I started living my life as a Shahadah, trying to submit, trying to practice Muslimah on march 13 2009.

I'm in, in any way I can help let me know InshaAllah.

My shahadah day and other info is on my blog.

May Allah bless you sister. I had a tough time with my family at the beginning too, very tense and horrible and they were not even willing to discuss it, especially my sister.

The tipping point for me was when everyone in the house was so enraged and angry it reached boiling point (which i pray you never have to go through). I usually just took it all and absorbed it inwardly and I never met them with the same force but on this occasion I became very forceful indeed and ordered them to remain silent and to listen for once. I am not suggesting that you should do the same but what followed:

Remarkably, they did, and they listened and i began to explain to them what Islam actually means and after 15 mins they accepted that my decision was a sound one, at least for me. It was a very emotional speech but heartfelt and sincere but once I explained everything they were amazed and were very surprised because they had a very different view of Islam.

I pray that you don’t have to experience that heat but what worked was a sincere request for them to listen, without interruption and then to speak to them about Islam in soft tones.

A brother gave me some advice before this event occurred and that was to be at my mother’s service, be kind to her, and do as she asks, speak to her with respect and gently and at night make du’a for her and ask Allah to soften her heart. You know, it worked.

This brother (a convert too) said that sometimes he would massage his mothers feet for her, without being asked. That action of his was very out of character considering his pre Islam days but it softened her heart so much as to create a really tight bond, tighter than before and filled with more love and respect then before. She is now considering converting herself to Islam Alhamdulillah.

May Allah make things easy for you

wa salam

Hamza

Many thanks for your comment and offer to help, much apreciated, May Allah reward you. Inshallah we will be contacting everyone shortly to ask a few questions and we are working on a wiki so everyone can add details too.

Alhamdulillah, I too attempt to tread the path of tasawwuf (Chishti – sabriyya) here in the UK, I'm not too sure about the tariqas in the United States but will try to find out for you inshallah and let you know

wa salam

Many thanks for your comment and offer to help, much apreciated, May Allah reward you. Inshallah we will be contacting everyone shortly to ask a few questions and we are working on a wiki so everyone can add details too.

Alhamdulillah, I too attempt to tread the path of tasawwuf (Chishti – sabriyya) here in the UK, I'm not too sure about the tariqas in the United States but will try to find out for you inshallah and let you know

wa salam

great blog btw
jazakaAllah khairan

I have been a Muslim convert for about 10 years and do encounter many struggles with Muslims in everyday life. When I embraced to Islam I felt it was the best thing that happened to me as it gave me hope and taught me patience. I have since been married to another Muslim convert and we both face a day to day challenge with the Muslim community in the Aston Area of Birmingham by Saddam Hussain Mosque.

After I embraced Islam I approached the Birmingham Central Mosque for help in getting married but the it seemed that the brothers weren't too interested in helping,
even when I had submitted the marriage application form. By the grace of Allah I found my wife, a Muslim convert abroad.

My parents are always against me being a Muslim and living in Aston I can really understand why. Everyday we witness Muslims between the ages of 14 to 30 loitering, & sitting on the walls of our house, smoking the stuff they shouldn't be smoking, drinking Alcohol, and taking up parking spaces by running a car business repairing damaged cars on the public road, while looking very intimidating towards people.

When an incident /accident occurs I have witnessed our Muslims brothers gathering together providing up false testimonies, and giving false witnesses which we all know is prohibited in Islam.

It's such a shame that if people were to see the behaviours of Muslims I believe they would never accept Islam (which teaches righteousness), unless Allah 's miracle decides to guide whom he pleases. These are only a few examples my family and I face in our day to day life.