Excerpted: The short version of my revert story

MashAllah 🥰 Brother we have the same road. I was born into an Irish Catholic family and The Autobiography of Malcolm X (May Allah be pleased with him) was a great influence on me. I reverted when I was 15, I’m 49 now.

Irish?

It appeared to me as though you were Muslim all your life. MashAllah. May Allah be pleased with you brother.

Well, al-Hamdulillah, it is over 30 years now.

I would have NEVER guessed you reverted from catholicism.

Irish, what to do?

MashaaAllah. The Quraan is “ intimidating “ in the most beautifully magical way, and one can understand why they want to burn it. By doing so, they are in fact trying to burn their FiTrah that is yearning for the truth.

You adopted the name Shahid after reverting ?

Yes, it was suggested to me

Subhan Allah! My research was on the Autobiography of Malcolm X and also on African American Autobiography. Undoubtedly, Malcolm X had/has a profound influence in bringing several people closer to Islam.