Revert Journey
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The social worker Who Found Allah in Birmingham
Everyone in my spiritual but not religious community thought I'd lost my mind. I'd never been more sane.
Revert journeys. Identity struggles. Faith found, lost, and found again. Unfiltered voices from your brothers and sisters across the world.
In Egypt, a divorced woman is a tragedy. I decided to be a plot twist instead.
Everyone in my spiritual but not religious community thought I'd lost my mind. I'd never been more sane.
Everyone in my catholic community thought I'd lost my mind. I'd never been more sane.
In USA, everyone assumed I was born Muslim. Actually, I found Islam at 35.
People keep asking me to choose between my culture and my faith. I refuse.
It wasn't logic that pulled me away. It was loss. And it wasn't theology that brought me back. It was community.
Our first year nearly ended because of household chores. What saved us was an imam who understood listening instead of lecturing.
They said wearing hijab would hold me back in politics. I wore it anyway. They took me seriously regardless.
Our first year nearly ended because of whose family to visit for Eid. What saved us was an imam who understood marriage counselling.
Fasting while caring for patients in Algiers tested everything I thought I knew about faith.
I earned $450K a year in interest-based finance. Walking away was the easiest spiritual decision of my life.
It wasn't logic that pulled me away. It was anger. And it wasn't theology that brought me back. It was community.
I've answered 'aren't you hot in that?' approximately four hundred times. Here's my actual answer.