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My Path to Islam (Australian)
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By Sr. Jill Forrest
My childhood consisted of school, Bible class and a group of Christian friends. It never occurred to me that my parents chosen religion might be in error. I was extremely proud of my faith and stood up for it on a number of occasions. When I became a teenager the focus at Bible Class had changed, many of the teens were no longer searching for God but seemed to seek approval from each other as a priority. They wanted to show off their talents of singing and dancing. Your faith in God didn’t seem to matter as much as to whether or not you were talented. I kept going but by the time I left school I was disillusioned. This was when I saw my first documentary on Islam. I was amazed by the fact that Muslims put so much importance on God and placed him first throughout all parts of their life. Of course this is how Christians suppose to be like but I seldom saw this. The fact that Muslims stopped five times a day to worship God truly impressed me.
I finished school and enjoyed the freedom of adulthood. I didn’t feel at home anymore at Church and I slipped into the life of drinking, boys and mucking about. At least these people seemed to like me for who I was and I felt comfortable with them. But I didn’t feel comfortable with myself, this wasn’t the true me. At this time I met my husband. Years later I realised that I was truly empty. Even though I had returned to Church after my marriage to my husband I felt no presence of God in my life. I decided to search for God. I got out every book on religion from the library. I studied them all. Judaism, I could never understand their rejection of Jesus. They didn’t even see him as a prophet. I always saw them as blinded to the truth. At that time Islam really seemed to have the answers, but I brushed it aside as I thought that my doubts in Christianity were just a lack of faith.
I felt that the original Church might hold the answers. I became a Catholic. Through the Church I received help to learn about Church history and it doctrines. I was shocked to find that the Bible was put together more than 300 years after Christ. I also found out that they voted on whether of not that Jesus was divine. People made these decisions. People are imperfect, what if they were wrong. I was horrified. Why didn’t they tell me these things in Bible Class at the Baptist Church? I tried to carry on with following Christianity but I held great doubts. I shoved them to the back of my mind and told myself, you have to have more faith.
I was totally shocked by the attacks on September 11th and I was further shocked to read some truly negative comments from Australians on Islam. From my past study I realised they had drawn their opinions from those portrayed by the media and they were in error. I was determined to learn more about Islam. I prayed and read as much as possible. Thanks to the help of Muslims who sent me videos and booklets and answered all my questions I realised that Islam was a way of life and the full submission to the one and only God truly made so much sense. I attended an Islamic class for woman. There was no pressure and the women were so friendly and kind. I learnt about Islam and it was so logical to me but I still had a few doubts. Mainly due to the fact that although I believed the Qur’an to be miraculous, I was concerned to whether it came from the devil to deceive mankind. I then read the following article.
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