*Amazed By Muslim Women's Dress*
An American Female Finds Islam
*By Latasha*
Monday Sept. 14, 2009
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I am an American who grew up in a strict religious Christian family. By the
time I was 16 I became very devout and religious myself. The church was like
a home away from home. I enjoyed it thoroughly.
I had read and studied the Bible on a regular basis. All the while I was
noticing many errors in the Bible. Many conflicting stories. So I would ask
my grandmother or the pastor of the church about it, but would never get a
solid answer.
I was told to just brush it off and not worry about these little details
that weren't adding up. So for a time I did.
Later on in my early 20s I was appointed as Youth Pastor at my local church.
It was during this time that my biblical studies had become intense. The
more I studied, the more questions I had.
Due to the lack of answers I was not getting from the church, I decided to
enroll into Bible College. "For sure I would find my answers there," I often
thought to myself. Again, no such luck.
Nothing could ease my mind and so I decided to step down from "Youth
Pastor". I felt I could no longer lead the youth since I was confused and
doubting things myself. I was the one in need of a leader. My heart was
crying out to find some peace in all this confusion.
One night I turned on the TV and happened to flip straight to CNN. They were
reporting straight from Iraq. Then, there in the background I saw the most
beautiful woman I had ever seen.
*These hijabis and niqabis were my newly-found role models, though it had
not occurred to me to investigate the beliefs of Islam yet.*
She was adorned only in black from head to toe. She was so modest, and to me
that made her so beautiful. I knew that she was a Muslim but I didn't know
what the religious beliefs of Muslims were.
I was more caught up in her clothing attire. It sparked my interest more
than anything. My heart immediately desired to be like her. Pious and
modest. So this is where my search began.
I immediately got online and searched "Muslim Woman Dress" & "Muslim Woman
Face Veil". This is when I came across the words "*Hijab*" and
"*Niqab*". Wikipedia
also referred to the women who wore it as Hijabis or Niqabis.
These hijabis and niqabis were my newly-found role models. So I immediately
changed all my online nicknames to "hijabi" or "niqabi". It had not occurred
to me to investigate the beliefs of Islam yet. But it was soon to come….
One afternoon my neighborhood was having a community cookout. I was setting
next to my closest neighbor and we somehow got on the subject of religion.
He said "You know us Christians will probably be in trouble when we stand
before God?"
I just nodded in agreement but not really sure where he was going with this.
He said, "Yeah, you know those Muslims pray 5 times a day faithfully and we
Christians can barely make time to pray once a day."
*More curiosity sparked!*
I immediately excused myself and ran back to my home. I opened the Computer
and began searching the Internet about Muslim beliefs. I was amazed at their
beliefs as it seemed to fit in line with mine.
But I wanted to be sure there were no surprises hidden in their beliefs; you
know nothing that was going to throw me for a loop if I choose to convert.
The following weeks I drove to the closest mosque, which happened to be 50
miles away, requesting information. I searched the Internet into the wee
hours of the morning reading all about Islam.
After a couple of months of researching and reading, I decided that I want
to convert. I drove back to the mosque and took the Shahadah! A peace
entered my heart and soul like never before. *Subhanallah*!
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*Other Links:*
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- Nicole Queen: Converts after seeing Youtube videos on Islam
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- NBC NEWS: 20000 Americans Convert To ISLAM Each
Year!<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PS2creVhaM>
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