Bismillahi-ar-Rahmani-r-Raheem!!! The whole site of mine is addressed to women, Muslim women. To born-Muslims and reverts. For a start let me tell my story. I hope that by publishing it I can actually change someone's life and encourage you, sisters! I was born almost 19 years ago in Finland. Like all the creations of Allah (Subhanahu wa Ta'Ala) I was born as a Muslim but my parents raised me to become a Christian. The years passed by and I grew in a Western society as one of its members. My family isn't very religious, my mum is a Christian and dad is an atheist. However, I have always believed in God (Allah means God in Arabic). It was the odd Christian doctrines that kept me away from more active religious life. When I was a child I used to go to Sunday school, I sang in church choir, I was in a Christian kindergarten and school. Later I became a leader for a Christian children's club, I taught the Bible to teenagers and I was very much involved in parish life. Questions were on my mind: "what is trinity?", "how is it possible that three are one and one is three?", "do we actually need three gods?". I thought that I didn't understand because I didn't give enough time to it. I started studying Christianity very deeply. I read the Bible many times, alone and in a Bible reading group. I talked with priests and asked them all those questions mentioned above. No one could answer to me. This went on for a couple of years. I was frustrated because I wanted to believe but I couldn't as my own ideas about religion didn't click with church's teachings. I think I was quite desperate and I started searching for answers. I continued studying Christianity and at the same time I was reading about other religions like Judaism and Islam. The thing with Judaism was that I couldn't deny Jesus (Alayhi al-Salam) so I couldn't be a jew. Of course, there were also other things that made me suspicious about Judaism but that was the main thing why I never studied it more deeply. I know that Jesus (AS) has lived once on this earth but I know that he wasn't and never will be a god. I had some twisted ideas about Islam but I could push those prejudicist thoughts aside and concentrate on learning about Allah's religion. I've studied Islam since I was 14 years old which means I've been studying it for almost five years now. Something made me pick up the Holy Qur'an in our town library. A translation of course. After reading This Book I felt I had found The Answers to all my questions. Then started the long process of becoming a Muslim. It took two years from me before I said Shahadah (i.e. belief in Islamic monotheism) out loud. I travelled to Turkey and there I met other Muslims who taught me how to pray and other things. I still haven't finished studying Islam and I think I never will Insha'Allah. Because I was just a teenager and still lived in my parents' home things were a bit difficult. My parents didn't approve of my decision and they still haven't totally accepted my reversion. Anyway, the most important thing is that I finally became a Muslim, Al-Hamdulillah! Now everything is much easier as I moved out and married a Muslim brother. I live in a Western country but I'm surrounded by other Muslims and I get a lot of support which I didn't receive when I was a beginner. If I can provide you the information you need then I've done something right. First I'll fill these pages with stuff I didn't know when I began to be a Muslim. You can also e-mail me suggestions of how to make this page better and I can also search information for you about topics of your choice. It's a pleasure and honor to help my old and new sisters. And this isn't forbidden for brothers, either! :) E-mail me Other Pages Under This Image Credits for this special design go to 7Rings