Understanding Islam discussion

That's just the Arabic way of saying, "Where are you from?" Muslims are living all over the world. Tell us where your from, and see if you can find someone who shares a common background.

Im from Yemen but was born and raised the US

Oh, that's so cool. Yemen is such a beautiful place (as I see in pictures and on the TV).

I'm from Morocco. I love it there :)

Morocco seems like such a nice country

Thanks. It's great there. I love going to the beaches there!

That's great. Haven't been to Yemen but inshallah I'll go soon

Oh, that's cool. Do you have family there?

Yeah but most of my family are in america

That's great. Most of my family's in Morocco. I wish more ppl would interact in this group, you know? And I wish people would make discussions, so I'm not the only one.

I can invite some more people to this group. And I'm not sure what topics to create here.

That's fine. I'll just start a couple topics and see what happens.

I'm from Egypt, but I live in Bosnia..

Salam Salah.

Addy wrote: "I'm from Somalia."

Are you really? I didn't know you were Muslim. That's sooo cool! Mashallah!!

Haha thanks! Are you all Somalian?

I'm from Minnesota, USA.

Cassandra wrote: "I'm from Minnesota, USA."

Where are you originally from? Like, where were your parents from?

Addy wrote: "Yeah I'm all Somalian"

Are you living in Somalia? We have a really large Somali community here in Minnesota. In fact I think it's the largest Somali community in the US.

Addy wrote: "Yeah I'm all Somalian"

That's sooo cool! And very unique!!! Well, I'm really glad you joined this group!

SamooriiAy wrote: "Cassandra wrote: "I'm from Minnesota, USA."

Where are you originally from? Like, where were your parents from?"

I converted to Islam, both my parents are from Minnesota, USA. Their parents were from Minnesota, USA and from South Dakota, USA. Somewhere way back some of my great grandparents were Native Americans (Cherokee) and most were Norwegian, Irish, Scottish, and some various mixed European background but that's further back than I can trace. My family has been here many generations. :)

I converted to Islam, both my parents are from Minnesota, USA. ..."

Oh wow, that's really interesting!! What made you want to covert? What religion were you before you converted?

SamooriiAy wrote: "Oh wow, that's really interesting!! What made you want to covert? What religion were you before you converted?"

My family is Christian (Lutheran Denomination to be specific) but I had converted to Paganism/Wicca. I was an interfaith Minister and I studied all sorts of religions as part of that function. I married an Egyptian Muslim and the more I read about Islam the more I felt it was right for me.

Oh, well, that's great!! I'm glad you accept the religion. It's nice to have another Muslim. It's interesting, because I've never met a convert before. If you don't mind me asking, do you follow and accept the religion?

SamooriiAy wrote: "Oh, well, that's great!! I'm glad you accept the religion. It's nice to have another Muslim. It's interesting, because I've never met a convert before. If you don't mind me asking, do you follow an..."

Well, to the best of my ability. I'm certainly not a perfect Muslim and I know I've made plenty of mistakes but al-hamdulilla I keep learning and correcting and striving to please Allah {SWT}. Insha'Allah my iman will continue to increase and I will continue to imporve as a Muslim.

I'm glad to hear that Cassandra, keep going! :)