Congratulations on finding your spiritual path! If you don’t mind me asking, what drew you to revert to Islam? I hope that doesn’t sound rude, I’m genuinely curious. You don’t have to answer if it’s too personal though! 💗
Not too personal at all, I’d love to answer! I was first drawn by the hijab and modest dress as I was already starting to cover my hair for spiritual purposes. But when I started coming across different ppl’s revert stories on tiktok and YouTube I quickly became obsessed. Growing up in the Bible Belt, I never knoew much about Islam but most of what I had heard was pretty negative, we always hear about it being very oppressive to women so I was curious why I saw so many women talking about how they reverted. Then I downloaded a pdf of the Quran and started to read it and while I obviously haven’t finished it, I really love how it has answers it many questions about life such as how to treat ppl of other faiths, women’s rights during marriage and divorce, and of course what awaits us after death. I learned that Islam is way more feminist than I had ever thought and I’ve found freedom in dressing modestly. What really was the final nail in the coffin fit me was when I was reading A Brief Illustrated Guide to Understanding Islam and in the first chapter it details seven scientific truths that were written about in the Quran. Statements that prophet Muhammad(pbuh)would have no way of knowing that were proven as true by scientists much later, such as how the fetus looks while it’s developing in the womb, the purpose of the cerebrum of the brain, how mountains form and a few other things about nature/the planet. I’m someone who has always loved science and those truths basically were the last thing I needed to convince me to revert. I still have much to learn but it’s already the most beautiful faith to me ans I’m so happy. Of course I’m always going to be completely respectful of other ppl’s beliefs and the pagan community as I’ve met so many wonderful ppl in pagan circles that I think very highly of. There’s quite a bit more to me reverting but I don’t want to write you a whole novel so I hope this answers your question!