03-21-2003, 05:04 AM
Al Salamu Alykum to all,
Brother Ali, i was a muslim at birth, as we all were, Alhamdulillah. Then growing up, i was lucky enough to have a religious muslim mother, yet at the age of 13, i took the wrong path, moving and being influenced by the western culture. It stayed that way for many years, untill last year infact. Before that, Islam was not part of my exterior life in anyway. Yet, it burned , deep inside me, it called for me and i ran as far away as possible, only to suffer greatly. Alhamdulillah, Allah (S.W.T) Hadani last summer, where an inccident happened where i saw the truth of the western culture at a very magnified rate. It was then that i turned to Salah, and from Salah, ALhamdulillah, everything else in Allah's (S.W.T) glorious religion unfolds itself day by day. Alhamdulillah wa La Illaha Il Allah wa Muhammed Abduhu wa Rasulo.
I know this question is probably for people who have converted but i thought it would be nice to start it off.
Salamu Alykum.