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| Families against you because u r Muslim |
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| haadiya |
| 07/10/02 at 19:18:44 |
| I have a daughter who is a Chritian Minister (????). She called me after two years to asked me why I became a Muslim. I was more interested in her asking how am I doing? Do you need anything? Not this question. She told me in her own understanding that I have strayed away from JESUS and she does not want to see me go to HELL. That ISLAM is a CULT (which i know is not) and much more. I allowed her to vent because I really needed to hear her voice after two years of not hearing from her. As Minister farrakhna stated. he haven't strayed away from JESUS. he has a closer walk with JESUS as a MUlsim and I feel the same. As i tell anyone. I did not choose ISLAM/ALLAH. ALLAH chose me. I was willing to let go of my will for ALLAH'S WILL and if people have problems with this Staright and narrow route Allah chose for me they really need to address these issuses and concerns with ALLAH. I am just a willing vessel. My granddaughter visited with me recently and she had numerous questions about why I dress the way i do and about ISLAM. When i said I would give her books/literature on ISLAM so she can read about ISLAM, her mother my other daughter refused to allow me to address her questions and give her reading material on ISLAM. She said she will teach her what she needs to know. I said, how is that, if you yourself do not read the reading material I am willing to give. The child is an avid (10 year old) reader and in search of truth. She relies on me to give her anwers to her questions all her life, for she says to me. "I know you will tell me the truth". The child told me a while back that she can not depend on the schools to teach her HISTORY. That is sad. The questiosn she asked about ISLAM is HISTORY and my knowledge of it as a teacher in her path would help her. Her mother (my daughter) PROVOKED (denied the child the right to know her HISTORY. MY son is elated and can not wait to get all the reading materila on ISLAM. I do beleive he will convert. He and I can converse on ISLAM. What are we facing here? People who failing to listen up? This is the same HISTORY that questions will be asked by the future generation in school the children will need to know. Why deprive them? Haadiya |
| Re: Families against you because u r Muslim |
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| Addison |
| 07/14/02 at 15:35:09 |
| Dear Haadiya, I read your post and it reduced me to tears instantly. I want so badly to be able to offer you comforting words, however, I am also at a loss. My family, too have been most unaccommodating. I feel so hurt over it, that I simply don't know what to do. ( My father, who was most supportive of me in ANY of my life's endeavors, is no longer alive, so I have not a single ally...) But of your situation, I cannot even pretend to know what a unique harship it must be to feel this kind of pain...your daughter not being able to appreciate, or respect, or understand your desire to follow the only path you know you can follow...All I can do is pray for your perseverence and for your daughter's eventual acceptance...for her ability to see you once again as a mother and a friend, and a confidante,...as a caring grandmother and as an an educator who can proudly bear the standard for the voice of reason... I feel that it is no accident that your grand-daughter expresses an interest in Islam...It must be thought upon...I believe that there is purpose in this which has yet to be unfolded...I will pray about that as well...Something will happen there...It struck me the moment I read about her... Patience is all... How happy you must be about your son! It is good that you two will be able to connect in even more ways now... Now forgive me this thought,....but I wonder what his proximity is to your grand-daughter? How do your daughter and son get on? Is it well with them??? Perhaps this could be a beginning.... Haadiya, I wish I could give you more support regarding these familial trials, however, my personal experience has been less than positive... I have fought the good fight, and now I am simply resigned to play my hand and let the cards fall where they may... Take care, Best regards, Addison |
| NS |
| 07/15/02 at 18:45:05 |
| Addison |
| Re: Families against you because u r Muslim |
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| Addison |
| 07/15/02 at 19:01:58 |
| Dear Haadiya, I was unable to "message" you, so I will tell here, how much I appreciate your magnanimity...Ladies and gentlemen, Addison has done it AGAIN...My PROFOUND apologies to you Haadiya for the mix-up. Twice now, I have misread the gender of a name, and I am almost ready to go crawl under a rock...Haadiya, you are most kind. I have edited my post accordingly... How patient everyone here is with me... But more to the point, we will all continue to remember you and your family in our prayers. And don't imagine for a moment that just because you may not get a response that people have no interest. It is not true. Everyone who reads your post will feel for you and your situation, you'd better believe it!! Sometimes people just do not KNOW what to say, so they choose instead to offer up silent prayers (in retrospect, I feel that this is what I should have done...) But if you are real quiet, and real still, you can feel something stirring...It's them...The ones who do not speak... Remember it... Take care, and thank you again for your kindness, With my respects, Addison |
| NS |
| Re: Families against you because u r Muslim |
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| eleanor |
| 07/16/02 at 04:28:01 |
| [slm] I'm just going to lock this thread because it is the same topic as the other one started by Sister Haadiya. If anyone would like to reply then please do so in the other thread. Jazak Allahu Khayrun wasalaam eleanor 8) |
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