Hi everyone! New...and I need help.

Asalam-o-alaikum xShannonx

May Allah(SWT)bless u n He Himself make u out of every difficulty n hardship.Ask for help to Him n He'll definitely help u n "verily He has power over all things".He can solve each problem of ur n inshAllah He'll help u n he'll make ur belief firm.

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Wa Alaikum Salam,

Am very happy to hear from you.But my brother in Islam,you know what? I will like you to meet me at yahoo with this adress ( [email protected] ) cous that is the site I realy visit always.Try your hard best to contact me there,couse me too I will do my best to help you.

Hope to hear from you very soon.

My greetings to you.

WASSALAMU ALAIKUM.

Thanks for the reply yasmina2007.

Whenever I revert, I won't plan on telling them for a few months. That way if they are shocked or want to know why i'll have a lot more information to tell them and hopefully i'll know more in the coming months than what I know now.

I def. won't rush into anything, I plan on taking each step one by one. I'm only worried about praying and that it'll take a long time for me to learn. Another thing is what do I do about praying during school. Like I said i'll take my time in learning how to pray, but i'm a Junior in High School and this time next year hopefully i'll know how. But having school and praying would be kind of difficult.

Anyways..thanks everyone.

Hello Shanon,

I know that it is not easy to practice Islam even in a modern Islamic family since I have difficulties in that aspect in the family life and in my social environment. I'm trying to preserve that balance between my lifestyle and my family's expectations for about 15 years. So you are not the only one.

Age seventeen is excellent actually. You are strong enough to carry the life on your shoulders and your discoveries about life are -not fantaises as if when you were 14-but realities glittering in a clear and healthy mind. However parents are certainly perplexed about their youngster since young people are known to be prone to be affected by marginal trends. Especially if it is a religion and custom with a bad reputation about terrorism and inappropriate practices in social life -as shown regularly in media. Probably they are prejudiced about Islam-which brings poor children with bare feet on hot sand, and long bearded armed men, and frightened passivized women to mind. This is the picture drawn by media.

So what to do know?

Be patient,and accept that converting is not the end of a journey but the beginning of a new walk, trying to keep on the right way, and trying to keep the balance and control -walking just midway-

Knowing that you are not affected by any marginal group or trend will partially relax them.

Ensure your family and friends that, Islam only brings a few restrictions to your life and doesn't put you in a cage. Moral values do not differ much from Islam to other religions. Nobody supports someone who steals, gossips, lies or who is dirty...Regular prayers will be added to your daily life and I hope this change will be respected by your family.

when someone feels that he discovered the truth, he will be enthusiastic about sharing this with the others, but there is a certain time for every event to happen. It may be too early to try convincing your family and friends to believe in Islam or to read Kuran. I hope this  happens sometime, but at this early start it will be a fault to try this. They will feel as if they are blamed by you and may react against this if you mean " you will go to hell if you do this and that". So calm down, go your way and never leave your respect to your parents.

These are my advices. Hope you succeed, and find peace in your life. I will pray for you and for all who force their brains to find hidayah. Thinking is an order from Allah you know.

Salam..