My education in the Muslim faith began when I was a young child. I grew up in a Sunni Muslim home in the Middle East and was taught to pray by my uncle at age 10. My innocent young life was shattered when I was 14, when my father died. I became depressed as I struggled to cope with this great loss. I considered suicide, but Islam teaches that a person who commits suicide goes to Hell. So I didn’t follow through with it. I tried to fast and pray... > Full Story

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