"I am a muslim and this is my conversion story. Everyone makes a conscoius decision to be a Muslim at some point in your life, even when you are born in a Muslim family because of deeper questions", says Kelly, a convert to islam.
Kelly was born and raised a Christian and spent time in Church and thought everyone was a Christian. She first learnt about islam when she was eight. She was in class when her teacher said that a muslim terrorist had killed many people in world trade center. She only thought that Muslims are bad. At the age of eight when she knew about islam for the first time, she also experienced her parents divorce. She decided to live with her Mum. She did not go to Church nor her father, but Kelly still wanted to go to Church. She was her own Christian. Music was such a big thing in this Church. That made her questioning. Does dancing and singing make you a better Christian?
From the age of 13 until 16 she had no religion and she said religion is Christianity, but she thought about those who did nothing when she said that. She still read the Bible in secret while secretly thinking that it was wrong.
Once, at the age of 16 she read a verse in the Bible where it says that Christian people must cover their hair. She thought for her self that no Christians did that. The only people who covered their hair were the Muslims. What else does they say about the Muslims in the bible? "Don't eat pork. Don't drink". So she thought for herself if you have read the whole Bible why do you still eat pork and why don't you cover your hair? So she stoped reading the Bible.
Because everything she read was a Muslim thing to do. She interrogated priests and they never gave her a satisfactory answer. She had two friends that were Muslims. One was a girl and one was a boy. Her best friend did not try to convert her to islam, but once, on a biology class she once answered a question from Kelly so easily and with no struggle or discussion. That made a great impact on Kelly. And the answer made sense and that made her curious about islam. Before that she thought about Muslims as the Bad People.
You don't get door-to-door Muslims. Once she texted her other friend, who was at the Mosque, and he replied that he could not text because he was in the Mosque. She then wondered, what was this secret place? It was not bad, only secret. She was jealous. She compared the Mosque with the Church, because when you enter the Church you have to put on a mask and be something you were not. And you had to impress everyone. It was so hard. When she discovered the Mosque she wanted to know the secret about the Mosque. After the conversion she really feels that she can be herself.
