CHAPTER 1: WONDERED WHY MUSLIMS ARE SO PROUD.

I have always tried to leave the true teachings of Islam

and that we Muslims are nice, friendly and we

have a good heart.

My name is Aysha, and I am from North Hungary. I

hard about Islam when I was in secondary school

in the history lessons, because Hungary was under

occupation by Turkey for 150 years.

After that I went to university to study molecular

biology, where I met many Muslim foreign students.

I was always curious why Muslims are so proud that

they are Muslims.

I was Catholic, a good one, but I always had doubts

and I didn't agree with some parts of my religion:

for example, how can God have a son and the

concept of the Trinity was also not believable for

me.

Then I started to talk with my friends, and one time,

when we were having dinner and the Adhan

started, one of my friends asked me to stop it, but I

said no. I was very much impressed by it and

something surely touched my heart.

I don't know why at that summer I downloaded a

Quran program. And I was listening to it in Arabic

and was reading it in English. Then I was thinking a

lot about Islam and I was reading many books about

it.

But then, after two months of thinking I finally

chose Islam. I declared Shahadah in front of two of

my friends. "La ilaha illa Allah, Muhammad rasul

Allah." (I bear witness there is no God but Allah and

Muhammad is the messenger of Allah).

I chose Islam against my culture and my family,

especially my mom.