenen Jahren war ich ein Muslim geworden.&nbsp; Ich war zu dem Glauben gelangt, dass es keinen Gott gibt, der zurecht angebetet wird, au&szlig;er dem Einen, Wahren Gott, dem Sch&ouml;pfer.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ich war zu dem Glauben gelangt, dass Muhammad Sein Gesandter war, Sein letzter Gesandter, der die Religion vervollst&auml;ndigte. &nbsp;Ich wollte fasten, ich wollte Zakah geben, ich wollte mein Salah machen [Gebet], ich tr&auml;ume jeden Tag davon, Hajj zu machen.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mein Weg verlief durch B&uuml;cher, ich bin von der Theorie gekommen. &nbsp;Es war eine vern&uuml;nftige Wahl, keine emotionale.&nbsp; Ich betrachtete die Informationen, die es gab, verglich sie und dachte dar&uuml;ber nach. &nbsp;Islam war die Antwort auf jede Frage. &nbsp;Eine oder zwei Wochen sp&auml;ter gingen er und ich in die Moschee in seinem Wohnort.&nbsp; Er hatte bereits mit dem Imam gesprochen, daher wussten alle, dass ich kommen w&uuml;rde.&nbsp; Mein Vater kam und brachte eine Kamera.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Der Imam sprach die Schahada St&uuml;ck f&uuml;r St&uuml;ck. &nbsp;Ich sprach ihm nach, St&uuml;ck f&uuml;r St&uuml;ck.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Als der Imam Du&acute;a [Bittgebet] sprach, &uuml;bersetzte mein &auml;gyptischer Bruder f&uuml;r mich auf holl&auml;ndisch.&nbsp; Ich f&uuml;hlte mich, als w&auml;re ich Meilen um Meilen gerannt und h&auml;tte nun die Ziellinie erreicht.&nbsp; Das meine ich w&ouml;rtlich, ich war au&szlig;er Atem, als w&auml;re ich gerannt.&nbsp; Langsam kam ich wieder zu Atem; ich f&uuml;hlte mich ruhig und gl&uuml;cklich.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Pl&ouml;tzlich wurde mir klar, dass ich schlie&szlig;lich Nourdeen geworden war.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ich ging zu der Moschee in meinem Wohnort. &nbsp;Als ich in das Geb&auml;ude eintrat, traf ich den Schatzmeister.&nbsp; Er fragte wieder, ob ich Muslim sei.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\"Ja, mein Herr, das bin ich und mein Name ist Nourdeen!\" sagte ich mit einem L&auml;cheln.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\"Alhamdulillah,\" antwortete er und f&uuml;gte schnell hinzu: \"&hellip;letztendlich!\"<\/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":11703,"lft":2850,"rght":2851,"promote":1,"sticky":0,"status":1,"publish_start":null,"publish_end":null,"created_at":"2014-08-25T18:42:00.000000Z","updated_at":"2026-04-04T13:34:27.000000Z","language_id":7,"user_id":7,"author_id":2249,"publisher_id":0,"category_id":10,"parent_id":1533,"author_name":"Wildeman","category_name":"Why I became a Muslim!","category_slug":"Why-I-became-a-Muslim!","get_date":"2014-08-25","pdf_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/de-Wildeman, Netherlands.pdf","word_asset":"http:\/\/www.islamland.com\/uploads\/articles\/de-Wildeman, Netherlands.docx"},{"id":1537,"title":"Wildeman, Pa\u00edses Baixos","slug":"wildeman-pases-baixos","word":"\/uploads\/articles\/pt-Wildeman, Netherlands.docx","pdf":"\/uploads\/articles\/pt-Wildeman, Netherlands.pdf","mime_type":null,"type":"node","path":"\/nodes\/view\/type:article\/slug:wildeman-pases-baixos","hint":"","body":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>Wildeman, Pa&iacute;ses Baixos<\/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:ANd9GcQfvQ-Zna1d1g5ZYbj-H6KtcgRElfDX1zRY8UdNdJVzg0arBWv8\" 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;\">Geralmente n&atilde;o fa&ccedil;o isso.&nbsp;Ou seja, geralmente n&atilde;o levo muito tempo para contar a algu&eacute;m como me converti ao Isl&atilde;, ou devo dizer, como voltei para o Isl&atilde;.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Sabe, quando as pessoas descobrem que se tornou mu&ccedil;ulmano, fazem sempre as mesmas perguntas. Como seus pais reagiram? Estava apaixonado por uma mu&ccedil;ulmana? Voc&ecirc; &eacute; aceito dentro da comunidade mu&ccedil;ulmana como convertido?<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mas acima de tudo, as pessoas me perguntam: Por que se converteu ao Isl&atilde;?<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Acho chocante que at&eacute; mu&ccedil;ulmanos me perguntem por que me converti ao Isl&atilde;. &ldquo;Bem, essa &eacute; a verdadeira religi&atilde;o, lembra?&rdquo; &eacute; a minha resposta usual. N&atilde;o bati meu carro em uma &aacute;rvore e quase morri, n&atilde;o tive um momento em que vi a luz. Nem sei exatamente me tornei mu&ccedil;ulmano.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Algumas pessoas ficam surpresas, mas eu nem estava procurando Deus. N&atilde;o estava procurando uma raz&atilde;o na vida. N&atilde;o estava procurando um prop&oacute;sito.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Na verdade, estava s&oacute; procurando um livro. Entrei em uma livraria sem saber o que compraria. Deve ter sido nos anos de 2003 ou 2004. Gosto de ler, com interesse especial em livros vendidos nas se&ccedil;&otilde;es de &ldquo;hist&oacute;ria recente&rdquo;, &ldquo;filosofia&rdquo; e &ldquo;sociologia&rdquo;.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Foi l&aacute; que um livro verde chamou minha aten&ccedil;&atilde;o. Era chamado &ldquo;Islam; Values, Principles and Reality&rdquo; (Isl&atilde;: Valores, Princ&iacute;pios e Realidade, em tradu&ccedil;&atilde;o livre). Segurei-o em minha m&atilde;o, olhei e percebi que conhecia alguns mu&ccedil;ulmanos, mas n&atilde;o tinha nenhuma ideia de em que acreditavam.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Entretanto, o Isl&atilde; &eacute; mencionado o tempo todo nas not&iacute;cias e parece influenciar assuntos dom&eacute;sticos e internacionais. Decidi comprar o livro e ver o do que se tratava essa religi&atilde;o. Caminhei at&eacute; o guich&ecirc; e comprei o livro, sem imaginar a jornada de quatro anos e meio na qual tinha acabado de embarcar e que me levaria direto para minha shahada (testemunho de f&eacute;).<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Antes de come&ccedil;ar a ler sobre o Isl&atilde; j&aacute; tinha em mente algumas associa&ccedil;&otilde;es negativas relacionadas a essa religi&atilde;o. Por exemplo, me perguntava como um mu&ccedil;ulmano praticante podia se considerar uma boa pessoa devota ao mesmo tempo em que oprimia sua pr&oacute;pria esposa.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ou, me perguntava por que os mu&ccedil;ulmanos adoravam uma pedra c&uacute;bica em Meca, se est&aacute;tuas ou constru&ccedil;&otilde;es n&atilde;o t&ecirc;m poder e n&atilde;o podem ajudar ningu&eacute;m.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">N&atilde;o podia entender por que mu&ccedil;ulmanos eram t&atilde;o intolerantes com outras religi&otilde;es, ao inv&eacute;s de simplesmente dizer que todos acreditam no mesmo Deus. Com isso em mente, comecei a ler.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Depois do primeiro livro, veio o segundo. Depois do segundo, o terceiro e assim por diante. Ap&oacute;s alguns anos tinha lido alguns livros sobre o Isl&atilde; e estava muito surpreso. Descobri que quase tudo que pensava ser parte do Isl&atilde; e ao qual me opunha, o Isl&atilde; de fato tamb&eacute;m se opunha.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">O profeta Muhammad, que a miseric&oacute;rdia e b&ecirc;n&ccedil;&atilde;os de Deus estejam sobre ele, tinha dito que se pode ver o quanto um crente &eacute; bom pela forma como trata sua esposa.&nbsp;Descobri que os mu&ccedil;ulmanos n&atilde;o adoram a Caaba e que, ao contr&aacute;rio, se op&otilde;em &agrave; adora&ccedil;&atilde;o de est&aacute;tuas ou assemelhados.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Descobri que a civiliza&ccedil;&atilde;o isl&acirc;mica em toda a sua hist&oacute;ria - exceto talvez os per&iacute;odos mais recentes - foi o melhor exemplo de toler&acirc;ncia religiosa na face da terra.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">N&atilde;o tive que ser convencido sobre a maioria das coisas que o Isl&atilde; nos diz para fazer ou como comportar, pois constatei que j&aacute; concordava com muitas regras b&aacute;sicas antes de aprender sobre o Isl&atilde;. Li minha pr&oacute;pria opini&atilde;o sobre muitos assuntos, mas os livros continuavam dizendo &ldquo;isso &eacute; Isl&atilde;&rdquo;.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">N&atilde;o havia muita Dawah sendo feita na minha vizinhan&ccedil;a na &eacute;poca.&nbsp;Bem, n&atilde;o de forma proativa. A ajuda que consegui foi o que perguntei quando conversava com as pessoas ao meu redor. Isso n&atilde;o diz tudo sobre como a dawah &eacute; organizada nos Pa&iacute;ses Baixos. Eu apenas n&atilde;o tinha pessoas ao meu redor que estivessem muito envolvidas nisso.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ent&atilde;o, quando veio o Ramad&atilde; decidi experimentar - nenhum livro pode lhe contar como realmente &eacute; - fui at&eacute; meus colegas de trabalho mu&ccedil;ulmanos e contei que jejuaria com eles. Comprei um Alcor&atilde;o e achei a programa&ccedil;&atilde;o de 30 dias na internet.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Quando disse aos demais sobre ler o Alcor&atilde;o inteiro e jejuar em Shawwal [o m&ecirc;s lunar depois do Ramad&atilde;], alguns deles nunca tinham ouvido falar a respeito ou feito isso. Comprei leite e t&acirc;maras para o trabalho e expliquei que era uma sunnah para ser seguida. Suas m&atilde;es ou esposas cozinhavam as refei&ccedil;&otilde;es que com&iacute;amos no trabalho e, assim, experimentei algumas comidas novas tamb&eacute;m.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Aprendi muito naquele Ramad&atilde; e o mesmo aconteceu com os outros. E nos divertimos muito. Meu primeiro Eid foi um funeral, mas em rela&ccedil;&atilde;o ao resto, foi um m&ecirc;s maravilhoso.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Depois do m&ecirc;s de Ramad&atilde; fui &agrave; mesquita pagar meu zakat. Percebi que dar dinheiro para uma boa causa &eacute; a coisa certa a fazer e, por isso, n&atilde;o ser mu&ccedil;ulmano n&atilde;o era raz&atilde;o para eu n&atilde;o pagar.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Foi aqui que encontrei pela primeira vez o tesoureiro da mesquita em minha cidade. Ele perguntou se eu era mu&ccedil;ulmano. &ldquo;N&atilde;o senhor, n&atilde;o sou mu&ccedil;ulmano&rdquo;, foi minha resposta, &ldquo;mas jejuei o m&ecirc;s de Ramad&atilde;.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ele me disse para ir devagar e n&atilde;o me apressar.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Os meses passaram e continuei lendo livros sobre Isl&atilde;. A maioria dos livros que li eram de n&atilde;o mu&ccedil;ulmanos, como Karen Armstrong. Tamb&eacute;m levei um tempo para ler o que as pessoas diziam de negativo em rela&ccedil;&atilde;o ao Isl&atilde;. Li sobre terrorismo religiosamente motivado, sobre conflitos entre civiliza&ccedil;&otilde;es e assim por diante.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Entretanto, constatei que para cada pergunta que pudesse fazer, o Isl&atilde; tinha uma resposta convincente. Isso n&atilde;o significa que os mu&ccedil;ulmanos com quem falei sempre tivessem uma resposta convincente, mas a maior parte das informa&ccedil;&otilde;es que coletei sobre o Isl&atilde; veio desses livros.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">No final do Ramad&atilde; seguinte, fui &agrave; mesquita pagar meu zakat. Encontrei o tesoureiro novamente e ele me reconheceu. Ele perguntou, novamente, se eu era mu&ccedil;ulmano.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&ldquo;N&atilde;o senhor, n&atilde;o sou mu&ccedil;ulmano&rdquo;, foi minha resposta, &ldquo;mas o senhor me disse para ir devagar, certo?&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ele calmamente balan&ccedil;ou a cabe&ccedil;a e disse: &ldquo;Sim, ir devagar, mas n&atilde;o t&atilde;o devagar!&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Comecei meu &uacute;ltimo ano como n&atilde;o mu&ccedil;ulmano. J&aacute; tinha parado de consumir &aacute;lcool. Parei de fumar. Tentei me estimular e aos demais a fazer o bem, e a me prevenir e aos demais de fazer coisas erradas.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Fui para a Turquia no feriado e visitei o interior de algumas das grandes mesquitas. A cada passo que dava, a cada dia que passava, podia sentir o crescimento da presen&ccedil;a de Deus em minha vida.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Observei a natureza e, pela primeira vez, pude ver que o que estava na minha frente era sinais do Criador. Tentei orar algumas vezes - algo que nunca tinha feito - o que obviamente n&atilde;o se parecia muito com a forma como oro hoje.&nbsp;Continuei lendo, mas agora tamb&eacute;m comecei a obter informa&ccedil;&atilde;o sobre o Isl&atilde; na internet.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Em Hyves, uma rede social holandesa popular, fui abordado por uma convertida holandesa. Ela perguntou se eu era mu&ccedil;ulmano e disse a ela que ainda n&atilde;o era. Pediu que fosse at&eacute; a casa dela e encontrasse seu marido. Ele era mu&ccedil;ulmano de nascimento, praticante, nascido no Egito.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ele e eu jantamos juntos e ent&atilde;o conversamos o resto da noite sobre Isl&atilde;. Na segunda vez que fui l&aacute; ele me mostrou a forma correta de orar (a meu pedido). Tentei fazer o melhor que pude enquanto ele me observava tentar. Quando demos um pequeno intervalo, ele me fez uma pergunta.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&ldquo;Ent&atilde;o, voc&ecirc; acha que est&aacute; pronto para fazer isso?&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&ldquo;Sim, acho que estou pronto.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Percebi que j&aacute; tinha me tornado mu&ccedil;ulmano. N&atilde;o tinha feito minha shahada ainda e n&atilde;o era oficial, mas em algum momento nos anos anteriores tinha me tornado mu&ccedil;ulmano. Tinha passado a acreditar que n&atilde;o h&aacute; divindade a ser adora al&eacute;m do verdadeiro e &uacute;nico Deus, o Criador.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Que Muhammad era Seu mensageiro, o mensageiro final, que tinha participado na conclus&atilde;o da religi&atilde;o.&nbsp;Queria jejuar, pagar zakat, fazer meu salah (ora&ccedil;&otilde;es) e ainda sonho com o hajj todos os dias.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Meu caminho foi atrav&eacute;s de livros, vim atrav&eacute;s da teoria. Foi uma escolha racional, n&atilde;o emocional. Olhei para a informa&ccedil;&atilde;o que estava l&aacute;, comparei e contemplei. O Isl&atilde; era a resposta para todas as perguntas. Uma ou duas semanas depois, eu e ele fomos para a mesquita em sua cidade. Ele j&aacute; tinha falado com o imame e eles sabiam que eu estava indo. Meu pai foi junto e levou uma c&acirc;mera.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">O imame disse a shahada, aos poucos. Repeti, aos poucos.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Enquanto o imame recitava uma duaa [s&uacute;plica], meu irm&atilde;o eg&iacute;pcio a traduzia para holand&ecirc;s para mim.&nbsp;Senti como se tivesse corrido muitos quil&ocirc;metros e alcan&ccedil;ado agora a linha de chegada. Digo literalmente. Estava sem f&ocirc;lego, como se tivesse estado correndo. Lentamente recuperei meu f&ocirc;lego, me senti calmo e feliz.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">De repente percebi, finalmente, que tinha me tornado Nourdeen.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"w-body-text-1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Fui &agrave; mesquita em minha cidade. Quando entrei no pr&eacute;dio, encontrei o tesoureiro. 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