Category: Women Reverts to Islam

A story of a white South African revert

A story of a white South African revert

Laura Pistorious is a young South African white woman who used to manage a trendy cocktail pub at the beach town of campsby in Cape Town.”I had a very bad drug habit and thought I was leaving a high life,” Laura said in an interview.

Beauty And The East – How Sara Bokker Found Islam

Beauty And The East – How Sara Bokker Found Islam

I grew up near a small town in South Dakota. The only religions I was exposed to were various denominations of Christianity. My family and I occasionally attended a Lutheran church, encouraged by my mother, and I was eventually confirmed Lutheran. I did believe in God, but did not believe in all that “church stuff”: singing, worshiping pictures of crosses and Jesus, and eating “the body and blood of Christ.” It just did not make any sense to me.

My Husband’s Faithfulness Led Me to Islam

My Husband’s Faithfulness Led Me to Islam

Patricia Sharief is an Austrian who embraced Islam more than 13 years ago. She credits her acceptance of Islam to her husband, who never forced her to follow the religion. Instead, she was impressed by Islam through her husband’s dealings and manners.