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I remember being a very young toddler and being in church. I remember being taught verses from the Bible, and knowing that it was the verses that I needed to remember, not the Bible as a whole. When I became conscious of my existence on this earth, I remember praying to God alone. I prayed to God alone at all times until I was around 9 years old. When I was 9, I recall being told that God doesn't answer or even hear prayers that are not ended in the name of Jesus(as). For this reason, wanting to be correct in my supplications to God, I ended all prayers in the name of Jesus(as).

Sister Um Ali

when i was 7 my cousin married a man from Saudi Arabia. He was muslim. My Christian family was not very practicing so i became very interested in the things he did and he answered many questions that i had. he went back to Saudi Arabia when i was 9. at age 10 my parents divorced and i went to live with my grandparents and started attending church regularly.

Sister J.L. Ahen

I was born in the Midwestern America to an upper middle class family. My mom was catholic, my dad Christian, although he didn't go to church. His family was Baptist. I went to a number of different churches / denominations growing up. Since I was 5, I can remember being confused about the concept of the trinity, and the fact that all you had to do was accept Jesus as your saviour seemed too easy. I couldn't understand how God could have a son, and sacrifice him for others' sins. This didn't effect my belief in God, I never denied his existence, rather, just didn't know how to reach him. I went through subsequent periods of being 'religious' (blindly accepting faith) and rebelling / questioning.

Brother Ali alMahdi

My real name is Greg Sowden. I converted to Islam from the Roman Catholic church on December 15, 2001 (Ramadan 29, 1422). I have chosen the Muslim name Ali Husayn al-Mahdi. I'm 19 years old. My birthday is July 26, 1985. I would like to become a high school history teacher. I would also like to study Islam one day at the Hawzah in Qom. I want to travel as well.

Brother Yahya Dhulfiqar Abdus-Salaam

Asalaamu Alaikum W/r W/b,

My name is Brother Yahya Abdus-Salaam, I am a 17 year old revert to Islam who has chosen to personally submit to the Jafar'i Madhab of Islam.

I grew up as the youngest of two boys raised by my single parent Filipina Mother, I was given a very strong and well disciplined upbringing by her and she also raised both me and my brother to have the foundations of faith in our hearts. Being a Filipina from the capital city of Manila, she was of the Roman Catholic denomination of Christianity (he ancestors were taken from Islam into Christianity by the Sword of the Spanish Inquisitors) and so I too was raised as a Roman Catholic. Unfortunately from the age of 9-13, I stopped attending any religious gatherings what so ever, but I always remained interested in all aspects of theology, I read of Hindu, Ancient Egyptian and Buddhist legends as a child and the more I read, the more I became interested.

The Ex-Sunni Scholar Sheikh Hassan Shehatah

The Allamah Shekh Hassan Shehate was born in Egypt 1946 in a family flowing the shafiyy doctrine , he rise in religious environment , he started acquiring the Religious knowledge at a very young age , his father sent him to Quran class & he was four years old , he memorized Quran by heart with tartil (reading correctly with tajwid rules) when he was five years & six month’s old , then he joined Alazhar & studied many field’s of knowledge , he majored in Shafiyy fiqh & Science of the holy Quran , he earned Master’s degree in Science of Explanation of the Quran , He is also an authority in the Fiqh and Usul of the other three doctrine’s : Malikiyy, Hanafiyy & Hanbaliyy.

Sheikh Ahmed Amin al-Antaki; Ex-Sunni

Sheikh Ahmed al-Antaki’s birth and upbringing

The full name of Sheikh al-Antaki is Ahmed son of Yousif son of Ali son of Qanbar al-Haza. Sheikh al-Antaki was born in a village called ‘Ensow’ on the outskirts of Antakia. The village of Ensow comprises of two words, one of the words being in Arabic and the other in Turkish, the literal meaning of Ensow means eye of water, this name was given to it due to its watery riches and resources.

Abdullah Ahmed Al-Osayri; Ex-Salafi... Now Shia!

Abdullah Ahmed Al-Osayri was born in the city of Mahaweet in Yemen in the year 1977. With respect to his academic studies, he was a medical student, however with respect to his religious studies; he attended lessons for Wahabis/Salafis in one of the institutions in his area for a period of three years as well as taking part in the propagation of Wahabism/Salafism for a period of one year.

The Beginning

Abdullah talks about the events which led to his guidance. ‘In the beginning I took a decision to live according to the laws of God, and to strive with respect to Islamic principles because it is the best way to live in this life and the hereafter. I had nothing but Islam, but in the Wahabi way. When I attended the lessons I was told to ridicule my intellect for according to them intellect leads man astray and so I believed them for three years learning from them and preaching for them. So brother Abdullah was misguided by the Wahabi ideology that does not permit one to use his intellect to think.

Me, my father and our conversion story

Since the age of 20, my father has been studying comparative religions such as Christianity, Buddhism and Hinduism. Due to this, he had an extensive collection of various books from different faiths. I was shocked that my father kept a bible in our house, since it was a taboo for Muslim families to have a bible in their household then in Singapore. His readings about Islam led him into being a staunch Wahhabi. He was attracted to their motto of having the “Quran and Sunnah” as their sole source of guidance. Which true Muslim would oppose the Qur’an and Sunnah?

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