Conver(t)sations: the Unheard Stories of Muslim Converts w/ Suhaib Webb, Khalid Latif & Others

This panel was a part of 2nd Annual ICNYU Conference held during the first weekend of February at New York University. Panelists included Suhaib Webb, Raymond Brock Murray, Lisa Shah, Will Caldwell, Musa Bryant, Megan Putney, Whitney Terrill, Lisa Shah, Peter Casey, Cyrus McGoldrick , Jay Dabhi and the discussion was facilitated by Khalid Latif.

Usually when the convert experience is discussed in a Muslim community, the discussion focuses on why the individual converted. Although there is a great benefit in hearing these stories, the discussion never deepens into issues a convert faces after converting. This panel discusses the real experiences that converts face in dealing with the Muslim community after converting as well as issues with family, relationship, education, and many other topics.

ICNYU started the Conver(t)sations program this past January. This program aims to establish an entry point into the community for those who have converted or reverted to Islam. It can be hard for many of us to fit in and find a comfortable place in the Muslim community, and those who are converts are no exception to this. Our hope is to provide an outlet for socializing, mentorship, and discussion that makes the transition process easier for our brothers and sisters who have made the decision to embrace the faith.

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Education

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• Suhaib Webb
• Raymond Brock Murray
• Lisa Shah
• Will Caldwell
• Musa Bryant
• Megan Putney
• Whitney Terrill
• Peter Casey
• Cyrus McGoldrick
• Jay Dabhi
• Khalid Latif
• ICNYU Conference 2011
• Muslims
• Islam
• Shahada
• Muslim Convert
• Converting to Islam
• Hadith
• Quran
• Sunnah

[dxvxvx]

At University I regularly meet converts to Islaam. They are intelligent and brave and I love you and some of us try our best but all humans have their personal problems but we will try harder Insh'Allah.

[wanderlust222]

This video inspired me to start wearing the hijab right away. Alhamdulillah :) One of the sisters saying about how born muslims shld be thankful that they have families who want them to be closer to Allah, which contrasts their experience of family who werent encouraging them wearing the hijab. The sister's struggle put me to tears and it was a wake-up call for me.

[pradahlife]

as salaam alaikum warahmatullahi with the greatest care and concern subhanaAllah when good happens it comes from Allah swt and when bad happens it comes from shaitan. May Allah swt make it easy for all He has guided to Islam,

[ayubjaafar]

alhamdulillah , I was born Muslim , it reminds me to be a good muslim.

[seekyourdestiny]

@wanderlust222 Masha'ALLAH! That makes me feel so happy...

[mrgorky777]

started reading the koran and am sickened by the absolute Jew-hatred and incitement to violence against Jews and everyone who is not muslim. I can only assume everyone who is muslim or converts to islam is a Jew-hater unless they publicly repudiate it. Please don't call your sick, violent, totalitarian, collectivist, misogynistic, expansionist ideology a religion. You desecrate the name of G-d.

[ShiyakAb]

@preciouskitten85 I hope this year you got an invitation from someone during Eid, Iftar and other occasions.I really sorry to hear that.

[Readbeforeyoujudge1]

When is the next "Conver(t)sation" ?