Daughters of Another Path

Tell of Your Conversion to Islam My conversion to Islam was a very long and gradual process. I was raised in a culturally Christian household, a place where the major...

Tell of Your Conversion to Islam My conversion to...

DAUGHTERS OF ANOTHER PATH Experience of American Women Choosing Islam By Carol L. Anway Meet the Author:a ACKNOWLEDGMENTb DEDICATIONc Introduction1 1. Daughters of Another Path: Women Becoming Muslim in America1......

DAUGHTERS OF ANOTHER PATH Experience of America...

How We, As Muslims, Experience America +Americans in general seem to have a tendency to stereotype. They see us in a scarf and automatically think our husbands dominate us and...

How We, As Muslims, Experience America +Americans...

Islamic Training Emphasized The women expressed their concern about child-rearing in several areas. They especially want to pass on to their children the values of the Islamic community and religion....

Islamic Training Emphasized The women expressed t...

10 The Daughters Speak Out What the Muslim Converts Would Like Us to Know Twelve years had passed since Jodi had chosen to become Muslim. The healing had taken years,...

10 The Daughters Speak Out What the Muslim Convert...

Food and Drink Considerations Pork products and alcoholic drinks are considered haram (forbidden) by practicing Muslims. They check labels carefully to be sure those products are riot in food items...

Food and Drink Considerations Pork products and a...

Blending Cultures The women are learning to be Muslim and at the same time, if married to a man from another country, may be incorporating many new cultural elements into...

Blending Cultures The women are learning to be Mu...

Finding a Muslim Husband +I met my husband playing Bingo. I was sitting by a family friend and it so happened he knew her too. He had a nice smile...

Finding a Muslim Husband +I met my husband playin...

Story 3: From Devastation to Acceptance In the next family the mother goes from devastation to a very warm acceptance of what her daughter has chosen, but it has happened...

Story 3: From Devastation to Acceptance In the ne...

What They Left Behind +The journey in the Muslim path required the women to leave behind many of the things they grew up with. The women respondents didn't indicate the...

What They Left Behind +The journey in the Muslim ...

Acceptance Not a Family Issue The view expressed by two women converts was that their families of origin didn't have any say about their choice. They felt it really was...

Acceptance Not a Family Issue The view expressed ...

The Muslim Lifestyle in American Society Islam addresses all aspects of life including personal morality, politics, and commerce; Islam is a way of life. Very important is the concept of...

The Muslim Lifestyle in American Society Islam ad...

2.The Beginnig Path Growing up Christian in an American family Jodi dropped out of college during the fall semester of her sophomore year. She was in a state of emotional...

2.The Beginnig Path Growing up Christian in an Ame...

Accepting the Choice There are those families who were open and accepting to their daughter's choice to convert, especially after initial concerns were dealt with and the parents felt assurance...

Accepting the Choice There are those families who...

The Witness of the Significant Other The desire to further a relationship with a Muslim who had become a significant other was a motivator for some to investigate Islamic beliefs...

The Witness of the Significant Other The desire t...

Sensing the Authority of the Qur'an Many of the women have expressed their growing respect and love for the Qur'an, which is considered the final and literal word of God....

Sensing the Authority of the Qur'an Many of the w...

DAUGHTERS OF ANOTHER PATH Experience of American Women Choosing Islam By Carol L. Anway Meet the Author: Carol L. Anway, M.S. Ed. In Guidance and Counseling, has spent many years...

DAUGHTERS OF ANOTHER PATH Experience of America...