Well, a few days ago I met a girl. Her name is Johanna Walker and she is from West Virgina , USA. Talking with her, I came to know that recently she has converted to Islam from Christianity. She told me her story that how she found the truth. It was really nice. I thought , why not put this on my blog and let people know? She didn't have any problem publishing her story for seeking truth here. So I am gonna copy paste her words exactly here. Starts from below ;
All my family is Christian, expect for me, my sister, and mother. They all converted with me..
I was raised in a Christian family, I went to church from the time I was a very young child. I didn't understand much of it, I was just told that you'll go to hell if you didn't pray and go to church.. That scared me so much, so I was a Christian out of fear. My family always got on to me for liking certain movies, music, etc. they hardly gave me any freedom. When I got a little older, maybe around 8-9, I decided to leave Christianity, my family lost their minds.. I went though so many religions. Even pagan ones! For so long I was lost and confused. I tried so many things but none of them felt right...
For a long time, I didn't have a religion. I just didn't care at that point, i was lost. I stopped looking for religions around age 10-11. My family knew I wasn't Christian at that time, I guess they just lost hope in me.
I've always loved middle eastern culture, I heard about Islam years before I converted. I didn't know much about it, I just knew it was widely practiced in the Middle East. My family, as I said before, was anti Islam and thought Muslims were terrorists. I knew that wasn't true and I stood up for Muslims.
Then last year, I learned about the Palestinian struggle. I looked more into Islam and started to talk to Muslims living in Palestine. They told me about their beautiful religion and I loved it. I started to read more about Islam, and the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh.) i knew I wanted to convert then, but I kept it a secret from my mother. She is now Muslim.. She wasn't anti Islam at all, I just thought she would think it was a phase.
Months after knowing what I wanted to do, I told my mother, and she was very happy for me. My friends in Gaza helped me understand Islam, they helped me see the truth. My sister, who is Muslim too, told our Christian grandmother what we did. Thank Allah she was so accepting. I was so afraid she was going to be upset, but she wasn't..
I finally convert
