01-03-2005, 05:04 PM
Assalamu aleikum,
I think sister Shaunee, if one does not THINK about what Islams says, one cannot comprehend it. So I think you are doing just fine. As a new revert one goes through different stages, in the islamic maturation, one has to, just as brother Anya says, LOOK for oneself. People can advise you what to do and where to look for it or what to read, but you got to with your own mind and heart, to SEE its meaning. Otherwise you cannot understand it. And when understanding then you see the wisdom in it. It is a process and it takes time. So there will arise questions from ones past, that has to be clarified and understood by looking into what Islam says about the matter. Then it will make sense.
For people taking badly of Islam, if you are visiting a web-site, don't bother with trying to teach these kind of people what Islam is, it is a waste of time, and makes you feel insufficient. There shall be a hadith that says that if you are in the company with people that drink for example you shall leave them, sorry don't remember exactly now, otherwise you will be like them. I think maybe visiting such websites that only throw dirt and so forth onto Islam and Muslims can be interpreted the same. Just leave them, and let them wonder round by themselves. The only one that can guide them will anyway be Allah, SWT and no one else.
May Allah, SWT continue to always lead us to His Path. The only Path that makes sense in this world.
Wasalam