Hello everyone

Muslimwoman · 04-05-2007, 03:31 AM

Salaam Alyekum (Peace be upon you)

I am new to the site, I joined this site because I was looking for somewhere to discuss faith, both my own and that of others. I am Muslim convert but I believe in coexistence between all faiths.

If you have any questions about my life after converting to Islam please feel free to ask me, I will answer any question honestly and to the best of my knowledge/ability.

Salaams

InLove · 04-05-2007, 04:34 AM

Welcome to CR, Muslimwoman

InPeace,
InLove

lunamoth · 04-05-2007, 04:40 AM

Welcome! Looking forward to reading your posts.

luna

wil · 04-05-2007, 01:45 PM

Namaste and Salaam Alyekum

Glad you found us....looking forward to more.

You converted from? and to which sect?

17th Angel · 04-05-2007, 01:53 PM

Greetings...

Go with christ brah!

Prober · 04-05-2007, 03:03 PM

Warm greetings, M!

Welcome to CR. Many good discussions are ahead.

Regards,
Mark

flowperson · 04-05-2007, 05:56 PM

Salaam Alyekum Muslimwoman:

I'm looking forward to being with you here at CR...welcome!

Where do you live in Egypt ? I'd be interested in knowing about your life and hopes.

flow....

Muslimwoman · 04-06-2007, 03:51 AM

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Originally Posted by wil

Namaste and Salaam Alyekum

Glad you found us....looking forward to more.

You converted from? and to which sect?

wa aleykum salaam

Thanks to everyone for their warm welcomes.

I converted from non-practicing christian. I did not choose a sect or school to follow, I follow the Quran first and foremost. My beliefs are most in line with Sunni teachings (no particular school).

Muslimwoman · 04-06-2007, 04:00 AM

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Originally Posted by flowperson

Salaam Alyekum Muslimwoman:

I'm looking forward to being with you here at CR...welcome!

Where do you live in Egypt ? I'd be interested in knowing about your life and hopes.

flow....

wa aleykum salaam flowperson

Thankyou for welcoming me.

I live in a town called Sheben el kom, it is in the Nile Delta region, between Cairo and Alexandria. It is quite a small town, with an economy based largely on farming. Sheben is the home town of the former President Sadat and the current President Mobarak. We grow food and Presidents

Where are you in the USA?

I am not sure what you want to know about my life here, can you ask specific questions for me to answer or I may bore you to death. Also what hopes are you talking aout, for my life or from joining a forum?

I hope you will reply soon.

wil · 04-06-2007, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Muslimwoman

wa aleykum salaam

Thanks to everyone for their warm welcomes.

I converted from non-practicing christian. I did not choose a sect or school to follow, I follow the Quran first and foremost. My beliefs are most in line with Sunni teachings (no particular school).

Pardon me for prying, are you a native Egyptian? Your grammar and punctuation is better than mine!

Your conversion, may I ask what precipitated it and how your family takes it? I know another muslimwoman, she is in South Africa, raised Christian and converted to Islam as her boyfriend was Muslim, they are now married. Her family had issues at first...hopefully they are reduced by time and love...

Pathless · 04-06-2007, 05:50 PM

Welcome and Salaam.

Muslimwoman · 04-07-2007, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by wil

Pardon me for prying, are you a native Egyptian? Your grammar and punctuation is better than mine!

Your conversion, may I ask what precipitated it and how your family takes it? I know another muslimwoman, she is in South Africa, raised Christian and converted to Islam as her boyfriend was Muslim, they are now married. Her family had issues at first...hopefully they are reduced by time and love...

How can you pry when I said ask any questions you like?

No I am not native Egyptian, I just fell in love with the country when I was a child reading books and also became intersted in Islam as a child studying comparative religions. So when I decided to convert to Islam as an adult it seemed the obvious place to go to live. I lived there a while before I married an Egyptian and moved to the Nile Delta region.

My families reaction? Firstly you need to understand that I am not a youngster anymore, I am middle aged and jolly pleased about it.

My mother is agnostic and my father athiest (as a child I was a very active Christian, much to my parents mirth). My father was quite understanding, he was worried about who I study with in order not to get "sucked in by the radicals" and I think in a way he was rather pleased by the new found modesty in me. My mother on the other hand went nuts, she tried to talk me out of it, lectured me nonstop, cried, etc. I understand why any parent would be concerned about such a decision, in the west it is tantamount to joining a cult, they have visions of me being beaten by a polygamist husband or stoned in the street. The more I explain the realities of Islam and the Quran, the more accepting they become.

The misconceptions of Islam are really quite astounding (and I accept that a small but loud percentage of Muslims contribute considerably to this). However when I first went to the 'outback' of Egypt people kept asking me what it is like to have sex with animals!!!

They were told in newspapers, on tv and in general gossip that this is a normal practice for western women and they believed it. So misconceptions go both ways. That is why I believe in coexistence, it is time we all talk and break down some of the silly misconceived barriers between us all.

Muslimwoman · 04-07-2007, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by wil

Pardon me for prying, are you a native Egyptian? Your grammar and punctuation is better than mine!

Your conversion, may I ask what precipitated it and how your family takes it? I know another muslimwoman, she is in South Africa, raised Christian and converted to Islam as her boyfriend was Muslim, they are now married. Her family had issues at first...hopefully they are reduced by time and love...

No idea why my posts don't show sometimes, sorry if you get 2 replies.

How can you pry, I said ask any questions?

No I am not native Egyptian, half German & half English. As a child I studied ancient Egypt and fell in love with the country, I also got interested in Islam during my school years studying comparative religion. So as an adult I decided to convert to Islam and moving to Egypt seemed the right thing to do.

As for my families reaction, it was no great surprise to them (as I am middle aged my parents tend to accept my decisions). They had the usual misconceptions about Islam (oppressed, beaten wives of polygamous husbands or terrorists or ranting loonies cursing non Muslims) but the more I explain the realities of the Quran and life as a Muslim the more they accept. I think they are actually rather pleased with my new found modesty.

When I first went to the 'outback' of Egypt people kept asking me what it was like to have sex with animals!!!

They had learned from newspapers, tv and general gossip that this is what women in the west do. So it just goes to show you that misconceptions go both ways. I do accept that a small percentage of each religion behave in such a way that encourages these misconceptions but I hope we can agree that this is just 'people' and not the religion itself. That is why I believe in coexistence and hope, insha'Alla, that people will learn to communicate so that we can do away with misconceptions and start to really understand each other.

Salaam

Muslimwoman · 04-07-2007, 02:46 PM

Have posted 2 replies but it keeps saying a moderator has to approve it so hopefully the answers to your questions will turn up soon.

I, Brian · 04-08-2007, 06:14 PM

Sorry about that - posts contained sexual words are automatically sent to a moderation queue, in order to combat porn spam from being posted here.