peanutbutter63
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I made shahada in the local Turkish mosque over 2 years ago. There were warm welcomes and congratulations everywhere within the mosque community (not realizing back then that I was within a very strong SALAFI community, and which was to my detriment and regrets later). It didn't take long to dawn on me that I was not to....
-think for myself, and the mullahs had a full say in how I lead and live my life
-learn from anywhere, but from the mosque and the imam himself
-do, say, or think anything that was even A TINY BIT different to everybody else..not only with religion but also life itself
...in fact, it just became ridiculous in the end. I no longer go to the mosque. I've lost count of how many times I've left Islam...only to come back again...but each time I came back, the distance (in day-to-day affairs) between myself and born-Muslims just got wider and further each time, and this experience is apparently not unique to me as a convert to Islam. Many other converts have gone through similar, as indicated by the link below...
http://muslimobserver.com/the-problem-with-becoming-a-muslim/
-think for myself, and the mullahs had a full say in how I lead and live my life
-learn from anywhere, but from the mosque and the imam himself
-do, say, or think anything that was even A TINY BIT different to everybody else..not only with religion but also life itself
...in fact, it just became ridiculous in the end. I no longer go to the mosque. I've lost count of how many times I've left Islam...only to come back again...but each time I came back, the distance (in day-to-day affairs) between myself and born-Muslims just got wider and further each time, and this experience is apparently not unique to me as a convert to Islam. Many other converts have gone through similar, as indicated by the link below...
http://muslimobserver.com/the-problem-with-becoming-a-muslim/